Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-24

uEty " dfCtQu % u n Dill
I'd" p1in' may be certainly reached by keels. Should
your Company, the elorc, continue The roa a, SaIuda
zap, mat point will become a depot for the supply of
oe western country, and will be within one hundred
miles oil a navigable branch OF the Tennessee river :
should the Sandy river communication be found the
most available, the termina ion Of your Rail- Road will
De WIN u 200 miles OF "A navigable branch of the Ohio"
In addition TO the above, il may be impor, ant 10 no ice
the following communicative concerning the navigation
rertiser
"~Ente'pIiEe The KnorpiHe, a bauufu. liz, ,,ran,h
steamboat, measuring 100 Tee, krsl aud IL I-2 fee
oeim' d iorg M TO a company a. Knnxvii,, (r~nno
an eu"t und. the superiu eod-nce ct Coi W y A
Naussy, u ina p'aa-, L. 10 eDied TO na,iga'- tie Ten
n-ssee fv-r, from the muscle = lo,I, 10 KHoxvi,,e adi,.
tarce OF QUO mi e'. She IL well calculated 10 carry
freight, and h:t ! np with super acc.mn,d, N.
Tor cabin and deck passengers Her arriv,I n, b.r
Piace OF destination will, We doubt not, be cheerfulIy
greeted, and tend to produce a new era i'm the apricui-
tural and commercial interests of iha, on,orniau
town"
And yet we (the good Citizens of Richmond who
nave as deep an interest in this subject. as any mart of
'"gma may we not say. a deeper interest and lar
ger iunus than any other ? view all these enterprises
WIN me most perfect equaninity-Trus,ing, perhaps.
mai some miracle will be wrought for our salvation J.
are we NOT ashamed OF our inaction /? Can we ex-
pect, IN an age oil the greatest enterprise which ever
eXisted-surrounded as we are by States possessed oi
the boldest spirit and making Herculean efforts to i'm
prove themselves can we expect that we shall pros
per- without I'lng a finger TO help ourselves /? The
idea is preposterous-and may he tal.-Citizan Of
Richmond! arouse - aud show yourselves worthy of
'e blessings which Providence has placed at your feet
WASHINGTON IRVING-.a Toad Eater!
An attack has been made upon Washington Irving
ny ah Euitor OF tls City, so much coarser than COM
mon, as 10 call up a blush of indignation in the cheeks
OF some oil his own political brethren-The paper itself
we never read-and all that we see of its invec,ives, is
occasionally a piece put into our hands for inspection. or
extracted into some other paper Ii was only in the CO.
iumns oil a New York paper that we, for the first time.
saw the ollowing attack:
"a cour;ier add sycopbantsucb "a Wasb;pcto, rrv;ou
"a toad-eater by trade = is, s. must be, under 4 STANDING
Suspicion whenever great men are his themes. Wash.
lng,on loves a great, particularly when he is also a rich,
man'ueariy' and would do any thing in reason TO accom-
Inodate him. Suppose the whole story of the Plenipo-
teniiarys extravagances at the Court of the Gar wa,
hcuon, what was it 10 Washington Irving. He thought
IL would obi &c a great man, and the s;ckly though cum
ming seniimen'alist looked no further"
inns virulent and unjust attack has been drawn upon
W. irving simply by the circumstance of his having
oareu 10 state what Prince Lieven said in yindication
o: John Randolph. For this act Of Justice 10 an in;ured
man. w. Irving, one Of the ornaments of his country.
$ 10 oe ned up as a "courtier, a sycophant, and a toad
eater!'-Ihe N. Y. American with whom IL is scIdom
our lot to agree, does credit 10 itself by "rebukino" in inc
strongest terms OF indignation, the coarse and inbound
ed aspersion What it says is so much better than any
'hing winch we can offer upon this occasion, that we
are prompted to re-publish it as an act of stric, Justice
10 W. irving-whose name, as the author of the letter
IN question, we were the first TO make known TO his
coun,rymen, from the pen Of Mr.. Irving's Correspon-
dent himself:
"These Gay, the New York Auerican) are harsh
.erms 10 apply to any one. much les, 10 such an ipdi.
