Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-09

degraded, and much abused, shall 'know their rights,
aud knowing dare maintain them"
OUR OWN COUNTRY-Irs LITERATURE AND IT'S
PRosrEcrs.
We have heretofore alluded a series of sound and
eloquent papers now in of publication i'm the
knckerbockcr Magazine under the title of sour Own
Country. The iirst number, which was published i'm
February last, has travelled the rounds of the
Pers-From the second number OF the papers alluded TO-
published IN the knickerbocker of May we subion an
extract although the article should be read at i'm
order to appreciate properly Strength, argument
ters productions
Experiment is essaying every thing The patent
Once IN washington Is curious panorama what
VIII attempt To do. Measurement applied to
our heads to goage inellects The Phrenoogist de-
cides upon our powers by dcvelopcmcns as if man
himself was piece of mechanism, full of thousand
little strings and wheels, called brains--and then
atlast, he assumes to know what a man will do nv
running his fingers through his hair! And then the au-
uacty of sfeam,--with steamboats,, mills and
steamhorscs with contrivanccs to make us sleep by
steam and even to catch fish by steam mecani-
cal has the become, that seriously talk OF yinp
machines TO go by steam not your air balloons
DadalIan wings, made of wood and Joints nailed TO
your shouldernot wings of feathers and AK like the
wings oil lcarus, who fell into the Cetan sea- but real
solid, substantial, rock maple WINGS with wrought iron
hinges, and huge concavtes, to propel through the
air. machine has been invented too for planting corn,
Machinery is getting into schools The schoomastcr
works by 1t, with blocks moving maps diagrams ORE
RES, &c Grammar is taught by picures-conjug cations
are done by wheels The schoolmaster measures phre-
noogcay his boy machine, and then brings his other
machines to act upon his 'deveopements'
hc sum Oh inc statement 49, that machinery liz
usurping the place OF men; and defence be-
coming machines There tx, it cannot be disguised,
tendency to matter rather than to mind A few choice
spirits keep alive the vesta fire, but the mass of our
countrymen demand what is practical, rather than
what is intellectual This is visible in the universal
scramble for property lin the alteration felt for wealth
in the neglect of the fine artsn the little reward
that genius has hitherto received the hands of our
eountrymen, while it is cherished every where else-
But what more could be expected' We have lust f.
nisied laying the foundation OF empire. We have
had two wars to fight, both fierce and bloody. The
war whoop IS not yet The internal veil of the
savage has Just ceased to startle u.s. The musket il
now laid down, and the PEN the pencil and the chscl
begin to be taken up by reading and thinking popu-
latlon Anon, tins will be the greatest book mart i'm
the world Literature is also becoming profession
AS we grow in our growth then and strengthen in our
strength we will build upon the foundations our fathers
lett us-We viii the fabric of Free Governme Mt Ia
the skies We will adorn and embelsh it, and make il
beautiful IN the eyes of all We will kinde such
ghton the American shore shall illuminate the earth
DO not here accuse of prophecy Prophecy has ever
Done us injustice, and Tor very cowardce al;eed behind
the day Imagination, even, cannot picture the destiny
God has promised renowned existence if we will hui
deserve IT. lie speaks this promise in the sublmty of
Nature 1t resounds all along crags of the AlIeha
mes 1t is uttered in thunder Niagara 1t is heard
IN the roar OF the two from the great Pacific to
The rocky ramparts of the Bay of Fundy. His finger
mas written IT IN the broad of inland
and traced 1t out by the mighty Father of Waters The
august temple In which dwell built for lofty pur-
poses Oh that may consecrate il to Liberty and
and Concord, and be found fit worshippers within its of
ty halls -