Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-23

other patriot who prefers good holrspnm 70 foreign
irPpery under the old ddage, de s,sLus non ,li,-
lpuandrfI and under the selfish and cdHcecd prin.
cipe, that having brem pleased with Luoi> dun IN.
"i"e years, my pride would he mortified we're Hoic
| TO change my opinion.
" he georges OF the mimi are more important
than of the feid or garden saws my loving Uncle -
then the following fruits combine genus labor am
Cultivation. Thar angels iu'erpost IN the affairs of
mankI"d is an arowcd doctrine of Chris ani,y ,n,
me Muse, IN PAGES II, IS, behuieously deiah- the
,niu"mee upon the g (ieorgics of NE mind n :
GEAR 4'eph"" has learnt much Iruih, experience,
caution ana ACKNOWLEDGEMENT from rage 49, which re-
lords the powers of siver-tongaetl elngucmce.
The description of nishI the field Of battle maze
<- combines back icoOd scene, ar,asrd in Tie ;.
", imagery, with which poet only could have en-
,eloped II.
u these passages exhibit neither genius nor cul
Walton, II they comprise the essential elc.
nenisui poetry, Then 80 attended the best .,,,n,,y
schools was carefully Instructed in ,hc ,i,.,J I'm
&agts seogrnpiy niithsmatics, history ,atRyii aad
moral ihioSophy, bsiieS ieres and ,ptor.c ,,f
tna international tdD :; and have studied Aris,o,l,
CICERO, 1uimIilan, Longimis, Ron and Blair cum
muiiis ns, altogether an ,uin
nave an additional objection 10 The above nara.
g'"p", ana wnhou, infringing upon the oracuar
"i'v ne mor'uiS mi nisi honum my g loving uncr =
N"iir ne Is writing upon The georges OF the mind
'S i"Igoiion the still more important eeorics OF
HtTf His contrasts IN moral aspect are of lelriC-
'ouS !enuen'y. Whatever may have been the nd
NehtlinUs interest attached 10 one OF Iiose i,,o
mo""rchs while living now tlev have disaunrnrr,I
rom earth, upartiaiuy declares tlint as on, eiL,,
hmortiS, Tie d,ctafor Of Bulletins was jnexptesshly
inferior To the derOOadi student of The roLt,as of
'iSpirHsoR this comparison thereintc .,,li.hes .I
HE di't'ncu"ns OF moral worth. can ONLY rcneat
my nmhZement that my loving uncle when instruct
NY hiS - Dear Nephew could have intro,luced ,ufo
the same letter, Isaac Newton and John G Symmes ;.
&c cNciuding the christianity and ex oi,ed
s'hrtly oil The Anglican PHILOSOPHER shnuid ~,
easily have been Induced to conjnn ToI,, b.,ryL,Y
WIN 'he most ignorant pettngger who ever chatter
ca nonsense imthe most frivolous suit al law ,bu,
ever entered
/ he personal and social history of the tramn,is
u'h"Ses no insrc around ms poetry i'm thus rlevat
nS therefore, without any deduction To the acme a +
g",S, '"n, ancient bard, may his " dear neuhew
ieel the high, of his moral qualities for mo v,,,ne
person can peus- the most admired of Sak es,rnre,
"uihs without being danger of COMMUNICATING his
c""e's"N'lhg aud heart: the contrary win, ,I
US detects, The Mountain Muse Is uure ua,rio,,c mud
sPri"hi. lie author, ii ann iircilv inio,meJ
w ',e mere i"rce Oi genus attained u high rank i'm
"e' 'eRisHture; and report SAYS that M. Is equally
respected aud esteemed for the ,rrn,ity of bi man
"e'7' 'ie puFitt ni his morals. lis cosby sncr,ti,e-
"h we "i'l' oi Patriotism, the artinur of his iu,rl
'''"' pursuits, the superiority of his conversational
FoMe's' ana continuation OF menIal expansion viii,
''hed sens'IlliiN of heart. Now mv loving Uncie''
ca" hhh better employment lIian al nnfi,g t u,-
i'>qne such citizen aud his " dear Npplcwn will
m'e '''''he" no small degree of supcrioriiy f in
ue'e respects, he Shall become assa,ila,pd in the
''N'' whom, as an anihor, uauy great men admire
""p Whofh, as citizen III all the relations ni life
every good man, assured most sinrer,l, love.
~ my loving Uncie' drinks ! am mistaken ! shall
""y reminding him, tlla, white shall no, cont, I'D
'ot some en'S IN the Muses. style vet shall MAIN
AN ne CHARACTERISTIC aud vivid energy of his con.
cept'ons, and The harmonic flow ofhis song.
am, r'y loving Uncle"
Your " dear Nephew"