Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-07

over physical numbers
Its wonderful TO contemplate Inc proonno c"snee'
that this has wrought npon the whoe lace CT soe"'y
Man can no.v feel, to great ex'en', secure '" M az.
an si;ions Tacse portions of the ta;n where !Nau.e
las scattered her richest pro'nsou, n"Ger gems ~ ~
mate and snl-where the rehnemsn's ana sf'S ~ "'
oatnrav .rps- ~ 10 be loved and cherished can no"
De defended ard their acquisitions preserved ron 'he
u, aston ard desoa'icn pegPotaied by rude aho oa'
harlan force pursuing the instincts OF pbtne. TOW
h great. rcressed expense incident 10 'is ''"e'n
mode OF deence those regions ~he,e VEIN no. !;
ac.u m ua,sd by evil cation, and 'Taerc ffoa'e''"
gbundon, I'D reputation sparse, are cn2bt' 70 uei'"u
themselves Wilde the more ignorant ara oe'o.'ou'
part. Of the ca,tb where there IS population WIN ~
verify, are unable, from ihe same causes 30 ~,
distant inyasions The truth ls that the whoe ",ocI
of things has been reversed. The weak III NUMBERS
can now defend themselves aEalnst me sfong-
The civiliz-d against The saVa.e-anu 'ic n'-
raj and Intellectual Attributes OF cor nau'e hase
forever chained an ascenGancy over The physical as
ln1 az ,.n thunder of cannon shil roll, exhibiting
the nowe AID he ,riuinphs of intellectual man, never
nua;n shall The barbarian Gau make Senate, repre-
sentnr p cultivated and civilized people, tenIhie IN
der the iusolence of his savage power me cay Is
past for such scenes. Man IS iat fS.ns 10 MS
DESTINY And although, under his fall from PARADISE,
he has been doomed for thousands OF years, to wear
the pallnr Chains Of barbarian power, ana itei 'ae
every ar, and refinement of life was at lac mercy "
the sabre yet he begins TO walk erect, ana ~ ne
eyupr ,eads the earth he feels tia, her richest Tea
sures ire his and his forever The whole lace OF So
cietv has become changed. Every invention ana IN,
provemenl bot minister TO the permanent elevation OF
The human race. Moral aud nelieclual man can now
sert his supremacy and feel tina, his h!ghts' acqui-
sons are secure from the aggressons OF phySca man
Another great point gained in the permanent CIVIL
zaton Of our race has been the aTt oil printing. IN
ancient times, there vas little or 10 community VI
,houeh, Tie ideas and advances made IN one age
we're for the most rart lost The next The thoughts
of oenius ,st inspired the living na" "er. LOST or
forroeu by pos:erv. True, Aristotle, and fiao, ana
Seneca were studied by few, md u few more canght
tie liYing fife that flashed through Tie poetry oil
tioner, or the burning ,loqnence oi Dsm's'hsnes
but there was 40 genera! fusion OF ceds--no chaaP
.ne diun through which .nan Of mind could speak 10
Millions and touch these chords that vlbraIe 10 The
hear, OF oil society
How dnTe.en, is it in our day and generation: Now
there not great conception or thouGht mat may W
turned over the closet, by men OF reflection ana
mind, in any portion of the earth, which is not fully
dcye oped through the press, Tor the comprehension
and elevation OF the whole human family IL is inns
that makes the improvements and idsas OF enc aye the
property Of The succeeding age; and It rs by 'h's ina!
