Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-07
MEMOIRS OF JEFFERSON

important ans! difficult subicot.--N. Y Com. 9dv.
MEMOIRS or JEFFERSON
Tho Westminster Review for the of October last
serves, M relation to this Important work
"Our limits do not admit OF doing justice the invsua
contents of these we mos,
them all readers. who have yet perused Them
containing and rich materials of authentic
presenting on aos, all truly important Questions views
new most frequently lust, and worthy Of
patient considerations; rational hopes
Gress OF Knowledge and liberty eeva,ns opinion Of
Pine editor Of the Morning Chronicle paper published in
London, further remarks
tor thar has appeared in the century whaever
say he was second-eveu TO Washington "
We announced in last a runor the probability
Of which appears to be strengthening, that Sir
James M'iuto-h will succeed Mr. Vaughan, as Minis
ter to the United States from the British Govern
mcnt Whoever has read tho Pindicin Gniiica and
other works Of this celebrated writer will feel graf
ihed at having such DISTINGUISHED foreign repro
sentative. The hhcrany Of his sentments tho
sound ness of his pol tca principles. and his phian-
throne Vows, 'r- well proven by his spirited answer
TO MIR Burke. on tho French Revolution from which
we snbion an extract RcI-;gh P.o
"Al tic governments that no " exist in the world
he United States If America excepted, have been
por'uonsiy formed They are the produce of chance,
mt the work of ar. They have been altered r-
proved and destroyed by accidental crcum-tancr 8
beyond the foresight control Of wisdom Their
parts thrown up against present emergencies form.
no system attic whole. II was certainly not TO ba
presumed that these for,utous governments should
have surpassed the works Of intcec, aud prec.udcd
all nearer approach to perfection
at was time that the human rowcrs so lnnr o.
cuppd by subordinate objects and Inferior arts should
mark new era in History by giving birth To the art
ut improving rnnaen increasing tn" civil hap
pincss of II was time hat Inuislators instead
Of that narrow and dastardv co1siinc which mover
ventures TO lose sight Of usage and precedent should
guided by the polarity ef rcasnn hazard bold ma
v'gntion, and discover in UNEMPLOYED regions the
treasure OF public felicity"
NEW SPAPER READING.
The advantage derived from reading we'll conducted
newspapers more than double what could be gal ned
by BOOK reading among the working classes, both as
to cost and information They contain such n variety
OF accounts from all quarters of the globe and on all
branches OF business, Inventions. improvements dis
cnVeries, revolutions and their causes, both in the
physical and moral worlds; all mixed up with poetry
and entertaining scraps. &c &c. Something for every
man and woman-frcm a child of six UP to the age Of
eghty see the merchant, statesman, phi 'oso err,
and moralis: anxousy wait the arrival Of the new,
papers-iay aside every other book and business and
w'th avdity turn I'd read its contents II tho
newspaper is considered by the sfhuent and learned
OF the FIRST Importance to them, oud IL be 10
the working menl 1t would be To their mind az food
IS 10 the body-as the free circulation of the blood IS
10 The health of the body-it would cheer and exhI.
rate the mind-it would be school, an academy and
college Threading newspapers sharpcns the app-.
tte' refrcshes the memory. and extends the knowl-
much for the working men. Yes, it would do more It
you'd place him nearly IN equal footing in point
ofuseful knowledge with the scholar Witness thou
sands Of aders that never we're st college who bav.
learned q general knowledge of things superior to
the narrow and limited studies Of learned the oIogans
and others.
The arrival of newspaper amoss mechanics ex.
cts their curiosity to read without tring-nstructs
mperceptbly without retrenchng labor Among chill
dren, strengthens their memory OH what thew learn
at school. II does more. 1t hsbituates their minds
re fiInyn nI1 40
about ghosts and witches, attending frolics, swearing
snd lying and their consequences II excites the read.
ing ct other books. and the study Of geography &C.
&c. In my late visit to Glasgow Scotland in the city
and suburbs and large villages where book clubs
sted and newspapers we're read, the chancs would
a on history geography, astronomy, chemistry and
poh'cs with considerable intelligence In more re-
mote p aces, where no papess read, they could
talk of nothing but the tenes and history of the Sect
SINS OF the land and IFS punshments bad trade prices
OF cattle and produce. &c These things seemed tn
be The limit OF their ovledge. Here say a vast
difference OF intellectual improv between these
book and newspaper readers and those who did not
read The same or similar causes here 10 Barnet,
Vermont, produce the eff, etc. In villages or
mail roues those who take liberal papers are by far
the most intelligent and liberal
by this time, you will think am an enthusiast about
reading newspapers Well look round and ace if |
have no, stated facts and il not be good rs TO cor
rect and help me.
From the .H,rconhk AdpsyHpy
"THI'E TTrIs"-Under this tile the Gazette published
few days ago, the following pleasant jcu desSyif.
"fhe'e 1pes"-ars useful rhns,, but and then they
wi get awry single letter sonIemes-land ins1ueti
io1nmu,-makc' sad mischief An article before u.s. in a
phIadsPfa paper, which intended for notice Of
poem contains the following odoreou scnnee:-"But to
extract abo"nds with g,o aHd touching poerywhsren we
a' The alteration Of o"e letter bath robbed the expression
q! hall hs rs aud an Its stCssfness"
NC nave had some little experience in these matters little
WV n"ninuyc type will "nuly" whole sentence or turn
we oes' soaring Of the poet into little TYNE
rs n"Ie pien than act NJ Conse Who no, Rad the
e OF e pm aud srord. who has that fable il.
lus'rateh ny nrnt, which shows that
- I'm: Pc . moghtsr Tar than st,,l"
ita' even black booking eadsn type unioes all tia, the
pm mas zone yesterday OF these unTy urchns made IA
Ipeak OF e gen,roi warmth spring when our pen had no
scb iea ~ IL Poat- wrote tie eniI warmth Of snring
~" 0ay9 bei)e, the type sad that MIR plac,e v s,udv