Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-11-10
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.EtDhNBURGH REPfEtI, NO XCvIII.


eta OF them do not come wln the scope el recsg
uon
Art. |. is another essay on the Ultarian System OF
Philosophy, and iorus link of the contsover.y now
raging with considerable vehemcncc, between che
Edinburgh and Westminster Reviewers Mr.. Mil and
MIR Benham marshall their forces in the latter publ
cation, aud write with power and Effect Such OF our
readers az take interest in The subject
the Reviews themselves
Art. III is Review Of Mr. Sadlei's work on ireland
MIR. Sadler il, we believe, generally known - On.
champion OF the high tory party in England and wa
re- turned Tor the Borough oil Newark by the Influence
OF the Duke OF Newcastle. Mr. g is vehementiv OPP
posed 10 the Emigraon Scheme of Mr.. Wilmot Hor.
Ton Tor thinning the redundant population of ireland and
we are glad to find ,ha, the Edinburgh Reviewer in this
respect at least, agrees with Mr.. Sadler, and urges
with him the advantage OF employing the people ia
reolaimng the waste lands. On other points hy lit
Ter, and MIR. s., say the least, is rather roughly
handled; bat lac thought proper review tile l. i .
gh Ia hs BOOK, Tho reply seems nothing more than a
fair reprsal.
Art ILL., purpor,s TO be Review of ,ir. Eb4r.'.
work, entitled" Seven Years OF the Kings Theatre"
Il ON which we have on u former OCCASION made som.
ntsres,ing The article however upoi read.
ing proves to be an essay OF nearly atty pages Oh ia,
Drama, ancient aud modern. IL is somewhat lean.
ed, and lorms very agreeable piece Of re.lng 10 the
man OF taste and leisure. The histronic art i. taken
up and considered iiom its origin in ancient Greece
and traced down to the present day. The Spanish
Drama is declared 10 lie, next 10 the Englh IN. b 81
in Europe that il reached its highest excellence I'm
the 10th century, derived its peculiar fertility OF iuven-
ton IRON the eastern nations anu its civalric noble
ness OF sentiment from the MoOrs. The slIe and
guage OF tie Spanish anna is &" nectar " This
glorious idom thu ires aud tavourc daughter Of t,r
l'un, Ike another Venus, i constantly attended by
the Graces aud auring when her native charms
are least concealed by exrlnsic ornaments The ,no-
dern stage represented be decayinw, because men
oil real talent Go not continue 10 write, Tor il, and the
reason assigned for their not doing SO, the
nIcu6uon Of The fashions and manners OF the time hv
which irst rae comedy speedily loo its zest with
the lime aud fashion that gave il ph and excellence
Men OF talent, II being assumed desire write Tor
itnf g-slt. 10
oil the present day.
Art IY.i'on the Malt and Beer duties and the Ii
csnsng System.
Art. V. Military Education. The B iish array il is
truly observed, Is now army OF utefne; % mach
ha, il improved in all its physical 81 opcr'e and s mo
rai character within the last century. There hc no
ioubt that The bravery o. British troops certainly thai
1i the officers, is OF moral Kind aud the result of
mere animal obsinacy and foreclosures This change
IS ascrbed to the present superior mode of education
aoped among all rank 81 tn- people, and particularly
those from which the oi ,ets drawn. It rs max
ian, believe, hat a seu-ble man cannot be cow
ard The military education, however. is sail to b.
still detective, particularly In engineering, ior"ion
and the study OF The prolecies The want OF military
books, too, in the Erg'i.h language il comIialfed o.
and considered TO reflect dlscred the army general
~, although laery military authors have become more
II struck little ugudr, that through
out the Article the OF the late Duke of York is not
once mentioned, although it is universally ded
that the army owes much Of it, present proud pre-
emnence TO the abilities and eNeri,ns OF that pA;rio c
prince. This article is the production vi some officer
who has Sc - much service.
