Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-27

resist the enlightened spirit of ,ba possible tn
demands and ~ill never cease IN - which
repeal oil NIL The absurd rules of ,...'a' tie
wb'ch SUI cucumber the wheels of VINES
'nen' anu The happiness OF the peonle p1,nrfrn.
pihloh III maj Country, as in this ia tho oie O.
ID" W 'ne lana TO resist it, Is like 80 rhe
The impenous ocean. We have Co.., 'sllng
Is able 10 accomplish. in VII 4 has bsa., ""at 1t
pilshed already. II is but few yea,s ":' 1com-
government WAS mpenetrable 10 the III 1T 'he
iormalion from whatever quarter !, VI re-
come aud, true 10 its demi.official eI,.. "isRt
the Quarterly Review, as well as the or sr.
| 'sier'al organs, chung 10 past prec.ds,, IN
most with the grasp oF DEATH The CRY Wa 's az
| changes-no reform: il will Iran,h NJ 40
/ on the wids sea OF uncertaintv a., oSa
mortal ken can discover where we si,ali no
Let us take warning from the French Re..f.
ton, and instead of hszardng It's unsnasa
BILE horrors. keep ourselves in the orbit mi
we have so long been revolving in coro,'a.
tive happiness and glory" Yet this san.
, Quarterly Review now hoids such Ienesaoaa"p'ee
! thefollowing. as
" II we are TO keep our place, il is indie
SADLY necessary thai every incutnbrs nce sIll ea
be removed which clogs The ACTIVITY q e,, ,o"'l
OF individuals or the government. Ever,
OF The machine OF society must be ads ma ~
the increased eKerion it is called nno,
make. II this be sc, every branch of u
public and private economy the admin
ton Of The affairs of parishes aud COMM
the state of charities. coIporaiio.s -.
Schools colleges, the law the church. and ~
whole management OF our foreigo d, VIZ
denotes, must successfully submit 10 exao'ia',
| ton and amendment. Wealthy as tle cn,'a.'
is aud attached to ancient institutions nc !,
always wisely been, it Can no longer xr,,,' ""s
he bufipu al pIafps 'fo'A
can be slmpfed or dispensed with. II INV.
terly impossible that every thing es,sbGsL'.
by our ancestors should rema in untouched ~,
ever either in form or substance & VIVA, A.
monte SAID of the Cardinal d. Briene wbo ,,'.
then at the head of affairs il France, o,e W
We'll entant etoH stranger a son Steele, ai,nEas
TO many individuals among us. A civil ra,,'i,
lion has aiken place far more extensive thas.
any which was ever brought about by CONNIE
ors or ncgotiaiors and which promises - r.
far more permanent. The feuda system t'a,s
which SO many OF the laws and customs ~
every part Of Europe are deduced. il e,os,,
where undermined or overturned and tn
veslises of il which remain are only raIcnIs
ted to obstruct the changes which the currea,
of eyeHts is forcing tor" While no brpncl,
of oul institution, ought TO be touched Wild
can he safely let alone, there yet exists AN
Imperative necessity for subjeoting MANY -
thrm T. al Grafton and it is the number and
importance nftte things winch require 10 -
tered, aud the uncomfortable difficulty ol ar,o
ing them, which must, for some tim, IL co,,.
r,nder the duties of Statesmen IN tL,s
c,drtr}, II they are adequately performed
peculiarly severe and unremitlug.
a,I"fs OF concGrrIng circumstance ses,
10 show tHat formidable difficulties mn,t ba
encountered by at great distance and II
"a of Inf ,Uhifh baS
t. avow the conviction which has been relnc
faulty forced upon Let the arlstoc ary of
Eugland-let all who have strong influence in
th, land. bethlnk them well wha th,y are
about. Let Them beware Of rash actIons-and
of rash words.
On these remarkable paragraphs considering
the source from whence they proceed. the
London Magazine foI June. thus comments
"rhis, il must be confes ed, sounds sometime
like the trumpet of CO ming re .ormaion-aud
as sue, according ", ii has. we unde stand. not
q llile ala med certain ears.-For our own
parts, mel her our expectations, nor we will
add, our wishes, probably extend so far as
those offs \ of The more arden, zeaots, Of in-
nnvation- holding, AS W.T. do. hat next 10 a bad
political system the greatest curse that can be-
fdl a people s a sulden and sweeping DIES.
tructIon o j., however bad but that We live
on tn" I'VE ofgrea changes, which must come.
II not with the nose aud umult, yet with
gradual, steady, and irresistible progress thew
cso hardly b said to think AT all who do not
discern. The actual invasion Of these changes
does not depend upon any single man or
bod, of men ; the tide j. on lis way and it
h longs TO no tnorta power TO Say TO il stand
still All that governments can do is 10 make
bow best 10 meei IT, II they still
persist, wi h a blind and insane obstinacy, ia
endesvoring 10 oppose its wave by stern ana
uny ielding resistance, the stronger The embark.
m"lss they raise mp against il, the more terri
b" will be lis fury as II sweeps them away
and the wider and more r mons The deyasa-
ton which il will spread around it when its
triumph has been achieve |. lis force may be
broken, bur not resis. ed; and that govern
ment, or nation, only will act wisely which
shall rem mher tins. That our own rulers
may thus trans form the threatening tempest
into visitation OF peace and light, we deyoul.
~ pray end most gladly would we discern
IN the words ~ have ust transcribed some TO-
ken that heir views are, indeed, broad and en-.
lIghtened; in degree corresponding 10 the
greatness aud the difficulties of the crisis ia
which i is their lot 10 lead the van of hu.
man civil zation."
II is not strange that the British people,
borne down by an oppressive debt. and there.
tore by Oppressive taxation, should he unwIl-
ling 20 have their burdens doubled for the
sake o! supporting an oyergrown Church E.-
adjustment, enormous monopo.ies aud cum.
brnus slnecures. All these excrescences on
the ACE Of society will very probably. in
ie" Years, undergo some modification The
expenses of the Church Establishment alone,
are considerably greater than the whole eS-
pen'es of the American Government and it is
doubtless, after all, if relig ior is in 30 healthy
a state IN that country as in this, where not
a cent is paid for the support of the clergy
except by voluntary contribution. That the
establishment will be dene away, is not what
We expect, and not perhaps what would be
prudent IN the present state of the public mind
but the existence of a National Church (thoGgh
a great eviD is one thing, and the mainte
nance OF all It's abuses is another In like man
ner we EXPECT that whoever lives 10 see the