The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-10

,h If abuses, prevents the. stanie gov
ELL. ran drgenetaiag INTO dig Z
and DESTROYS the seeds ~ ro'N"-
e"f.' - resolution BY uffprdmg an easy
,.".... for e1eciing those necessary 'h ~
hieh. in olhei connlries, tan on'y De
b',,otishrd by sinl"nee. Nor has ms
,n,nt given birth to restless sp'rt
ai'""s thu. Alterations have neither
a,,nrtous npr rashly gone about =
~ all the states fhe people nave shown
".sI,.s disposed rather TO bear "i'll
ii ,oron,.nience3 lhan 10 hazard chan
~ daibtiuI d,antage. New states
s.,.,er are added ~ the hrphblc rom
,,,n.t u tlmc, 8. in the forming ot new Il the
,,,.odng Of old constitutions. experiments
constantly making in the theory of
a.a,,.ni. Fer the fist time IN the
-, of the world, these are conducted
...,h n,rfrct fairness and on rational prln
Nos. ard If, therefore, we attend I" the
..mno.tion Of the more recent, aud ihe
.Lang,s introduced into the old systeIEs Of
Ia,;.laliun, we shall ascertain What are those
'f;oripl.s. in favor OF which, experience
rrs Ia have decided in the u. States
Th..e nav be st ited in FEW words. l,
na.re is evidently disposition in the peo-
nile If thr U. STATES 10 abolish all rrslrc-
tons On the right Of suft'agr, To r. der It
,atuall, universal, and to adopt the melh-
ID of voting by ballot. 2. In the compo
.;,,on of the Chamber of Representatives,
,,r.f.rentP il shoun for ansuI eiectnns.-
longer term of service is preferred Tor
tho senate /. and four years service to be
ea,s,de,ed the most Suitable period. 4.
win his Longer period is conj0ined me.
,h.d Of partial renet0at, which deserves To
h. considered a material Improvement in
: lsg,sla,ion. 5. In the old states the Gov
,unor is elected generally for one year; IN
the new. for three Or fonf."
"The Navy of the U. States is small in
mint of numerical strength, but is perhaps
the best organized and most effective III the
world. The unexpected and astonishing
success of their frisates IN conbais with
British vessels of The same class du ing the
late war, established Al once the reputation
Of the American Navy Tor skllandprowrss
in the eyes nf Europe; and the u. 5. With
avery few ships, already rank high as "a
naval power
at was reserved for the law givers of
the u. States TO make the bold experiment
Of dispensing with state rsiigion.-The
result has shown that christianity has a
firm held in the nature of man, and is ra-
ther injured than served by those costly
eslablis kmrnts, which So often abridge or
extlnguIsh free Inquiry and liberty of con
science, engender fierce anim0silics among
rival spcts, perpeiuate the errors & d pgmas
of unrnlishlened times, and degrade rril-
gion ioio an engine of civil tyranny, or the
ally of ignorance and imposition
On the subject of our literature there
Is nothing original in our geographr r OBJ
qeivailons. He notices the great uillicul-
ties Win which it has to struggle, result
ing from our almost pro, incial dependence
on Greet Britain, and the ease with which
her learning is imported and disseminated
among Us. "America, however" he re-
marks. lis rapidly acquiring literature
Other avn: and the productions of her
psss already begin 10 attract attention in
Europe"
"In one department of literature, of a
humble indeed, but most useful description,
the Z. States stand nnr,alled. We allude
to their Newspaper Press. There were
but seven papers published in the U. 5. in
1850; bot IN 1910 there were $50. {incln-
ding 25 published dally,) which circulated
e. 100000 copies in the year. In 1928
they had increased 10 the astonishing num-
Der Of $50, circulating sc, 900 900 of cop rs
a year. In he British Isles ~ 1921. with
10000, 900 of people, the number of news
papers was estimated TO he ga, and the
copies printed annually, 2S,600,000. The
whole # continental Europe, containing
100 millions of inhabitants, where the
press is chained do n by royal and priest
ly jealousy, certainly does not support half
the number of JON nals which exist IN the
U. States alone. They are superficial oh
servers who attach a small importance to
this branch of literature. The periodical
press Of the L. States taken altogether, is
the most powerful engine for diff'usng mer-
camille, political and general information,
Tor stimulating the activity and operating
on the minds and morals of the people,
which has ever existed in any country"
Considering that NJ. Matte run was
wiring not for general readers alone, but
for the benefit Of the young; and thai his
bnnk is circulating very widely and calling
ny The attention Of the civilized world to
The great peculiarities of the American
system, we may we'll rejoice that so weigh
~ task has de,olved upon such able
hands. IL is almost wonderful that such
sentiments should be advanced by the eii-
zen OF conni,y, where government is
chiefly known by its oppression and reli-
gun BY lis hypocrisy. S.
900
COMMUNICATED.
Having been requested by Mr.. A. T..
Douglass IL attend AN examination of the
Students ofthp Lynchburg Female Acade-