man is elevated each succeeding generation
Suppose there mad been press 10 transmit 10 US ex-
panaons connect "a with the hieroglyphcs aud p'cio-
rial representations, that figure upon tie mighty pyia
mds and ,omJs and temples Of Egypt--what worio
of thought would have opened to connected VITA
the his,nfy o! the human family And by orihgih9
mind To &c. upon mind, how much might have been
done TO break down the debasng supe:sii ons OF the
day. and The human might have risen ron rs ne-
grading shackles centuries before it did Where ten,
= oud have been progress 81 ,hls Gay, II We hia
>tlt;ed centuries earlier III our race:
1t is hs community o. thought, created ~ the press,
tina: brings man TO feel for his brother ns", IN every
portion OF the iabab.e globe, that every farmer
who his cottage al tc base Of the Allegheny Gun
speak the peasant walking the gla.'ers OF Swift
zerlau, and give him the glad t!dngs OF liberty ii
this condensation Of feeling and though! through the
press, Which is destined 10 consolidate the world, ana
hold al the physical powers and pfo?ensi'ies OF human
nature subSevent TO- and suhugat4d by the moral ana
intellectual attributes of man No onger IS know iedge
TO be confined 10 the chosen few religion was II The
priests bat the press, which is The great eveer, or
rather, the great elevator Of all classes IN society, is
s.lned speed all ha, essential and substantial
10 The great masses and thus 10 I'LL and inspire them
with those noble conceptions through which truth ana
reason are finally be made the or5'ters OF the world
1t is certainly pleas ng to learned men rising up
here and there, throughout the earth, 10 shed their
blazing light upon society but how much more CRATE
fu. and pleasing H. TO great nation OF peoFle
rising up in solid masses, and moving % and ro IN
der those enlarged conceptions and ideas, That may De
disseminated in every shape and form, touching
those great questions in which the spirit and the mind
OF man may have such deep and everlasting interest
The ancien.s may boast that their people stood III their
porlcccs and superb temples, and that they her listen
ed 10 the wisdom Of Socrates, and were taught from
the lips of Pluto bu, would nrefer, for permanent
elevation, TIA. The simple ideas asd great truths OF
modern times saould he disseminated far and wldc
through the press, II millions upon millions, and from
generation to generation.
For the moral elevation Of the human race, and the
future destiny CT man, would prefer the simple ma
chnery Of the press, 10 every conception that ever
inspired, by nding al sunrise beneath The s'anG
statue OF Jup:tar- Memnon or by walking at sun set
under the beautiful and perfect columns OF the Partbe-
non. Give me Tn educated peope-g've me inieil'-
gence and information d;dused amongst the great
masses OF society, preference 10 all the monuments
Of greatness and Of pcer that have ever been raised
BY The highest nations Of antiquity.
Another great point gained in the permanent nd
yancement Of man in society, tie establishment
OF The Magma Chara Previous 10 that period the hole
Gallo race had been divided, ,Yere, ;no military
bands, acknowledging eay u their leaders, and Their
leaders unbounded allegiance to their sovereign. Be-
fore that great event. rights were ackno" lsdgeo 10
exist the people, eat ali cmanated from Tie hing,
and we're granted favor. Bot then, new doctrine
proclaimed, that The people, or rather, that citizens
had rights sacred as The sovereign; and Under It's
quckening power great nation has RISEN up, spread
ing lis thoughts and order OF cvilizaton Throughout
vast regons of the earth, ihat the English anguage
is destined become universal language OF free
men. When the 5arons at Runymede, IN the year
1918 burnt, it were, The following great principle
into the British Constitution, little did they compre
bend or anticipate noble effects upon the destiny OF
The human race This is the clause TO which aCae :
"Nvus hber homo caru,ur, vel imprsonetur, aui DIS
sais,etur, au, des;ruatur super eun ibimus nee
super cun mtomus, n,ei per lrgae judc'um parium
suorum vel per egem !erI@ Nuill vsndemrs, null
nccabmus, aut d.iIeremus rcetum an, judicium.'
Never was barbarous Latin used 10 proclaim princ
pies Of deeper importance, to the permanent civilization
of modern times.
1t is this grand conception of English Liberty, which
secures every freeman The right Of trial By las peers
that has gwen profound advantage in modern society,
over The ancicnts, far the permanent elevation OF
all the great may be involved 1t SO common
amongst us, that apt 10 overlook the deep I'M
preston it has made upon oar improvement. Former
j., all society constantly convus"d by struggles to
preserve and defend personal r9h,s Hence It was,
that they OF necessity. divided oil into military
bands with leaders who looked 10 and t. war,
the grra. end Of man, and condemned The arts OF peace
They had enc hcncd idea of Liberty, that extended
It's blessings and It's comforts 10 ali classes and II all
ranks. They had no fixed principles and no tribunal
to whlcl they could habi,aally appeal, giving them
confidence and security; and Of course, every thing
was 1t in turbulent commoton, and 10 man felt Sc
cure, unless he slept upon his sword and knew his lea
der II they did appeal II tribunal, it was the appeal
the Ahenians made to mob, under whose hsartless
dacrses rstidnS m ba fclr whilst DENIM