Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-12-01

ssrth equally able for tho jealousy with Lcl
lt has bestowed literary distinction a society whose
honors came late TO Tie renowned Samuel John
SON. am were boosted by hn the rich fruits o long
season oil scholastic toll, could bestow the
OF science or Literature wtcn literature sci
.nee IN all thsir diverie-, not solitary bsd or
u'w-r. aud whose utmost excellence il Iiuiited TO
6ombashc fsniarronade in which SELF at 0oce tbs
burthen and the o'sS 1t wou seem, however, that
there IL something mere than rtieule in the announce
'ntn ab,ve men n.d at ..uy rate we a-e rented
80 10 conclude. by Tho conduct OF the Ex Minister; 'or
nan,eess gesleuan at the feast, has asserted this
oouny OF the ancient and jis,ing uished University Of
OAiord, nhi he has been contraicted. H. indeed,
,hi renowned institution has thus descended iiom the
ish ana Jealous rule she has maintained over
literature IL Is Out just thar she should reap The u boz
neht OF her condescen,ioG, aud is hoped that The
priiie Of his diploma he in spe eddy niit 10 his
oouniGi stsp-inu.hcr siud Of bonue boucAe, this
rare specimen OF eloquence and by tie gin OF
winch .le cannot eel to be highly battered and graft
ne" We especially recommend " The attention OF that
EARNED society, as sample OF pure and lucid oratry
'' Pofion o. tic ech, which stands in the place o;
Perorsnon' Except dot it introduces subject
o's"net iro,I and unconnec,cd with every e-r) and
oy winch MIR Coke oi Nor folk il intended be intro
uuceu 10 The a"dience: beg leave TO lock back TO the
country have recently let, to present Your notice
name worthy OF the rites administered by assemblies
like this TO those entitled gene,a apr do
this as slight acknowledgment nv sense of The kind
ness he dispensed to during soiourn OF some days
under his hospitable roof. He i, the most u,tri.
Gus conmoner OF Great Britain: aud which he has
reiu'ed to exchange for peerage. The friend of
America and OF Americans--the admirer in ccpumoL
with Fox, but intimate fiend Of General Washingion
IN the darkest days of our revolution, whose venera-
uon Tor that ilius'rons man has Increased with time.
anu may aid aveneratio3 rot limited tho few but
universal as he is placed FAR in OF the
OF mankind, that there his second il not nained-All
these great qualities enite in Thomas Coke of Hoik
man, q c. may safely challenge the oraons Of
Demohenrs or Cicero, ha spec ches % Chatham, or
Burke, or Fox Tor parallel with hi, eiiu-ion the
ex-mniser. One thing the learned society will GER
tany perceive in H. viz the perfect deIirum OF vaD
t. which forever characterizes Jaues Barbour; who
a: ne had already declared himself the equal of the
distinguished and intelligent citizens who pressed for
ward TO do him reverence le d. cares himself
in the reception Of the rites of Bacchus presume) then
administered TO him equally worthy with Mr.. Coke OF
the general appreciation Yes, this the learned snce-
~ cannot hi to perceive; | may defy them from
the freshman TO the fellowship, 10 auatra;e with ia.
'"e' eth"r OF grammar or OF common the rhap-
sldy which this extract contains. Anaize this unri-
vailed non-iescrip-E are 6r,tio be introduced
10 name-a name worthy Of rites, sac.-neNt the
sp aker Acknowledges the kindness ts name has dis
penscd 10 him He. THIS name, IL the mot u dri-
Gus commoner Of c. b. aud this has refused osx-
change i'set Tor peerags-agAin this name is the
friend OF America, SC. aud Is in common with hiS
friend Fox (who by the bye has been dad many wears
the aimirer Of General Washington in the darkest
days oil our revolution Gan event gone by 80 yrars)-
rhOSc venerdiion (whciher the vencTaon the name
oil Fox, the departed friend of that name. Of thu
daket days OF the revolution Of General Washing
on' is The enigma) has encreased with time And, Mr.
