Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-26

property, OF sniler dimi ,ution hy poYerty..
bv the avs which the great leslSitor r, atur,.
hhs established IN the r. Lii0ns between parent
anu chi.u, PERJURY. so tar from inDairtn.s Tie
iiga,nehis which bud them 10 each ,tnvr
reads 10 strengthen ana iMpfaye them: trr
rue syinpathiSS ot the htnia,i heart ARE. exc,tef,
Ny ~ sen,e on community OF wretchydness
anu thc affections vi the parent flow vifl "A
iuIer idc towards the being yviipm l,e knovs
L" colu aud aniecliuy world is AN alien to
every bosom but his own. There Is no ,,.rt IF
thc system OF education which dlnes NO re honor
eisr 10 tiic heats ot the hcartS OF ls farmers
--and II Is the more neiItoriouS as In an The
preceding laws IN favor OF free schools free
hososfS ai0h" were allowed voice; as if tie
great author ut natu,e had established a,,v
cehheHioa between rarrmtai affection AMI a
gwen quantity OF land
~; to rccnr TO the argument from experi
ei'e, Is II possible. TINT cur ,,rofosni di>ro-
tetcf ot novelties, can nc Ignorant, that thtS,
SssO militant prIwcli.ies" have already cAst.
ca ~ virginia. aud Tor mere Than iGcuty
Years TOO, without The one destroying the o.
.n''. LOGS ne NOT know that. the rversecrS "a
.he peer, iiat impatient lnd useful class ut
IL ~ % o"hfiS, are c'ectcd uN bcrSt-;csperx
Whitsa. tie Constituent 10 nus :aci< That ih,s
i'S"t ~ SiOeilnrHIvt exercised in some VI tii.
counties. Is imnaterial. II iSaAerc,>ed in mann.
"nereltis uegtected ii pfoyP,viih TOW mucI
dpathy The privilege OF voting 80. is We've
wlsh The object IS siuslr specified PURPOSE.
Johnson said of Gudsinii, that after tiaveili,i,
AZ Europe, he would 90 Ou; into the streets q.
I-5ntou, and come home and describe as u
great curiosity IA cOuIinoI hand bargv-v. which
n had pr00iGIy seen a hundred tines before
10" long ihe Constituent has lived ia Virginia
Is unknown, tlOu.i iIom certain tu,asi,iT6csj
symptoms, ne mnst either be VERY old or very
HOhn"; hal that he should haVcjived 10 ado.
leScence before he made his notable discovery
oil tue " tie Two militant principles is really
very astonishing. ard t1fcib;v reminds ms of
tue Character biycn iy Johnson OF the irish
oaro, 10 winch AN ailns."h has iust been matte
shall now, respectfully ash" the Consti.
tuei't 10 itco"cile thc the two militant psisl
cipies which tipk every reader must have
u,scoVeie d ga htN arr u'ncIi concerning the IA
ti1re of the eva Ia Ge Produced by the I.rono-
Sed system oil education Ar ;lon,e have
Deem threatened with d, spOtisms, irierarcbies
ahG other ki"ds of ariStocrucy but new we
are Suddenly told that this is not car dancer
we are termed by The tocsin OF universal spf-
fFage, NJ democracy, q thsp rincipe We are iu-
formed, Is to be the cOnquer0r Of the two mill
tan,s. Oar Constituent must certainly haY e been
taking Liberalization from tie fountain o, his
ia.ourite Clifford, the loyal enemy OF tleo-
ret'cai petfectiOn, and imbiiied the epidemic
terrors OF democratic delegates" which so
ueeIiy affected that worshipper of" regulated
empire. Ii lie had etualiN beer bitten bV
the auiocrat of Russia himseii, the prince OF Ie-
gitinates, he could not have exhibited sirouger
symptoms OF the demophopia. PeIhaps the Vir
CANA snake stone, might be useful in this
case.
As my common sense does not enable me
and presume there are Others IN The same
pfedicament,) 10 discover the n.odas orcrg,d;
oS M.hch The important consequences proeriss-
tcatsd hY the Constituent axe TO take place
snail mere" respectfully ask" that he VIII re-
collect, rs Dean Swift once remarked thar
common sense Is not so common a thiuo AZ is
generally imagined, and viii graciously conde-
Sccnu TO devote few si these words, ofEhich
ne seems TO possess so copicas a vocabulary.
