Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-23

All. Slavery Society at Andorer. There is
=, .i.,v at the Theological Seminary at Andover,
LIED the "AntiSlavery Society,"" To suit
,si, own purposes, the incendiary presses and
,,;,.,ors a, the South have made great hue and
,1, at the proceedings, publications, SC &c. Of
~, Society. Ii is constantly represented as a
,..uendous engine used for the worst purposes,
,,J welded with great power and effect.
Now. mark how plain tale shall put all this
DOWN.
We are credibly informed by highly respect
,blr gentleman, who has recently had an oppor-
,,oi,y Of becoming acquainted with the fact,
10, the famous and fearful Anti Slavery Society
=, the Theological Seminary at Andover never
"A roD,ist Of more than TWELVE members, and
ia, now, out Of upwards Of one hundred sta.
dents. il has not more than FOUR attached to it,!
80 that, in reality, it must be very poor and
,o.;onifcant concern, and certainly not worth
he trouble that has been taken to denouuce 1t.
", have no doubt that other associations Of
,bs Kind. about which We hear so much 10 suit a
particular purpose, would be found, upon exami
a,ion, Of no more weight or importance than the
AndOYer Society.
j,enpressional Literature Some of the most
amusing pages in Mr.. Hamilton's "Men aud
Manners" are those, in which he describes the
I.hae, in Congress. We do not like his caricature
Of Mr.. Burgess, nor his fatterins notice Of Mr.
Cambreieng; both are the result Of national pre-,
iudice. Had Mr. Burgess been the champion Of
Tree trade, and Mr. Cambre!eng the advocate Of
he protective system, this had been the Satyr
and that the Apollo Of our candid traveller. In
The extract which follows, there is nothirs but
gospel truth.
IN Congress the number Of men who have re.
,ened-vhat even in me United States is call.
pl-a classical education, is extremely small
and Of these the proportion who still retain suf.
6eient scholarship to fad pleasure in alluson to
the wortis OF the great writers OF antiquity, is
vet smaller. The great majority are utterly and
retkless, ignorant Of the learned languages, and
the whole literature embodied in them, and il is
evident that, with such an audience, any appeal
to classical authority is mere waste Of breath in
the one party, and Of patience in the other. 1,
nav appear strange, under such circumstances,
but have no doubt Of the fact. that in the course
Of a session, more Latin--such as il Isis quot
ed 10, the House Of Representatives, than in botl
Houses OF the British Parliament Indeed, it i,
ludit$ous enough to observe the solicitude O
men, evidently iliterate. to trick out their speech
es With such hackneyed extracts from classical
authors, as they may have picked up in the course
Of a superficial reading Thus, it member be
attacked, he will probably assure the House. moi
in plain English. that the charge of his opponen,
is weak, and without foundation, but in Latin
that IL is "tsi,un imJeRe Ell sine icfu." Should
he find occasion to profess philanthropy. the
chances are that the words OF Terence, g. Homo
suns, humani nill," SC will be mispronounced
10 pathetic accent, alta tie right hand pressed
gracefully on the breast. In short, members
were always ready with some petty scrap Of the
threadbare trumpery, which, like the Cosnogo.
nl,, IN the Vicar Of Wakefield, they kept cut and
dry for the frequent occasions Of oratorica emer.
gcncy.