The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-23
L. II. c..
NOTES BY THE EDtrop


(3) Cur Tourist .eems not To he well {,
nongh informed on this point. IN the fl st
Piace, there is a room set apart where on
the Saooath, some minister 1T the Gospel,
preaches to them the word Of G od--A gain :
the Nisit ors put bibles, restaments. moral *
reiIgious books, into The hands of those who
can make any use of ihem-s4gain: there is
an express arrangement by wnich such AS
STAND In need OF instruction and who can at
the same time proftby it, Can obtain il: for
the convictS are divided into three classes ::
ne, who has by his good behaviour gradual
iy reached the highest class, is then entitled
under the eye OF tn best and best-insormed
among them, TO receive Instruction in rea-
dug, writing, and the first rules of Arith
metlc But why speak of thise The " hole
course OF their life, while they stay in tins
institution, is practical lesson on the mis-
chleyous consequences of immoraiity.-
why are they punished at ALI! But be-
cause they have flown from the strict line
OF their moral and religious duties''
(6) The writer does not advert TO the
reasons OF this rue-these arc precaut ons
against their escape, should they ever sue
ceed 10 breaking through the walls of the
building They are used in the similar
institutions OF N. York and PHILADELPHIA. -
he writer makes too large an estimate OF
the sense OF de degradation which such rules
inspire. Why not say at once that the be-
ms cut OFT from the world, and doomed 20
Work lie slaves at the will of a superin-
PENDANT, are wrong, because they ,on NAV
be calculated to degrade the man, A
para coioured dress and a shorn tonsure
can produce effects but slight i'll compari
90 OF these
&c With due Difference to the writer's
opinion, we cahoos agree with him - he
9 tbs +
best In the state The building mIghs, Der
baps, be, in one respect, somewhat more Sc
cure, to the West Of the Rjdge-the work
men too might be a lutte more Industrious !;
Out as they are pad by lie piece, it isthci,.
interest TO work this will be "A sufficient
check upon most of the ~ But on the -
Their hand, where is here a site, where coal
contiguous tolt, iron on the Upper parts nf
the r,yer and other materials drawn froD
distant ports, can be SO easily and cheaDIv
collected together! Besides, (his is the
spot, where the opera ions of the machine
are at all times under the eye of the Execu.
i've, and Cn@e IN the year under that OF the
Legislative body, committee from which
now regularly ia poets and scans every psrt
lot IT, The Executive can not only see how il
goes or, but what is equally material, how
the money gOes.-LBesides, tile site, in HScl(,
Is one 81 tbe best IN Ameifca--thc water IS
ground over not less than three ;imes--We
agree with Toe writcra hat no part of the
building ough 20 be Kept idle---that a profit
ought BE drawn from every cent Of the CAPT.
tai ia'd oui--butwe cannot agrcewitA him as
TO the results Oi he institution.
~ Ihis suggestion sworthy of profound
a'teu'ion--it is clear that we have hitherto
done, out little to improve on ure---the
other ates, have 50; the star OF us, az.
,puc, 70 our loss ODr enIerpriss has too
Ions slsmsCre1c