The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-17
QUARTERLY REVIEW.

By the recent arrivals tsays the n. York
Amercan,) we have received the last I'm
sllsh periodical publications, among which
Is the bid number ofthc Quarterly Review,
containing AN article on this couatry replctc
With The vulgar abuse, impudcnt arrogance
ot superiority, aud shameless falsehood,
which have hitherto characterized the eilu-
slons oi JEALOUS maliGnity which that work
ministers 10 the appetite of the British pub
lie. The article is review ofscveral ira
fels m this country, among which is the
book OF Miss Wright, on which the follow
ing remarks are made, which may be- taken
As lar specimen of the whole:
1.-THE fourth and last article is an impu-
dent attempt, we conceive, to foist into pub
he notice, under Il spurious title, namely,
that of an English Toman, most rdicu-
lons and eXtravagani pnncgyric on the go
vcnment and people of the United States ;
accompanied by the grosscst and most de-
testable calumnlcs against this country, that
folly and maliguity ever invented. An
English woman, with the proper spirit and
feeling attached 10 that proud title, would
blush 10 be thought the author of such A
work. We will not, we cannot possibly
believe that one SO lost To shame exists a.
Inong US and are rather disposed, there
lore, To attribute il to one of those wretched
hlrcllngs who, under the assumed names of
travellers residents in France, italy, sc.
supply The radical press with the means OF
mischief. Our FIRST conjecture, indeed, on
opening the correspondence, was that we
were indebted for il to the consistent Mr..
| Walsh, who, finding that this former work,
| had made no converts on this side the At
linflc, with the exception of our northern
brethren, Ia whom the subject cndearcd II !
had attempted TO revive thunder more Ia
king title. A regard To Justice, however
| eompelsus To add, that the pcrusal of n vc-
ry lew pages convinced us that the calum.
nies are too stupidity outrageous to come
from him aud, 10 say bold word we
know of no other American that could
justify even guess. Such, however, as
the correspondence is, We must proceed
with II. We can smile at the bloalrd van
| hy which proclaims Scion and Lycurgus
10 be simpletons IN legislation compared
with a Jefferson and Hannibal bungler
by The side of a General jackson, whose
most glorious achievement, we believe, The
fore his unparalleled campaign in the
florldas,) was that of the murder of two
unarmcd Englishmcn nay, we can hear
without much impatcuCc, that the Amcri
can government is the perfection OF all hui
man lnstltnllons-thai Justice is cheaply
dealt out with such an even hand to high
and low that slavery even ceases 10 be- a
cursc-that spirit of universal bcnevo.
lInpp nnp ada Al ., ,
poverty Is unknown, oppression uulclt, and
dishonesty nnpractiscd but when we arc
told, that the people of the United States
are far superior to the English in all intel
ieelual cndoWments, in the dcccnccs OF
lille and IN their general conduct towards
each oher and to rangcrs--that they hav,,
not, like MS, hset0ced Themselves with an
established church, supported by penal
laws, the work Of statccraft and prcstcraft
unied'--n short, that 'rrlicf from All the
evils which the old governments of Europe
haze Inflicted upon the poor and industr
| Gus Is only 10 be- found in hmcrica'-it be
comes duty 10 rise up and expose the fall
! lacias in order 10 cheek the runous cnrse-
que1ccs which they are but too well calcu-
laied 10 entail upon the creduou8 people
WHO are liable TO be dcIudcd by them"
Tlt following remarks are found in the
last number OF BlacI<wood's Magazine.
We protest against our clcyating a kind
of hot-houJe over American productions to
draw TO the lght prcmaturcly, every sick
and weekly germ, that had lttter remain
to rot and be forgottcn.- Gc09rcy Crulj0n
IS an American born, aud has written with
a tasr aud elegance, tits true, not often ri
vailed even IN England; but that for great
deal of this perfection he is indebted TO a
long residence in this country (Grcat Bri-
tam few will deny. His life Of Campbell
is written in very bad taste and the llisto-
~ OF New York, in spite Of some humorous
traits,ls often both very indccorous and We
~ dull"
As 10 the national manners of the Anne
reans, we do not believe half of what we
hear i; nor can we credit the account of
their ladies hanging their legs out of the
window IN hot weather, any more than Mr..
Nodler's SANDERS concerning the Glasgow
bellies. But this We win assert.that IN Phi
ladelphia aud other towns irequcnted by the
French exiles, society has rapidiy degcnera-
ted both IN morals ard IN manners, from its
pure English origin; and that, by taking, or
attempting to take, the TON from these up
start moasqueiairos, .4mcricun h;gh fi)c un-
Jortoaa'eiy uniies The r0igariW Of English
aimptcfy wih he teiyold ruigariiy Of
French ryinemea."
We Americans Of the towns, who aIl
know how little the French ,xilcs, or any
other natives Of France, have mixed with
our society at large, must b. at once struck
with the grossncs OF the mistake, o. false
hood, Of the Scottish writer II is thus,
however, that the people Of Great Britain
are enlightened respecting the state of things
in America. Elackwood's Magazine has
an aslonislling circulaiion. ard most Of It's