Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-30

learning all bespeak the poverty ofthe neghbourhood and
the sParseness OF the population This literary establish
may call minds the parson, the doctor, and the
lawyer; search them out. and we will find them all cor
respondent to the olmastcrpoyc stricken and OF
humble intellect. Afford this ncighborhood cheap
veyance, that il nine enths OF what before
paid for the transportation OF its produce market and
Immediately it, wealth will ncreaseits population will
advance and becohe more denSethe number and condition
e the cbildren' viii improve-the schoomasters cabin
will assume new and more comfortable apccihis tat
tered garments will be thrown aside and he will become
mare important and more intelligent. The change
viii akc place in the lawyer, the doctor and divine.
and the progress OF civilization will be correspondents for
these are among the most mporion, and Indispensable cha
racters.in The march OF mind.
AT Abbeyieal and Bsosna" Gn Ireland,) says Mr. Kc
~, "ahovc half of the congregation At Sundays
were barefoot and ragged, with small straw hats OF their
own manuacturc--iclt hats being only by few-
Hundreds and even thousands of men could he so, to
work for pence day, il IL had been offered. The far
mostly in debt, and many families mt to beg
in rppcrary and other parts The condition of the peo,
pie is now very dltren, the congregations at the cha
peis arc now well clad in other parts; the de-
nan Tor labor Is increased, and spirit OF industry is get
ting forward, since the roads have become avsila
| be.'
Mr. Kelly, doubt, might likewise have traced on,
the wonderful effects the several learned profess
sions, and shown how The moral condition of society BY
the impulse communicated 10 those, had been rapidly
ameliorstcd.
T. SO far have been con-derng, the effects of Internal
Improvement, civilization through the
OF wealth and proper division of labor shall con-
sldcr ITS influence through the medium and
The elects directly produced the moral and military
condition OF the nation Internal Improvement, have
seen, ;developcs the resources of counry-aurments
| It's wealth, brings about proper division of labor
and consequently increases greatly the internal
mercc' oil the country and the external commerce
VIII, be sure to advance pdTi poSSu for, whenever
the aggregate productions of the eased and
iaeiies Transportation offered tho surph,s produce or
that part AMI above the OF the people is aug
mcned and sent abroad TO be exchanged for foreign COM
modies Tor which the demand rapidly increasing
The thriving condition OF the people and the consequent
multiplication OF their wants.
Thus, Internal Improvement when properly executed
has powerful operation the commerce of the country
ooh internal and external will then proceed briefly TO
an enumeration of the moral consequences flowing from
commerce. 1T j. commerce chiefly which budsup cities
the board in the inter or and consequently /,
TO commerce indirectly dcbted for the advana-
yes dii'used by cities. We will, for moment, advert to
those advantages Man the of society," solitude
suits not the condition Of his Let us look over the
page of history and find that the greatest
hs ever sprung from the bosom of society. Spread the
population thnly country, and there will nmcdi-
aeiy De strong tendency to barbarsm-Brng the po-
puaiion ogether-let people of different classes pro-
eSsions and conditions commune and associate with each
other, and YOU Immediately strike from among them
the Pron,efhedn spark; their ntelects improved and
wheued by constant exercise, and all their mental and
moral energies fully developed. Towns have ten
dency TO draw together the people, bring mind into con-
ic with mind and trade with trade This constant cxer-
else and ardent competition improve skill and augment
me efficiency of every species of abor-urgc man on in
the race oil improvcmen-drive him from the dull path i'm
winch ms oeniShed ancestry have troddcn and open TO
him ncw and brilliant The Improvement
which thus begins in the town. quickly communicated
to the country; for their quckened and the
a
~ cpeSk upon the spirit OF innovaton,-somctimcs too
great iii the town. The affords the proper stimulus
ana communicates the onward movement TO society. The
more torpid and cautious spirit of the country
receives but nIodifcs and rctards this movement The
former constitutes the main spring. the motire po,ccr,
inc complicated machinery of society-the latter the
regulator which modes and checks the movements of the
whole. ~
Ii is true, that particular circumstances NAV give to the
town an undue during the existence ofthc
dcmocaccs ancient Greece the
tenn Known at least not pracsed upon their svs,c
Inc Inn tlAn Dc,
Atica, Laconia Bcoiia, were neutrality-suspicious. Sparta
Ihebes, were every thing But in country there is
no danger oil result like this have hesitation in
expressing 1t my belief that the large cities in
virginia, has been hitherto principal OF the want
energy on the part OF the State and the general apa-
my which seems TO pervado the whole commonwealth
Look TO the States which have the largest towns and Won
cdcracv. 49,
But, again-By means of commerce. the knowledge the
rehnemens-n fine, the civilization Of country is COM
muncated to another The merchant is the great cvilizcr
OF nations In pursuance of his interests he visits foreign
lands he builds up his factories and his establishments
abroad, ana Establishments formed for the nposns nj
trade, arc the points dapp for those who invade the
territories oignorancc. true Philanthropy and Re-
ligon may DO something may do much bv exneditioos
undertaken from motives of duty and benevoence But
not obvious that has been is and is likely
10 be- the most powerful agent of bcnevolencc How few
were none but those which bencvolence sent forth
Commerce. the other hand with as muny wings and as
many tongues the poet has ascrbed TO Fame nic vi,b
unwearied activity over all lands
Multiplied populos scrmouc repebat
As she collects, she may also scatter Though set in
motion by the powerful spring of sentcrcst commerce
may he made the messenger of knowledge and truth -
ne greatest advantage flowing from the labors the Mis-
sonary who sent out 10 heather lands arises perhaps
from 9e circumstance, that he explores regions but .
known, becomes acquainted with the manners customs
ana laws OF the people, and the productions of their soil
MS Information Is communicated by the Missionary TO his
countrymen The cntcrprising Merchant saes forth in
guest oil gam establishes himself his agent abroad for
INC purposes OF commerce. Thus is civilization through
the agency of commerce, brought bear on barbarsm
and thus is that the Christian Religion has been propa
S9tedso widely within the last half century.
After having thus considered the advantages Of Internal
Improvement through the medium of commerce. I will
close this head by the consideration of the subject in lie
relation directly to the moral POLITICAL and military cond-
ton OF nations NavSable rivers canals turnpikes ard
railroads, have been often and Justly kencd TO the vasc,
lar system OF our physical frame-the blood vessels
nerves, &c which diuse sensation and the vital fluid
throughout the whole body and make each part deeply and
instantly sympathlsc with every other BY means of
Judicous system of Internal Improvement the different
sections OF country, which would otherwise be cut off
from the world and thus become isolated are deeplv inter
es.eu IN each others prosperity. community of inter
est ana feeling IL thus made to pervade the whole mass
h ana each oil the parts convinced of the COM
mon interest which they have in the Union And what
lei me enquire, does experience and the history
OF the world tell u.s. Do they not tell us that nations arc
governed by their ntcrcstat the different portions and
OF INC same State governed by their interests
nkewlse This is lesson which should never be erased
rom me memory OF the American statesman Interest is
me only ndssolube hgament which binds permanently
ogetncr the distant parts Of extended community