Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-06-23

her 10 sun and storm with undazzled, unintim
dated eye. But fearful dangers are multiplying and
IT, according to Demos,henes, TO grow with the growih
and decay with the decline Of our country be the true
criterion of good citizen, how numerous might zee
pee, to find moral heroes in day, who should in
6ntey eclipse those upstart PATRIOTS who only become
visible their country disappears. II has been Justly
said that tour fathers did not 60 to the British King
like town pauper demanding exemption from taxes,
but they went, like high priests of God, 10 reclaim the
stolen ark of Liberty, and to bring Dagon upon his
face, again and again, Till should be restored. 1t
thus that they began TO cast up highway for the
people, and is thus that to continue the work
The materials 10 be used not distractions, bodess
conceptions, but the incarnations OF knowledge and
virtue born Of goodness, and brave TO act As fire IS
the beginning and sustaner Of light, SO is glowing
thought the forerunner and pledge Of moral improve
meni-both alike in this respect, they purify and
penetrate with greatest force.
ITO remove the impedmens in the way Of mind
will sooner fortune, than the accumulation of
fortune will ennnbe The mind Machia velli said, that
money was the main snew of war-but tho sincws of
intelligence and forlitude, nvigoratirg the intellect OF
nation, infinitely potent for aggression or
defence. When Cfnsus exhibited TO Scion his trea
sure OF precious metals the philosopher reminded the
capitalist that if another should come who had stronger
iron, he would be master of his geld. The present
century has seen The popular mind keeping pace with
increasing tnmult and dstraction-a revolutionary
spirit which oosens the bonds of sober thought arrests
the control OF judiclous laws, designed to guard moral
ty, and restrain the waywa rdneas OF Moral hero
ism is required to quell this ferocious spirit We need
men who shall feel the spirit of the Lord come upon
them, upon Sampson, that they may have a hon
within, stronger than those they encounter without
ain this great enterprise, all persons, and especially
those in authority, should engage The sublime intel
ligence of any one man not designed for his own
aggrandizement recreation alone, but TO awaken
kindred excellence in every other soul
"Those eras ofancient literature, justly denomlnated
great commemorate the periods when the most eleva-
ted in rank cooperated with their interiors IN promo
ting the common good. This gave to their public
works air of elegant majesty, and TO their recorded
thought It's beauty and practical use, Before we as
nation or as individuals can attain that which IS ma
csc, we must acquire the power of conceiving what
true majesty is. 1t was Pny, the Younger, who said
that if man would perpetuate his fame, he must do
things worth recording, OF write things worthy oil
being read Such patriots will teach their neighbors
that foot Of gold is worth an acre of tlnse Ihey
are the moral heroes TO whom the spectacle of society
in state Of ignorance or anarchy, is superlatlveiy
revolving 1t creates in them n moral shudder, as
something contrary to the will of Heaven, and they
feel an unconquerable desire 10 change it,