Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-30

The denomination of ts;v-,,ily would
imply the whoie rerce Of hnr.rr sro,riedcr Il RAJ
pacity to instruct in whatever there might OK
,St a desire to lac taught. No branch OF know
with respect TO which desire might exist TO
gain instruction, Si,onld he deliberately cx-
cludcd. Morris genuine knowledge Of prim-
ciptes, or OF arts, which are either incidentally,
or, even Justly. undervalGed tn be regarded
a. disadvantage To tho mind. The quaker
need not he rcndered les pacific. BY Investigate
ing the principles Of ,siiitary science; nor tie
sorinian less unitarian, d, a profound acuraii,-
tance with all tue argument which sustain the
doctrines of The trinity. Trath Us, eventually
he gamer, IN every respect; but, indcpcn-
IDENTITY OF that consideration, AN invi.oration
of the infeIlectts produced, which, whatever
may he the subsequent menta. destiny, cannot
tail 10 prove OF The greatest benefit
As AN experimental illustration OF a prinri-
pie. when itcan he obtained. il always more
vaisahle anu convincing than an abstract ex-
position Of VI, al important illustration of the
tendenryoi gtneI al knowledge 10 invigorate
the intellect, M the prosecution OF Il paitcn-
lar department. OF knowledge, will be referred
Certain documents slew that,iI tho year
lSii, twenty students we're DISCHARGED By tac
College Of CALCUTTA qualified Tor politi
cal aud civil stations um INDIA. OF these.
eight were educated, exclusively, ut the Cot.
i-ge at CALCUTTA /; aud their attenii.n
directed, eNcIn'i' ely. 20 the acquisition of The
properJangnnres. Twelve weie educated in
HERTF0tDSiiiRE, in ENGLAND; and
instructed IN general and classical literature,
previously to their rspairin. tn the College OF
CALCUTTA, for the acquisition of the same
languages. The average time, which il took
the first eight, TO acquire the languages in
question, was Mrte years and t,.O months. The
average time, viich II took the second twelve
10 acquire the same languages. was Ten nor s,s
What allowance must be made for the carrier
age, at which the students, not educated in
HERrFORDSHIRE, may have come to the
College at CALCUrrA.i u niorf tha, connie -
balanced blythe circumstance, that the latter
directed their attention exclusively TO the
acquisition OF those languages. The difference
~ snch az II IN qnlte impossible to explain, on
any ether principle, tsan The inrigorQtioa of
the intellect produced by the ucYaisif Of genera,
and Diversified knOrlsdgr. These { cts are eAli-
bifed, in pa:e 52i, OF the tweuty-seventh
volume, Of the Edinburgh Review. lsdeed il
vii. be ahuudantiy clear, OH a little reflection
that he who already knows ten languages, or
twenty sciences, can, with more facility, ac-
qnirc another, than lie who is entirely unin
structed.
He, therefore, who desires Il complete and
finished education. and that early Obtained,
must aim at rothins short Of the acquisitions of
the rho'e Of human kEoTifdge; aud. for this
purpose II must he property repared for him
ana every precedent attainment musi be ele
inentary to the Subsequent. 1t, for thi. Dur-
pose. university he the best literary andedu.
tailsi any one branch, or particular Not
only. therefore, is il important tlatthe scienc-
es, and that all the branches of every science,
shonid be arranged according TO their natural
afhnities {; but equally Is il SO that the course
OF instruction should conform itsclfto such
arrangement, and that ii should be so rompre
hensivc and exclusive MS to leave nothing or
comparatively, little. TO be sought for in other
institutions, or in distant countries
The attention which is beginning TO be- paid
m no cd
Sta'es of America. renders il interesting IN
take view of what mas already heen accom-
p ished: as preparatory To what is propose1
hereafter TO be effected
Ii Is u sentiment which almost persa les our
Union. that this Grand Re public is destined To
become one ct the greatest, and most ,i, tin
sushed nations Of mankind.
SO many reasons concur To Justify This senti.
ment, that perhaps. the impntaiOn oil This
account, ofan egregious national or individual
vanity, TO an American, cannot, with proprie-
~, be made.
Yet, it must be confessed that a neglect, or
Contempt. OF the proper means w0uld Indicate
an unreasonable vanity, both i'm the individual,
and in the nation.
IL is sentiment which. OH the one hand, is
calculated TO realize it's own vaticiuatisn;
put, on the other, il is also calculated TO de-
feat il.
Certain il is, that an ardent love of inforlna
ton, an intense intellectual energy. peryad.s
andcliaracterizes the AMERICAN PEOPLE
But how has il been obtained what are the
caaSeS and means which have produced it ;
an'l how are these to be maintained and i'm
proved is il regular science +; is il regular
leafnng and what is the relative proportion
between the informed and The uniniormed1
Our nation is growing, he ond The bounds OF
calculation; and unless the cultivation of the
intellect can not only be kept up, int adyanc-
ed, and that by domestic means, we must, ul-
timateiy, be contenied 10 take AN inferior rank
aMong more distinguished and refined nations
of mankind.
l would propose, as a new Uniycr,ity is
about 10 20 into operation, under new auspi-
ces aud with new and more magnificent views
that COLLEGIATE REGISTER should be
constructed, exhibiting the number Of the gra-
duateS OF the college at WILLIAMSBURG
Tor every year from its first institution 10 the
present times its professorsliips professors,
funos, aud all other statistical concerns reIat-
ing TO 1t. 1t tie number of those natives of
VlRtlNlA, who have received University
edacation,iD EUROPE, and in other Ameri-
can states, can lie ascertaned, it would he a
desirable addition.
Let similar particulars. in relation TO eyeiy
other University and College. in the United
States OF America. he collected. Let ms dis
cover what is the existing slate of literary
cultivation in our country deceivpg and
natterlng ourselves IN nothing, Over.estinIatiug
nothing. Let Us, hereafter. diligently collect
and digest this kind OF information and, in
THE mean time. let the attention be seriously,
anu P's Nt'rIluEls uHtCVu vi IUP question
" Whether NATE ONAL UNIVERSITY NAY
not be reared, consistent NTH our institutions and
our principles Of political freedom and eouahty 2"
The labor of a Collegiate Register would he
too great tor an individual. 1t must he dyd-
ed. IL was proposed some time since. in The
National IDtelIigeneer and great willing
ness was manifested. by the editors of that
disnihed and patriotic print, for the prosecu-
ton OF IL. But other matters command too
much of their attention. Could not this task,
for the portion OF the Union south OF the Puto-
ns<c, be executed in RICHMONDS PERHAPS
the industry and research of PHILADEi.-
PHlA, or OF NEW YORK, may supply the
northern portion.
Its believed that an AMERICAN COLLIE.
GlATE REGISTER, presenting ample aud