Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-02

popular opinion thou damon, n bo hast f,,yo;.b.d
10 the foes of Liberty more matter for c,vil than
all other republican frail,es put together can our
western hemisphere, the asylum. of every moral
fluences "
NOT content, however, with deplorn. this sad
deiect IN the minds Of my fellow citizens. pro
ceeo 10 speculate, ss a fit and Amusing subject
OF pnioSophical inquiry, upon the probable causes
-, 'n's particular revolution in their sentiments.
ne possession OF a Roanoke principally. and
descent from Indian Kings, shall NOT insist unon
as essentially blasting the affections of Mr. Ran
ooiph scouhtrymen: because, although wealth and
peoiSIee exercise mighty sway over the hes, con
S'nu'eu minds, yet here other adequate cause.
oil The change, which render it both unrecessarv
anu uhpmlosophcal to assign additional ones
ihose accustomed 10 watch the operation of events
y" human feelings and opinions, and who have
marked carefully the process by which this con-
sp'cuous parsonage has so gained upon the favora-
PIE sentiments OF Virs mia, will easily believe in
'he general efficacy of the means of which he has
availed himself. l. From having been a form;J,-
oie antagonist to our leading men, and TO the state
"seii. he isno% Modified into a devoted f,i.nd
ana iuisone ranegyrist. No smile. are SO swee,
as hose OF a reconciied foe. His lavish offering.
oil praise TO he &c Guild Dominion. - his n,,.,, o,
oil her prtlulices, his commentators of he, So.
hoiu suffrage test, and Of her negro>slaverv N,
men'ed by our standard sages as the fouIes, hIo,
upon our escutcheon - have found acc.pta,cs. e.
SOW efeisn people can be csjoled by tiat,erv a.
wei az sovereign King. 2. /, is natural 10 MAJ
10 'ehent In satire ieveiied at oilers. 1t pleases
~ giving nun a momentary sense of supe
r'of"y' Tor he naturally mistakes the iepress,on -,
olher Characters, tor the exaltation of hi; -
we the republicans of Virginia, have ,b;. as,
'iohaI incentive 10 pleasure at Nir Rsn,;ol,i, 80,
'ivalled dexteriiy In handling these enr.,,
mat we but iaiel smaried under them our
seNes' ana me sense OF present ease is enhanced
~ "s ie."emo'ahse OF recent suffering. 3. Tb.re
Is, undeniably, in his effusious. an mere
OF SQUAD moral reflection, which tbnn,t, s'''
sonaole as melon in mid winter il ve,
me hisher valued tor lis ifrelevancy as tho So;
us IneonSrui'y with the frozen scenes ,-on.,
=, ne odd considerations by which his ida.. .,.
''NAeu ,oseher' produce much OF The wonder ,.;,h
wii'ch his speeches and his person are rewarded
Sterne, whom in this he folows-bu, fou ue"
| an unreasonable interval was orr. al
but when the world BECAME sa,isti.1 S. 'yo :
racter oil the man, that his se.!ti,neyt ,,aS
~" "'ectation; ana his Dig e-sive stvla b.,..,
from french author, before little know J.; II.
s."ho' good taste resumed her throne and Tho rI
ei'fest incurred the scorn he merited I, ;s Inn.
suspected, but 1t viii one day be owned as ,-,,a
that the boosted originality of AIR p.',,.'p,'
style Is at third hand, N'P"
In this last tait (digressiveness of s,oo.h
oo"nesS OF assoc!ation) the person in ,,a,,;o.,
ocars so strong resemblance TO charac,sr ) Ia
P"y "Ae cheo by The haDd of 4 great con,emnor,i,
MASTER That cannot forbear citing a random no..
+age or TWO, tor the Inspection and amussm.n, =,
eu'ioHs' MI ber'f"r', Laird of Ellanpowan.
,D',,,e WIN MS guest about noted smugeler
Dirk ia'teraick) who frequented his mar, '
oeostish coast; aud is justiiying himself for my
chasing contraband wares " fu'
" That fellow, Mr.. Mannering. il Tho to-.
all the excise and cusiom-hou.e c,,;. - %
make nothing of him; he drubs them ., -. AZ I"H
.Nnces inem ''-and speaking of excise, come IN
ofihs you 10 breakfast Now Hat.
rack Will take wood, he'll take barler - ,a.r,
axe just what's convenient at The time IN III
you good si..y about that Thor. ,,s - va
Lara hats Mache OF Gudgeonford- he b.d
great NUMBER OF Kahn hens-,hst's hens Tia, ,h
tenants pay TO the LANDLORD like sort NJ ra,, :;
kind they aye feed mine very III: Iurtia ~
ns'on sent up three tina, were a shame ~ ha -
o"'S i"s' week. ana yet she has twelve bows sow
ing OF vic'us!; indeed, her good man -.
Finnis,on- that's him that's gone -1ws a.,
lie. MIR. Mannerng, that's over ,,naN i
speaking OF hat let us live in the meanwhile Co.
mere breakfast On the table, and the Do,nin,.
ready 10 say grace '"'e
compare these extracts with any OF Mr.. Ran
"o'ph last winter speeches, (for instance. those
nominaiiy on the Cumberland Road, and the In
Jud'ciary,) and ii is impossible NOT TO di.csr, j.
their hop-skp -and. jump transitions from ,o,;. :"
topic, staring family likeness, clearly indic,,na
kindred texture of intellect In the nare %
justice therefore, the admirers of cur Coneressio,
III o'erne are atjured not to withhold f,o,, ,bs
! simple and kind-heartej Laird of Elanpo,van
mat need OF applause which they have been show
erng upon the Laird of Roanoke. In the sfr,.
sions oil he latter, now and then eIec,,;fsd
oy me most ielcitous expressions Of moral sent,
men', worthy OF more appropriate colloca,ion
ana oy sort oil humour, which, lowering Oh the
Do:der between wit and fem, is liable 10 mo other
onJfc"on man mat always meant 10 wound liz
copious infusion OF gall acidfies all tha, 80 mil, al
human kindness hich shcald belong ,o The Con
position. But they who regard as token. Of 90
MUS these meteors of the train, coming confusedI,
IKE =" Orient pearls at random snuns. :" are con.
'uen by nothing less than the paramount autboritv
OF shakespeare. In his comedy d" as YOU like il -
MS srsphic hand, ever true nature has deinested
mo'lsy iooi,' OF precisely the SAME turn of
mind:
" Ia his byai,l (rgiteI is ns Dr.,
the remainder LicQt d(ter a .,o1o,,i
ne hath strnngs places, fiied ..th ob,ey-a,ion
Ihe Which he vents IN niaHcied foyD,
intellectual arrangement Is said by writer's I'm
'ne fhiiosophy OF the Human Mind, 10 cons.t il,
the ha6H Of GssOciafiHg ideas iryeet,L,rL,
"hen the conduct Is shaped after no t,ojel
known or imagined, and proceeds on ordinary mo.
ives, to found the most extraordinary actio,s.4
when the train of thought and speech is desuto,v.
ana when the whole character ears that ysriesated
aspect IN which extreme wisdom and extreme fol.
" are cuHousiy and Enthusiastically Blended III de
hnition would seem exactly TO apply | leave il
10 more absolute dos maisis than am. TO decide
whether the Lsird of EDangowan, the Laird oil
roanoke, or Shakespeare's /" motlev" cou,Ias
,ueas win an lfIesulaFity most characteristic OF
insanity.
he H.