The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-20
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ROBERT OWEN.

ofa siagr-coHciI Inter ease with Nj. Robert
Owen.
J. The mad goes fom this place 10 Baltimore 10
three DAYS aud few hours. leaviag no time for
resting, ~ srlt while tsking he necessary menl.
I Took The necean odaiion sf1g, WHICH gees The
sam distance IN four days mud n hnli . bad To-
le'tanr 10 have tor fellow passenger. MI Rob
eff Queen. al NeA L. harl, aud last Of Nea-Har.
many oh The Wabash, the celebrated opposite
ot What hr deadnunaies, thu social system. had
Mien,neiy read the writings NJ this gentleman
and had had much eonversa ION, irpecting hs
Sys'eni. opmuns u u modes III getting along nj
New Harmony and elsceheis and VAS please
with the prosper Of thus becoming personally
acquainted si,h b IN aud his ppio, .os IL tho un.
ccrrInoaious snd rus S0Hct intercourse Of being
a AIKEN ovet the r.uuniatas iogrihe, M stage
coach. Ou.er Circumstance = concnr'ei a. give
rtqpancy to he long ai r.lgh passage. Az
INTEL. gent lazy OF ca siderable rsadine and cul-
ovation, aud mos hrn,v devoted D. Inc doc
tr'nes and Discipline Of tine Episcopal 'hn'ct,
accompanied M from Cincinnati 10 Bostoo.
Tho FIST iotiy mil,s ol oar way We bad u ], n'ing
lawyer, as We suppnsed ntcommunly gifted, g
ven as a iawsei, with the Scotch Fii', and moth
iug 10th 10 show IN 'alen, thn, wa. aud nilhai
he spoke AZ one II rnlv dcyoted 10 VIVA me now
called the doctt,ues Of cssnsrll nj orthodoxy
| You will easliy imagine. that we were in no want
- wv VIM ~ ''Nf' 4'f VI wv
parties Away wait in patience for ench others
fire. IL would seem, as though zach mrinbtr Of
our company was endowed precisely IN a way,
10 hr u provocative 10 controversy III the Other
and will answer, thai there ha seldom been
more argument elected, 30 Tar MS quantity,
is concerned, in passing II distance OF iof,y
miles.
Mr.. Owen is by birth n Welshmau, Is City sc
ven years OF nge, aud wonid be taken la he ten
years Younger. He has u mild and slirewd
physiognomy, no ways remarkable, except tor
wearing a kind q: ~.oscign. or weather beaten as
pec,. lie stoo,s u little aud always seems
l cheerful. Ne WINS dressed IN blue b,oadelo h,
with clothes OF PLAN and farmer Gu, With n
roundabout o, spencer butioned close al"ut hiIn
aud he nore a plain STRAW hat. This gave him
a quaint %rusticiiy OF appearance, not much ~
keeping with his reputation tor opulrnce but
happily co,ncIding wiihthr teneis ofhjs socidi
system, and hs avowsd views of,he proper OF
der OF society. .4YP
liz admits and regrets his wan, Of finished
aud classical education. But he IN svidentl, II
man Of great natural sli wdhesB. and has seer,
much, with eyes krenly n ientiye TO what he has
s'en. He has studied man, not IN books. or thu
abstract, but as he has seen HIM in diHtrtnl
| countries and varieties, as he acts and il acted
| upon in the great scramble Of HE. In converse
| ton he is ready and fluent, aud perfectly versea
in all HORNS oil objections To his religious au,i
| philosophical opinions, and his social system,
and he is u wary, adrolt and acute dispuiant
Perfectly master of the sceptieaI system Of
| Hume, he has NOT q little of his hair splitting so.
| phistry IL was amusing TO observe hs mode OF
managing his argumeni with on vebcsncnI and
vnIuble young friend. lie patiently heurd The
h~arangue of his 1uens anIa onisi TO III, fnish
aud in this manner OF watching hhn. reminded
l 49, .t,, - al, al tma slu oil .rt..alLi,. v,a.t,nu a..
