The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-13

'"'y known. His agpncy in aholish;pp
.f'nan, Of the odiuus practices II thr r.e,l
government, has never yet bpsn fully d.
ksei"red; Tor. where he has mol been knou /,
I" nave been the prime muy.r of tines, h.,
1 nencial alterations, the credit mas been gen
fera'y gwen to others whe hive taken m.
s'r'd In eHtcting Them. b, HI. advice and
/ 'ontr his snp.tinfendsnrr. II aholishings
Y hf Ia" OF entails, AID in breaking downs
! ihe correction hrt"een Church and State.
s hr. Jefferson was not hitherto known IN
shave taken the lead. Many individo.lsl
sexpress surprise at thrir gnoranc. of eyep,ss
$50 intimately connected with his fame. anda
(Which add 40 much to the obligations that
l'he American people have olherW lsp incur
40, II was therefore with no inconsid.r.
z Die eratlht alton that W. Saw the in,ima-S
s''on IN TN" Enquirer, lnf which We hayey
sas'nce heard verbal COZ frmaton.) that Mr..
fJ"hrrsen has left behind him, from hi. OWL
spen, vou'ninons history of his Liz sndk
Tunes, ddwn To 4 very late perod Of h,sk
RexIstence. Such production, from suchi
Il pen. will afford valuable instruction to alb
.gela'ses of the community. Il will fill upk
smany chasm, and account for much ofs
e.thr conduct in public matters and publc1
Smen, which have hitherto offered richs
aheld for conjecture only, and afforded am
&plr room for thu taooifnI suggestions nf in-s
rigorous theorists. Such work. too. Will
gcsrry with II large portion of popularity
tstrom another consideration. Il will Euruishs
ssto the world cotemporaneons eHpositons,
aoi all the great events of which tue closed
Not the last and the commencement Of ihrs
%pirsent centuries, were 50 prolific, mor.s
sw"r,hy of credtncs from the fact that
they proceed from the pen of one If IL,
most conspicuous actors nthosse ven's. no,
Sas they ~sr" formerly viewed, thru thcs
; Ianndlced vision OF a partisan. or under the
ginfluenee Of passion; but when the teel-s
1ings Of the partizan had been absorbed b,
smore enlarged views, and the turhnIenc.
Cot passion had been inll"d To rest by thel
4calm Of retirement and the soothincs Of
2llendshp. Many of the events nf the
kpre sent day have been either influenced. orI
gattempted 10 be influenced by the connec-
stion which may DO traced between them.
j Tor their authors.) aud some ofthose grsa,i
gqnsstions which not many years ago. dis
1tracted the country by their Importance,
s1and by the motives by which either ther5
Irrespective friends or enemies were gratu
Sitnusly and often uninstly supposed to,
Shaye been actuaieJ. We do not presume
III ls necessary here to pYulain what ma,l
capppear to some to be rem ~ alluslon i
(ttEhe frequent appeals. which dung thps
: last four Or five years, have been addressed
J To Mr.. Jefferson, 10 induce an expression oil
Hhls opinion IN relation to several indvidu |
18as whose Situation belors the people Of the
hunted States rendered il fit and proper
3 hat their political principles should bel
Hthoropghly scanned and freely pronluga
Efed, W. hope, has had the effect of inducing
Hhim to withhold nothing, IN his memoirs /
(which may have the effect of throwing
q ght on the interesting portion of nainnal
nhistory 10 hich Ne allnde. We think il,
.sdne alike to the characters Of the living and
y mr. dead. II will render certain w hat has,
.shiiher'e been obscure and extract thu
spnison from shafts which are not less fatal
ahecaps. they are hurled at random. TheI
SpuhIic, we hope, will soon b. gratifed by
"a iuIl development nf s.ip character of Mr.l
AJ'a pos'hamons prodncfnn. Till then, per-
CHAPS, the better way is u be silent.
NJ The following lt'tsr was written by,
!, NJ Jrftrson. as the reader will perceive
sshentt rn days before hp died, in reply to,
an Invitation of his flla" cIilzrns of Wash-j
ington. 70 unite with IN, m in celebrating