Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-07

I'M a VI
MR. TYLER AND THE GLoBE.-The Globe
IN noticing the result Of the Presidential election !.
1910. says.
The principal chief elected, ofthe mos, d;,,;n.
~guishable ser. died; the second. who had cl simeJ
10 be vi both genders. succeeded; and, afer attaining
the Government authority. proclaims himself
through his immediate personal friends, to DO of the
nenter gender,-to be of no party. And in this
state Of things. tho two great parti es go efore in.
people. and tsst thor strength again before the
country; and, Al the ballot boxes, the issue is decided
IN iaV"r OF the Democracy. In this state Of things.
the unconstitutional Gaef' Steps down from his no.
sesial. and claims for himself the conauesis won by
a conflict in which he had not the slightest partiri.
pa'ion. Ills schemes OF GOvsrumeni-his mongrel
bank-his halt way dlstributIon-his eIcheouer
proJeci'-wefe none of Them oven discussed as
amounting to the dignity Of a political question.
much less a test Cf parties, IN the great issues brought
up by them for tho public judgment. Neither MIR
Tyler, nor his principles. nor his measures. nor his
rretenslOIs' entered at all into tho thoughts Of the
people Aud yet no sooner 10 the battle fought
anu won than he appears. like the fox in the fable
anu claims both the lions aud The tigers share"
ANCIENT woRLD-The ancient world Van,
only hiile world Although warlIke. it derives
lis chief glory frum The works Of genius. from the
Writings Oi poets. historians and philosophers
Viewed through tins glowing out exaggerated me.
dl"m' That locks great and magnificent which in
reality was siinicd. Reagre aud desolatc. AleIan.
der NaInly thought he had conquered the universe
when hs had only rava.ed a district. Nations
were Then only tribes. empires. cantons. and their
nan savage rulers hardly more potent than emIrs of
Lebanon or khans of Tarary. AIust Of what ,o,,.
constitutes the earth, ard fills it. was unknown; the
great seas and continents ere hid below The hori-
zon OF The aHcieniS; even The ~ ell of on ocean,
tide had scarcely been felt by them; and NIL their
lconques's. battle and buslle-ihc sites of their great
7. r IuP md nnNA Ill
and epIc Poems-never ranged far from tho TRANQUIL
shores and isleis OF the Mediterranean lake
The number OF people correspond la their narrow
geographical limLs. How, indeed, could mankind
oe numerous without the me ans of susienauce, " hen
mere was little commerce.. aud nulmanuiacIures,
wren hey were strangers TO The useful urls. nv
when q dense population can alone bo fed, clothed
and lodged! All. therefore. which has been tram.
miiied as To the extreme populousness Of the ancien,
world may be considered almost os dccepjIous as
It's oraeIes. Carthage. according 10 SIai o, contained
tOOOOO inhabianIs; Athens, inclusive Of slaves,
about halfo million; Rome; four millions. IL is not
improbable ihaI in these representations there j. n
wrong figure or a redundant one. Statements of
numbers are very liable to srrurs. and the errors to
be copied or multiplied. as The grammatical con.
strncion does not detect them. Besides. il must be
oiAthens and Rome. that though termed
cI'ies' they were m,re prupe,ly districts ar provinces
walled m. The present remains of the RUmun walls
s""" HatSiey we're oINnsl eAtcul; Out they enCOm-
passed large tracts OF country, were truly rus IN
ur6e. and included in their circuit woods and water.
and corn fields. as we'll as mansions aud spacIpu,
gardens. And Rome. as is vel known, compri,ed
The chief of ialy. Genoh, Milan. FIorer ce, Leg.
horn' and other noble cities are ufrecenI foundation.
and pertain entirety Ia modern history. Italy, even
IN The Augus'an age, must have been IhInly peupled,
end doubtless Afforded q free passage enough for
those vast herds Of sN inc (o.e thousand in number)
OF which POlybIus writes. aud which were guidei
IN their pastoral migrIIrons by the blowing ufhoris
The 'evenIy of The climate m Tie NEST busy regions
Of the Old World aIiesIs the scanIiness Of popnIa
ton. In Ovid's lime. the Black Sea was often
frozen. which would be quite n phenomenon nj
present. That Italy is warmer now than formerly.
we have many testimonies. From various passages
OF Horace we may suppose that The streets 81 Rome
were full Of snow and JuyeITal refers 10 a woman
breaking ihe Ice Of Inc Timer To perform her ablu.
lion. | never met with a tour isi who had seen
snow in Rome; AID Ihs Fiber is hardly more able
TO freeze Than The Nile or Ganges. This increase
OF Tempe nature Is Of saIislaclory proof OF an increase
OF people; for Numbers tend mech Ia rhc civilization
OF elimlies. rs o manners and institutions - Wade.
Lecture on Ancient and Modern Society.