Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-29

Aud move III gladstone measure.
When each Tee has ASSUME d its appropriate
dress. vheu the Walks and Ibe garden are
VIVID villa green OF gay vita bloom when tie
binds ave Staging IN the ;iees aaa the streams
ripping along ia" vdirS-l hen when Iumihi-
bus piior rtdilt oi'-whei IRE tOOk trith our
spring eyes, aud. every thing around MS is
brighter b' meath this fresh and vigorous vi
SioU. shall isSue my invitation. with the GER
iaiatN OF being lady accompanied thro walks
la woods OF rich and varied foliage, and wind
ing out TO points OF beautiful pIOspcct-aiong
streams. whose borders are teluquIshvd. after
some hlllr discipline, 10 their Wildly luNurabt
brantS OF EatTte's prOdigdl besiowing-iutO
the garden gay with exotic and indig enouS
beaniy--and finuilS in,o the cottage itself, and
into tie society OF literary cultivation and ie-
male youth aud beauty.
But, al present, must invite my reader 10
| attend me on an excursion, which, l think,
VIII Afford topics OF discussion, more suitable
| To the present season. than any thing else
could Seiect-Iet US, then, convey ourselves,
IN imagination, to yODder mountain, ascend
| ins where the R,va,na breaks thro' the sonih
! M"Si chaln, and locking down on the village OF
Charlottesville, aud am extent of cultivated
! anu wooded country, which, in its summer ar
| lay, would be pleasant spot OF repOSe for
| the eye. wheu wearied OF tracing the distant
| sweeping outline of the Blue mountaius-But
! low, III Tie 0rearine- of winter, what object,
| worth the trouble OF The excursion presents
| Itself: Observe the editiCcs erecting on yOu-
! der emiHeuce below us, aud which have al
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| i!naiIOu 10 some pueiic institution. There
| rises The CNINtRSITY OF VIRGINIA. Let MS
| while together we contemplate its growing
| form, reflect upon its probable deStinies.-
| Looking back on Monticello, the residence of
Tie most active pajT.n OF Tins institution, and
| th"n down upon Charlottesville tom some
| similarity at lie scene, may We not quote the
| word OF POlitian IN reference to his residence
| Together with Lorenzo de Aiedici the icsiorer
| OF letters. in the Abbey OF FIeScOle winch,
| situated or lofty emlnence, looks down OH
| and commands Florence
| Talia tssn'eo lentus u.editahaT in antro,
/ RGte sun uIbauo M,drcum, qua mons sacer urbem
heOnain, longq vOiumnIa despict Arni,
Q"a--- plat idamque quIetem
| Where IescO.'s sacred mount looks down
| On Amos "indiugs, anu its classic town,
| Where wise LutCnZo, from the CIty S nuise,
| The calm repose of conscious worth enjoys;
| Placed IN the mountain grouo. at my ease,
! . pleased my fancy, iih such thoughts these.
| Does not the contemplation OF this scene for
cIbly suggest a Cout.ast of what IL tCas, not
very long ago, with what it Is nor! a hundred
| and nifty years ago, aud the lands, that the
| vision now compI ehends, were the abode of
! ierUCIons beasts and OF meu as feiOci,us as
| they-NOw II is the centre OF the cIsi izaticn,
| and the chosen seat OF an institution, trum
| whence the rays OF science and Knowledge are
| IL radiate thro the state. Here, in land,
| some obscure slimmeriugs of the existence al
! w'!ich suggested the idea of the Atlantis Tie
| suolect OF The poetry of SOlon, in his AZ Allan
| tic Isle" and at the r. trciions OF Plato in hi.
