The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-01
LYNCl1BuRG. APRIL 1, 1888


that the uesI session. Of ihc virginia ANNUAL
Conference u the Method. Episcopal Church
"ii, be held at Pelersburt
go
Il Our render, arr already anpri.ed tLai
NJ Hoo which dreW 100000, ia the Grand
sRie Lottery 81 Maryland, vas owned in
isls place Ate ave nov cabbea 10 stuto thai
Tn ioaulaie number belonged 10 Mossr.
,aprles ! Dihrel aud Martin Perkins, tie
former d atom owned Il. ilbs
go
a. II viii be eecellected by ,he Cit
zens Of LynchburS, that, day, their
cefpor.tion cleelion will take place
roR Tnr vmoINAs.
Degenerate age pzusigely unelouded eandor
sBys,
Seem, dirk as nj III 10 the bright srIendor Of
Auaustan days.
Every age IS believe, distinguished by
tn prevalence Of certain moral pe,cadliors
ihai afr peculiar 10 1t aud has, moreover,
Kind OF Idle aud oilcuus scrlbblers, arm
giant enough 10 undertake their correction
by the exercise al = rigorous moral censor.
sap, over The times, equally odious and in.
aieirnt. THESE sflf=constinled critics,
whenever afpctty wee comes WITHIN the
range al Their microscopic vision, have I'M
~, dat recourse Ia tho Lash and woe be-
tid'.sihe lll-fdcd wight, who, melted by
rflla ambition, hath rendered himself con
sF,taouo for the practice of the aforesaid
wee. hllsi he Will, by one class of moral
Iu a.lftY,nl. Il.
crd he will, by auothrl, eqallly, If uut
more severe, be held up in every laughter
mo'ins form, 10 the joyous derlsion of his
laughter loving species. Who is there nj
I'll CIV ersanl vita classical lore that does
nollas, h 3 anger by turns whilst he rccol-
iecto The sore style IN which the maynard,
efcrntcic gcnltsrs ofold Rome peace etcr-
nal totheir injured shades were rcbuked hy
The grave severity of Pereeus, "stuns by
the county irony OF the tlttedns fhccus,p
end helabon,cd by The honrst pen of the
wrdhiul aud indignant Juvcnal.
Lest public expectation might be dsap-
pointed, 1t may not be amlss To state mere,
that shall not, for two solid reasons, nj
tempt 10 initiate The example of either ef
these worthless. First, because am 10
great charity and loving Aindaess with tins
Food ponid of ours 10 undertake the lnvi-
dious office of holding the mirror np 10 its
lullles and secondly, because | lack due
quauluGn of that peculiar wis comira,"
which, by carieaturug the moral dcformty'
II seeks 10 explode, has sometimes The eff
feel OF laughing down vice This age of
ours, notwithstanding all its boosted good
ness, hath lis appropriate foles, deny it
who can aud, among other sins, is rcmar-
kdbIe Gar the frequency of an offence, n
gnnst the llws of modrsty aud good breed
inS, deserving lie severest reprehen5lon.
Upon ihis custom alone, propose for the
'dllledtlon ofmy gentle readers, and the
grallileatlen % "A disposition 10 find fault,
Inherent IA man, aud agSra, ated IN me by
sore NJ at ihe spleen, venting a moderate
quantity of the splendid bile of my ,irtu-
oas Indignation had the good fortune,
some uAe ago, IN pcruslng public journal,
10 stumble upon u philippe, condemnng,
IN the most harsh and unqualified terms,
the helnous sin, III vogue, of poluting the
pure, pcllueid streams OF our slaid, vernacu-
lar tongue by throwing therein the foul
aud turbld ingredients of learned and
once vcnrrated dialect. long since delunct.
Now, b. II known, that although APP
prove almost catirely, not quite, the au-
thoi's structures oa THIS head, should have
considered the piece more worthy of I'M
mortality, had lac extended ii to another
offence, equally common, and more diabo-
llcd mean the eustum of subscribing the
paltrN aud fugacious newspaper efusions
ot Spleen party rage and pcdantry, with
names whose Immortality has been pur-
chased by slorious displays of intellectual
supremacy, or moral worth. This free
and Understandable prostitution of iIIust.i-
Gus nainrs IS not only indicative of the eX-
trttne of insolent arrogance, hut is, m0rco-
YER bark W a saorlleglous libel upon the
memory of departed greatness. For il is
net uncommon To see pieces, in the public
journals OF the county, the unblemishing
advocates of principles rs wall moral as po-
hiicai, IN direct opposition to the declared
Opinions aud uniform practice of those
ancient worthless whose canoni2cd names
are thrreunt0 numerically aud rreyercnt-
ly subscribed. | speak boldly, Cfor who
dare contradict me !? when | affirm that
thls odlOus species of = scaudalum magma
tum helrays as great disregard of policy,
is ot moeesty lnasmuch as by obtrudinp
on the mind recOilections militant assoria.
ted With the name libelied, it obviously
tends To place in the strongerrelief the alb
snrtlty or diahollcal nature al the matter
which this unworthy aud librllous device
was lateudrd 10 ratify aud hallow. If the
contrary di.t not appear on examination, Ia
what ash, but alaHentable dissertation
OF iders, bordering on absolute insanity.
should we ascrlhe the conduct of a writer
whose brain r,cked out for the eoaser-
vStan at the social order, and the inculca-
ton of steady habits, IS signed with the
name Of the most signalized disturber OF
public tranquility! and personal regularity
or,cnmposed VIII the fell intent of attempt.
iac thn subversou of human RIGHTS IL s,,h