The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-31

sent yon hive n,a,.c mr. az. ar .em fra
,.'s IA Europe. rhelgl they .naid NOT
ohlaia so naiisil pos. gise no, eli, for ~
~ Ing do fer the ahi.riems wi they
VII not be les interesting 10 the iii tbso
the new world. The interest If e,ni,,,ii,
may not be- ~ great, hui that uf a.lf loy. i
still greater. We are anxio,,s IN So, l,o.
Eur"feao things aud li.ra,us s,fli>r Am.ri
ciiis. II happens fhdi ,o, have si,.n IL
c"iats III p"t,.,nsS tilings IL Ensl md, Srnt.
Land, Trance, G.nrva. u Switzerland. Is hirh
my sister aud have recently visited mud
many 81 the parsons mhpm yna mrn,ion
are our particular friends. II thr ius,c.
aud spirit "f all the dclineation4 of what
we have seen, we can bear full Testimony
and from thrse, we are REASONABLE, led IL
iHler that all your representations of what
we have mol seen are equally accurate.
Your account of the manufactures Of
Sheffield, for one instance, gives M much
Information As possible in small compass.
aud must { rr.iorc, be valuable to r.irrgn.
eIs, who are more curious To- knew how
the toys Ia the great Toy SHOP of Europe
ar, produced with s,,eh CELEBRITY aud per-
fiction. | am sorry YOU did not see Dir.
mIhsham aud Watts.
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days, an: have not sct inished reading
II, bat as have IN op poftuni,, Of s-nding
THIS letter Ivy pcrsdn who is going tn PHI
iHdclphin, | cannot delay To olirr YOU MY
Acknowledgements, tho they must br stuff
cirnt, rs have not yet seen the extent Of
my obligation.
! have srcn enough however 10 Judge
oi The spirit al candor and liberty aud the
Il,t.Iatn i,.,,, A
your work. | wish that this spirit which.
""'s so much honor To the character Of
each ind' lduad and which il thu true poll
cy oi every nation, were more general be
tween America aud England.
II Is npw h.comng fashionable indeed in
London 10 spsak well Of Americans, and |
hope the fashion of writing with lbrrai,y
VIII follow IN among our best authors ami
yours.
Washington Irving has set an excellent
example, In others of your writer's, aud
OF the pdnegyrist5 ofthen countrys,I have
regretted Ia observe the talent they ind,i
"naliy POSSESS, and the grand facts they
had 10 produce IN favor Of America, mar
red aud d',Sracrd by this sort of national
sprit oi monopoly. Let them raise aud
Sl"riiy their country, aud exult in her Ia
much AS they will, in this they may be
sue of III" concurrence Of The wise and the
sympathy of the good, and the indulgence
ct all. Even II tlicoexaggcr"te n little in
i"or of their country, il is an amiahIc
weakness Tor which there should be, aud is,
give and take charter granted by the
common custom, more powerful than the
common law nf nations. But the moment
any one nation "r "ne world begin, 10 de
prcciate the other indulgence and sympa.
my cease and the jus, inference il, that
thoee VIII" attempt 10 knock down others,
That they may raise themselves upon the fall
cn b dies, are conscious that they are infe
rior
May this in,idious and degrading spirit
cease on both sides the Atlantic Let II.
all try to raise ourselves without lowcring
others. May public esteem h, the jusi re-.
ward of every writer, who sets this laula.
bic example, and who preserves temper
and candor, even when goadrd by Ilihe-
raj criticism or tempted by vulgar exam
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