Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-21
to al Virginia, appeal to every state sout,


gentlemen-have we moi enough To enable -
very man anu woman, in every neighbour hood,
to form judgment OF lawyers, Though
these the fh'ladelphia Editor, through sheer
moues'y, omiis to mentiOo,) there are as ma
ny as three or four in Philadelphia, and two
IN rttsburS. who are distinguished in the pro.
LESSON; and this you will agree is a prodi-
g'ous number for such state.
40 insist, that the people Of these educated
STATES, ought to have monopoly Of public
instruction sand NJ it was well known, (what
ever may DE pretended,l that they are willing
aad ao'e 10 furnish masters in all The arts and
sciences for the whole continent, it was NO.
thing but downright perverseness in IN. visit
ors oil our University, (if, indeed, they were
moi '"nuced ny yet more culpabe motives
10 send TO Did England for professors. |
souch Tor the iact, that any gentleman of
virginia, can, whenever he rirases, procure IA
school master from New England, who can
construe Virgil. Nor have | lii. least doubt.
mat our visitors could have procured there, ON
| ne most moderate terms, "a professor of the
oeau languages yet farther advanced, and "a
pso'ess"r oil mathematics who could ucite
I-ucnu elements. AS To the professor of Il
| natomy and medicine, I mainta,n that he
ought by all means To b. procured from Phil
hdelpn'a. confess, that till this idea was
SUGGESTED I" my mind. disapproved of til.
| !; 81 tuition OF any such proi-ssorshp at ALL
btt ti,rre Is not graduate OF that famous
school, Who does moi know how To procure
| enough human b'"od from living subjects, for
most extensive course Of experiments and
mat Will he an admirable succ-danru,n for
dead subjects, OF which fear it will not be
easy In procure enough.
am, gentlemen, for an American policy in
a" 'n'nss l Insist, that Congress ought to
"A nrke Of f.. ~. A.
NINA, as We u as for manufactures. IL has alrea-
dy most wisely laid protecting aud ven ,rohbi
'ory dulies on most articles Of comfort, and
some ot The necessaries of life, for he pncoui-
asement OF all kinds of handicraf, trades and
!" particular, II has imposed sucl, duties on
books printed and bound in f,reign countries.
mat We have The unspeakabIe comfort of read
ing our mother Tongue ia bopks fresh and wet
rom the book sellers shops of Boston and
r hi'ad'iphla As 10 books in dead or foreign
languages, own, never heard efbut a single
attempt Id print one of them (which the en-.
,erpf'ze OF Boston essayed) AID that failed {:
but lie who shall live twenty Gears LANCER
VIII perad,enme see what he shall spp"-
only do NOS let them alone" Now, gentle
men' defy you, or any Of your correspond
e"'s' 4" sbtw me good reason, why the
trades employed in the mechanical part of
| DOCK making, should be encouraged by pro-
tecting duties, while home br.d learning. and
home burn aad bred, learned men. are left tn
pine and anguish under the weight of foreign
! competition.
Lei me, then, most respectfully suggest and
propose, that Congress lay day on ali learn
eu men, whom 'he dearh of literature and
| science at home, may iniuce any of our Uo;
| vrrsIiies to seek for, abb Dad, and entce IN ON,
shores. 1 am not for protection on.y: atm
Tor prohibI.ory duty And :" ft were done.
wnen ms done, then iwerr well il we're dom.
quickly" l hope the subject will be imme
dIa'ely taken mp and acted upon promptly
ior only Two OF our professors are at present
arrived, and would have the duty imposed
IN Time to turn the others back.
The policy of the measure is obvious. The
present. generation indeed, in certain parts
OF the Cnios, may suffer, or pretend, some
'"roh'e ience. But men who are not willing
~ i've TOT posirrlty, are not entitled TO much
consideration. Two or. three generations
hence, the whole nation will abound with ma
i've bone bred scholars and philosophers
Lei mai content you. Another consider altos
Is, That the bur'hrn will fell chief, on the
southern states,W which is great recommends
non IN point ct pulley. Pennsy ivania and The
NE" England states las we are now credihly
iniormed) have learning and learned men
enough, and To spare. New York and n w
jersey can lind supply close al hand, from
, nr'r ne'shbnHrs on either side. As to the
western people, i: is my belief that not on
~ y" hundred 81 Them cares a straw for TIVE
nHrrence between Old English and Ne,<
Engish literature or science and at all events
dare swear, they will be ready TO make a
liberal compromise-if others will agree IN
pronbI Scotch cotton bpgging, they III con-
sem 10 prohibit The iI porta,ion Of learned
men' Scotch or English, and whom not
Iilr't are men whose hole wisdom con-
sis'' IN hndns obj ctions to the best laid, wis
est and most practicable plans of public i'm
prosemeht. One will say, What, are Won
S"uthron, and be damn'd 10 you, and for
extending the policy of protecting and prohi-
o''ory duties !"-ano,her +" Grant the mra
sure you propose to be just and polite, de-
ny mat II Is constitutonal"-and a third set
Va u'n'u' ovrrcau'Ious, seif-seekiug pack, who
never commit themselves TO The support OF any
measure til thry are sure il will go DOWN. will
tel me, sir, what you propose is very poli
iic' and grant perfectly constitutional ; but
can you reasonably hope, that the absurd pre-
Juu.c's winch possess mems minds on this
sunJ'ct, can be SO readily overcome, that
'his addition to the Tariff can BIZ enacted al
all much more IN time To answer your pur-
pose OF excluding the other professors that are
expected"
On every one of these points, have plain
answers To give, which will be more TO the
covic'ion,i doubt, than TO the satisfaction of
these caviIlers.
am virgiDian; glory in the NAME
How can Virginia so well exat her horn hov
so Wen e'ince her generosity, her magnaoi,n- |
ny, her superiority, her exalted patriotism.
as oy sacrificing her interests to the general
good OF The nation ? Answer me this.
AS 10 the consiitutionaIly Of the measure. |