Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-04


never been taught; but his competitor cannot
write, because he was not tcachab!c:" for he has
had every advantage OF education and study
oir' the Duke OF Marlborough, the greatest cap
'siii anu neSouator OF his age-which was the age
oil Louis NtV.-and who may rank with the great
est men oil any age; whose irresistible manners
and address triumphed over every obstacle in
council, as his military prowcss and conduct did
III the heid-this great man could not ~ en- spell,
anu was VIGOROUSLY Ignorant OF all that an under
graduate must know but which il is not nccessa-
ry Tor man at the head of affairs to know at all
Would you have superseded him by some Scotch
schoolinaSter' Gentlemen forget that it is an able
neiisihah we want Tor the ship OF State, and not a
professor oil Navigation or Astronomy
Sir, among the vulgar errors that ought to 20
in'o or Thomas Browns book, this ought not TO
DE omitted: that learning and wisdom are svnony-
NOUS, or a; al equivalent knowledge and wis
oo'n' as one oil our most delightful poets sings
knowledge and wisdom, f,r e, hcins one
E'te "'' 'me' n" conucS'on knowledge dwell,
y, ~, heads iepiete with thoughts OF other men;
N"drn' M minds attentive 20 their own
NM '~iedse nproud thai, he hl' learned 80 much;
m"i"m " humble that he know.
no"ks are not sci lon '4lr'mln' aud spells
ny winch The m,gie at. OF III, ewdtr wi.
H'Iis the unthhkug multitude rnohaineJ.n
Anu not books only, sir--spccclies arc not less
eecepuve: not only consider the want of what
IS called learning not TO be disqualification for
tne command in chief in civil or military life. but
90 consider the possession of too much learning
10 oe Oh most mischevous consequences TO such y
Character; who is 10 draw from the cabinet of b;y
om m SaSacious mind, and 10 make the learning OF
others, or whatever other qualities tbev ~, =,
possess, subservient TO his more enJ,r,oJ ~,
SoIous views Such IL man was Cromwell--sucb
4 man was Washington Not learned but ,v;so
L heir understandings were not clouded or cr,mn.
eu' but had fair play. Their errors were the or
TOTS oil men, not OF school boys and pedants So
,ar from the want OF what is called education he
ing very strong objection 70 man at the head Of
"idirs, oVer-education constitutes still s,rongsr
o9PJecuon: In the case of a lady it is fatal
heaven defend me from an er-cducated accom-.
plshed lady. Yes, accomplished indeed for sho
Is finished for all the duties of wife or n,o,,sa"
or mistress OF family.l We hear much of mill.
tary usurpahon, OF military despotism-of the
sword oil conqueror--of Cnsar-aud Cromwell
-and Buonaparte. What little know of Ro.
man nis'ory mas been gathered chiefly from the
surviving letters of the great mon of that dav-ot
cicero especially-and freely confess thai, If /
had then lived, and had been comneIled IN t,Lo
sides, l must, though very reluctantly, have sided
win Cesar, rather than have taken Pompev FIR
my master Ii the interest of the bouSc NJ
Stuart-and they were long cnouoh in nower -
DO Ito blacken the character of Cromwell
that great, and, must add, bad man. But sir
the devil himself is not so black as he is sometime
panied. And who would not rather have obey-
Gu Croni"e'i' IMAM that seii-styled Parliament,
which obtained title too indecent for me 10 name
but by which it is familiarity known and mention.
Gu al all the historians, from that day 10 this
cromwell Tell under a temptation perbons too
strong ior the nature OF man TO resist-but he was
an angel OF light TO either of the Stuarts.lo ono
whom he brought TO the block, or his SIM yn,
worse man, the blacklist and fouIest of miscrcant.
,hat ever polluted a throne. II has been the poli
cy OF the house of Stuart and their successors-i
i ule poicy OF hings-to viliy and blacken the
i1,eiioiy ana character OF Cromwell. But the
cloud Is rolling away. We 10 LONGER consider
rune as deserving of Che slightest credit Cro,n-
wen was 9 guiitless of his country's blood His
was bioodless usurpation. To doubt his sincerity
at tne outset, from his subsequent fall would he
madness-reiigious fervour was tho ,rova;I;nr
temper and fashion of the times. Cromwell was
no more OF a fanaticl than Charles the First. and
DOT so much OF a hypocrite. 1t was not in his
nature to have signed the attainder of such friend
as LORD Strattord, whom Charles meanly and sell
u.s. ana paseiy and crueiiyand cowardly repaid
ior ms loyalty to him, by an ignominious deatb-
death deserved, indeed, by StrafIord. for his
e?sS'l 10 ms country, but not at the hands of his
i'i'hiess, pcrhdious master. Cromwell was an
uSurper' US granted; but he had scarcely any
choice left him. His SWAY was cyerv Oay rrc,
ferabIe TO that miserable corpse of a Parl;snipen,
mat ne turned out, a gentleman would turn OF
drunken butler and his fellows; or the p..,,sion
ca tyrant that succeeded him-a dissolute de-
PRAYED blgot and hypccritc, who was outwardIy
IIo1eslant ana at heart Papist He lived and
uieu one, Wnile pretending TO be a son of the
church oil England, ay, and sworc to il, and died
peIJured man. lf | must have master o,ivc
me one whom can respect, rather than knof If
Knavish attorneys. Buounparte was A bad mar.
but would rather have had Buonararte than s,,cb
d set oil corrupt, intriguing, pubick plunderers as
ne turned adriitt The Senate of Rone-the par
'iainent OF England the Councils of Elders
ana OF oungsers''-the Legislature of France
AL made. themselves first odious and then con-
~ iP,oIe' ana then comes an usurper; and this is
the natural end OF a corrupt civil government
There is class of men who possess ereat learn
ing combined with inveterate professional habits
anu VINO are tpsO fact0, or perhaps should rather
say PStS JGct's, for must speak accurately. az I
speak before Professor, dsqu., fed for any but
secondary parts any where--even in the Cabino,
Cardinal Richelieu was what? A Priest VI
put what Priest Oxenstiern was a ChanceIior
lie 1t was who sent his son abroad TO sec-o,,o,,,
para sdPicnfio regtltr nlurdus--yyith how IttIc
" 4'dom this world Is governed. This Admins,
ratIon seemed to have thought that even Icss dr.
that little woul DO for US The rentIem7n c,Ii
ed II strong, able Cabinets con1 10 nono
but Washington's first Cabinet couId bor,JI,,
look at him for bushing. What Sir is GaIIsii13
II 'he mead oil the Ircasury-Madison in the De-
partment oil State: The mind of an accomnlis bcd
ana acute diaieciician, Of an able lawyer or. If
you please, OF great physician, NAV bv the long
continuance OF one pursuit--of one train of ;Ieae
have It's habits so inyetcrateIy fixed as efcctuoII,
10 disquallly the possessor rthe command of The
councils OF a country. He nav ncvertbcIoss
make an admirable ehiefof bure5,,an - ,iIi
man OF details-which the chief ought never 10
De- man may be capable Of making an ablo
ihd ingenious argument on any subject within
Inc sphere Of his knowledge; but every now and
ihen The master sophst will start, as I have seen
hum start, at the monsrOus conclusions n which
Dis own artificial reasoning had brought himself
bit this was 4 man Of more than ordinary natural
candour and fairness of mind. Sir, bv words and
lgures you may prove just what YOU please. but
i often and most generally is the fact, that in pro.
portion as proposition Is logically or mathernaf.
;alIy true, so is il politically and