Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-15

10 make the poor riehl 1.-THE right be ge
neral, where is the security for privat,
property? But whatever may have beer
The Inducements, the plan was then re
iected, and so far tcuds to present anoih
rr point of cuunteraction TO the present
system.
Nor is il seen that The president aud iii
rectors ofthe literary fund, in their report
recommend any system OF cooperation.
for the purposes Of public education.
Whence then has arisen this strange as
srmblagc OF corporations Ii cannot b,
from abroad. In Great Britain. in 1895
there we're 1856 free schools, mostly found
ed on private muniIceDce bn; no 90
yefnmcnlal system of interpretations las
been found necessary To these establish
ments. @. Britain, including England
Scotland, Walls and ireland. contains
about % times the white population oi
Virginia. aud perhaps lC0times The float
ing wealih; The country has been flour
ishing for 500 wears, Aeliewer free clools
have been found tpanswer IN that eniight
e.ied nation, than are now propo sed 10
commence with in Virginia.
lithen i, shoul appear. that this extr :
ordinary system OF corporations be not
recommended by former presidents il
mended hv The revisors of 1916 if il
Should appear, that il is not recommends
ed by The president aud directors OF the
literary fund if il should also appear To
embrace 2rear portion of governmental
rights; it 1t should appear TO embrace a
great portion of nnaiienable, individual
rights; If IL SHOULD appear to be devoid
of responsibility in the management of
these RI a. Is; fit should appear 10 put al
hazard the existence OF our excellent con-
siituilon if il SHOULD appear 10 endan-
gr tie freehold principleof election II it
should appear to involve all or any one of
these effects, might not doubts of its me-
ri's be well entertained Ought not those,
npon whom the responsibility of putting
so formidable machinery into motion
devolycs, 10 make Themselves perfectly
acquainted with all It's bearings, in all
these and many other important respects.
and to pause until their understandings
become pc: fecilv maiured and satisfied
respecting all IFS consequences Some of
these consequences shall h. further de-
%eioped, after devoing one short No. 10 a
few observations on the comparative me-
Tifs OF the principles of elections by free
holders and housekeepers.
FOX IHE ERQIiRER.
i>9eisfy JOr tie promotion of public lr0rks, and
national ecaRgaiy.
We have reason 10 thank God that I, an old
man, depoting half century TO this tonic in
Tue Oilten states, with many worthy compat-
riots, friends of the cause of freedom have al
last lived 10 feet and see true sense of orr
economical Interests awakened: and the Ie-
gislatNe iunctionaries of several of our states
ann me general union, actively empIeyed in
contrlvng the means of applying Labor saving
machIues, mechanical movers individual in
dpstry aud Ingenuity, with pnhic aid, patron
age ana resources, To the wise and worthy
purpose OF lettering the condition of man in a
state of society.
Let ms reflect, my fellow citizens, if this is
not an era in the chronology of nations whence
tile history of these United States will impose
an admiring reverence and awe on the immo.
raj systems of transatlantic jurisprudence
Hencefortrgrd. forerer more
The highest pinnacle of British elevation is
founded on the solid basis mot or her MARI
boronshs, her Welingions, her old Granhys /:
or ihe mischief spreading desoIatons of a
tockburn, her aardt superiority" in former
days Incompetent TO lower the broom from the
mast = of Van Tromp, and in cur DAYS.
0utdonc by Hull, u Rodgers, Decatur. a
rorter, Ferry, a t'hauncey, a Lawrence, and
thousands more3wheDSoever occasion occurs !
but OF the economical and moral virtues of a
Carew, SIX Doct. Andersons. (rny friend James
OF Aberdeen being the greatest (; "a man who
never went to sleep without leaving mankind
p'7 'Sbt y "a ip'ibUlcN, Il fsFtUgPWHter, Two
Siiarps, Whitworfh, Watt. a Bolton a
Golborne, Chapman, an EVELYN, Priestly.
WILKINSON, Hutton, Ramsden, a great
6rosc-treaSted good old john FogidS, "a Broadie,
an ArkwFight, a Peal, Horrocks, a Skuck-
borough, Sir Joseph Banks, a Bancroft. n
I'arry, a William Vaughan Esqr. of Dmnsfer
court, London an ornament to huHldn nature J an
Alderman Boydell, a Bfamah, a poo, Charles
wilson, watson, Despard, and such like
characters, who (spurning consequences and
personal safety have hazarded every thin. for
the good ofiheir fellow creatures
cannon we muster the same spirit here, or a
superior and more disinterested Que, cacuat-
ed 10 do good to all men in this world;
A Society Of CicH Engineers is much wanted
III TINS country: not for the purpose of associ-
ating with . Military Engineers" for the ends
OF establishing sneakinS aristOcracv, fun of
power and inclination 10 rear petty InonarcI,
concelted and weakrninded king, an cppres-
cor OF the poor, a.deserter of the itch. where
taithtess he nIay find his convenience. his inter.
est or MS satety,a founder ofa Napoleon code,
wherein IL rs decrecd "-ift
The SOcietyof Civil Engineers in T.ondon
gives the following account of its rise and sro-
gress, as written by themselves but ,re shouId
profit by our own reflections, and spnrn The
submissive idea OF being mere copyisis of their
establishment; because Through much infer
course with isem) I am web assured that men
or native genius, science, practical C experience
and talents competent 10 eclipse thens all. will
never .hsenroled of their body, otherwise than
uhueI strong patronage or to serve the uetari.
ons views Of the Premier.
1be origin of the .Sociefy of Girl Eagjaeers
took its rise from the following circumstances
Before or about the year 100, new era il,
all the arts and Sciences. learned and polite
c3inmcnced in this country. Every thiml,
which contributes tO.the comfoff. tie beantS
and tie prosperity OF country, moved for.
ward IN Improvement SO rapidly, aud so obyi.
opnsiy, as TO mark that period with particulay
Distinction"
- IL was about tl,e sa,,o ,or;o1 .,
fdctlreS were extended on new plap. bS The
enterprise, the capitals, and above ali bs the
science of men of deep knowledge and persc-
verlng industry eGgagedi in them"