$50" 80 S"' az Hssk III IL circumstances oil the
case 70 warrant !hi' graiui.ous invectivs, nor ran ..,ba
glow OF eScitem"nt' or N " warmth ofpa.sion"e x.use
language so coarse and off nsive. I l., such attacks as
this m's-directed in their object, and unaccouDtable
In their nature-'hst destroy the Just influence Of Inc
press. II is the excitement which such language pro-
vokss that keeps IL in a state OF unheSlt y aeits,ien-
anu las ~, . is he Indignant feeling such courses NEE
WIN from generous minds, that mAkee those connected
with the press, tlu'h for their occupation.
wv have been told by Americana, on rs,u- nil q from
abroad, 'hst hey were ashamed to lend to a sianger
the newspapers received from their frier de In his
country, nc account Of their calumnious contents. II
such emotions are -~1itcd in the breas, ofAmeric: NJ re.
novel ircin ne ecene OF ac,icas b. the ci--.r-s.m.1 I
OF political charac'e 8, how mast they be come .egrava.
ted when the sui jest OF the or:rag.,-sn ind vidusI
who has kept himself al OF from the pcisonou.
atmcsfh r. CT party feelirg,-is the pride of hi.
naive soil, and a man whose very name is a mass.
port to con.iieration Tor his co%unirymen though.
out Europe! VIII not they, TOO, in a tran.ror, CT
controlling Influence Of reascn:" Ifenv of our rea5er.
max tina, In speaking thus earnestly we a,tcb
90 much indortance to a mere newspaper paragraph
'h1y should remember, hat while the suti C, of il i.
oil ina g n Tive race who are most keenly alive TO In.
justice, he has net in this instance been cited at the
legitimate bar OF critics n. but held up to deri.ion be.
fore a tribunal, 10 which h. is no more ampnabIe thar
any ether private iudividus': TIA. though in his civ
where MIR. Irving is fresh in the hearts of IN. n.,v
WIN woom ne mas ever keot up a warm AID c.ole IN.
tercourse, any attempt 20 lessen him in the es,e.m !,
afiech)ns IL his countrymen, appears preoo,terors tb.,s
may be places whe'e he kind and generou, mai, p ,,
the IN his elevation Of chersc' er, and almost re-
mantle patrio;ism aud above all, his 2 alons taoarit,
OF the good opinion Of his eountrynen, are 90 mi.
Known, that m .srePTesen,a,ion might produce H., 6 fec.
Bu' were 1t not go, why should we kesp any ,erms Win
tbls depreciltng spirit, which seems 10 haunt real ex.
ceIence wherever /: asserts itself Why shouId we
preserve our patience with this unproyoked ds,rac,;on
OF well-earnsd celebrity, when pre,eneian of ey.rv
slno sweils into unmolested importance around us,
Cannot the wind OF praise traverse the land. and n II.
hcisns, players, and mi'ilia-captsirs be pufsd i,,o
notorie'y from every quarter, withou, the unwhoi.-
some bias wi herring ;hs laurel of those abn Lay.
really advanced the reputation of their coun,r, , r.
anne OF such meD as ths author OF Columbus belongs
10 the nation at large; and let everv true America
look well, that no hand tamper with our common
property" ~
MIR Walsh himself. although he does not like Mr.
Randolph, and has not, we think, on some occasions
done full justice to the literary merits of MIR. Irving vei
expresses himself upon the present occasion. y2;,b -
prropriety and truth, which reflect credit upon himself
lie says he is glad that " The New York American
has keenly rebukcd the - for an editorial n.r.
agraph, very unkind and derogatory to WASHINGTON Ir-
ving."-He says, that M Irving has never given
cause 10 any one OF his countrymen, for the least uIn
Drage or offence his spirit is as bland and b~enefcent
as the lusire oil his genius, or The tenor of his proIuc.
lions. Every where in Europe he has been ,be octvs
and liberal friend OF every American, worthy of bis
esteem, who had The good fortune Il. com. " i,b;n III.
sphere OF personal action or Influence. H., love nj
country has shewn itself in those details which orovo
most Immediately The movement of the hear: AID II
ne 10 The author oil tho letter concerning Mr.. Raudolph
which ocea'oned the invective OF ,h.--u.
contents should be sseT,bsd TO bis patriotic sen,;biii,v
anS the geneTosity OF bis nature. The New Yoyt
Amerieao rcfbarks, that il attaches no inporta,e = 10
I've ieuer az testimony In favour Of MIR. Randolph,
5--=-:: .se diploms,ie relation Of PINE, Lieven IN
the writer, presiuded a real expression OF opipion. hu,
every one who knows The character of Wa.binsion
irving, must believe ibsi he really laid stress upon h,
and IL sincere in every point.
&" II is not the warrior, the mere ora;or, and the moro
statesman, who alone, respectively, exalt the reputa.
ton, a d promote the welfare Of their country. Tai.
EMS ana culture, dispositions and performances, such