Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-05

do az TO shift from themselves the labor and respons
bility of doing il, whenever they could find even
plausible pretest for thus netting. will not say that
all references To the constituent body by their Repre-
sen,a,ves-of bills which the public exigencies require
to be passed posshe-proceed from this most
unmanly, highly cupabe, and dissraceiul iear-ior l
am confident that many Legislators are far very iaf'
above it, But, none can doubt, who have the least
knowledge of the character and composition oil legIs'
Iatve assemblies that there not few in them, who
no feel so intensely rarely ever to be exempt from
its influence. These men ore never the authors oil any
good measures but often delay, entirely defeat such
of the utmost importance TO the best interests oil
the community.
Whether or not the failure of our last Legislature to
do any thing for Popular Education attributable to
any such men, will not take upon myself to say Dut
the failure certain and Is not the hrst oil the Ru
by several Now therefore, i, rests with you TO deter
mine how much longer you will submit 10 TINS con
tnued neglect Of the momentous by far OF all our
public concerns Are you content, fellow citizens, TO
be thus treated from year TO year, in regard 10 mat
ter of the deepest possible interest Will you pas.
sivey wait as if totally paralyzed both IN mInd ana
body until ii shall please our Legislators, oil their own
accord to do something for Notwithstanding 10
impart least, the elements thereof 10 the thousands
upon thousands of our youth, who entirely dest-
tutc of them, Or, rather, will you not rouse up from
your past indulgence of this legislative neglect, ahu
tell your representatives,, in language not to be m'suh
derstood nor evaded that something must be done 10
I
What is TO hinder us-"tLe Sorereisn people las our
Legislators are so fond of calling us0 from holding
meetings every county of the State, at all our nrS'
quarterly courts, TO instruct them-"oW Scfranis -
las they in their mock humility, call tbemselves') Ia
pass either the bill of the last session. some other "
take effect from the passage thereof For The sake
them of the multitudes Of our Commonwealth chu'
rem who utterly destitute OF the first elements
of Education-nay, for the sake OF orr country se
let there be no more delays-no more references o
school bills us, lest another ar more OF me s
Unable time be lost whilst poor Old Virginia is suffer
ing most deeply in her very hearts core, for want oil
a TREAT Of life which alone restore her 10 v'gor
GUS moral health.
beseech and mplore you, my ielow-cli'zens forth
with 10 take all these matters into your most serious
consideration None doubt, that they are vitality I'M
portant TO us ALL and G"d grant that they may make
the same impression upon your minds as they nave
made the mind of
a True Friend 10 Popular Edncation
NJ. The Committees appointed by the Convention
to address the People Elementary Education, w''
discharge that duty Immediately on the adjournment, Of
Congress The public mind is 90 much pFe-occupieo
with lis proceedings and lis politics, that any long aho
regular address might be too much like seed thrown
upon the rock. The soil is not exactly ready Tor lis re
ception. spacious Statesman used to say, That The
Body Polite was not very susceptible OF Two levers
at The same moment.-Editor.