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| shJli tie studied and emalated by the Youthful
| cltizSns; and the sublime specuIaiious OF the
| latter IN the very language winch resOnuded
on the banks OF llissu>. aud inter siivas acade-
mi, shall be recited and studied by the youth.
| tai scholar.-Here, where The wild Indian
! burnt the prisoner at the stake, OF, proving
| IN the dark, bathed his tomalawk in the brains
| OF the advancing settler, ihe language OF the
| poilSheu auiuots OF The dye OF Augustus shall
| BIZ The object OF familiar recitation and study
| -iieie, the pursuits OF Euclid, Archimedes
| Pioi'my, PhsN the elder. Hippucrates, and
| Galrh. enlarged aud perfected beyond the
! narrow Ken OF the dDcIentS III thNsical. mathe-
NAUTICAL and moral science, shall be followed
| with ardourand success anu hence their bene-
| hts be dliiuSed ihIo' the country
lla'ng inns contemplated The monument
| Wich virginia has erected - science. thai
| III" finished grandeur and grace of Education
my be obtained, without departure from our
! native state; | invite the reader To return.
with me to my fire side and enter into con-
NeISduOn OH The various objects Of The instI-
! tHt0u. Let us select. then Tor the ii 81 tonic
! the flTSt Item specified ia the act of Assembly
III the list of lie parts of science TO lie taught
/ VIZ. lie classic languages. Drawing Our chairs
| up 10 pleasant hrc, and placing a table with
! books paper and pens before us, let us call in
witnesses and aids of our discussion, those
! writers who have immortaliZed themselves NV
I productions IN the lang uages, which afe the
! onlcctS OF our SpeCniatIUns. / cannot imagine
! that TO any one of "a cultivated mind, their
| presence viii be considered dlsagTeoahlr, or
reference to THAR authority foi uroofs OF Iilns
/ tratlohs as improper; on The contrary, anti.
J cIpate, that my invited guest will he disposed
! to eXclaim with P,irotch, ' Quis taniis nsn
! gandSat IT glOrI"tur hoSgiiibns" Instructed
/ then, ny the elTqueuCe of Plato and Cicero
/ The "cntene>N and sweetness of racitus and
! AenOphoH-dellGbted with the sub!mty aud
grandeur OF Homer and NiIsil,-the compan-
ion"bit Qualities OF Horace and the Greek
duthOiOgN-ihe comic severity and sweetness
o, AfiMop,'dnes and Ference, with host Of
Other great authors, let u, proceed in our COLI
Versatlonal discussion. Referring to Them
from time 10 time. as our guides and autlluri-
ties, we will begin with /. some T.. elections on
tiir question OF the utIiiIy Of The study of the
1Ietk aud Roman languages; II. We will
e"t9T INTO some enquiries and observations
| rei'tiVe 10 HE mode OF the tuition aud the
state OF the knowledge OF these iaugn ages in
THIS courlr1. LII. aud conclude with some
generations on The institution of their study
! in tile UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
We invite the reader OF taste and education
/ 70 accompany MS during the discussion of the
above subjects, in several eusuing numbers Of
the iHDIGENIsT.
Plato, in his Timans, informs us, that Scion OBJ
tamcd from ne Egyptian priests, account OF the
Gtec'9ns IN pOfln. The hi!amt-, u WAS sad was
bigger Than ASA aud Anica, and yot Uus crowned in
sInf'e DAY and night. rho most probable conjecture
concerning II, Is, that the Africans had some knuN
ledge Of America.
To the Honorable TIE Senite md House If issein-
biy 81 tie state If Netr l0,h.
The memorial OF MOTdeCai ". Noah of the
ciiy"f New York respectfully sheweih--
Nat your memOTialIst Is dtsirous of pnr-
chdsinr thai tract OF lard belonging 10 the state
known by the name Of Grand Island situated
IN the Niagara liver, between LAKE Erie and
lake Ontario, and bounded by the possessions
OF Great Britain III Upper Canada.
~ lhnS applying TO the state to exiirguish
IFS title ~ that island. he feels himself cailgl
npon to explain his views TO your honorable
hodies with irankDess, in order that the APP
p'icdiiop may be dulS estimated. and consid.
cred IN lis proper ight-.iIs object Is 10
cause town or city to be erected thereon. 10