Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-12-23
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or contr1NccS otmau whether phy seal moral or po-
htca there Is none which is 81 any means 10 e com
h'" iof Iaplt, Tor extent and for strength of Il
van 'h winch, having tlc ihrrnc III ITS common & the
centre vi ITS ra;,iiCatIuns IN Babylon the Great II un
uo extends NJ control cv,ra wider AMI inorc wiling
empire than which mere IN Snai ch sly we'd the
,cetre udcr the PLAIN and uupro;on ending OF Inv
FRfsS In every contrrancC and III every art 10y
winch in3u can hold communion with ,nau o. IN virtue
Oh "hici one 'nan can profit by being profitable hs
Hoy, the march of modern times has been cI and and
i"Wh beyond all prccCd Mt, but of these ca
seS all o! which have demonstrated the truth the Ba
CONAN axiom, that 'know dge power" has there
oeen any tn@ contrived like that mghtos o.; ineilec-
tual engines which cYcry thing of good or o nj in
Tie very moment that !, happening, and winch ere
the sun has thrice g'rded the world, tells the tale
--ie1iessy procla'mng ,lc Gloy the Shame, to all
lhe millions OF the British pHbiIC and from them tlIln
Njlg, II ere many weeks anl months have, run ;icir
c1n'se, TO every part of the !abitaole globe.
oahylon the Great may boast much and most worth
"f the hckcning crowd of her inprcN Cnens, Of the
constantly accommodating masses OF her wealth OF the
every day advances Of her artzans 10 the pci fcctuu
of every 'htng necanca aud IN the acces,iuns which
lt'ef Sc sUn, every week and every dal makes to
"i"NmcntS and the iuXur, her population. She NAV
bi the aStODISacd come aud see what the.
hnman mind unicbased by bigotry and SUPERSTITION
ican invent and what the human haud unuhaine,
! w slavery can execute: but II she you'd point 10
me 'no't stuPendous invention TO which even Sh has
gwen ofli--if she would make known the most ,,Iu
cAle auxiliary OF Improvement aud liberty which she
mas nurtured to pcr;ect!ln-then She would bid them
look AT the thousands and ten thousands of lancIs IN
winch she pnufs upon the world that wholesome,
an necessary OF all knOwedCe-ihe knowledge OF IT.
self do not say tiat they To whom the enhancement
/ VI Tins mighty engine CvmnltIe are ali OF i...r,
o c' en- any o them the very foremost the age
either IN pnlmt nj moral or Of intellectual superl1rN
nave SAID that OF all g,ICiniiC directions, the fouu
lions are laid deep in the dust; and ed not conc,
thit many vi those things which HE press bring. To hight
ae such OF the very highest order cul, noi he
supposed To occupy themselves about hut stall th yc
tact, tha the press lets in day he ut no only unn all
the machinery of public he, but Of thAt Gf p,ya,.
when goes out ut u'dcr-tha vaccination against
'he liberty, the safety tine prosperity of sOcreh can
be carried on without the press Knowing OF /, and
telling Of it, evidence that while Il remains IN yr,r
NH people who enjoy IT be r;isayed nor
corruntcd.
It would DC both ont Of my way and ont of my pulo
Son'i' to SIT down and determine whether the prcss-
ui1tI-, tb0sc periodical journals which are called b,
e,s be the parents the children of that winch e
called nnb''c opinion. In their valuable and most
Sinaie exercise they are strictly speaking the col
'clorS OF Inc la Is from which that opinion whatever II
IS has 10 b. for red! and IN this capacity they are inf.
2iiey rn"ie valuable than if the whole OF those who
have the management OF them were Sol1ns and is
'otles The great object TO be arrived at in making
people Wise and temperate, is TO arm them with The
Knowledge OF every truth that can i'll any way bea,
upon Their opinions their conduct; and 50 onr -
they arc thus armed there need he no grcut ap re
hrna'on mat their OF rons shall not be just ard their
orderly.
Its in this way that the press even amid q great deaf
OF erroneous opinion aud angry practice on the mari Of
those by whom il has been couducted has contributed
more perhaps than any thing else, raise England t,
hcT present condition Wbateye of noble AID ,ra;sa
worthy, is delivered IN Senate or IL, ourt receives ia,
appreciation of the whole people before The air which
Inc FIRST uteriug of II pnt motion has ceased to -
or9e; ana when any thing amSs is uttered there tie
concentration OF an intelligent public follows w:h
equal rapiity and equal effect. In consequence of the
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