The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-25
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This is broad aud good -hnmored satire
on the tone assumed by Ton many Of our
travellers IN the United States, aud still
rnure on the eseerat!r use made of IL by
certain High-rbu,e ll rary Journalists and
others, Who htse Nil enough Ia perceive,
THAI The rising prosperity aud poliicpl con-
sequence ST a great reppb.it, founded on
The hloaJcst bass of civil and religious lh- /
eriy form n practical satire on the uarrny
uligarcsical ihcofy which they are hired 10
support The saiifist, whom W. are told
whsa coadiuiur Of Nr. Washington Irving
In Sal aagnndio With great pruprety,
furbears alusiou 10 all such writer's ON A.
merea "a fairly deal with the suhj'ct aud
confines his burlesqnr To Faux and the like,
who, without single requisite for acaim
.slfprreiation ofrltaer oartonsA Or lndhidnai
character, mix all sHIts of fact, runor L abs
surdiy tnp- hrs, with no other rule OF Jndg-
rnrnl or DISCRIMINATION than what is sup
plie,iby comparison with a country under
altogether diff rent circumstance; with
whi.h eoaatry, too although their own,
they are probably Tor the must part not
much better acquainted than with that on
which thpy 50 pleasantly deem themselves
fully qualified 20 expat tr. This, as to the
travellers whuse labofs it more especially
dagIeth the gentry Of the Quarterly 10
hennr; f1r, as 10 the Reviewers themselves,
it is mol because they DO moi, but hccause
they do Isiott beth countries, that they are
so angry What, ia fact, can BIZ more an-
naying than the prosperity and rapid az
ggtad2rneut Of these NAL nrrnpos re-
publirans. at a momeDt Nhfn the Holy Al
lancc and the Quarterly had settled II that
anarchy aud free representation go hand in
hand ; and DR.. Soathey, both As Reviewer
and Observation-Disclosures, had proved that
an established Church Is the rriyut of all
that il politically amt rcligieasly just aud
lrne Mr.. Clifford too, wlase temper al
best nlways renlinds us of the cXrMmntion
of ,hc drunken butler in the Tempesi-
"T0uch me not, | am not ,5tephano but a
cramp!n --tow natural that these Ameri-
can high doinss should infase an extra por-
tien uf gaa hdn his amsble composition -
A. 10 tae Admiralty scrhes, utstam sup.
Theycan fud rcasons far h,ing dissatisfied
without stirring ont OF their oiyn oilice.---
But why desrpnd Ia particulars, when IT is
enough "a say, that having neither Kings
Bishops. Peers, Bornughrroprictofs Gane
Inws, Test Acts, nor ,llsquallhrailons Of a
third part uf their population, these ct-de-
cant rebels have tie usoenee tn prosper
and not only so, hn--hinc lila idchygia,r :
10 consiaca AZ least half the globe that al
these fine tbiass are nrfher essences nol
SHJSiaaef~, bot simply hat ineiapty stefan,
have agreed 10 call accidents some OF them
possibly conyenlent bat none OF lhom in.
disl,vnsbr.
Ga snch travellers aud such critics doe,
the present little volume tarr. We need
not inform oar readers. that the perfection
OF p6ry and ultra controversial tactics ia
this year of grace 1919, consists in the at.
tectatioa Of regarding liberaliiy as ",,ngtn-
teei, and repuhhcansm as eaiga, .'--ll
IS more han suspected, that mrn thus dts-
posed and governed are dreia.fuily drfieipn,
IN the exercise of silver fork can neither
expatiair on hotS d'GMurts nor different Vim
t,-Res, u Il Englishntn, lhat are absolutely
acquainted wilh1ile sill, OF liusse-sqaare.
and unecquaintcd with the coterie Of The
rrsring Harfirlte Wilson Oar American
scribe makes his John Buil solemn uupa
of this exquisite scb"ol, and most diver,jnsr-
" displa. the operation of the real claims
OF an EVsiishnan 10 be proud, on his nrr-
cio''s order Of intellect, The repnlsiye re-
serve which social, speakipg is 50 a,noy-
lag; the affected apathy which is so artif-
clai and enutcnPibie; and the ekcessiy,
fear of being taken ia--walch of course +.
Residence in The huge capital Of the mos
moral and reiigiotisp eaj,.e in the universe
csu bsve doae nothing at all to foster--sre