Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-24

Titus FAR, link. it mist be admitted. tina, colo :
nixation was productive OF good, DO to the pa
mt country and to The colony. Greece, no
we'd so much to The practice of colonization,
speedily repaid the debt. She sent out colonies
TO almost all the islands Of the .ean: She occu-
pied almost all the of Asia Minor, and the
greater part of Southern Italy and Sicily. How
miserable, according to the Disquisi,or, she mus,
have beea! how unhappy she must have made hose
colonies! Yet, impartial history proves, that in
every thing which conluces TO happiness. the
Greeks excelled all their cole Porarits, except that
ysople who were blessed with the Ugh, Of re, ella
ion. Their colonies 100. advanced with great ia
rlity in the career of greatness, AID in population,
eal,h, In the eplcndor and TASTE Of their public
bildrss. in poetry, in philo" ply in every branch
literature, soon eq.iaile the metropolitan Cities.
Adam Smith, man to whom iac worll owes the
E.t successful developement of The rriacipies Of
hs trade; nan. whom c,ci the advocates o:
nat s'upendous scheme of f'suj and oppression,
pisnained The American Sys.em,'' are con-
M .rsined to call truly great man, whose profound
"a ysws OIL political economy are. under The auspices
Of Canning and iIu-si-son. stripping he CONNER
Gil code OF Great Bsain. Of ali ,hose excTe-cence-
witch marred lie beauty and inraised it, srengih
Adam Smith will be adsi,,ed by Virsinians at
least, (tlough Mr.. Clay. and Gen. Jarkson, the
Hecior and tie ArcLlles Of our political parties
who cln agree in notng else, fully agreed in
their opposition 10 his doc'rints) yet, hy Vir.
rinans. he Vii! lie admitted 10 nave understood
so,neLi1g % Of the aud causes OF the wealth
aud prosperity of nsrrns" This profound states
A snsn and political philosopher, considers The pros
III peily OF the Creek coionie, TO havc'hee almost
unsrsielrd in ancient history, 1rhi!s, th,r esfcb
ii,ineDt teas attended icits nnniircL good 20 :hc
.Ngihtr Country. Giccian !is;o y furnishes one
case much resembling, in some If it, ccu,nsan
res, that which Las produced the present discus
son. aliu,.cto the expafiaion of he lar,heni,c
from Sparta At a certain period il tie hi-tory OF
thl, City, there were born, abou; the time,
very large number ui Legitimate clni,!rer These
child;ea, having sprung from unmarried women,
received the name abovenen Toned, which. lad Gates
such an origin Although The Iromiscuous inter-
eoirse TO which these young ed heir ex-
istence, had been not only permitted but rcGIired
by The laws OF their country; being considered
the tue essential TO its preservation, yet, wien
they grew up, they were looked upon as an infe
tior class; they were rot slaves, il is true, bu
4 public opinion excluded them forever from the
hope of attaining either official distinction even
~ station in rriva life, equal to that of other
Ifrembers of sociey. Hence. they became DIS
n contexted. aud their disconiea, lei them TO in
IE uigue with the lelots, the siIye- of the Ssra,s
III with whom, al length, they o.ccrte,, conspiracy
j ,gainst the state. Tie plot being discovered, tie
" execution of their designs was rreyeutcd. Tie
Spar,ars felt that il uld be unsafe TO Permit the
continuance If these in the country; yer, ,lia,
it would be unjust 20 destroy them for conduct SO
naturally resulting from the circumstances in which
tiey had placed them. They therefore determine ed
10 sc lie them in some foreign Land. TIE Parihe-
n;ce accordingly embarked for Italy, where they
founded the City of Taien;um. This City grew
and prospered exceedingly, although in the course
OF some Centuries, the wealth which il attained
and the voluptuoasne-s Of the climate, led TO in
diligence in luxury and vice, which corrupted and
debased the morals Of the people, and finally p.o-
dured their overthrow.
Was not Sparta benefited by the ex pa.ria 10 of
these men, who could never have become useful
trisi HON ltf.1 e ~
colonsis improved by their plantation? in the
land of their birth, they deprived of the rri
& veges OF citizens; in the land of their adoption,
4 they found home and country. Let not The fact
that they in four five hundred years, became so
idepravcd TO produce their fall, be alleged
4 against my conclusion. DRY rhews the ten !.
dency OF human nature 10 fall into habits of vice,
and shews that national crimes are followed by ma :
lionsl Judgments. lie, whu " i'll stentively read
the History of Man, will be panied at every step
by the blck detail Of crimes with which is fiiie
Shall all attempts 10 ra!se ard elevate The chars
ac,er of such being. I've denounced enthu.ias-
tic and visionary? Shall we be told, that he is
now holy God made him, and tina, II is vain
10 attemp. 10 make lin better? Shall Christians
he exposed to rijcule and sroiiing for attempting
10 become instrumental in carrying that great
work for which the Holy Chest was given, and
ior which their Redeener left his Fathei = Throne
and assumed their shape, and suffered and died
Yes! He iorewarned them that they might expecl
IL; and by HIS grace they hope TO be able TO bear a.
The only other great coonizine na,icn of anti
guilty, that now remember, was Rome. AL hougb,
from her int reference in the affairs Of her colonies
they per ed less than those OF Greece yet they
prospered far than the individuals ~ no CON-
posed them had done at home. And The Sac,
by sending out colonies, relieved from time 10
time Of di-conten,ed aud faciious population oil
paupeIs. The rabble OF the city became, when
lransplanted to colony, respectable Fl eeloders
and husbandmeD. Instead of living on the lar
gesses of candidate. for public favour, they Learned
10 gain repu;sbl live lihood by their laljour
applied TO their own land. In this ns,snce aea ain
not the condition in both OF the metropolis
and Of the colonsts improved?
In my next number, design to examine tie his
tory Of colonies of more modern date particularly
of those established this continent. BY this
investigation well az by that contained in the
present number, ] expect 10 shew that the views
OF the DISCUSSION this subject are altogether
erroneous, and that The hated principle Of coloni
as,ion ha. been productive OF The richest blessing
tomankind. BEDE.
COMM U.SIC.ATED.
To John II. BERNARD, Esq. IF Caroline.
The Enqarer of Tuesday last which has just
reached me, announces you a candidate ic