The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-16

~osop.IcAL SOCIETY, 1t winch tacll
at. General La Fayettc was present
eIl,uins co nmnuicaiiOn WAS read by
w C,.RIrs J. INoEHsoLL /; and II wa.
I'D that a copy of II he requested OI
- Gar ,~nmedia,e publication by the Sc
rrttary.- c..m,.,.
rb. last half century, so prolific In the
,%erials ofhisthry, Is most remarkable loi
was" ,ss changes Of government which practi
'fasa hs,,T with the American Revolution.
~ ,;r,t of conquest, succeeding that oil
Try was followed by that of commerce,
''taIb gay. way 10 the spirit of independ
wa TIT prevails, and Fundamentally AT
-. all p%oliiical Institutions Not those
u ~ which are immediately under It's ope-
-, hat al! the rest. Commerce u the
p,... raprl'y disseminate Improvements,
.ui1 ,reat Influence u intelligence
nu',.,v millions Of educated people, now Ia
,,,sa14 and America, more than there
few years since, and their number
.r.,sing in geomrtrical ratin-all Intense
!, stndio1s of political pfalo'ophy-creatc
neither empire within every state, conlin-
'alI, seeking aseendaney-and this empire,
,ao6eh separated throughout many nations
,,J by inter, enlns seas, Is nevertheless one,
1,J ,ydi,isible in is views and sympathics.
pohlic opinion, no longer spent in the va
r,,n,n of oral traditinr* IS grit with otnnlpo-
t,nce by the independent press, whose
ni.rcine ray no sanctuary can keep out
Sao.rslition aud IGNORANCE are Fallen into
oh.q,rity. Organised societies, ot all sects
,,d uatinn-, are in victorious crusade a
,ain.t their last holds. Religion Itself must
.,nn be IRE. Already laws are the popu-
lar yili. even when other wise ~ostenslhiy
enacted. Divine right 10 passive obedience
is scarcely asserted. Equality o iudls'daais
and of D%ations, the advantages al anre-
strained intercourse, the mIsclllels OF all
,Iperiuous gorrrnance, are becoming rs
tablisled principles of international and of
municipal law. Political economy, which
has remained until lately almssi "%nthousht
Of, since the Suggestions of Plato GU that
.lhi.,t, has taken an eminent place among
uodern sciences. Labor and economy are
r-rorujsrd ~ the wealth at nations. Mo
p,uoly. exclusion, local preferences, and
f,r,itin,,s sounterdctiUn, are tclt and trea
t.J "a issues Of calamity aud bat few
PARASITES uttsr the prcposterous hlttery,
h,t !, iyate luxury and public extravaganza
ia,iga,,t ate circulation and replenishmrnt.-
pol;ticol philosophy is almost as much i'm
,,n,.J No modern Vultaire would ven
t1rc To say, speaking OF Queen Eliz 'heth,
PIT - tl,t ueople were her chief GavOrite /;
moi that shr liked them IDdr"d, for 'ehO
likes the pe,pls Or of Charles the H..
"that he wa. he FIRST King ri England who
procured parliamentary i%niln"oce by pen
SONS, a method u abriigin@ difficulties anil
prereniing contradictions" Such scnil
fnrnts now,w would hardly be entertained
Yheir expression in the page of history
world he "a offensive as Il literal translation
Of the most indrlicate phrases ofthe ancient
classics The people haze come To he trea
ted with the respect of other so~rerelSns--
and public corruption IS AT least mot apltaH-
drd. IL Amrric,, the names. OF things are
changed, with their substance. In Europe,
certain antique names. forms, mad prcJTbs
sessions. remained unalierad, az Il sort of
equivalent for the substantial capitalatiens
hat have taken place. Bat almost nnt'er
sally there Is an adoption of many cardinal
ameIlorations which cannot td,l I" snprrln
dlce others aud il is especially the pa"
rflui anl contfailIns empires whose ten
deney is unrquivoeal ~ libcial Ideas. Ihc
Iiiepentpnue of the whnle American he
niSphrre il not more obvious than It's
Influence in Europe. Its European recos-
milton is Il mere commercial question, the
arSlacnt Of which alrets rather more ia
yorabIy than otherwise the basis Of political
acknowledgment. When North America
'an say 20 Europe, "yo1 Shall not rfco
lonise South America the matter Is set
lied.
Fox wnnla not have retired discomfted
by Pitt, it le could have said, " within %
years your adherrnts Wilt repeal millions Of
txes, disband hundreds Of thol5 tnds of
Ishtias men, relax the system OF pressure.
That has been continually drawing closer
snce Edward the Third, Denly dlsavow
lie wisdom "r your predecessors, AID ave-"
rheir conviction that thu true interests oil,
Great Britain consist in permanent peace
aad flbcarins Legislation" 1t is not more
thAn IS years since HE members % phrlla
mcnt from Lnttloa, Liverpool and D'l,t"i
a%nxionsly opposed the abolition III tn"
SLAVE trade as destructive OF thrir rom
mprcp, and MANY Of the ministers dennlIn
rcd It Ivy tn. still more dannin2 conla
rati0ls nf drinncratical and dlsorgdnlz,n- ;
nnw the West India Islands are accoanief.
M Considrruiiou II r'f1sinS education I"
African slaves Meanwhile, more radical
changes are hrnachrd and agi;atrd going
ID toe whole structy.gc OF the constitution ;
which, though yet repealed by sec lady
ilsnrmountal,lr aversion may soon, Ike the
abolition of the slave trade, With the genus
Ni the age ~ p,oAeer thrm, maNe good
their way To favor.
An oPtlomnisi fi0ds consolation for the
bag that a vast A,i,lic empire. which re
si'@'e' Europe, is about TO crush all liberty
WINS Portrnlous ukasrs. rt" imperial
Vdelo OF that "mpi'r, fortified with that oh
TYf9os alliance, wbiel, has taken the
s.~59en'tlls ofihr Popes when in thrtr plrn
l''a', with a million Of men at arms IN
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