Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-20
TJE R;r,I1lO,D ENQUIRER.
FRIDAY MOSSsNG, july 70, is'''
a ROoK MUCH NEEDED, AND AN OFFICER
- wINTED-DE BOWS REVIEW.

a nonK MUCH NEEDED, AND AN OFFICER
- wkNTED-DE BOWS REVIEW.
b. Everyone VIII, looks into the Biographies used IN
onr Is. ,ols sees that they contain very full desc'il
tions of tho Nsrth, very measre ones OF Virginia
H Ee oar children leave school with heads cranmed
With the names of every little stream and village III
Maine und Connecticut, and wholly ignorant OF "h"'
most concerns them the geography OF the'F o""
stas. The geography, history, inneraioSy' N'o'.'
geology, and marine and spartan resources VI
i,i, ..,rye I, be- and should DC. made the s""J'''
ID a s.no-nt, school book. Tie exclusive ''u'. "a
+rs h ,,, shuud occupy the attention ot every se"'
49, ,o;. ,,d f,n,,e for some months before leaving
h,,, or all knowledge, that most easy AL" aSFce"
h,, ,.c,;r. !, that which is most necessary ana use
e s ,,,w,sI,- of what is nearest 10 us IL time anu
,, ,ncbildrsn learn something Of Roman history
e,a If ,hs GEOGRAPHY of Europe and New England
r., v,ry few cons down 10 their own TIMES anu III"
n.s AMI acquire III. history of America and
,b .-sohv of their State 1t Is time ihat sueh
,, ,rr;t,an Iris discraditabe TO the State
.h., 80. have no such book. II would rescue from
-; ~, ,,s, ,sosul portions OF domestic history,
,;c ,b -uiar historian is ap,to coniemn or over
pk Ses.s anI buttes, the succession VI Mug anu
v.r,o-. firm but tho drama, the romance' the
AA;ne Of history. OF such maleF'a'' '"s'""
krI. but little; but OF materials t"r ''o'' NV
4 and interesting she furnishes a"unuano'-
ytv,,ll b, IN agreeable and useful TASK 10 '''e'
ia. history and progress OF tho oF'S'hai ''ii'S
z, IN. Stato-to ascertain the mai'F'aie "a "''A y
,,,,,,.ad. The making and administering OF law
tin; soc,s, and domestic habits OF the penpio-'he'r
r.,f., aud r.lirion-,hcr trade, agriculture ana
,:,c.,-e. A. each twenty years OF their progress
Shc,I! bc carefully ciimin@ted ana eSpo'c''' iN."
me n-'.rcss ii emigration from the Heaooaru ~ INC
ho.i, ~ IN, tide, TO the Piedmont region. TO the
n,uu:sin., anu, finally 10 the West, would DC in'
ter..;;ar and instructive. The family names no" OK
,o.. in tho Eastern part Of the Safe out common III
the West, would throw much light on this part oil the
sphi.c; 4 new kind OF statistics would lie edu'cu'
Interesting alike 10 Yirginians and to the worid Ut
,er,a A. ve; Il great deal OF revolutionary anu COLO
,ial family corresponlence is preserved that would
ha ns,fiI bu, which, ii not used will soon be loS'
Tho S.t and other Mineral Springs, the geology ana
,,i,.rao,v Of tho State would furnish nexhanstio!e
,hsna. Of inquiry. Its zoology should now DC s'ef'o
,vn,. for many quadrupeds and birds are disappear
;nf DOR, al advancing population, and many more
wiu h1reafter disappear
rsysst and various resources Of is numerous
baYA creeks lnlet3 anC TlNtto, "o "o'eH- " '''''
AID Sbcriou. investigation.
Oar school-book il expanding into all Encyci"pe-
d;a :, much tho better: it might be epitom'zed Tor
Ia. uss of schools. Like other Encyclopedias II
should he the work OF various minds Literary gem
tie,n.a should combine to write such work. assign
In 70 each a separate subject OF consideration ana "
v.,.y,,ion Such work would have ~orid'"'ue
interest, and would illustrate the annals OF our sa'e
II would form many now links OF attachment oe1"eeh
our people and their natal soil. Each locality would
h.ve some scientific desert pton aud historical asS"-
CLINTON. Our very homes farms ana hre'ldes "o"lu
,..,,n. h;.,r;cal, How much of innncen; pleasure
snI,seful instruction would combine III the study or
par6sal of such work.
10 attain objects of such common ana universal
iu,r tho State should step in to all h"iViausi IN
dus.rv and enterprise The records OF the Virginia
Co,oosny in London, should be examined hho
,tuij.d. and much matter copied from 'He'n. Inc
ra,ilv ,.rshns records Of oar old Eastern counties
shnud b., ,horoaehiv- investigated and, II possible
pre'eI' stature might appoint keeper "' the
Archives. New York has an office OF this kind and
virginia should not be behind New York in anything
1ha, will advance State interests or Stat" Rights We
.ny 6tat, Rrh,s because believe States Rights are
best advanced by the ability TO maintain them. Sach
no.ure BY nrres,in, emigration and attaching our
psnls to the State, would increase both the means
ana l1spostion 20 defend orr rights. We have men-
tioun1 Do Bows Review this connexion because
in - absence of such work and sach an Office ia
We shrpes We know of nothing that 50 we'll supplies
their place. This Review always contains a great
deal Of useful and Interesting information, IA TO the
South and its mighty resources, which Gun be found
no where c,se-at eaet in so condensed comprehen-
siv and agreeable form. Though dovo;.d to South
era interests it is far from sectional aspery, aud we
heartily recommend il TO readers in all sections of the
onion.
], is time, high time, that Americans should reool-
iect that man has moral, religious and intellectual
wants as we'll sensual appeti.es. For two centu-
res we nave beer the best fed and best housed and
claa people in the world. Our ambition in that d.
rcc:ian should be satisfied. Til; pleasures Of tho
mind cost infinitely loss than those OF the body. Such
measures propose would provide continually
recurring intellectual fcas, for white population
and would not cost more than the viands and the
wines with which many man stuitlfcs himself. Sci
ecarnng, morality and religion US mere matters OF
economy, ars worthy Of high consideration; but to
Ircnian. We can recommend them safely Tor lar
fsr uob!rr and !ofer purposes.
Oar State ia advancing improving rapidly and We
bu; MARSHAL her. the way that she was going III
pontos W, another path Of intellectual progress.