Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-29

ordinary occasions by the mock mobility or a
Kind oi priv iiegei or,lcr. But ou the intro
duo on of fnr.iga troops into our army FL
r",gn cis,on. c ltersd with them and on the
cnse at the war officers aud disband-d
troops, returning To their families, aud inter
m'xing WITH society, military fame, and mar
uml"XpihfS, ID came common pTo perty wli'ca
oil 'nen wi he'd To possess and hat right to
oh.a.h dDd na,htg now no common "u.my
"a 'ad, an whom they could try their ncitIv.
qua II opportunities at distinction al home
aud MS state ofth,ngs MAS greatly accelerated
by the declared equality oi al men. Thr fact
IS, that towards the cnnclus,nn of the 18th add
ihe commencement OF ia. IGN century, this
science was reduced 10 system and the mania
Ir dneliiug brcamc 50 prevalent in all ranks
o. society, that parehls declined sending their
chlnrtn 10 schunl, especially at n distance,
lie "ring they M ghi be- euSagrd in A.. Ard
we slt not b ,rd rag o. the rid col pus |
iniS.:t add, masters reluctantly sent their boys
10 mill, Tor the samr reason. However this
my b., Ills certainly true, the practice uf du-
al inS had reached In an alarming bright in
Virginia, in 1910, whruit was arrested by the
aci To suppress durllng, souSh, NOW To IN in
taucd alhO' universally Acknowledged Ia
have had III" harprst effects upon society by
Increasing P'r>'pdi security, domestic happi-
ness, and pnh'j;. :;.;;,..::;;i ::: Ill;
Shall thea tli" accomplished scholar, the
finished gentleman, the high minded Virgini-
IN, his character unsulli"d, his prospects Of flu
lure iiity aud ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Just hlushing
round INN. draw his models of life and cha
ra"ter from the Huns, the Goths aud Vandals
at harharous antiquity, aud close his prospects,
and his country's best hnprs, with AN, here he
lies, cut of in the midst ri his DAYS by the
nurdereus rrnd ola ducst His father, that
were toierable,) but his mother, his Sister. and
Oh tell il not in Gath HIS ;c'G! the dis
f,t # "A c,l.
mat asscmbage ofheauty nov looking down
npon us would illingiy hp The mother, the
VIE, or sister, of some of the first charac ters
ana most lamentrd names of our country
who haze fallen in this murderous icrrEire {?
May Gnd deliver YOU, my fair sisters and
danShters from sn.drra,ful AN experiment. |
nope this house will, by the manner in which
they viii treat this application. But why take
us marx n Tie correction of our i,Oras In the
times nf ignorance and barbarism, when the
m my bowed /" the few, and a chief ain AT the
head oi II Nassals gave law not only 10 his
o"n domains. hut carried GA n war of eXt.r
rn'naIIon against tn, neiglIbourns clans A
prnpr, whnsr trade was murder. whose reli-
= glon was iupety, whose Gnd was revenge,
and their gob!e's the whil-ned souls of their
enemies Stain in war. | acknowledge TN.
crusadrs of that day, their intercourse with
the i"hab'ants "r Southern Europe, its more
genial and b-niSnant soil and sun, did in some
measure ciNIZe them, aud something like
'h'valrous srntim 'nts, and high notions of no.
nour appeared TO float upon the chaotic at
mosnhere "f the perturbed brains of indir idu-
ais but without any general, salutary, or
lasting effects on society as they generally
returned la Europe as much attached 10 their
former habits as they left it. The estimation
in which The female character was held, forms
pretty Just criterI III To Judge of the degree of
L iHzati"n Ia which nation has arrived al
any neriod in their history. AT the period to
which we now refer, men kept their wives,
and mlslresses. pretty much do
our iddes. and flutes for. occasional amuse
lneni. No man then ever thought of making
ms wife the companion of his life the partner
at his Joys and his soIacr in affection, the des-
posI;ory at his secrets and his cares, into
whose faithful bosom he could with the gre at
est confidence breathe his most unguarded
thoughts, tine Utmost movements Of his soul
ifut why, ask, SO much pains taken 10 dres.
THIS barharous vice in the honest livery Of yir-
tue and honour !? Why not give To things
Their appropriate ma mes? WHY not call
dtain ny duel murder, the principal and second
'nurdertEs = " by ornament il with the nod
ding piunes @f honorable war !? For the
same reason, doubtless, that our first parents
had recourse Ia the silly pxpedirnt of zig leaves
To conceal their guilt and supposed defnrmity
from the eye of the God who made them
eS sir, name hut the word duel. and every
thing connected with il assumes a gigantic
form, every hing here is on prodigiotis
great seal" IL that falls in duel falls on the
field of honour, he drops into the arms. and
reposes on the bed of honour, hp has literally
covered himself 10Th glory and with Jiood
Nothing short Of glory and honour here, -ir
In" man thai murders him too is an honour
able mar, chOice spirit, high minded CHI
Various fellow, stands high on the rolls al
honour, - the man whom the people will de
ilght To honour and willingly shower down on
ms mead Whatever posts Of honour, trust, or
enrolment are within their gift. Now sir
how does all Ibis sound in the ears of a chris.
tIan assembly in the 10Th century ? If thi.
can be liberation, lei us rcsusciiaip the dry
hones and call from the Vastly deep the de
parted shades Of the mighty aburigines oI
ms land, who for Centuries rOamed nj
large the soVrreigns Of this western world, anC
called the whole their own who fshrd fn" /
ed, and hunted the bIfT,lor, the elk, the buck
the bear, in and about llios, shoals now sound
amongst this imaginary multitude the tall III,
tawny, the great Powhaian See how ma
les'caIly he moves through The obedent III,
bending, the almost prnstratr crowd mark
their establishment ~ this city and capto
sprung mp as nv magic during their absence
Probably, sirIhe very ground we occupy, and
Shockoc Hill formed their hippndrorre, gym
naslnm' or their ball Fairgrounds Let us
adopt their s1vage customs and institution,
AID put down the anii-dne lrg law, restore the
practice of durllng in itf pristine vigour on.
lore" as duty. what lirtrt' fore was only wink