The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-15

o. thu -am~ subject. siarr tie EXISTENCE ~
,,nf consultation, and iii thrm II has *
i,andrd iatu profound, lab rians, ard eK-
pensI,e s,afrbes into ihr figure OF ihe
Garth, aud the tosnparaiive leugih ot tue
prndniun1 vibrating seconds ~ sarIons lnt-
tndas. from thr Equator Ia III" Pds.-
Ihrse resrafelie- haze resulted ~ tn
composition and publication OF several
wnrks highly interesting 10 the eans" "i
science. The experiments alt yet ~ lhf
pfnce-s af performance. som. al them
nave recently been made on our own shore.
within TIA. walls of one nj our Own college,
and partly by one of our own lriiow cur
zeus. II Hnuld br honorable Ia our cnnn-
try # the stqlrl 81 the saur experiments
should he cohntenaocsd by the patronage
our gp,efunIeal. as they have hthei Ia
bern by those al France and BrnidD
ionnre ed with the esiabl-hms of an
UnIversut,ot seperatr from II, might be
undertaken tn" erection of An Astronomical
ob-"ifhiary, Win provision for the support
vi 80 astronomer. 10 iIr III constart asirn-
dance Of nhs.iNailop upon tnr I,h noIn"na
al tie lraNeas, and ior the peiiadlc Al pub
heairpn ii ms ubsrrsatlop-. II Is with 10
lcrlug Of pride, at an american. tDat tine
,partfitely small i,rrilullil surface
ni Europe, there are existing upWaids Of
one hnud cd aud ihifly al these light
hoa,.s, of The skirs WbIle throughout the
whole American brmisphrr,, lhrte - not
on.. II we reAeci a nIos"ens upon the dis
co.erirs WHICH III tBe List four crntarlrs,
hasr breu made in the pm, slraI constitution
ni Tie universe, by the mrars Of these
hfGldfpgs, and Of observers stationed III
them, shall NJ dnubt Of hen usrlulnrss, 10
every nation Aud " hle scared, a year
pas-se, u,er our heads without hrirgiuo
."nr nca a=lruno'nical discovery t. hant,
winch w must Lin receive al srcund hand
from Europe, are We not cutting ourselves
of from the inrans of returning light for
lIsat, tile NE hay. u,Ithrr observatory
'"r observer upon oal hall II ,he globe, &.
ihc ga III rrvol'rs ia perpetual dalkar.s to
oar uosr arching Eyes
When, on the 25,b Of Octph.r, 1891 the
fest Prt-ldrnl Of the United STATES an
padnerd Ia Congress the rcsalt Of lhe frs,
enumeration Of the iHhabllant, Of hi, u
nion, h" lfnrmrd iheu thai the rrturns
Sh," Tia" Pleasing Assurance that the popu-
latlpn al the UuIttd States bordetrd on
inur nlliIpna of eisoHs. At the dIstonca
nf iHlrly Seals { ON that time the last cor
'hrrdiI9ii, I'VE years slnce completed, pr
S"atrd = Popalatlon bordering upon ten
'niil"ns. Prahaps, Of All tin evidences ot
4 pr"'i'"rod7 aud n"rpy condition of hu-
man Notniy tne iafi'lty If the lncreasr ri
pnpulation Is the most arCquilotal. But
th demonstration Of our prosperity lc.ts
noi -l"o" upon tins Indlcauoa. Oui con-
AHaIIl nHI - ia {
base lnc,eas, d in Corrrapund-
Ing prop pltIUns and the numbrr ~ md
y pdrnt eoinmunlli--, associated IN oar
+ d"fai Unua, hIs, inc that umr, near
y douhir4. Tn" es lsIatl,e repr, srnlation
III The ntalrs aaJ i,opic, IN the NO iioa,-
=, u, Congress, has stoa.a with the growth
IT thor constituent budic., TIE house.,
"tlch then consisted ut slXiS five mcm-
hers. 10y numbers upwards o( two hun
ir't The Sertr, "aIch COM strd ~
IN"i'y TX M MIXERS, has II " forty eight.
Eut the ExrCutI,e ANA sui moe the ia
dIch Departments, ara yet in a gtedi
in"asur. & fnhped Ia iht II lTinIlltr olgdn-
lzatlnn aud 're no" MOI adequate Ia the ]
urgent wants Vi dslIa glowing community.
The naval arlnanenl-, "hIeh / an cal
" period forced themselves Upon the No.
ces,iles of the UnIon, sroa led 10 the ~
Of ID patIm,nt oithr Nay.
But the Departments of Foreign Atidlrs
aud of The interior, which earl, after TIM
Ia, nation oil the government i,ad rrn u
nitrd Ia ON, continue 50 united II TINS time
10 tat urquestlonahir delrln at OF the pub
nc service. Iur multiplication % oui To
ATOMS Min The nations and Governments
Il lhr ald world, has kept pace With that
OF our p"pnIatluu AID CoInlnr.eu, nhll.
y lialn The ia<t ten sears, Il ne" family of
nations, in uur Own hemisphere, mas iisru
among The inhahllnnts ii Tue rdrih, with
whom our InlritonI -, Cotnnicl CIhi md pr.
nieai, wound, al Itself, IulnisE occupation
10 an active aud ndustii,dls drpatinenl.-
ihe upslltnunn at re judiciary. expert
m"ntd and iulpr' feet as II vas even il tiLr
ilihnCy OF our casting Government, Is yet
mntv mad qndie Ia the administration IF
n diondl Jus,iCe Al oni pressnt mhtufltI -
Nlae years hhAr eidIsed hiute II pl.drCes-
ar II tins ulilC", noa At The list, thu cit
iHrn VIM, perhaps, nl all Others thruushon
Tue UuIou, cn-flrtb It'd M { u" formation
and establishment Of our Constitution, IN
ii, snlcdtrtorS dddirs- tu EuuStess inmr-
dnlrly proceeding his rIir,1urut from
public he, urgently rrcpulnreJrd the re-
Nls,an OF hr ulIritry, AID the establish
in"ni ut aa dddttInnd rXrcufiNe Depart
mrnl. fae tNlgtuCIts ri The pubilc Ser
, Ir,., aud u.s. u4dN oluahlr rti.irnCIts, rs
nov IN tXtfeise, haze al, lad yrarit cnmu.
ialiIe NrI6ht Ia The considerations pre-
srni"d by am - frrsas-hr II The me,-
suie; ald l. recommending ii ~ ,oar Dr.
ilbrla,lens, am happy 10 nave thr inna-
p,Et. a his tb.ris1 ID II ,l,,. -,