Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-21

Oldest lawyers in the United States, could at one
time have been secured at the University; but ne
was objected TO account OF his Federal princi.
PIES Was that distinguishing lght''f Mr.. JET:
ferson warneda youth against reading Hume's his.
tory of England, certainly u most brilliant per.
iormance lest he should mbibe tory doctrines in the
tenderness Of youth. which might strengthen with
age, and render him finally an American tory. Was
this advice suppression of light We advise
parents TO be cautious how they allow their chill.
dren to enter a class, where, what we consider,
and what very large number Of persons in all
civilized countries consider, most pcrnicous doc.
trines arc taught! Where is the difference
The Enquirer is wholly mistaken, in supposing
that our bile is excited because "ccrtain talented
"a horrible adjective that "talcntcd,'') young men
are coming forward, dyed in the wool in the prin-
ciples of free trade We want to know, where
are the evidences of talent We have seen none.
We have heard OF few light headed young gen.
tlemen deserving the Wing party, and going over
TO the Locos. but have yet to learn. that they
have carried either influence or talent with them.
Inc following sentence is the richest thing that
has appeared in the Enquirer, since the famous
Proclamation, in which tho Editor advised his
friends HANNIBAL like, To carry the war into Afri-
ca y Nothing can equal the grace of its structure,
save IFS historical accuracy! ave all rccollect the
anecdote of Turgot, the celebrated Minister of
Louis 18th, who asked of the French merchant
what he should do, for the benefit OF commerce,
and received the memorable reply, Iaisse. nous
tdirc'-lct alone" What u wonderful adyan.
tage it is to be man of learning! Not n scio.
list, oh no but really, deeply read man! Who
but the Editor of the Enquirer, would have
found OH, that the famous Turgot Minister
of Louis 18th Turgot, who must have been born
at least ten years after the death of the Great
Monarch Turgot, whom the unfortunate Louis
10th. found in office. his accession TO the throne,
in 1915, and continued in office exactly sixty
years after the death of Louis Nth! Turgot, the
friend and Co-NIinister OF Malesherbcs, who was
supplanted by the intrigucs of Maurepas. and died
in ISL. aged very little more than fifty. Tur.
got, Minister of Louis 18th ! The Lord have
mercy on us Whittier will the old gentlemans
historical rccolections lead him NEXT And this
is the man who tells us "Henry Clay is behind
the age
The editor has missed the mark in calling us a
satellite of any body. He has called up the wrong
passenger. There is an Editor in this city the
most eager of satellites the most obsequous of
parasites, but he does not edit the Wing, He is a
flaming Democrat, and believes that \. Jackson
can do no wrong Did the old gentleman ever
hear of such a man
One word to our Wing friends, and we have
done. The chair of political economy was in.
tended, originally to furnish expositons upon the
theory and practice of Government in general, but
in particular Party politics should never enter
into it, and this subject of free trade is peculiarly
Of that nature. We have in this article of the En-
qurer distinct ayowal on the part of the leading
Loco FOco paper, that they not only taught
but he gories in it. We ask our friends what
of eight is that which illumines only one side
OF question, and If they prepared to throw
their children headong into the embraces of Loco
Focoism