10 the explanation or demonstration of mis- no
Siuons. In what manner are these democratic
trustees 60 influence the cleo lion al n,nn,hsrs
AsS Iy, a .
p0"e lat KIND of men wocld they cause In
De elected Surely not aristocrats or .. hierar
eh,cai Pedagogues" Is the Change To he etfec-
ted ny Tue proposed system 20 be introdu-
eed, by gradually turning the minds of ,ouIh
GOA certain creed, or is il TO be instantaneous
III the former, what will the eeisiature he doino
10 suher us character TO be thus insensibly
charged IF the trustees of the nyiroaryy
schools should reqnire ofthe members of fhs
Leglsiature TO do certain acts, here VIu be
lhe'f remedy x The Legislature refuse How win
.hey m'Todnce universal suffrage /" without the
iormality OF conVentiOn''2 = II fbas,. 49, -.
IL Is respectfully asked" of the tOrst mont
inat ne wiii answer. According 80 his reasoning
IN thlS number, II appears that alter al, Inc
real source of danger is from re Ieu,ocratir
parties or me primary schools aud that the
oOafd OF Pubic instruction is a comparativeIv
ihslg'ihcant body IN short. that il Is NOT the
mother corporation" that is TO be dreaded
Dhi us Febeilious offspring for these are to
give character 10 the legislature which in tnro
gives character to the Board of p;iblic i',str,,c
tion, and, of course, the board must ultinIateIv
derive ITS toue from the demi corpoYatinnS
but the board comes in, and exercises lis nri.
Vlege 10 prescribe course of iDstrrctio,, en-
the primary Schools which the trustees s,8a n.
pnseu 10 carry INTO elect. Now If this eDurse
OF instruction should be rather too sTiafocrs.
tic Tor these democratic gentry what hate
they TO do, but 10 exercise their Dnyger ,vo no
told they possess To elect wllonlsoeyer ,bsy
please 70 the General 4 Assembly, and elect a L.
giaiaiHTe who wllappnint . new board. Which
wii' come INTO all its plans and prescribe on
~ such instructions as shall he agreeable To-
tHeh. h0w, as Il appears that these trnsfpoE
are atter al, tie important peTsOnages in The
drama, who Influence the whele svsfem is ,ye
could only contTIye Plan to make Them de-
cent and respectable men and cnuld 1,ot
them ot their pTOpensitics tova,Is 1,,,ivcr..i
sunra&e' aii the evils which the Con.tii,,.
ent deprecaies, wiil be removed a,t,; oye,, -,
hiinseh he satisfied 1t is devoulv 90 bc ,yisL
Ell, that the Constituent will qInt,rgsa -,
view OF the subject IN the couqflr ,.; 40 -,
promised, which must BIZ auliciratfd viii, an
murh anxiety, by The benz ,hted ciiilci.s Of yir
gihia, Who have been so long bep!idereI ~
the philosophy Of MIR jefferson tho z.sl, f1Ir
PioDIOe, anu Inc promises OF nv NicIleIa.
Alter the sentence we have quoted. assf,n.
lng the power of clect,ug the members 81 -.
General Assembly 20 The trustees Of a.. ,,ri
| mary schools, aud tic exclamation, yrtefe ie
! Tie check to then limited powers 3'-ff'.t,Ii
| not the Constituenteuiist that e greatrsfoF IN
| cheeks, the ccnsure OF tie Ernuirer 2i--,, l,st
must be ihe surprise Of The reader. in tie sa,oe
| paragraph, 10 stumble upon the FOLLOWING de-.
| Slsrdtlen, that the members will NECESSARILY
| be elected under the Influence Of the board 81
! pnolc instruction ;'...thus again distiuctiv
! shifting ms ground, AID pointing to Different
/ source OF sanger from that before assumed ~
! YOU'D be as impossible 20 predict The changes
| OF Weathercock, To- mark tue variation OF m
clouds, on to fodow Observation-Disclosures se,pe,.s
| aSi2 enHmeratc and expose thetfaasiornai, rs
| OF uis hlaiectc j'rOtegs. Tile uumber af r
incons''ieocies can Only be cqnailed, by lie