lmiy for The prey. tie then ran back ina rs-
view OF the Arguments Of his n agonisi, reiu.
ting some. par'ayiog others, and treating o,het.
with a peculiar KIND OF irony Tbs rNlm nlai-
ier OF arguing soon raised the voice aud the
temper ot h;s respondent to a most annoying
degree OF excitement, and shortly reduced ihe
dispute 20 simpie affirmation aud dcnial on auth
oriy. The point IN dispute between them had
eiicpy turned Oh the ID mas OF Calyanlsm.
The young attorney left US al Washington.
II VAS not difficult TO renew the argument be
tween The philosopher mud the lady who accom-.
panied rs The question now ,uined al On the
general evidrnce. Of the Christian religion aud
| The claims OF the Episcopal Church. 4 most
gcntleinanly drferrnce, a holding back, II TEN
peginp III his customary m0Idani IRONY marked
the character OF ls n gnment with MS new CON
,cii,Or. The lady muir than once declared,
tllat chr pit,ed one with his dfeary aud desolai-
| ing creed. and hi substitution oi all The cheering
hopes o. a happy Immortality. The phiiosu.
phcr in reply thanked her for her pity, affirming
Ihai Cor the last twenty years he had bren the
happiesi man IN the world, without an hour o
pain or gloon ~ the whole time. lie tbss,Ved
ia ,ctnrn thai from het manifest scnsiblliiy ana
kindness OF oharac'e,, he could MOI doubt bn
? that her own hpps- aud anlicipatons mo I s,ni'
fimn. hr dimpcd Ni;h the prospect that the efea
! test part ot uiankiId and among them pfuhahi,
4 many st her own trends would hnve 10 "nd"t'
u rs he chose to pin ase n, the cltf'df fodsfi">
j. lie asked her, III was 10, a revnliing VIZ" q
1 thing ,inat according To her :, stem the arch en-
u eunY of G"d aud man would b. ultimately IN
u umphani. ~ carrying off the lar greater portion
y of tN' inverse lie declared, that II ~es i
< che Nature oil thin Is impossible, that any nnr
Nlio really brlieeed III the danger oi eternal 'o'
meats Of hell 10 themselves. of their friends
o could retain ~ III reason iniSueh = horribI" pros
pect aud rs they, wha aotw that creed. appear
ed "a feel, and acl like Others, he was sure. Ia
IS sad that their rontirton upon this subject me-
be far more vagn, aud doubtful, Than their pro
lesson seemed 20 imply.
d The general oiftIine OF his s,ficm, as 80
e have heard no doubt Is, that man Is entirely 'h
creature of the circumstances IN which lr
place. Of course, that his conduct, IL all Hlos
= circumstances, is necessary, aud while ,hey .
Z remain, could not be oiherwise. BY begtnnin
with the education ofchlidten from lnianc,
those circumstances are proposed 10 be changed
Our cond0c, beng the result OF or cifcumstai
tes, il would follow that no one Is subject ritle
10 praise az blame for his actions. la MS id"'
social system men are to be arranged into snal
communities. not smaller, than 5oO, nor lar
Il g.y, than a few ilousansds, where a
are 10 labor, iced, amuse themselves, ant
be Instructed in common, and where All IA
calllnss and professions are 10 he sysiem1'
ically arranged, where lanor.saFing maen'n'
nv is 10 perloim u great part OF the manual u
a Dor. aud where The various cailhigs are TO u
nrither deficient nor redundant, where men AZ
r TO feed fail, live without the physician. or ii
priest, sing, teach aud arnnse themselves, an
v here knowledge, virtue, subsistence and con
fori are 10 Accumulate in a ratio, winch u
world has not yet imagined. lie holds a tho
Il ,and ntculitr oplnions upon N 5 aud All OH,