Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-01

tiOn. and Mde Do StRl's: making up by succession
OF part clar hiSorie the general which they
wa,:t.
!! OF England, there is no general history so faith
fGl,as Rapin's. He may be followed by Ludlow Fox
| Belshain, Hume, aud Broiie. HINES, were il
faithful would be the finest piece of history that ba
! ever been written by man: its unfortunate Iii.
j as may partly be ascribed 10 the accident of
! his having written backwards His ina iden work
t. history OF the Stuarts, first essay TO try his
strength before the public. And whether as
Scrtchman he really had par iulity for that fam
ily or thought hat the lower their degradation the
more fame he should acquire by raising them up to
some favour the object ofhis work was an apoiouv
for them. He spared nothIng therefore 10 wash them
white and to palliute their inisgovernnen,; for this
purpose, lie suppressed truths advanced falsehoods
forged authorities, AID falsited records: all this
! is proven him unaiiswerably by Brodie But so
Ching his at le and manner that his rea-
ders we're unwilling doubt any thing; sw allowed
every thing aud all England became tories
by the magic of his art. His pen revolutinniz
ed the public sentiment of that country more curr-
peiely than the standing armies ever have done
winch We're so much dreaded and deprecatc ed by the
patriots ofthat day. Having succeeded so enile,tly
III the. hc acquisition of fortune aud fnc by this work
he undertook tho history of he two proceeding mas.
ties. the PmntageIies and TuIors. u all-impur
tant in this second work, iiantuin the thesis of
his firstthat :. it was The people WHO encroaced on
the stvcreigni MT the sovereign who si.rped on The
rights "f the peop,c.'-And gam chap 53.-s.rhe
grievances under which the English laboured," Ito
w.t. whipping. pllorying, cropping ,,imprstniy, fin
ing, &c S.when considered in themselves, vii louf
regard to the Constitution, sea,rey dese,oe The name
Nor were they either burtheiis,,Inc the peoples
properties, or any wise shocking The natural hui
mainly of nankinl." During the constant wa,s ci-
VII aud foreign, winch prevailed while these two ia
inies occupied the throne. It not difficult to find
abundant Instances of pra tic iencs; d, spotc. as
ale wont 10 occur III times OF viol.Ice. TO make
this second epoch support the third therefore reur-
dnt,le garbng of au,hori les, and il remained Inv
third work, to maxi. the whole complete history OF
England, Oh the p,Harpics which he had avoc;,-
| yp.ilH
bend the Saxon and Norman conquests--ih he former
exhibiting the general and putcal pr 'es of the
people cons' tntng the na' ion, and founded in the
rights of man-tEe Inter butt conquest aud mere
play sica force. all affecting. ioral rights nor
even submitted 10 by the f.eew of the vnrcusiei.
Til" battle of Hastings indeed lost; but the no-
raj rights of The nation staked on he event
of single battle. lis will r c,,ver thu, Saxon
Constitution (laws) continued upahated and was at
the o tim OF all the unsuccessful nsurfrcti,ns which
ensued in siibeegt N, times The vietors and the
vanqushed continued in state Of living host ilies;
and rhe nnton might sill say, after losing the battle
| Of Hastings.
| What tho filed is LOST?
All is not lost tn uuconq,trahle Will
And >tutiy OF revenge, immortal bate,
| And couiasr submit Yield
! The government OF u nation may be usurpel by the
forcble lhtrn ion of au individual into the throne
h,n to conquer It's WILL, so to vest the right
that, The only legitimate basis requires long acGq-
cence aud the cessation of all opposition The Wing
historians of England, therefore, llavo always non,,
hack 20 the Saxon period, for the true principles of
their Constii ution: while the Tories, and Hume their
CurypGeus, date il from lie Norman Con0uest and
hence conclude, that the Constitutional CHIN nv the
naten of the good old Saxon laws. srur, s
TO recover tn s'encroaehmens of the people
on the crown, md not usurpalons of the crown on
the people" Hume, viii, Brodie should be thu, last
histories of England to be read: if first read nnrne
makes an English Tory. from whence it is an easy
step TO American Toryistn But there is hist ory
by BAXTER in which, abridging hat bv leaving
ont entire incidents Us loss interesting now than
when Hume wrote he has given the rest in the iden-
tica words of Hume. except that when he comes tn
tact ta'-ited he states it truly and when sup
preston of truth he supplies it, never otb,.rwise
changing word. 1t is in fact edii,o erpursain
of Hume. Those WHO shrink from the volume of
Rain, may read this first; and from this. lay a first
foundation in tho basis of truth.
/ OF Modern Continental lTi.tory very general
idea may be First arrived Mt, leaving for future and
caona reading the particular histories of such con-
tries may excite curiosity at the time Ph:s may
be obtained from Alaets Northern Antiquities Vol
taires Esp,S ct mGnrs deS N,fims Miiloi's Modern
History, Russel's Modern Europe, Hnlam's Middle
Ages, and RobertSon's Charles v es5
| You ask what book 7 would recommend to be first
read in Law. / am giadfo find from conversation
with Mr. Gilmer, that he considers Coke ON Liftleton
as mcthodiscd by Thomas, unquestionaby the hest
elementary work. and the which will be The tex
book of his school 1t lie now agreeable reading
Blackstone, and much more profound
] pray you consider this hasty and imperfecr
sketch intended merely TO prove my wish to be
useful b. you, and that with it you will accep. the
assurance of my esteem and respect.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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Captain FIESRY Il. BALLiBp has boon appoint ed
/ to command the United States Frgate Brandywnc,
now fitting out at New York,
r3, no papers from beyond Baltimore, were recev-
I cd by the Northern mail yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 30.
The Senate yesterday, after dSposng petitions
aud resolutions went INTO consideration Of Executive business
In the House Of Representatives. the resolution offered b,
Nh Hun, the subject Of tho distribution Of the proceeds
the public lands again taken up aud discussed until tie
of the hour apart tue consideration
ous, when the discussion arrested before question
taken The House them after passing The bills
be engrocd the preceding day, resumed the unfinished
business of Monday, being the bill establish rule for t
of the mileage Of ienrs upon which
TOOK place; but before any questions takeu t
i LIousp adjuurned.
I Niles Register of Saturday. speaking Of the baltimore ans
Ohio Rail road, says: