Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-14
The Biography Of a Venerable Editor.

The wise in the Scriptures has said ,h.,-" An
i. vanity! vaniybui certainly all IL not '. xa,ion
Of spirit On the contrary, there is In the vanity of
certain people, something exceedingly amusing and
p'quanf-Mr. Miles has treated us, in his Ia,t Regis.
ier' iof instance, TO very amusing piece Of Autoso
sraPhy-ihe mere oozing Of his ridiculous yanitv
We must be excused for saying that this Ia H. besen
so OF his character-noi the less venia however be-
cause II 10 ridiculous There Ia not rng present of
was'coat or pair Of b. eeche., (Heaven save tbe
markD conveyed to him by some enihu.a, tie m.nuf,.
turer-sclrcely civil letter or compme ntarv toa.,
10 mr. Hez. Miles, which is faithfully Regisfered.
as par; OF the American Appas Tn, yetsrao r IL
had once Chair in bic study which be wa, pi,,..S
TO call bis "Freedoms Chat, ne wa. In the b.bit
oil informing the public, when he mounted that Chair
u when ne indicted bis iucubraons frohe npiring
,,pod But. no sooner did he ascend his sFreedsm's
Cha'r Than his readers TO Look out for soma
new sosurdity som. orscnar restriction the bsr-
tarcical, and the Chair has been 6o.l,v shsnIoosJ
bat The article before us far ousrips all his csdiog
snaions. IL The climax Of Editorial self AGENCY
!. seems ina, some South Carolina paper has said
, :, hing abont Hez. Niles, the Judas of the
E4st-and upon this little text, Mr.. Hszeki.h Miles
seriously eneraios his readers with more III an Eva
columns OF the II 'gs,er about himseE-Hs says that
hee '" hoie-hog papers would loose half the spica
Of tn 'ir abilities against me- were IL not that nv mama
Z. Hezekiah."-And with a view to enable these man
tas better to argue subject. OF political economy
snail give them list OF all the Hezekiahs in nv IA.
my, mat nave heard o-which may also put Il iato
DOUBT what the gentlemanly editor Of the s. C. paper
means by the words "of the east" Hs then gives US
an account OF his sncestorsss Ills nine chEiren-nsr
ncuiary oil all the Hezekiahs in the family IT. tall.
us how the brst Hexekidh Niles left Eoxlaod-.od
how ne only cen Tobias had two sons, to wits william
ana Hesektdh-bow the 6rs, died few years since
nearly iOo years od-and how HerekiaE the father of
the presen, HeS, lost his life by an accident a, viii
mng'on' Dri nearly forty years ago. to which place
ne nad removed many years before, in consequences Of
his inermarriage with Mary Way a descendant Of one
Of the companions OF William Penn."Fe then goes on
o'eil US how ~ Hezekiah, was born in Penn.yvsnis
near Chadd's Ford whittier my mother had been re-.
moved for safety because Of the approach OF tho Ri.
tsh, advancing 10 attack Washingfor, at Brandy vjne
oy which, instead Of avoiding danger. her life was pc.
rhei by the 6dyonef Of bold grenadier OF the de-
lender OF the faith" After which, and in due season.
there was born 10 third 500, at WiImins ton and
named by his mother, Herekiah, but who died when
about two years oli"And how his oIest son William
hdrinS married, called his 6rst-bcrn Hexekiah who
is now about 10 III years fQuery) old And again
how myself have another son, called, by his mo.
ther hesff'Gh who l. lesg than year old And 40
is, hat the name Of Miles, far as ny family IL cor.
cerned) Is entirely 10 my own stock-my venerable
uncle Leaving no 'on likely 10 Perpeiuate i,."--Apd
again. tho reverend Hez proceeds 10 tell hi. rad
era, how many children he has himself and how many
my oldest son"-wilh their sexee, &c-how many
HeSektdhs in all there in the family with their re-
p cuve trades, callings, &c.--About as ueyeeaBI,
p,ce OF Biogrsphy,as some OF those chapters in the
Bible, which inform how Asa begat Josaphat and
9ossphat bega Dram, and Dram gat o is., &c &C."
NOT quite so interesting, perhaps the R,e;s
Ter OF the III zeiahs, Is scarcely "a hstorcsJv impot
ant So the venerable record Of the Pariarcbs.
The whole article Of Mr. N. is in the very wor. po,.
'a7'es "oot tntnk elves O much
consequence to the publie. than the public think them
and hence the ridiculous absurdes into which thsir
vanity bsTay' them what is il to their readers to
whom they are related by whom be 20, l'-Wb,.
'her u recitation lie made In earnest or In burlesque
We pa,s over MIR Hezekiah Niles count Of him.
seii--oi ma ealing, opinion, quautabc-s &C. &c
'mnk'og h m OF much less consequence than the lie
aha opioione Of Tfsrim Shandy O." But there 10 one
passage IN the biography, which l. more ain guiaIy ri.
dicuious than the rest. He chuekes mueh over the
hundred tbou.aud copies which have been Iepublshed
many thousaDds Of the People eomplare p,ly AIS
what has become Of the books off the Pbilos ,plrr.U
iew years henc', and while "Adarn Smith" and
. the Philosophers" are read by hdmring nations, we
'nspec' met very lew persons will think OF asking
" Wha, has become cf Htz-kidh Niles"
As record of State PAper', Of hitoricaI sumnsrie,
Of rare and valuable Productions. a. volume Tor ths
sake OF reference. the " Weekly Rsgi4er" hiss been
extremely valuable and II viii be the Editors fault N
does not continue so.-Bh when ii sspires 10 become
the orsc'e oil Political Economy TO free and eniirht.
ehed Peope-or s'Iks into The dwelling channel OF
corse add Co6befhke eso';m IL loses Of iis dig.
nity, md more u IN half ts uselulness