Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-22

4 Is not COIS'S tShl 6ltt ti4S l,OOu
| rious application to business. insepera-
bic from their calling, to lead the contem-
Dlative and stud:ous life Of philo sopher.
People in neral, who labour with their
| hands, cannot successfully labour with tn.
mind because the excitement, otherwise
called vascular motion, producei in the sys-
tenn by the former, units for, and disin-
cl.nes ~ the latter. This is the order of
4 es VII eli the creator has constituted
and map cannot overthrow il. The hard
work. g person, therefore, as well rs men
OF business and lovers of pleasure, cannot
81 ssfully apply to philosophical, intri
cate, ;b,truse, or original researches
But the III ddie ciass. by IN ir diligence in
SnsneSs, y ncr.!ly grow rich. and greatly
promote the pres. Gritty and happiness OF
atoms. IL a clear notion of the Clistincti
onS here Suggcs ed cnuid he d.iiused thru
the community in general, in twenty years
t'ere would be but Re " vho could not read,
ann write ntelligibly, t. be found among
us. Besides. il the dis,inc tioas gen rally
sbt in d, and were clearly understood. they
would succ Ell to greater length To pc pc
tuate republi -ansm. aud to prom ote the
general diffusion of literature. knowledge
and virtue, than all the free schools ana
laws to suppress immortality and punish
crimes that have obtained from the begiu-
ng OF the word 10 this lay. Fee schools
~h'ie it is Supposed the iii;erate may &C
qnne knowle g. tn act correctly in pubic
If and virtue. while vice and immortality
are not held din nourabi , are bodies wilt
out soul.
Lo7vcr Class or the RGb6ie.
People whn canpct read and write in
tell gib,y. constitute the lower class, as well
as every immoral persoa and re pie who
co not Consider the mse!ves responsible for
their sec etcCn NC: las. Atheists such as
doubt hereafter state of r, tr.buiion
muTderers, swinde's. thieves, calumui,-
t"rs, di unkards. liars prophane swearsrs.
gamblers, such as pursue no honest Of
earning living, or live above their in
come. In short, every one who has within
three years violated the laws of the land.
being guilty of any i'm morality m ntioned
or n t, or demeans himself unworthy cf
gentleman. to be considered of the lower
class nd to be addressed, neither NJ st-r
nor Sir, but simply by his name, and The
females likewise.
In a free country Ike ours. VIII re the
people enj Y the right Of Gle ing their k
gsl tors, officers guides md instructors, ii
is OF the greatest importance every cit yen
Should know tn man Of know cdg from
the gnoramus, rs we'll as the virtu as from
the vi0ious. 1t is the obi CT e the NATI-
oNAL DIREcToRY 20 ford 70 every per-
son the ue. ess ry information for, moth
ing could be more cert 'inv destructive TO
national welfare, thin that either ignorant
o. vicious men, should be our legislators,
officers, civil or military. Judges, magis-
trates, clergy, physicians, lawyers, in
struc tors of youth, juries, &c. Man, said
Aristotle, IS an imitat;v- anmal-If
thcr fire, the n ton, 50 far honor vicious
people, IS to max them leading men in
society, the community, IN consequence Of
our instructive disposition to initiate, will
grow vicious, andinseparable wIetchedness
will succeed. ignorant men are blind
guides, and such are all those who cannot
write two or three sheets of paper acCu-
rately. WHO could conf in vicious or
ign rant men, IS judges, magistrat S, le-
gsIators, iurirs or physicians .-For ex
ample :-Peop!e's property and lives 10 be
cOntlded t. mcn who cannot distinguish be-
tween sophistiy and conclusive proof to
people WHO oauno, look At DO h SHES of the
proposition at once who Cannot distinguish
between "what is said and what is true -
who cannot see the different eff cts e any
course of u casu.es S, til after ruinous expe-
rinentSi
II the National Directory were framed,
glazed, and hung up in every house; AID
The Discrimination it points out were infu-
sed into every mind, it would not only curb
the presumption Of vice AMI ignorance,
but also destroy the oppressive Influence of
wealthy families; preserve talents from
sinking into obscurity, and point out to fc-
males the mean part of society, and enable
them to shun them it would prevent or
undermine monarchy and arisiocracy as
we'll anarchy; it would direct tie null
ttude in selecting Legislators, officers,
counsellors, juries, magistrates and instruct
ors 1t would enable stranger to find cut
men OF standing in society TO transact his
business; the traveller to fad out the So
c;ely he wished The rich and the poor
would commence their life with equal
chance to take their stand in the first class,
or by vice. ignorance and idIeness, to fall
to the lowest grade. Indeed. it would re-
generate a country by producing degree
OF order, virtue and happiness in il, which
40 nation has ever Known. M.
EctrGcf oja letter, Hgtsd
ST. Pierres, (Iart) Apri, 90.
The negroeshavr Tis, en- mas e m Bsilad es
and burnt upwards nj 60 plsntstioDs, and killed sii
the whites they could 6nd. a detachment 10000
men, consisting q the troops now here, embark for
that ISLAND this dag they viii som be put under as
RsrhgdCe5 is free Of woods and almost perfect e.