barbour adds, veneraon (of, for whom, - equally
unknown) not Limited 10 few, but which is universal
a he Obi. same name) placed so FAR in advance of
the rect Of mankind that there (Yhere God only knowsO
no name is named second to this said name, though
there may DO some Sd or 18th in dgre- and who what
occupies tbs interval Lastly. aHihese great qualities
VIZ the name, The iustrious comnone, the friend Fox,
Cen Washington, the darkest days OF rcvouon,'h
universal ven-rstion, all all unite in Thomas Coke e
ftoiR.am-were there ever rant and nonsense lika
these! Ebony and Topaz nothing them. 4
congratulate the icarne University upon rhe acqus-
ton sho has made, but must insist that the Repubii-
cans Of Virginia be again imposed on by those
whom hey have been unabis TO retain in their cause
by even an excess OF Kindness. TuRASEA.
TO TIE EDITORS or THE ENQUIRER.
ask through your paper, that act of sheer justice
DC rendered TO Gov Barbour His claims 10 the pater-
nifty OF the Anti-dueing Statute and the act Great
ing The Literary Fund.- have been drawn into question
The of these laws passed in the Session of 1902
10, and reported by highly respected gentleman
representing the County of Loudoun. But il had re-
ceived the sanction Of the House oil Delegates pre-
vtous Session, at which time IL was reported by Mr..
Barbour, sustained by him III debate and was finaIIv
rejected in the Senate. 1t was Afterwards amt At a
subsequent Session, renewed in The House, and was
pi'sed also by the Senate and became a law. MIR.
Ba bour then Speaker OF the III uae Oh Delrgats.
End could not have reported the bill but the sense OF
that body had been obtained a former Session in s
favor. when II was reported ard sustained by Mr. Bar
hour.
The Literary Fund was created by an hct Of Assem-
bly,, entitled "aD act 10 appropriate certsn Escheatsg
Penalties COnhscations and Foif lur-s the EncourI
agement oil Learning" passed 2nd Feb 1910 Tho
original bill as introduced, is at this in the
Clerks Once OF the House OF Delegates and is in the
hand writing OF Gov Barbour. JUSTICE.
TO TIE EDIrORs or THE AyvqUIRER
GenHensn;-A paragraph in paper OF your City, OF
shown me, making representations of intelligence re-
ccvcd from Bedford, OF attempt and great cxerion,
TO get up meeting here TO instruct our Delegates in
Convention, which is erroneous and foreign rof.
truth, that must beg the favor expose its errors
through the columns OF your paper. The remarks
IN the paragraph referred 10 Runners have per-
yadcd the County, aud handbl Of the most nnam,na-
tory character circuatcdin ali directions In vain No
meeting could be got together" &c The fact is thar
butew handbills were circulated at all and they only
as opportunities offered for the weather was such that
The proposed meeting was very little known, until the
day had passed; and l know the fact. that several
persons TO whom andbls directed, had not rcccv-
ed them 10 days after the day had passed. And on the
and the ground covered with snow that great num-
Der attended: and owing the fact that some very old
gentlemen who unwilling stay late at distance
from home in such weather, begged to be detained
for any formal meeting but insisted 10 sign an instYuc
ton and go hoine and having commenced in that way,
IT progressed and no io NAL meeting was opened; but
about frechodcrs Signed the instruction in
tavern and Dispersed and only three were present who
refused to sign it, and that instruction is in the hands of
the delegation, signed by the aged and venerable father
OF one OF them and others equally old The notice of
the needing on last Monday, for the purpose, was
very limited as all here know as il where adver-
ised until in the Jeersonian Republican, only three
days BEFORE and many peYhsps three ourts of the sub
scribcrs, did not get their papers before Court or until
after the meeting over AT that meeting the Court
house was much crowded. and only persons present
who voted against the resolutions passed The proceed
ings as published speak for themselves,
Liberty, .NoU. 26, 1920.
Rdi-Rons We understand, with much satisfaction,
that the Engineer, Mr.. Moncurc Robinson ,vho % 80
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