Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-09-03
DOMESTIC.

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lei IN when other periodicals are skolched
Ine London Quarterly having failed 10 destroy the
influence Of the Ednburgh less stately and more lively
periodical WAS paned the spo, where the great Whig
champion bore sway, To lis politics with the
lighter weapons of wit and sarcasm and dispute its mas
terry IN The field of polite letters and criticism. Black
woods Edinburgh Magazine entered The liz, in lSl7.-
Reckoning among its contributors some oi the rlpps
scholars and raresl wits Of the times, 1t occupies first
place Among the literary journals, while able parlzns
sprlnkrd It's pages with the spcies vndcatons Of ura
Tory politics During the Reform Bill excitement
Fats Edinhnrgh Magazine sent forth as an anti
dote 10 Backwood corps of rare ys,s and critics
have given it highly respectable position in the literary
world. and its political articles written with vigor and
eoquence, have kept pace with the advancing step Of the
age.
After several unsuccessful attempts had been made to
establish permanent Quarterly Journal i, London t.
support the liberal side in politics. Mr. Benham and his
disciples started the Westminster Review in 1924.
Leapng into the arena far ahead of the Edinburgh it
drew its blade in defence of the radicals and proposed
fundamental reforms in the constitution of The country
Relec,ing the views of lis celebrated founder il has ad
vocaed with great ability unqualified suffrage freedom
of trade, the dissolution of the union of Church and
STATE the abo' d the hereditary feature Of the House
OF Peers the abogalon oihe Court of Chancery and
complete Temodelng and codlfcation OF The laws OF the
realm Beniham. Bowrng. Col. Thompson, aid Roe.
buck, have been among lis avore political contributors,
and many OF lis literary articles have been OF high
der. Carlyle had published in it several characteristic
essays II exhibits more courage and soul hnn any Of
It's contemporaries, and IS the most democratic Quarterly
in he Kingdom. The Eclectic Review periodical
devoted rather to ecclesiastical reforms, though ndul
ees IN literature and politics. has under the control Of DR..
Pflce, distinguished Baptist clergyman rendered good
service ~ the cause OF philanthropy. Robert Hall and
John Foster. names familiar 10 scholars and divInes in
both hen,ispheres. used 10 contribute to its pages.
But, 1t is not the Quarterly and the Monthly that ori
ginate and guide public opinion. AT best, they but fl
low in it's wake. The weekly and the Daily the
channels in which lis currents flow. And here are
launched upon ocean of periodical literature. From
the days of ~ lkes's "North Bnion" down to those of
Punch's "Charlvarl,'' constantly swelling of
newspapers has borne the cause Of the people forward
from triumph to triumph Combining view TO those
standing ont Of the mass on peculiar and independent
ground the eye attracted by The Register and
The Examner-the greatest of their class. The former
was founded by William Cobbeu the la ter by Leigh
Hunt the uiterlng the dscontens of The lower class
of radicals the other rejecting the opinions of the higher
Of Cobbet's writings have already spoken at considca-
BILE length. He was the best exponent Of the wrongs
prejulices and hareds of the suberranean strata Of
English society, that has ever appeared
Her mghtiest peasant born
The Fxamuer wac oei,hiisbd in 1870 II disnr,vod
much boher order or liietarv talent tban The eg,s,e
but was equally radical in ppcs and scarcely less vim
lent in lis attacks on public men and institutions Hunt
was repeatedly prosecuted hv the Government and las
two yeas in prison for libel that detection Of ifeach
cry and lechery, the Prince of Wales. While in ail
he composed some Of his best poems. The Examiner
has always displayed marked ability and brancy both
in its political and literary departments. While under