Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-10

IrRoM THE Losnos oDsenvra OF NOV. 2oI

IfHoM TIE LONDON OBSERVER OF NOV &c
MR. PHILIPS SPEECH
~e"f rs az me danudi Meeting Of The London
Htosrntan Sciiooi Society, held at SI;9o
SIR have very great pleasure in accedipp
w '"e request OF your jealous Secretary and
proposing a resolution of cousraIulatiou on
,le success OF this institution, aud OF appro.
BATON ut The sacred principles ON which II has
been founded. / confess that mill I ne,n.sd
Tue report with which he was SO poIits a. no
Iurnlsh me, had very imperfect id ca of th.
a"e o, ms institution, or OF the great graft.
iaue WHICH we owe to our rsueron. Fn,iisJ,
brethren, who have so mobly asti disin,sse.r.
Guy established II amongst us Ii is an emx.
MASON OF that glorious spirit which has Unread
.ae,' name among the nations OF the earth,
a"u made that same anonymous with eyerv
Niitue....i had no idea that no less a ,u,.i,ar
INA" $4,000 OF tile infant population OF This
kingdom. including two tiiousanI children eff
U ,.i., own country, who now crowd this hall
WIN pions gratitude. were thus gratultousIv
receiving from them the blessed fruiis Of
.oMca,ion and religion. How gratifying II ia
70 .ufn from Tue abominable aud Internal per
!u ny "hich the public MUD is now hourly
poiuteu, and the public heart afflicted and
."e pnbhc morals iusulIed, TO the con,emnIn.
uon ct such subject! Fniy-eisht Thousand
sni,afe"' raised from The nire of iynorsnc.
s sIm s"psisiion .redeemed from state OF
almost brutal barbarian. aud led ihroucI, The
temple OF knowledge even TO The lve, " aI,,r
W GOO, Is spectacle which envy lot the
man VINO cah behold it without ,epihasiasm. =
m liam
even an adventiiions inter IL, Tor sur,,Iy there
never was country more ripe for lis e,hihi
non-haver was there land more fniI nf f;na
,ntsehisence, oDscured and darkened, or OF
~, ""oier impulse, more miserably peryerted-
ne iniHd OF ireland has by no means hi,h.rto
p'u ialF uevelopement. Acute but Inactive-
'HdGh'ncent bht uncultIyated, The nassiu,
, anser DehoidS the people as he does their
.cu"py' win admiration u in true but still
win mournful admiration, at their nepIected
E.anuenr aud their reproductive Io,rIiuessi
mas been To little purpose that tho geuins
a. '"e "d'oh mas occasionally burst the bon
cage that CENTRALIZED II; that Natnre Az i,
were 10 vindicate herself has slst sons sni,it
oI nshi aihwafi the gloom, in whose l,,strs
,"e ,ahu became for moment yisible-it Us
,oi ht'hehi, ana the cloud it touched
scaEce'y retained tinge of the prolitiess nLe,
hoihehon. There was no per,n,n.ot so,,rc.
Whshce lis radiance could be fed and lilo
mere giImnerIngs OF uDassisted nature stru.-
~ 'aIn''y through the denseness OF the
1, esPhuie' al rescue The country from This
'o", uisxrace-to dispel the mist of barI,a,ism
Gnu IShofauce, viii their attendant train of
wees ara 0i crimes to elevate the peasan,Iv
lice ~ "ni superstition TO moral prac-
~ ~ anu an bOly contemplation, your iustiiu.
t'oo mas been iOGnded. "A gIorluus work and
worthy OF CHristianl A work cI,aracte,,sJ
ny ,ne niosf glowing benevolence, aud no, less
fePiete, even III a worldly sesse win tic ,yi,
esi and The soundest p,,,Icy for CO., -, ",'
Pcuo upon II thai, sooner or later u,i;ou.I
goou cannot fail to How from a mo,ai re,ene"
's t"e soDTleIy, The temperance, the
SUI 'ai', the indnsiry uaiutatly couse1 urnt
"pon ea!ly culture, will. in line, like rich
SS..e"", run BACK aud hide their fount,iu"-
~ principles OF freedom, by being beIier |
sn,'.t,o' wan brcomc, of course. more |
io,n;i ~, ilShed The ihpOlicy, as well as the |
imIPlety OF crime, by being more clearly nrny
W WIN De OF course, more sednlously .vnid |
gu, an educated slaye-an cdnrat.d .,;,n;
I1a', are moral contradictions liz the se,y
S1a.s, % knowlfdge, the plianfoHs that ~ |
da,sn', emu Tie wees that despon US graduate
u.'nPPeaf aud ~ is only wsru ma liyht 49,.
sa,o!iSheh' thai you hnd ignorance aud snner-
= .'"I S'n"'lUs IRON their cavern and amid
80 1870. o. '.'dPts ahd horned apParIti ms taki,,,
., ",, n. station Upon the bosom OF socie
y, ~ Uutds Ike these needed any annie
q" history Is eloquent on the suliect ~
o'' n.aiO"s country ever rose to greatness aud
,,O"pD"eh bdt ~1TOus. No psasantry-r.ysr g.,
poOahe edncdied withOat bpcOnI1g co,u;,s. |
,9nse'y VF'mO"s-the sp,il Oi inqniIy cgl,se. !
I"eni hPOn literature. and tue spnit Of rSuu. |
' ' ~ euohl' nave heen ~ general co exisfent
aHs hOhFi"heu aud decay Ell together. 1'u,, |
w Eye 10 Athens ~ the ancient tln,.-Ihe |
atmp,e awe u lirerty and letters the seat
~ " we To iif mount 81 Ihe hluscs-lbe i'm
mortal sbiIhp Of all that could constitute lilo
"ed'DSn Immortality, wHege even battie |
'mOOHISd hts ,"Sgrd lf3nI. aud fhe yyar,io,,s |
s"Orh was cafldnded viii roses beIioIi Ls,
'o" heF sfs"S 'iicnf. aud her ten,Nlrs laIIeu-
=" O'lonitp >it"e euihrOmed amid her rnins
,"u : 2r""'"ie people croncbins 10 tLe
YIN tFen nh shame even viiniu sr,ht Of |
HdathOn get fIIeTt, where alab1m1t mo-. 1
IsFels J" g. uieDled ignorance, 5ocrates vas
''ai" ahu SOioB lesislated aud echo listened !