Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-23
LETTERS FROM NEW YORK;.
For the Phe,ix Gazette.
I" New YORK CRY

New YORK Cry
" | must return to notice something mo-,
than commonly gratifying in this CITY Of ;,
neighboring ci'ies--a something which ,siI
willnot deprive letter of its interest, ,bov,h.
may be deGciep, in one impor,an, yes, and y.
culiar a,traction-want Of suficien, sx,b.
rance in the portrai;ure Of the theme. YOv.
aware Of the enterprise which distinguishes
inhabitants Of New York over mos, o.he, {,
ties in this federal community. Prosperity M
efficiency are the natural products of this ,,.
trifying spirit. 1t is prosperous, because il i,
no, faclious in sectional pie.eminence, nor !,
variance on acrou Mt Of the pecuniary ,ri,it,.,
of others. 1t is efficient and powerful bec,D,
it consults no contracted principle, and IN.
larges, at once, It's plans and views for til, %.
neral benefit. This enterprise, based 90 +.
Iaudable a foundation, renova,es evep Other
depai tment of society, and is still more hn
any thing else calculated to revive III. once
dropping cres, Of freedom II bring, within
the grasp oi common a,tainmen, more usl.l
and practical inventions, both physca! suimo.
raj, than was ever known. Moreover,
strengthens the link of equable and ssr,.S.
dependence 81 one class and one station aru
another and while it does this, it avert, ii.
streams Of vice and riot from their impending
course, and, al the same time, offers every i'd
vantage for happiness and amusement. Til.
advantages o. the city in this last rsspec! az
apparently unparalleled, except in such me.
tropolis as one TO which it has no comparison
in age or size. The cultivation Of li,erl,ur
ard science is the first object in the eye Of 40
enlie htened nation, when mechanism and agrr
cultural industry are on fair footing Of secure
operation and you would fairly think, in sur
veying the luminous face Of things here 'b''
the whole train Of the protecting muses. were
lowering, in friendly tripods, over every p'ih'
and occasionally descending, 10 dancing corps,
TO participate in the classical avocaiions Other
constant vularies. At every footstep 'hs'en
some display of art, until it seems unaecouO''
able, from any direct suggested cause, Tor SUCH
a tremendous increase Of beauties and 'a'le'y'
The whole scene would appear 10 be u'heea
forth from some invisible, secret.worElng I'M
pulse-a garden Of the most admirable a''
tasteful formation, yielding every nece''''!
fruit, and Of wise and orderly arrangement
Yet it is all attributable 10 the reYlvlns 'pI'O
OF liberal enterprise, which has its source
self. government, and mans disposition 10 '
we'll when we can be alone, and be supreme
conductor Of the result Of his own reason
Having the history Of man before him. '0''
as it goes, he can prof, by the result Of 'o''''
pursuits, and be Influenced by his Own "'"'
forcible experience in modern urdsr''A"s'
Here there is every thing 10 anu" a'1
cultivale-to recreate and 10 inform. H"'
the means TO gain them that is necessary ~.
all is supplied-every barrier IS o'''''",
which divides and renders you unaeqa
with them. But education and The uss'u' -
are not confined to one portion, but 10 ~.
whole widely extended community; az" w.
poor receive its benefits, while the wealth! Wv
tribute proportionally to The common V'a,"T
and when men less scruple what 'beY '"' y,
and are the most magnanimous, The ''u'' .
their liberaliiy are the more evident. ne w.
sings Of liberty are spread alike Throughout y.
Union; Blu, here, when acted upon BY tan r
prise, and enhanced by unbounded so0u ~
ing, they are most advantageously 'en' =,
Theatres, the schools Of eloev':0D' H'','
in primeval prosperity, aud their i'hO'"':
gloriously successful in morallzloe a"' =;
proving. No writer could ever be more
umphan, than Sbskespeare-no writings y.
tain higher testim onials Of their eurre0'! :,
value than his-and th-oOsn
abundan, labors the stage has become % '' :,
.iv. in il, dissemination Of moral truth as ".
pulpi, has tenacious and urgent for the p''''.
Of Christian injunc,ions and his w0fA' 4.
much resor,ed to for literary purposes
Scriptures ,hemselve. are in religious 40
ment or defence"