Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-16
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UNIVERSITY o. VIRGINIA.
The session o, The Univcrsy has just closed. The
Attn coming Sunday, the iina exercises took place
on the Sd inst, al the usual hour in the Rotunda. =
Notwithstanding the rain, there was large collection
from the nsighborhocd L. witness the exhibition. The
list Of graduates, and Of snse distinguished in the al.
fercn, scl OILS published to-day, AMI il viii be
tina: d, spite TIE sad leTcaveinentS II" University has
sust lncd a:,.cl greatly diminished the number Of
students ami interrupted The studies Of ALL than
usual proportion have gained the honors 10 which they
asp:sed
Tie Society Of tie Alumni met on the first but
tier number was small, consisting almost entirely
OF citizens of this county that but little interest
excite and h,i little business done. We regret that
the Inds position of Mr.. Mosby Of LynchDurg, elected
Orator their last meeting. prevented his fulfilling
the duty devolytd on han, which he expected IL
ha ye performed III manner alike crcd'tabc - his high
standing. and the dignity OF the Society. dr. q. w.
Goode, Of Richmond city, who had been chosen 10
read an Essay etarc The Society nplshed the task
to the d.l.ri, or all Who had The pleasure Of beng
p.. sent. Ii is high and sufficient commentator u
say thai t,,a irr subjects q. Jurisprudence and the
profession q" :as, were rc iereG attractive 20 large
and mixed auditory not less hy his enlarged and Liberal
views OF them, than b. the graccs flowing arI
rect STYLE lie commenced with brief but luminous
account Of the origin 0! peculiar form Of Jursprn
dence and its dependence other systems, and sleadi
" traced IT'S progress ana its influence society up to
the present time. His remarks the profession are
generally lust, dnG We are inclined 10 except 10
but one thing; his adoption Of De Tocqueve's OPT
mon as the Importance II the profession of Law to
regulate il not control the impulse of The Democratic
2ri,.cple 1t is conviction that any conservative
force is fly the coach wheel, to the ress,ess
impetus OF Democracy, an impetus resulting FROM the
distinct right to exercise tcr power and make it felt
The essay Will not be published, the society nave
determined 10 husband their for important par
poses, bu; have prevailed on Mr. Goode To allow
US To select few extracts for the qualification of the
public.
Speaking of the origin Of Jurisprudence, he says:
sit was not until the fifteenth century, that learning
recovered from the oppression and tyranny and the
gloom Of superstition. Dad the limits Of an essay not
preclude such result, it might think, be readily de-
mons,rated that the revival of learning in the ft-
,eenth century, ascrbable more TO the study of the CT
vii law in the preceding centuries, than 10 any other
cause whatever. In the schools of Naples, Bologna
and Paris and also in those of Oxford and Cambridge,
England and ST. Andrews, Scotland, the civil law
was made the subject of separate proiessorshrs, and
stadicd nv thousands with zeal and enthusiasm
which was inspired by other branch Of knowledge
in the thirteenth century. Long prior TO the pc.
Rod Of which we speak, theological controversy had
ensr,ssed the attention of society in Europe. The
Crus; les, however caamitous in other respects, d.
rected many gifted and ingenious minds 10 an exami-
nation of LIE state Of learning in the East. Constan-
tinople contained much Of the ancient learning which