Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-30
DOMESTIC.
From NE National Era.
TIE EDlNGBURGH REVIEW.


Ia estimating the influence. which have contributed 10
the oil Progress and Reform in Great Britain during
the present. century high place should be assigned I'd
the Edlngburgh Review.
This celebrated perioaieal appeared al era when
independence Of hought and manncss of nierance had
almost ceased from the ruplic journals and public coun-
ellis Of the Kingdom The terors OF the French Revo-
luton had arrested the march of liberal opinions. The
defamation II Burke aud the ambition Of Napoleon, had
frghrndel the isle from lis prapety Topke had bare
~ escaped the galows through the courageous eloqueuce
Of t.rskl0e. Fox had Withdrawn from the contest In
despair. and cherished IN secret the fires o Freedom 10
burst fnfih in happier times.
Previous 1902 the literary periodicals. Of Grea, Bri-
tam were mere repositories Of msceanes, relating 20
ant poetry letters and gossip partly original and partly
selected, hndded together without SYSTEM and making
up medley varied and respectable as FIRST class
weekly newspaper of the present day. The criticism of
books were ejnne in The extreme, consisting chiefly of
few smart wiiiicisms and meager connecting remarks
strlngng tgelher ample quotations from the work IN
der review They rarely venlurel into deep water on
philosophical subjects ard seldom pushed out upon
the tenpesnous political discussion. Perhaps
or two journals might plead a feeble exception 10 The
general rule; but the mass was weary stale fiat and un-
profitable
The Edingburgh appeared It bounded into the arena
without the Of birth station without The
mrrimatur of the universities literary clubs. Its a
vowed mission to erect higher standard Of merit,
and holder style and purer taste, in literature,
truth and Humanity to naics Amino To he the manual
Of the scholar the monitor If the statesman Az in il
advent had asked permission of 10 be to
It's FUTURE it asked no advice ~ what il should d..
Soliciting quarters promising no favurs its ndepen-
dent bearng and defiant tome br'k. the sne which h,d
the mnd Of nation in ieters. It's first number revived
the discussion of political principles The spendid die.
lion and sesrcng nbiIsoby of an ossay m Tho conses
and consequences of The French Revnlntin Mt once mr.
rested toe public eve and slammed the character Of the
journal pedants in the puln and scrbblers Mt Rosa
Matilda verses in ntinted albums saw ffnm other orti
Giles in the n,pi(sto that exerminatnp war was ecar
ed ON their nanities and sentimontaliIies I he new
journal was perused with ayidy and produced sens,
ton in all classes of readers exciting nd niraon and
envy love and hatred defiance and fear II rapidy OBJ
tanned large circulation steadily rose t, the hpest Do
sitiun ever attained nv anv similar ppbic,tion reoned
century occnmrlisbinn vast g,,d MINGLED with M in
considerable evil
The honor If loundno hi. Review bel,nos to Sidney
Smith Uesngrcsed the idea IN Messrs Jeffrey Brougb
am and AT,rrey be noor yonnr c,ra,e of S,li.h p,
Plain driven in stress Of noitcsn into Edinoburgb
while ON \ voyage to Gprmanv-ihev briecless vonno
advocates az 10 thern can;,aI bey all s,hseouen
10 rose r., en,;nc,co ali booaninc lads oxcon, Sn;ib
who might have been made lord bsbop if he had not
been crea,ed Tho nr;nco ~ ors Tie f,r ,dvonpre,e
who met in Tho ;obt or nn,b s,orv ~ RccIeuoh place
and agfoed IN start Review nrov;Jod tbev coud no,
the first nnuher nubl shed an ,rust they moi HAVING
mnev eoouob 70 nav the nrinter cnld not have dream
ed th9, tho irn, ,yopd he eapo,lv road for half cam
mry from London ia Calcutta, from the Cane of Good
Home 10 the sources Of the Nssissnp and that Brougb
an, ,,ould bacone Jnrd Cba,cenr oc q eat britain.
Jeffrey Lord Justice of the HIGHEST c,ur,s Of Scolland
NInr,ay Tar1 Advocate If S,7tI,nd. and Smith Canon
oC ST Panls Cathedral firing bo shat a Pennsy yanans
for moi nlvuu interest an small Loan from his surplus Of
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