The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-02
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paris wings to useful thoughts. starnps then
with immortality anc ike the sun incess
antly sheds torrents of pure ligh, and o
genial heat, which must ultimately dispel tn,
mists OF err,r. and dissolve the lev ramp. r,s
behind which ignorance and apa,h, m renct
themselves. In hi, bureau, Lovetruth, thg,
wilt find few essays written in my leisu, {
hours, not with a view to literary fame, bu.
from the nobler motive of ditfusiug beneficial
truths. In one of these, ! have endeavoret {,
to shew the intimate relations that link
knowledge with the morals, the liberty, and
the prosperity of nations. I there prove
| that. far from being deficient in pecuniarv
means. we possess resources more than
adequate to the desirable appropriations
which recommend and that by the os-
tentatious votaries of fashion and luxury,
nay, by those very economists. who affect so
tender respect for our purses more mo.
ney is lavished on frivolous, or culpable pra-
tihcations than would suffice to establish and
| maintain institutions of extensive and splen
did usefulness. l, then, take a candid. an
impartial view, of those schools which pri-
vate exertions have raised, and which pri-
waite patronage supports. examine their
detects, and demonstrate from the very ma
ture OF things, the utter impossibiity of sucb
lestaoishments presenting to our youth a re-
GUAR systematic and sufficiently wide range
Iof instruction. But even here cheerfuliy
pay tribute OF praise and gratitude to vir-
tuous intentions and individual zeal. Truth
holds and candor guides the pencil :: but
philanthropy aud benevolence soften its ans.
tere tints. The petty objections of local in
terests are. next, tested in the crucible of
justice. patriotism and sound policy Their
| aggregate vanishes into thin yapors. and
leaves no residuum.--Lasty, l propose
plan which, like that of the human svs-
ten. establishes Central point of vitality
whence lnv'gorating streams are convened
to the eX,remities and, in their course feed
( and animate The various parts of the nation
al body, whilst ether streams, Rowing in a
contrary direction. supply the common source
81 ihieiiectuai lite, with new elements, upon
"hcn It's beneficial agency is incessan,lv
.Xelted. mus Is the metropolis connected.
'or inc purposes of instruction, with the va
rious districts and counties of the state. A
board OF education, under the Control of the
Legislature, and a national Press. for .he
diffusion of moral and physical knowledge
Trough all the classes of society, arr nr;
mary objects in the plan alluded to- This
fress, by discarding the useless pomp of ~
biographical luxury, aud by being devoted
exclusively to works of general utility, would.
without much expence 20 the state dis,e-
| inmate among US the most valuable, the most
prolific seeds of improvement and excel
ence. The departments of instruction. en-
oraced by this plan, are founded upon he
three principal ramifications of the huma
mind, pointed out by Lord Vernlam. and
the Encyclopedias, mean, sentiment, reg
'oa,ng and memory. Into the necessary de.
tails, have fully entered.--Aware, hove.
yer, that the progress even OF salutary ideas
is slow, and, indeed, imperceptible that a
considerable lapse of time and a muI,iplied
COLLISION OF opinions, must precede their ri.
umph; desirous, in the mean while-anxi-
ously DESTROYS, that something should be
quickly done for the promotion of so noble
cause, conclude by inviting our iegisla-
| tors TO try, al least, those moral levers. the
force OF which was so we'll understood. and
so successfully employed by the sages Of
antiquity Woe say I woe to those nat;
obs whose rulers think that nothing GRAND
nothing transcendantly useful can be ac.
compishcd without gold! Whose chiefs
do not know how to seize, how to vibrate
the mysterious chords of the human heart
Were they founded upon gold those civil
and political institutions of Greece and of
Rome, whose effects still as.on;sh lis -
The Olympic Wreathe was single lau-
rel; the Civic Crown, bough of verdan,
oak What supernatural influence. then
rendered both so desirable, so productive O,
sublime emulation, of efforts scarcely 10 he
creditedf Legislators, if your Golfers are
empty, have you no similar rewards 20 bes
towf Have you no smile for virtue and
science! no frown for vice and brutality
Cannot one solitary day of each Legislative
session be devoted to the rising gene ration,
to those youths, so precious to our Common
countrys All what germs of native seniri:
and worth might be developed by youy pa
renal care In you, resides the majesty
OF the people but you would become the
images of God himself, upon earth. by as
cending to such height of creative wis
dom and beni6cence !"
The above. good Cecil, is the part of nv
last conversation with the worthy Melmoth
which have thought not entirely foreign
to thy purpose.
Adieu; may God preserve thee for tby
friends and thy country.
Cordially thine,
TIM LOVETRUTH.
U-Ihave several polite and obliging com
munlcations to acknowledge some of then
merely complimentary and others intended
oy their writers for publication Ofthe lat
ter, several seem to be written by very youne
men, who after little more age and expe
rience will be well qualified, doubt NOT
to amuse and instruct their readers. Tn.
objects OF The Old Bachelor. however ar,
of great moment and require the vigor O
IN 4turer arms. must beg my youth fGl cor.
respondents TO remember the aamonitioo n
| Apollo to his son:
Magma pets, Phsetor, ct quz non vribus is !;
/ ne tn m ,I,,,o