The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-12

necessary 7 Is tor ,he,r purposes TO kecr their
SUBJECTS IN ignorance and darkness-how DANCE
,ous it Us TO suffer the rays o. knowledge 10 lie
ium'nate the chains Of e. slave. lie, the mndu
., people, who know how to set value OH the
blessings OF liberty, once become ratifi, d and
expanded ny The lights OF sc-nc and oi virtue,
ana ne assured that tyranny sh Ii no long. " ave
her degrading scep,re o,ei the human 6.
:, "a system then, Of educ alton. for he general
u'"us,oh Oh useful knc dgc, IS one OF the moss
! sacred and important cares that can de yoke on
government the bes inter- st of Intli' ituals and
OF nations the vital fluid Of organize. liberty,
the precious alime ri without wbic our h. INV
| republic annut subs!st
! !he means that would carry into fleet his
Erase worthy, patriotic and politic measure
have been suflic ,en;ly dcvelop.d hv our phiIan-
thropic BARLOW. If his pl for the dtiuso, of
| instruction couic NEE with merited approba-
uon' we should feel its unspeakubl lie advantages
~ various ways: we should, then, see GENIUS Sc
virtue tn"w too frequently obscured by the ab-
sehce OF patronage) make their way INTO the
world and rise always to their appropriate Gle.
| ssuoh---- Many flower would d.fiuse it's fra-
grsn>e, ii tn, barren heath would suffer II to-
grow and many genius ould. ICON upon
Tue world II friendly science would condescend
to smile.
Sut knowledge to their eyes, her ample page
Kich with the spos of time, did ne'er unroi
-Chli PERJURY repress'd the ir noble rage.
ana 'Tozeithe genial current of the soul ~
How ardent, how Jealous, nov unremitted
,hen' should be the exeriiOns of our existing le-
gslstors 10 be the first TO immoralize their
names 10y Calling into life national Institutes. tn
Illuminate the minds of the rising race 49,.
ther invaluable medium throuph which the ,ub
lc mud should receive light, is National
Fress pure, viruous and incorI uptibIe iaex-
o'Gotf'S auro ; that would scorn to be pros tiJu-
T. Il 10 mean q unworth purposes Not Press.
iSe the Lions mouth, which once belonged to,
the nquisitoriai government oe Venice ma
winch every hreling in.ormer, every vile de-
houncer OF character was paid to feed
NOT should the morals Of a ration be coldIy-
oV''ookeo ther are he firmest pillars OF so-
ciai order the lac 4rtsprings of society. without
winch the duration of rvil government is unsta-
hir and precarious Look at Athens once the
pride ana ornament of Greece, the emporium of
the arts and sciences, now a melape boly
monument OF The inglos Gus deprayi,y into winch
her Citizens were sunk. /" Athens still ,sods
but where are the A,henians q" Rocked ~ the
SOFT cradle OF luxury and effemina-y they suffer-
ed the Owe OF Liberty, the amor oafyie to slum.
per among them, and became the degraded vas
SAILS OF the lawess invaders of the ir liberties
d pravity of morals is the killing canker mat
Keeps down the quickening virtue of liberty.
i"e tore runner OF disc and dissolution 10 the,
body polite " o
but thus banetu disorder of Government ie
pecn rly calamtous,in rcpubic LIE ore
founded on the hearts and virtue ofits ct;z.nS
where harmony and order ar. viyifv,nr :, mn
Ian 10 sction, and where the laws receive ,hr;r
o'nding authority from he voluntary irnpu,se OF
popular feeling.
An ardent and assidinus a,tantion 70 80, =:
tern"i prosperity Of on' country mus, qres,Iu
contribute To strengthe fndepelden = and
designate the features OF our nttiop.l CHI, ..,er.
we are nor, hkr ancient Carthage or nadtrn
moran, dependant on extera u commerc. tor
political eX'stenc,. On the -on,rsr, arror,, n
ther sire dmstsn-- 5, our peopranl,;caI g
si'ion Sriiiclent.y evinces, that it is ,un
rs policy TO make ourselves rstbe, an
,tF'fcELr1" a! than CONNIE, c,ai nation HINGE
our o government, iee'rrs III fhlitorce of rs re.
neciioD, has, IN many respects held out povsp
ful Inducements 10 the cultivation of he eo;I
me important privilege of elecrng citizen. tn
d rect the Operations of public coun lis has been
Nc'"si"eiv confiled 20 the owners of tn soil.
LIS, oJ some politicians, has bee decrye sa
cruel ana odous monopoly a manifest py,vs
ton OF one OF the most important priyileees oP
reemen prerogstive INJURIOUS to sot ietv
which 1T never was tbeintention of the rea, mas
OF the people TO delegate tn few individuals.
But II this restriction be cruel il seems rcy.r-
lhete IS to be founded n obvious policy 4 eivee
tle constituent LIEN upon the gDIt conduce
ot MS representative, much stronger than nv
that can be found within the boosted maI,an,,r'I
ity of human nature
history informs us, that nations like cur.
sl' aid not be nsdly sctuated by an ins. bIs
cupicIy forEorcign Commerce The ,,a,;n,
nam" mas. Tor successive ages, immersrd the
cF'hzSd world IN dissolution by reducing ma
tO's 10 tlS norma atern4 alive, ofsbe m NO blno
dy and vindictiye belligerents for the p1, ,,,se,
OF PerPetuating commercial operations. To ola-
mour and wrange with nation became Lis.
CHOOSES domestic and secluded lie. is :, nos
species OF tive ioulest insanity That the n,er.
cshtiie and nautical interests of a pation oE
great export, mus suffer from a sugpen,ion oe
coinnerciJ Transactions. candor coronejs a. 10
acknowledge. But wpet alienation of s,,fTer,nor
can be anticipated by the mad partizaps of -; srs.
iroiD miserable r'suTt 10 gar (! The iniur;es
Consequent m tbs suspension of cOmo1erci4 ;n-
tercourse, tho lamentably obv'sus. are e.s;iv,
ascertained. But il Is not withn the rov,n.e
OF human sagac " 10 estmat. The Complicated
m'serIes OF war Docs these exist phys,cs, ne.
cesslty to sctusie Americans TO rove the tr,ck-
less oceans o. tne world, t. pry into every cor
neF Ut the earth, for G nfOrts that are &, 10
iouhd within the productive powers ut Ito
own Territorial brsits EXlzts there a neree.,,,,
Tor wishing - plunge INTO turbulent " ,ars
Whose angry odiows mus break upon our ha.de
End threa zen us viii run
Il ason and experience will disovn ssob toI.
~ The suspension Of commercial intercouras,
has already given favorable turn 20 man.,r,.s
lures, and reBeilun If that salulary me .euce
mus give hrin root and establishment To some
Of the most useiui and necessary produciio',, or
human ingenuity.
To minds, accustomed to range with bsnevo..
e"t curiosity over the field of contempt ,o,,.,, Ia