Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-21

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RICHMOND, DECEMBER 2l. 1894.
flour corresponiea, aad seriously assured us that
h' was his hrsi essay In public discussion" we should
have concluded from the 4nuency his pen" tina, he
was praei,ed hand in athe and NV stervp of writ.
ing but we warn him that he is likely to be soon In full
praeteei tor he will draw host Of writer's against
him, and he must stand prepared ,.fen,
tue whole Edo'i-i corps In N. England ami Pennsylya
niafrom the really witty and good hundred Mr. Duckjur
lam to that dull aud malignant cynic Mr. Walsh.
COMMUNICATED.
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
1 am very dilisent reader Of the news
papers; and am. therefore. as cunsumn,at- a
politician, and II may be permitted Ia adL''
as capable to instruct the public, on all sorts
Ut subjects, as any printer of you all, from
Name To Louisiana. But having been rdu
Gated altogether in Virginia, ifnr can imagine
M other reason,) my stock Of learning is ra-
thrr scant; nor ~ the fluency Of my pen com
parable with my 1nency of speech. Indeed;
compose SD slowly, that generally find. be.
fore can put in n word ON any topic of inn
mediate interest, bchnld, the subject is forgot
ten! Perhaps, the subject ON which am now
| going to enlighten my fellow ciiiz-ns, is hard
~ remembered; yet, is curinus, and impor
liant and il il be forgotten, trust shall be
able TO revive the memory fit.
In your paper Of the 1ith instant, there is
an extract from Boston paper, Containing
another extract from a Connecticut p,,,.r'
followed by third extract from a philadel-
phia paper. have taken the pains To copy
them and must beg you to reprint thu m
otherwise, my fellow CT izrns of Virginia will
hardly believe am i'm earnest 10 what | am
going to say. Here they are.
Froai ,hr Boston Garner
IMPORTATION OF PROFESSORS.
The Richmond Enquirer informs the pnb
lie, that Mr.. Gimer Of that city, went To Eng
land in Nav, To procure professors for the Uni
versliy oi Virginia, has returned, and that u.
has been very successful in obtaining profess
ors, who were to sail from Londun. ia the
Trident about the 10 h of October. On this
the Editor Of the Connecticut Journal yery
properly remarks:
What American can read the above no
tice without Indignation Mr.. Jefferson might
rs well have said that his "tare,as and DORM
tories" should not he built with American
bricks 4 have SEMI 10 Europe for them. as Ia
import group of Professors We wish w.l
tn his college; but must think il a pity tina,
an agent should be dispatched TO E,rone for
suite of professors. Mr.. GiImer could have
fully discharged his mission, with half the
trouble aod expense, by short trip to New
Eogland"
From he Philadelphia C zeue.
"Or, we may br permitted to sdd,by still
! shorter trip TO Pennsylvania. But BECAUSE
Pennsylvania does not produce Stump Ora
fnrs and Presidents. the Virginians conclude
that II produces nothing else Of value, forget
tai that the first physicians philosophers his
torIans. astronomers and painters known in
American annals, have been citizens of our
Siaie.-This sending ola commissioners to Eu-
r"pe tn engage professors for new Universe
ty, is. we think. of the greatest insults
the American people have received"
Now. this appears To me To be only Just
pride, becoming self respect, and genuine
pafriotism according 10 The latest patent {: and
must say, was surprised. sorry, and oif,nd
ed. to see, that you were grac-Iess enough t.,
attempt a vindcation Of this importation of
professors You affect to think that this was
piece of waggery in our Boston and PhiIa-
drlphia Editors: you must know they are in
sober earnest These &. n,lemep gravey com
plain of the conduct Of the visitors Of our o.
niversity, as one of the greatest insults the
American people have received )" and insiead
OF making u contritp confession and apology.
y0n aggravafe the insult a thousand fold, by
quoting passage from Mr. Jrff-rsOn's late
report, in which he plainly insnuates. that our
sister states have no more first rate learnt
men, than they want for their 0wn semina-
ries; and expresses the belief, "that TO ad
vance IN science, we must avail ourselves of
the lights Of countries already adv anced be-
fore US" This last give in Mr. J-iTerson's
own words, because have no doubt il was
his real reason. The insinuaiion of the scar
city Of learned men in the North and East,
"a III, a
only serves 10 slrw his consciousness of hay
ing wllfuIly neglected that nearer, cheaper, do
mestic supply.
You know. as well as do, that the fact of
Mr.. G'iner's mission to England. on that de-
grading GRAND, wa, at FIST {for very shamrl
carefully concealed; nor was il till very late
", publicly avowed. Drny this, If you can
Yes, the visitors, sensible Of the Indignation
their conduct must excite whenever il should
be- known, kept the whole scheme profound
secret, till II was ascrrtaned that Mr.. Gilmrr
had engaged the professors that is, till they
had laid in their stock Of old musty European
learning. and thus anticipated the public wish
for The fresh, new, and twhat is vet bet,erl
cheap tferatt Of New England and Penn.yl
vania.
Whoever has read BarIow's. Hnmobrevs,s
and PercivaPs poems. Buffers com@lrtr his
tory Of the United States and Universal histo-
ry, Mr.. Everett's resiews, and the honorable
John Quincy Adams's state papers, and espe
cialy his fourth Of July Grafton, must (if he
have either taste or caDdour) acknowledge and
aumire az The poetica inspiration, the bistori
cal erudlt'on, the literary, classical, philosoph
zeal, political and rhetorical talent that abOunds
to oveif'wing in New England. The North
American Review viii infalIibly convince any
uoprsjudiced mind, that Mr.. Justice Story is
the chief ornament of the bench Of the Su.
preme Court Of the Unitrd Sfates and thar