Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-04

placc,as to suppose with The Tale of a Tub, tina,
Homer could have been acquainted with the Eng
iish Law ana Religion, the mariners compass, or
The circulation Of the blood. Yet because we have
no. YET Deen able to grasp the whole circle of the
Arts aud Sciences-or to come up i'm every respect
To the English sandard-not only of literary refine
nent, out oil moral corfu pton-we have been ta,,nt-
ed by some of these Travellers with ignoronce. mud
oy others WIN barbarisni Of manners: And the ve-
ny extraordinary services which we have rendered
to the human race in the example of our nstonisb-
ing energies, ms well as practical discoy cries i'm
Government, have been decried aud ridicuIed.-
Irollope and Hall have been guilty of the grosses
Injustice 10 the Americans; aud a recent Traveller
by the name of Hamilton, who visited our country
two years ago, has furnished similar contribution
IN the Book lie has lately published
Some persons, who were acquainted with MIR.
Hamilton in this country, expected better things
OF him. He is the author Of "CyriI Thornton"
and is unquestionably man of fine literary
nse His style is far superior to that of nil the
fearons and the Halls who have preceded him
and the most hospitabe attentions were extended 10
MN IN our principal cities. But the design of his
publication creeps forth in his Dedication lie tells
his friend "WiIlianf Wolryche Whunore ESQUIRE.
W. H. that 1t had not not been originally his n,en-
ton to publish his travels; but "wben (he) found the
iHstitnfions and experience of the U. States debe-
rately quoted in the Reformed Parliament as afford
ing SAFE precedents for British iegisiation and learn
Ell uiat the drivcers who uttered such nonsense in.
s'eau Oh encounerng mcrited dersion, were listen
rant us themselves, be) certainly did feel that nother
work on America was yet wanted, and at once de-
ternine TO undertake task which inferior consi.,e.
rations would have probably induced (him) to de-
cline" -
AS might have been expected from this oininons
iroioguc, the execution corresponds with the de-
sign. The Political Institutions of the u. States are
.asnou WIN the most unsparing asperty--their Lii
'era'ure Is laughed at--their manners are ridicued
-their prospects are clouded with the most gloomy
Prcseniimens-teir Union is threatened with an in
evitable dissolution. Some useful Truths are reveal
sd-put IN such revolving colours that the excess of
inc carlcature IS calculated TO strip the Lesson of
all us morai-We have published in another column
some eXtravagant statements from this Book-und
we VIII only notice two three other cases.
~ oiS .ne earliest scenes which he describes in
~ horf, what does the reader think of the follow
ing caricature account of his visit to the Supreme
court OF the State? lie was on the point of lenyny
me Court, "when jury, which had previously re-
tired 10 deliberate, came into Court and procesdeJ
u" the us'al form TO deliver their verdict. 1t was
not without asonishneni, confess (says he, y that
remarked, that three foiTihs of the J,runen mere
engaged IN eating bread and cheese and that the fore
man actually announced the verdict toh his mouth
Ju, gecf'ng the digointed syliaJies during the inter
rdts o. mdsttcdtion. In truth, an American seems
10 look on Judge eractiy as he does on carpen-
ter or coppersmith, and it occurs to him. that
an administrators OF justice is entitled TO greater re-
spect, IMAM constructor of brass Knockers or the
s'ienther OF n ships bottom. The Judge and the
braz'er are paid equally for their work and iona
than firmly believes, that while he has money i'm his
pocket, there is no risk of his suffering from the
want either of law warming pans when he
arrives at Philadelphia, he visited also the courts of
Law-and he adds unceremoniously, that "The
proceedings happened TO witness were i'm nothing
remarkable and hare already desc,ibedMe erfernaIs
q an .4mer1can Court" lin this N. Y. exhibiton.\-
now we will hazard the assertion that no man ever
saw such scene this really exhibited i'm the CT
~ OF N York. or Philadelp hia-or of Virginia--and
.Iat IN nothing are the Citizens of the United States
"a nlnr lat.l ILL.,.
renee which they extend to their Judges on the
Bench. ~
what will the reader say his gross misrepre-
sen'auons oil Mr.. Jefierson's character? "'The mo-
rai Character OF Mr.. Jefferson repulsiye Con-
tininlly pulling about liberty, equality and the de-
grazing curse of slavery, he brought his own chill
dren to the hummer, and made money of his de-
paucheries'-iiis "mnd was essentially unpoetical
III MS whole works there is trace discoverable of
imagination."-"He had little enthusiasm of charac-
ter Nor was he rich in those warm charities
aud affections, in Which great minds are rarely de-
Icieht- seek in vain in the writings of
thought !"
Hamilton boldly declares, that "Evcn TO the pre-
sent day, the value of education in the IT, States is
estimated, not by its result the mind of the Stu
oeh', III strengthening his faculties, purifying his
.as'e' ana charging and elevating the sphere of
thought and consciousness bit bu the amount nj
acdlable hno,ciedge sohich enables hin, to bring 10
The common business Of life"
lie auihHS mat "Whateyer were the defects of
Jefferson, he seems to have been impressed with n
deep CONSCIOUSNESS of the deficiencies of his conn
tryinen. lie cndeavored, not only To rouse his
counirymen to n sense of their intellectual condi-
tio. but to provide the mems by which il u,ioI,t
he improved. With this view he founded n Uuyer-
shy III ms native State, and his last worldly ankle
ues were devoted TO lis advancement" But, adds
ihs veracious Traveller, "rhe obstacles to success
were too great for the powers of Jefferson to over
come In community where the gradations of
opuehce constitute the great distinction between
ihan ana man. the pursuits which lead most readily
TO lis attainment, will certainly engross the whole
volume OF national talent. Jefferson therefore, fail
ed I'D Tins great object, towards the ACCOMPLISHMENT
oi winch his anxious thoughts were directed" p
NOW, what will even this British Colonel (Hamil-
ton) say, when he comes to know that never did the
University OF Virginia boast as many students ms il
exhibits during the present session? and that the
minds, II has already contributed TO FORM are about
coming forward TO add new grace to their Common
wealth, and new character to its University?
/ lie paints the New Engandcrs i'm strong carica-
ture--as equalng the Scotch indeed in sobrietv
ana honesty, but far inferior in honesy-as furnish
ing much TO approve, little to admire and nothing
I 10 iove"-and finishes with this stroke of the pen-
clI: "Naturc, in framing Yankee, seems to have
gwen him double brains, and half heart"
Extravagant assertions, and ilibcral statemcn, MS
are scattered throughout his Book All that is de-
flceDt IN our society is vilely caricatured while
scarcely any credit is allowed for our brilliant pc-
cuiaries--iie forgets what contributions America
has already made to the cause of Liberty and of
the Arts When discussing the state of our Litera-
1 n t,ntn ,,l, ,I.o