Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-13

h;,uaIlv d,sposrd 10 underrate this couatry. has
in , late number. a notice Of Mr.. Eyereu's book
on @America"---whichi, endeavors, unspa'ing
", to ridiculc. With what effect, ana IN VIVA.
taste, lie, the following extracts SNOWY. T.
american.
1t is. however, ba, fair, according to our sys'
tenn. 10 le, the author exhibit himself: and we
quote some of his rodomuntades, winch oe'o"B
to the Cooper school. =,
"See the New York canal, Work 'ha' wouiu
do honor to the mightiest empires; worR not
inferior to tho splendid monuments o, EgyP-
tian, Chinese or European enterprise, pau
ned and executed by single sta'e,wnn us o""
funds in eight years. Look at ohio' putting
forth, in her fresh and youthful beauty the vi
gor OF maturity, and ,ivaling already tne Yam
pie of New York Behold the genius OF '"'
provement awakening in the other sta'es. re""
sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, virginia, '"e
Carolinas, and Georgia, intersecting 'neir 'e,
ri,ories with these precious conduits of VT alh
and preparing even now to apply the summit
level to the tops of the Allegheny Ridge,
aud thus realise the fable (aheady ant'quateo
in the age Of Horace Of time when The sea-
gods drove their herds TO pasture OH the noun
tains-
Omne cum Pro,eus pecus eg't altos
Visere monies.
Observe the venerable universities OF Harvard
and Yale, founded, endowed, nursed, patroniz'
ed, and pro,ec ed, by their respective states;
the recent and highly promising institutions OF
the same kind in Virginia and Kentucky, the
literary fund of Connec icut and New YORK; q
the various other establishments, less conspi-
cuous. bu, in some cases not less valuable, Tor
which we are indebted either wholly or IN part
10 the enlightened protection Of the STATE gov
ernmcn,s. When we look at these things, II
is i'm possible not 10 BE CONVINCED ,ha' we can
hardly appreciate too highly the direct advan-
tayes resulting from the preservation OF those
governments as pats of our political system
when we these things, and contemplate al
the same time the general governments narmV'
nivusly CO operating with the states, wheh ne
cessary, in all their enterprises, while In the e&
ercise of IT'S own immediate functions 1t IS
spreading abroad among he nations the tear
the love Of our country, until the very name OF
the United States has become with the WIS.,
the good throughout the world the symbol, as
il were, Of political justice, and a word oil gooh
omen, suspicious Of something noble and Tor
tunaie wherever j, is pronounced,-it is DIM J.
cul, no, 10 be carried away beyond the line Q,
cool and sober Appreciation, which belongs,
perhaps, more property 10 the nature OF the
.uaiect, into something like enthusiasm. IL the
thought were not too bold, we might almost be
| tempted TO believe that Providence had espe-
cially inlerrered in our favor and recompensrd
by these more than ordinary blessings bestow'
ed upoa their offspring the tolls the sutlerlngs,
the manly virtues, The sincere, though some
times mistaken piey Of our pilgrim fathers.
o. l-vz >;snzXaSk -canA4!5 >ssforgotie EN- We
81 al ind ~
able universities Of nation just fifty years Of
age 0, the awaking Genius Of improvement
doing something about these precious condui's
Of which the grammar sufficeth not to let US in.
TO the secret, and preparing 10 play the very
classical d. with the Allegheny Ridg.., and
&c, the SEA gods off the Bay Of Newfoundland
20 dive their herds the mermaids and sea-
sarpen,s, so often seen in these seas.-to pas
ture on the sea covered tops where here is no
pasture! O, The Kentucky College! wha! is the
London Uni'ersi y, and the Kings own-not
TO mention Oxford o. Cambridge, Edinburgh,
Dublin, Glasgow, Aberdeen, or 81 Andrews
aha? And 0. the Literary Fund al Connect.
cut (Connect-i Cut ought to be more famous for
Canals, by The by!)-"When we look at these
things are not we overcome with their mag
nihccnce their promise? The mind is los, in
wonder, The eyes swim, The brain rolls round
the soul collapses, vivid visions brighten as
they recede into he distance, and the whole
physical and m oral power. of are absorbed
lnto ecStasles; and We wriie pretty consider
able deal OF nonsrnse, which SIS ridicule over
really excellent works and estimable insitu,
lions
IL is hardly worth while 10 follow our Coop>
erlng TREND say iuJther, bu with regard TO the |
present tremendous iuflnence Of the United |
States IN the great affairs nf rhe world, we
shculd much like him 10 Inform Us where il ex |
ISIS. ne mighty contests now at issue on he |
banks OF the Danube seems 10 us to be carried |
IN JUS as il Their. was no America-not one of
the powers Of Europe, Russia, Austria, Turkey,
Dr. England ever dream Of consulting America
about The matter any more than they would adj
wise win the Emperor Of Japan, or the Sultan
Of Loo Choo!
Perhaps the subjoined may afford some con,
station 10 The iimid among our readers; for it
S gratifying 10 learn lha, the events anticipat-
ID by the author may take some short time in