Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-05


Great Britain. Heare.t forbid that Great Bri-
tain should accept their oger!'"
EDINBURGH REVIEW.
(Praise, at all times agreeable, is doubly so
when justice graduates the scale in which it is
weighed; and its effect is naturally heightened
when IT proceeds from quarter to which we
have been used to look for another and very
| opposite species oftreatment. With these feel
ings, impressed on us by the perusal of arti-
Gle on America in the last Edinburgh Review,
we extract a portion thereof, that such of our
readers as have not had access 10 the Review it.
self, may be informed of the liberal manner in
which our country and its institutions are now
spoken of by those who not long since cvinced
any thing but satisfaction at the rising great
ness of our nation. The text of the Reviewer is
furnished by Duncan, Hodgson, and San Eng
glish gentleman" all of whom have travelled in
this country within the last five years. The pa
ralles drawn between the interior policy of the
United States and the British government are
very striking. ]-.M. Y. Statesman.
! The economy of America is great and i'm
portant object for our imitation. The salary of
| MIR. Bagot, our late Ambassador, was, we be-
lieve, rather higher than that of the President
of the United States. The Vice President re-
ceives rather less than the second Clerk of the
| House of Commons: and all salaries, civil and
military, upon the Same scale and vet no
J 7.
Hume has at last persuaded the English people
TO look little into their accounts, and 10 sec
how sadly they are ri,nndere,!. hut ought
| TO suspend our contempt for America and CON
slider whether we have not very !noucntous
lesson 10 learn from this wise and cautious peo-
pie on the subject of economy. X
lesson upon the importance of reIin ions toll
Grafton, we are determined, il would seem, mol
To learn, either fion America, or from any
other quarter of the globe. The High Sheriff of
| New York, last year, was jew. Ii was with
the utmost difficulty that bill was carried this
year TO allow the first Duke Of England To car
| ry gold stick before the King, because he was
u Catholic!-and yet we think ourselves emit
tied to indulge in impertincnt sneers at Anne
rica, as 1t civilization did not depend more upon
making wise laws for the promotion of human
happiness, than IN having COOL inns, aud post
horses, and civil walters. The circumstances
OF the Dissenters' marriage bill are such as
would excite the contempt of a Choctaw or
Cherokee, 1t he could be brought &; understand
them. A certain class of Dissenters beg they
may not be compelled TO say that they marry il,
the name OF the Trinity, because they do not
believe in the Trinity. Never mind say the
corruptionists, you must go on saying YOU mar
ry IN the name of the Trinity whether Won be-
heve IN 1t or not. We know that such protes-
iatIon from you will be false; but unless YOU
| make 1t, your wives shall be concubiucs, and
your children legitmate. Is it possible TO CON
ceNc greater or more useless tyranny than
this'
! In this particular, religions liberation the
| Americans are the head of ali tie nations of the
world: anu at the same time they are, especially
| IN the Eastern and Midland States so far from
| being indifferent on subjects of rehr;on that
4 they may be most justly characterized as a very
| reISious people: but they arc dcvout wit.,onf
beng UNJUST the great problem in rciirion:) an
higher proof OF civilization than painted eacnps.
waterproof leather, or broad cloth at two gni-
meas yard.
Though America is a confederation of repub
| itcS, they are IN many cases much more ANAL
gai1ated than the various parts of q reat Britain
III citizen OF The United States can make n
! shoe, he rs ut liberty TO make shoe any where
between Lake Ontario and New Orleans-be
may sole on the Miss:ssippi-!eel on the Missouri
measure Mir. rkbecil on the Little Wabash.
or take which our best politicians do M, Gnd
an easy mattcr,) the length of Sir. Monroe's
foot on the banks OF the Potomac. Bst ,yo tn
the cobbler, who, having made Iiessiap boots
Tor the Aldermen Of New Castle sllo,lj ven
'ufe TO invest with these coriaceous intem;inents
Tie leg oi liege subject at York 4 yellow
ant III nest of red ants-a butchers dog fn =
ION kcnhcI-a mouse IN a bcehive--;li feel tlIe
effects OF untirncy intrusion: but far urofara!,,
their fate to that of tic misguided artisan. ,yho
| 'nised by sIxPenny histories of England. and
cohcevng' his country to have .ncn united ai
the hcPtarchy, goes forth from his native town
10 stitch freely within the sea-girt Limits &C. Al
bion illm tue Mayor, hin, the aldermen. him
the recorder, him the quarter sessions would
worry. Him the justices before trial would
long To get into the tread-niil; and would much
iaineh' mat, ny recent act, they could not do
so, even with the intFuding trades,nan's consent:
out the moment he was tried, they would pusi,
MN win redouoied energy, and leave him TO
ucar hi'nscif INTO conviction of tiIe barbarous
| institutions of his corporation divided country
90 much praise cannot be given 10 the A
'nercans tor tier great attention TO the subject
III Education. All the public lands arc surveyed
according TO the direction of Congress Tbev
are divided INTO townships of six miles square
nv INES running with the cardinal points and
consequently Crossing each other al RIGHT at-
Sies. Every township is divided into So nrar
Ter sections, each mile square and containing
6lO acres. One section in each townstup ie re-
served and given in perpeinty for the benefit
| 81 common schools. In addition 10 this tI,e
| states oil tennessee and Ohio have received
grants Tor the support of colleges and academies
ne appropriation generally IN the new STATES
| ior scipilarIcs OF the higher orders, amount Il,
ohe-hith OF those for common schools n an
pears from Seybert's Statistical Annals that the
land III the states and territories on tI,, casf side
o. Tie Mississippi, in wiic appropriations have
| becn made, amounts to 237, 500 acres. and ac
! corning To the ratio aforementioned te ;,ggre
gate on tue east side Of the AIis,is,io,,i i {Ino
! ooo' lhe same system of approrri ,tton am,