The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-17
ron IYEEENQUIRER.
TIE OLD BACHELOR.
No. XVIII.

No. XXVII.
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Horace Sat. -. l. 100.
Such rancoi,. this, OF such a Dos0ur,s vein
As never, never, shall my paper stain
Much less infect my heart, ii may dare
Eor M own heart, III avy thing 10 swear.
FrGvcis.
Nnpeople have been so gross, misrepre-
sented by foreigners as the Vrginians. The
inhabitants of the u. 5. have all of them been
sufficiently abused but the "Old Dominion"
seems to have suffered the most, and has
Deem, especially to English travellers, the
theme OF particular obloquy-They have not
yet acquired the magnanimity to forgive us
the sins OF the revolution, and they take a
poor g pitiful revenge by ridiculing and dis
eorung every thing they see s. hear. Recciv-
ed with the sincerest cordially, and treated
with a thousand times tho attention and po-
likeness met with in their own country, they on
cher return, repay our crcessive courtesy
oy uttcring and vending the basest calurn-
nies-i know OF no exception to this rule,
IRON the pseudo-Capt. Smith in 1884 or 5, to
the Ashes & Moores OF later times-Thcy
nave been uniformly caressed, as il in the
language OF Dir. Franklin, in his eXamina-
ton, before the House of Commons, "to be
al
ter OF Some respect, and gave a kind of rank
among us )" and they have, as uniformly
proved unsrateful They come among us in
deed predetermined to find fault, and seeing
every thing through the medium of their own
prejudices, they estimate nothing Justly
A has We are according to them, very few
removes from semi-barba rians-an indolent,
drinking, gambling, cock-fighting, atheist
cal race-hardiy possessing any other than
tn
Pitahty-A virtue, which for their sakes
could almost wish we were without-Nor
are they content with exposing our moral
deformities-for they sometimes even des-
cend to criticise our persons--and here
our ladies', as il topuuish them their eX-
.traordinary prediction for English travel
fers, are the chief sufferers Wy fair coun-
trymen will not am persuaded readily for
set or forgive their little idol, Anacreon
Moore-liis offences against good morals,
sls !isclvious songs, & voluptuous descrip-
-tions, night have passed perhaps q will not
say without their censure) yet without their
obscrvation-But 10 deprive them of teeth &
or beauty Oh it was m0nstrous, and IS mex
piable !!
have no intention to repeat the calun-
MES that have been heaped so literally upon
the Virginia charactcr--nor in this place .
rcFnte them-That they have faults 10 one
VIII deny-and some OF them, especially
their want OF public spirit, and Indifference
20 intellectual Improvement, it has been the
business OF this publication to ccnsure-but it
would DC easy to shcw that their faults are
Counteroalanccd by many Of the no5lcst
qualities that can adorn the human character
IA hospitality, the genuine offspring of the
heart -unbounded generosity-a courage SUI
Ber.or 20 all difficulties, 6 an instructive alb
horr-nce OF every little, mean artifice, the
misc Die expedients OF vulgar minds, are "a
anong the number-If any thing indeed pecu-
liarly distinguishes the Virgnian, from his
eonrederated Brethren, it is, lofty, & Chi
Various spirit, which perhaps the high cha
racter OF MS state has contributed to keep a
Evc-this spirit may betray him into errors
* vices-)ut if properly directed is the pa
scnt OF the faircst virtues-and am persua
eed that nothing is wanting, to make this the
athens of our confederation than greater
s.ttenc on to the business OF education e more
equal diffusion of its benehts-ro this object
ilicn (the observation cannot be too often re-
peatcd) our ciiorts should DC continually di-
rected.
These reflections have been excited by the
perusal ofthe following letter from one of my
correspondents, who with the true cynical
spirit, seems 10 allow credit to a slanderous
charge, although made by an English groom,
because no one has taken the trouble to re-
iure ito the founder of sect, out of hui
mour with themselves and the world, such
conclusion may be allowcd-but to no one
else.
To THE OLD BACHELOR,
Old Sguaret0eS,
Ihear YOU set up for a reformer that you
expect to infuse public spirit, useful knowl-
edge, taste fo' she polite arts, morals, religi-
on, heroiSm, Ii )eralS * noble sentiments, gene
rosity, courtesy, politeness, courage, magma
nimity, and other attributes of the ancient
GreeS and Roman characters. Er quo
10is LiSno. You know the rest. Read the
following, WHICH have copied from a book
published about quarter of century ago.
IN Philadelphia as exhibiting view of
the manners of this country, Z Yirgfnia }
and ask Yourself if you dare hope to work
upon such materials.
The gentleman Of fortune rises about
" nine O'Clock. lie perhaps may make an
eXertion to walk as far as his stables to see
his horses, which are seldom more than
htty yards from his house. lie returns to
breakfast between nine and ten lac then
=" lies down on pallet, on the floor, in the
" Coolestroon, in his shirt and trowsers only,
" with negro at his head, and another at
=" his ieet, tn tan him, and keep of the licS.
Between twelve and one, he taxes "a
" drdnghto Of toldy, which is kept cool. He
dimes between two and three and at dim
ner drinks Cylcr, Toddy, Punch, Port,
- N lde1ra, and Claret haViur drunk some.