The next article, "Signs of the Times" il unrues-
tionahly the brilliant in the n2mber and-tourh
its style must he admitted be faulty from being to
metaphysical, and Astounding with aniitrss ami exaE
geTated cOmpagisOnSt will be g"Uertllv read aud all
mired. Il takes rapid view Of the state of the wori
of man, of intellect, and Of nature The pres mt aye
asserted TO he essentially mechacevery thing both
phi ysicdi and raj is governed Influenced or aiIecta
by nechanlrs-iti ia machinery lhat max our apparel
and washes our linen, aud IT is the IiamonAn sysi.n
hat teaches W. IAngnage The metaphysical aud mo-
raj science" are affirmed 20 he falling into decay. while
the physical are cngroSsing every day and
attention. The Reviewer dwtlls much Dgnnn,ics,
as differing from mechanics, but viii let him speak
for himself:
''To speak little pcdantically, thsrc is science Of
DgnGnRcS in mans fortunes aud nature, as we'll as OF
.nechdn!cs. There is science winch trea;s Of and
practically addresses, tie primary, unmo:ned forces
and enc GIGS OF man. the mY-teous springs OF Love,
and Fear. ard Wonder, OF Enthusiasm, PoetrV, Rel-
Con, all Of which have truly vital and infinite cha.
RAJ ter as wei as science which practically addresses
the hac, mo Afed Developments Of these, when hey
take the shape Of immediate motives, hope Of re
wAid, or as fear OF punishment.
Now it is certain, that in former times the wise men
the enlightened lovers of their kind who appeared ee.
morally as Morasts, Poets, Priests did, without ne
gicctng thc Mechanical provice deal chiefly with tho
Dynamica; applying themselves chiefly 10 regulate in
crease and purify the inward primary powers of man.
and ancying that herein lay the main difficulty and the
best service they could undertake. Bua wide differ.
encc is manifest in oar age For the wise men, who
appear Political Philosophers, deal exclusives
selves IN counting up and estimating mems motives
strive by curious checking and balancing, and other adj
Iusnents OF Profit and Loss, 10 guide them 10 their
true advantage: while unfortunately, those same 'mo-
hvcs are so innumcable and variable in every ind
vidua TO realize useful conclusion ever be drawn
from their enumeration. But though Mechanism wise.
~ cOntrved has done much for man, in social and mo
raj point OF view, cannot he persuaded that ii has
ever been the chief of his worth happiness
Consider the great elements of human enjoyment, the
attanmens and possessions that exali mans life to IL
present height, and what part Of these he owes lC
institutions, to Mechanism OF any kind: and what 10 the
instructive, uhbouudcd force which Mature herself lent
him, and still continues TO him Shall say, for ox-
ample that Science and Art indebted principally ID
the founders of Schools and Uniyersesl Did mol
Science originate rather. and gain Advancement in the
obscure closets Of The Roger Bacons Kepcrs Jcwtons
in the workshops Of the Fausts and the Wais--whcre-
ever, and in what guse soevcr Nature from the frs
times downwards, had sent gifted spirit upon the earth
Again, were Homer and Shakespeare members of am
benefced guild. made Poets 10y means of it? Were
Painting and Sculpture created by orethought, brought
into the world by institutions for that end? NO; Science
and Art have, from first TO last been the free gift oil
Nature; and unsolicited, unexpected gift-olten
fatal These things rose up, as it were, by sponta-
growth, in the free soil and sunshine Of Nature
They were not planted grated, greatly null
ped or Improved by the culture manuing Of insti-
uuons. Generally speaking, they have derived Only
partial help from t often enough have suffered dam
age. They made constitutions Tor themselves. They
Originated Ia the Dynameal nature Of man, not in his
Mechanical nature.
Or TO take infinitely higher instance, that Of the
Christian Rel gion which under every theory Oi IL, in
the believing or the unbclieying mind, must ever be
regarded the browning glory, rather the life and
soul OF whloe modern culture: How dill Christianity
sdtutions and establishments and weLarranged sys-
ms Of ,npt banism2 Not sG on Ihc contrary, iu a