The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-04

| dheht strain of homes. exultttian a, H., -
smineHee to which the Unite slste. h.,.
htalued-the influence which their ex,.,at.
"''i have on the world, aud the brillian, ! +.
my TO which tia, example promises 10 leao
thehnm'n race pushing the empire orknoy
'edge TO The most remote and the darkest ear
ners Of the globe
" Ths operation of orr example is then
to come in. We will apply 1t sill 10 tbr
kuglish nation. They read in almost eve.
! ~ newspaper, that crosses tire Atlantic
/ from this counlry, nf some convention ia
amend the constitution The delegates ri
the people meet, deliberate, amend the con
siltuiion, or pronounce that il nreds no a
mrndnrnt, aud 60 home. M estates ARE
pllaged, ~ alarm is creaicd, 40 bl,alisshed
| Again, they boast in England thai they have
"A representative government that one and
that the strongest branch 0f the Legislators
u elected by the people. In practice, in
deed they know that the smaller part of
the people has voice in the election and
that the lager portion of the House of
Commons owe their seats Ia indirect or
corrupt means. They look again across
the Atlantic they End this vast country
divided into sections, equal in population,
sending each lis representative 10 the ma.
tipnaI councils. Are these examples to
have no eitect2 What is 70 hinder the
people of England from calling a conYen-
tlon; from meeting in convention from
amending the constitution, ia convention /;
from districting the country into parlia-
mrntary districts, in convention They
are not fit for such government, you say.
Gon reply, M change in the government is
proposed. II the English people give, in
TACT, that sanction, which is now supposed
u he given in theory, To their present sys.
tenn, il will go on. If they will not sane-
tion il they are fit for the change, and they
will have the change. They ought tn hate
1t. The government party IN Ensltnd do
not rest their cause on the ground, that
England is not ripe for giving every man
vote, brat on the ground that tbiRgs are
best as they are that IA government, as
now organised, of king, lords, aud com
mons, is best in itself This, we in Ameri-
Ca do not believe; this, nobody in England
believes, but those kings, lords, aud sol di-
SAINT commons, who are palties 10 the con-
troyersy. They are n numerical minority,
the Commons being falsely so called
They are physical minority, aud
an intellectual minority. At present
they seem To possess the greater part
Of the wealth Of the country, and by
this they subsist As much Of this
wealth rests ON the faith by which the an
tional debt il supported, it could stand the
first day of g serious awakening IN the na-
ton and there is really, therefore, 40
strong obstacles To oppose the re0r-
IF LnUI,nI npr,in
lar and republican principles. This done,
an infinite cooperation with as would
follow, and in the general result II is not
too muclr to say, not only that Europe
would be regenerated, but that the empire
Of civilization might again be pushed Into
Africa aud Asia
Art 7 T-ueelr "a H.e Repubifc OF Columbia,
by Lienteaant cochraae, ofthc British .Y1eg.--
The Review Of travels in Colombia by Lieut..
cochranc is or Of the most interesting pro-
ductons which we have for some time seen
in the North Americana The English travel
Ter seems TO start from home with license 10
abuse every thing American, in tue north aud
in the south and as he did not find the Co
a race Of semI-barharlans, rude, un-
lettered aud depraved. he misses the object OF
his tour, and vents his rage on their climate.
their wild beasts and their Insects The one
is deadly, the other ravcnous, and the last,
like the want of place with himself, the cause
of eternal vexation and itching. The Lieu
tenant Ohanks to our stars , has not, as yet,
published any account of a tour in the United
5tates--and all we wish, is, that should he
come amongst US, our good friend, " The ma
Frenchman," may serve him rs
he did the late Mr.. John Bail, of famous me.
morv. From Lieutenant Cochrane, we learn
that Colombia is infested with alligators, snakes
and mosquitoes and also set OF dtuas called
bosny. who undertake to row you up and
dawn their rivers and after having received
their nav, leave yoa. to use vulgar phrase,
IN the lnrch, to shift for Yourself Could we
make many extracts, we would select his ac-
count of an expedition up the river Magdale-
ma. where the snakes. he tells us, mug from
The trees. which stretch oyer the rivers, and
watch an opportunity to spring upon their
victim. The mosquitoes suck all tue blood
rom his veins, AMI the alliJators themselves,
with an appetite sacrilagious for beast, reptile
Or creeping thing, 10 indulge in christian
land, are waiting to dcvour him. He acanits
the natives of any conspiracy with the beasts
and rep,iles, by telling us they are frequently
deyorrcd themselves--ani that they often
revenge Themselves by Staying the enemy
ghen asleep on the beach, or catching hiH
IN the following odd and ridiculous fashion;
"Thpy select an opportunity when the
water is clear, and drop quietly down the
river until they arrive over the spot whefe
tho ALLIGATOR iies, when one Of the most eX-
perienccd divers leaves the canoe, with u
roso in his hand, dives to the hetoia, pla-
c,s himself by his side, aud tickles HIM an