Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-15
From the Westminster Reviow.
MEMOIRS OF JEEEERSnN

lie died regretted by a mourning world
MEMOIRS OF JEFFERSON.
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Paprrs nj
THOMAS JEFFERSON, late President of the United
States. Now first published from the original Manu-
scripts. Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph 4
vols. 1929. Colburn and Beny.
(coNcLupED1
Laws OF entail and primogsniture, Gay (Which were
chiefly, by hii Enthusiastically, sboshsd) the Es,s
and pIota consfqssncss Of negro slavery and the
Missouri qussi,r, which out OF ,hi, fearful b
jeci:-On the prospects Of tbs Uoi,sd Stat,,; (D-sn
the probabilities Of their future power am,ps the pa-
lions OF the world; Of the permanenee Of ,hs Union;
Qo) OF the continued ascsudansy OF the rep iblican
principles; oil the comparative progress among them Of
iana'iesm on the one hand and Of fros opinions in 70
igon on the ether; 6)On the CO nd in .reNs
oil priests-On The administration ofjustiee:-On sgf.
culture and the introduction Of new plenu:- Ga sra.
lure and seiene';-oa tho wisdom Of ancestry: QD-
his notices oil The great events in which he vas either
mover or eless observer; those Of hs American Re.
vou'iop; those OF the early part Of hs French Revon
"on 'hese d hi. own presidency; OF Burrs conspiracy;
his we vs. oil the more recent events of mpor an &C.
en- which BIO locked from distance in hi. later war:
The qusrfels OF Europ'; and The last iish war with
America, not fOrg citing the burning of WasLio gton.
his sketches judgments Of the characters of smio,n,
persons OF Louis XVI AID his queen; Of GsorsA the
Ihirc; OF George the Four h. when Prince Of wals,
OF Hsmon, OF Adams, of Maditon, Of Monroe; OF Ma.
poieon, In his glory AMI in his sxiif; Of Lard Castle.
resgh and his colleagues; Ct many others who hsvs
been In the last half century for god OF
for h!:-pre;en such body OF good sense of careful
ard comprehensive nveH ion, OF sound ard di,pas.
tona'e deci'on, Of kindly feeling Of enlarged phiAo-
ihroPy, ofspo sis integrity; sueh rare combination OF
an enthusiasm almot chv Gus for the libsry and Fan
Iiness Of mankind, with calm philosophical judy msn
restraining pursuits within the iits of The attain.
able; such picture OF political sinceriy presenting all
ways the same character in APPEARANCE as 10 reality
10 public as in private life, will not easily fad
parallel lat ieas, on this side The Aanie) in The re-
cords oil any individual who has had so Lara share in
tie government OF ia ion,.
Our limits do not admit OF our doing justice. 10 III.
om oil extracts 10 me Invaluable contents OF Ihess 70.
tunes OF which we heve given an imperfect enume.
ration We have under some of The he ads OF that emu
ra'ion subjoned some brief specimens hut we ms,
earnestly commend the volumes tbemseIye. ia all our
readers VITO have not yet psrUssd them, as containing
numerous and rich materials OF auheLtic histrry a,
presenting, on ALMOST all truly in portant auesuons
orbv "9 ua,s 1ew most frequently just and always
worthy OF pauen' consideration; abOuDdiug with in
ehements TO moral courage and political honesty a.
