Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-11-23

nourlsling iown.as had known IT, lstehea 10 s-
counts Of VOYAGES oil thousand mites ~ msg"''ees'
steam boats on the waters OF those great lakes wcu'
but the other day. rfi sleeping III tie prneva shsus"
of nature in the rcccsscs Of vast wilderness; tslt
that there ~ grandeur aud majesty 10 ii's hres
hle onward march Of race, created as ipeesp. aso
elected 10 POSSESS anJ people a eonnrnt, WHICH 10
long to few oihrr objects either OF the moral or mA'"
nal world We may become so much accus'on0o
To such t!inas, that they shall make as le impress
sion upon minds us the gioties oi me heavens
bo,c rs but booking them ntcly, rs WIN the s.s
OF a stranger elt what recent English Uavs'lsrs
said to have remarked, that, far FROM beus "ah""'
poetry rs some have vaiuy alleged. onr owns country
Is on. g, sat poem Sir, II Is SO ad lere DC NAV
that can think Of whatbe sdoine II, all parts ot TINS
most blessed of all lauds IL cinbellsb an' ahvanssH,
who can contemplate that living mass o' n'ei'iecnee.
activity aud improvement as !, rolls o" III u. sa's anu
steady progress, the uternost eNreniitss VI W"
west who scenes OF sasase deso'N'i"n 'f'ps-
formed almost with the audiences OF enclihn'inrut
into those of linnness aud beanty--crowntd wnA
aourshng CITIES. hlled with the nohlesl ct all popu
atnns-ii there be man, say, that can witness al
this passing nner his very eyes, without lcehnS w.
heart beat high, aud his Imagination warlned alo
transported by H. BIZ sure sir r'p'"ff OF song
exist not for hl,nhc would listen III van 10 Iassoo NJ
uoeu. tslng tale of the OF knights anu cru
sadcrs OF OF the discovery aud conquest OF aLo'hsf
hemisphere.
SIN lhinAing ~ | d. OF these ti,ings-''ot DOUBT
inr for nnnaui the infinite superiority 81 our race
IN every Thing that relate. To refined aud well ordered
public economy aud in all the means and insfr"
meuts of hsi social improvement It strikes me ~
of all paadoNes the most singular, to near 'oreiss
examples sefons, proposed for our limitation III ths
very matters wherein that superiority has ever APP
reared TO ,ie IL he most unqnesonabl'. The rcec-
ton has occurred 10 me Thousand times IN 'fa's'ng
crthe continent OF Europe, as passed through
filthy ll-payed villages though towns VI "hen "''s
Is 40 appearance Of an Improvement having pees
made since the Reformation, rs lave looked al Thu
wlrchcd oyel ot the poor peasant or Htl'1ah' Ut ssa
hun at his abors with his clumsy implements M"
coarse grar--whn y changa would take place III the
whole aspect otlhe country; II were 10 ,'' III 'ns
hands of Amer leans for single generation
But is it paper money aud tlir credit system a'o1s
that have achieved all these wonders! DO not say
So Sir; butean you say, can any one pfesums :"
sly, tha, they have tot done, much ol all tins I
know thai tie cardinal spring and source oio"r
success is MISUNDERSTANDING with the pee uliar char
,rcr that belongs To it in our r'ce--iicedom VI
thought, icednm OF specialization OF ACTON, 'fos
dom Of commerce, freedom not merely from ms up
prcasons but from those undue restraints and that
ppcttiuent interference OF government III the 'n,S'
css property bel ming individuals winch "iahi ~
the way OF all improvement IN the nations OF ,onunso-
tai Europe. 1t is this vital principle, the al'ma,as
element of social equality, tempered anu sooef-
ed by profound respect for the authority oil e laws,
aud for the rights of others, and acting upon ,hH'
Other prominent Characteristic oi the Anslo-Sef-
man race, the strong instinct OF properly WIN Tue
personal independence and personal comfort ii'a' es
Ion. to t--lilN explains our hn'Naie" d"" "e'o"'"
Ing progress. Eui of this rational d'liusive hbeny'
among u people intelligent rs ours, the creo"
system is the natural hu The nseparable com
panon, the necessary meats aud instrument III:
part and parcel II our cxisichce. w mower hesi"
of cRFpir ia a drspotism, OF anarchy II ihphts
confdrnce-conlidrnce in yourself, coniidonec il
Your ncig hbor. confidence in your governments,
confidence ia the administration 81 the laws conn
dcnce IN the sagary, the integrity, the discretion
those with nhom you have 10 deal ;confdence, IN
"a in. .l,utt md Nt,nr
tle,tinos aud the fortune OF the country to wh'rn
YOU belong ~, Tor instance, III tho case o. grss.
national debt, 1t tho fruit, say, olal that Is os'
precious ia civilized life, aud la quarrel WIN II vs."
be uugra-lul IL God for o the greatest DRESSINGS
h- has voucl,saied to man. Compare Asa Win
Europe: boarding has been the usage OF tue iofhhsf
from time imncmoral, because II ~ slav'si' oppro'-
sed and baIharuns; and Is curious to see the erect
of English laws IN breaking up tas ihey are doinSl
that system in lludoostan. Depend upon II, SIR, all
such idea, utterly alien 10 our way OF t',nstns-
all tho habindrs ol people, aud all tue inter
csts OF the country. My friends ii"m beyond me
nountaln, familiar with the great principle, mo
MAJ ical effect OF credit in young a..d progressive
couuiry.-rhey know what miracles are wrought by
small advance OF nancy To enable enterprise aud M
dustry to brine Into cultivation virgin SOIL 'nsy
know how saon the treasures ol lis uhworh iefu"'y
enable them To lay OH loan Of that sort win nsu-
lious interest and make them proprleors OF cstatcsri-
sing IN value with the lapse 81 every monent. Coh,-
pare the great Western country now WIN wha'"
WAS twenty wears ago--srll it sab haSte-and COM
puc, the powers OF arithmetic will enable you 10
do So the glrttion OF its nches Sir, TINS Is one
Of the phcnomtua OF our situation 10 winch atteh-
ton has hardly ever been calei--the manner ia
which the mere increase OF population acts upon
The value of property. TO be struck with the proa'-
eious results produced in this simple way, you have
only compare the estimated taxable property ~
Pennsylyania and New York, when ii VAS returned
Tor direct taxation IN 80 with the returns oi lhe same
properly for Tbs purpose III 1873 alter an inter-
val OF II yrats--,ou will see how it IL that our
people have been enriched by debt, and " ny e"h'g'
not'-Imw with balance of pay ments amos, cen
tinna, against them from the fist settlement OF Lac
country, they have grown ia riches beyond all precc
dent palalleI on will appreciate all the blessings
ol the credit s}sen--aud imagine. perhaps, now t''s
wonderful progress could have been impeded ana
embarrassed by the difficulties oil n metallic circu-
latlon.
But the fluctuations Of the culrency-the ruinonsi-
rceuIarcs of bank paper! Why, sir, have already
shown that lhty belong to co nerce ITSELF not 10 Inc
means which il employs, and that there is no rel" -
for them. But .ilel all what Is the sum Of the evil
Look again general results. Tell me not that re-
actions prohuee fewer disasters or less extensyrde-
engagements nmoney in circulation in countries whose
bu-lucs, is principally metallic. lit may be so; but
what does that prove? II youncvcr soar, you will
be in no danger ofiang, certainy-but Them
SCRIPT, hurni TITUS minimum tnlns que procella.
4 20 cart may be IA very safe conrivance for the
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