connrnng rational hopes OF the progress OF
ana hoery as elevaiiDs opinion OF human nature:
and in all these points the soul wiherine
influence oil our own frivolous and sycophantic Iera-
ture. ~
me sgaey to see her true interests in the esnnin OF
bis career, the honesty 10 sacrifice all other consIsa
nons 10 'hem, and hs moral courage to pursue them
II nexiDIy 10 the end. And the interest OF America
being peace and liberty, aud still are tie inierasI
oil m@nkud. He was great instrument in The found,
nou OF her hoere, In l716; the main ms rumenl III
their restoration ia 1900. lie livsd u see ths sonmn
n'y which he was member, proce ed from infancy 10
maturity: he lived 10 il rise from srug ola in
"h Gu IL "i,h dihsuity maintained It's existence, 10
grow strongly and rapidly into OF the most noble and
important communities OF the world; and he left il in
ar aln Tor becoming the very greatest of the nations
OF no" mueh oil 'his progress IL was indebted to him,
VIII De most clearly manifest to those who dwell mos,
on The history OF his times, especially on the norton
Of Them which INTERVIEWED between that scarecrow Of
en,meanng simplicity, the French Reign of Terror,
ana his hrss election 10 the Presidency The ftsi
step OF IL administration disspaied for ever ina pb,n
toms OF lear and delu.ioD, with which articles and
eTwtoeo nad surrounded the image Of bery; and es
@ h;.h
this day, not only mistaken, but apparently taking
deeper and deeper held oiths secto1s of the American
people. He was undoubtedly the gre atest public ba
nefactor that has yet sppesred in The nineteenth can
tury whatever mty be his staten in the ejghia,nth
In which 1t is difficult 10 say that was second even
TO Warrington.
Q2) ImPRov EsENrs REALIZED AND ,,.,,xn
At the ht't session OF our legislature after The de-
eiara,Ion oil independence We passed law abolisbng
entail' And this was followed by one abol.hiny ,hs
priVnege oil Prmogeni'ure, and dividing the land, Of
in'es'ass equally among all their children or other
Presentsiiye' Thee laws drawn by myself, laid the
axe to the root Of pseudo -arstoaracy And b,d an
other which had prepared been adopted bv The Isa;.
laiure, our work would have bsen sompIste II WE,
blil Tor the more general diffusion OF learning Tbi,
proposed 10 divide every souniy isto wards Of FIVE mr.
six miles square, like your townships 10 ,st,bi,h j.;
each ward fres school for rs,dar writing and s.m
mon mnhm'h, 10 provide for the annual s,l.e-
hCn oil The best subjects from these scbaoI. -
might receive. at the public expense h;sb.s
degTes OF education at district school and from r..
district schools, to select serisin number of IN. no
n siiv
where all tho useful sciences should bo Iausb,
worm and genius would thus have been sou,h, ou,
rom every coalition Of lie, and completely pr.n,y.d
oy sducaon Tor dsfeaIing the competition Of wealth
and bir'h Tor public trusts My proposition had 10,
further obj'c, to imp,r 10 these ards those n,,oo
OF se'govsrnmeni, for whish they are bsst onsI6.J
BY eonhding 10 them the OF lhsr poor m ~, rod
police elections the nomination Of Jurors admini.,,
ton Of justice 10 small cases, semen,ary sxeci,.. ~
militia in short TO have made them Hils r,nnii =.
with warden al tho head OF each for ali tba,. sa
Germs which, being under their eye, they would bat
Mr manage than The larger republics OF the soun,v a.
STATE general call Of ward-me etiD e by their VA,
dens, on the same day through The State, would a,
any lime produce the genuine sense Of The p.opl, on
any required point and would enable the State 10 aet
IN mass, your people have 20 oitsn done and win
90 much effect, by their own mseliL g. The LAW 70,
religious freedom, which made a pat, of mi, .v.,srO
having put down the arisoeTsey Of The eergv snd 80
stored 10 the ei1sDs the freedom OF tbs mini ga
those OF entails and deseenis, Inantstin, an sIi,
OF condition among them, their own educ ,,ion fwa'iy
have rsised the nsss OF the people 10 the bgb ,o"S
OF moral re'Pseisbiy necessary TO their own a Jet
and 10 orderly government; and would have comn,s,
ed me gr'a' object OF qualifying them 10 seIsei h
Verhaoe aTiSt0t Tor the trusts OF Cove rnm.pe 10 he
284. we w. p
QS) sLAyEs-" There 10. think, way 10 which
The deportation Of Slaves may he Effected that il, bv