Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-10
Mr.. EvKRETT's GRAFTON.


h<sep< 10 Rba< bSmely ttes tbe itks
Id nss{ q SEEov sstod De Last q auIes
ID I've H&rtd<Sl fr1 1hissis s4hr tantis1[5 nd
In q uflad 80. nd tzst The 5e,ryh No.
satsrsd Vpon i course oksuapid degenTsacy -i"te
the days Of Washington. b me- only me "i great
anseoedsn, improba'iliy, hut II IS one which ,.
might be expected our brethren III E"gland would
be11ux-es he- ssa~> ~ ALA opplatlon
was originally # British origin. and the addition
jal elements. Of which il is made up, are r"n The
1othss most intelligent and impra,"ah'e races OF
Europe. The settlers If this continent Lave been
pssziaentially e,Riaciel 70 il, VI ba,e gs..n .P
upon " within ,mparat'vely recent ana hghiy
1ehiiKhtAn-d period vs - the las, W" hundred
snd hfty years. 'Maeh u IL they found ly,Dg in
\ stAts II fntufe, With NJ time i'"nored sbsses 10
n eradieaxe absundin IN tnost IT the pbys'sai n"','
n ditioffs of prpspetstfs existence. wih ~ draw
n backs but those necessarily incident" new cou"-
II fries, b. parable Arm human impe rieet'en-
Even the hafdships they enc 'ontsrsd, severe a.
! they were. we're WI 1eac1iated - pr,Hsote the
I er6swsh of thc maniY virtues. In this great aud
pfonafahe ded ~ AiaI proarsss. they have plan
I'D jatie ninii tbSse tsitieAi tnssfutioar, winch
IiavS tNrfoyed NsSAs elses N the % pssienc. I'd
modern Eur ne and Especially II EasIand.a- most
fayorahle 10 the pfospersy u S'ate;---irss rep
lrsSeltaiive gotetttns nts.--writen const'totann'
and laws, treaty Ssnoaelied upon hers. especially
ths trial By jnfy;1Aa free and . cheap. and cou-
frequently all fetWdine pres.;- responsibility I'd
,tbs ruler tuths psople liberal provis'n fur pop.
'uiar education, ana very general voluntary AMI
.fonnf ifhI expenditure fov the suppostsd religion.
fYf under ti,e+c' circnnastanee-. tho People ai
FAEerica, srringne firm, @'ch a stuck, and sra'"'
ed III such n school have failed t0 work out vat
Ii.factory md hopeul result and especially II
within the last sixty yenrs tor that u the distinct
lalisyation) and consequently since, frum the 40
crease Of numbers, wealth. and national power.
'aii the pocinl fotecs NJ the coantry have. Tor E
tor evil. been In higher action than over befnfe,
there hns bcrn snch parked deesn"rary that NC
are now ~ to be beld ap, not ~ nn'lel to I've i'm
Iiated. hur as nj example u be Stunned, for
the credit IN, ithe ii-credit u popular inS,itu'
ffons, -Aihrn, tndssd. the must bs admitted g.
be strange phenomenon IN hnman aifai's.---d's'
'craceful ii |. trhe. IA tho highest degree to u.--
not rejecting credit on the race from which We
ARE descended, nor holding out encouragement
'anywhofs for The adoption Il liberal principles IT
government, II there Is any feeling 10 Englnnd
That can Welcome the thought that Americans
have degenerated. the farther reflection that il ~
tho sons of EneIishnhcn who have degsnera'ed,
must chasten tho esniment IL there il any cou,.'
Try or any plnce. where this supposed state If
things can he readily believed 10 exist. surely 1t
cnnnot BE- the parent country il caunot be in thu
House OF Commons whcre Bake uttered those
'g"lden words. my hold u the coonic- is in tho
close affection which grows from common namo-,
icqnai protection" II cannot be In TINT House II
Peers where Chatham. conscious that the colonies
were fighting the battle not only OF American Int
tof Englirh liberty. exclaimed, 81 rejoice that
Alnerica has resisted" II must be in Venice. 1t
must be In Naples. wherever esean the ince
of the earth liberal principles scufsd Mt. aud
constitutional lteedom is known to exist onl rs
her crushed and man ed form ia seen TO tw,tch
aud culver under the dark and bluckencd pail II
arbitrary power
Before ndmi ting the truth If such n sunpo>i,
Zion. in it.clI paradoxicllin lis moral aspcis,
So mournful, in its natural influence On I'll" pro
gress Of liberal ideas discourac ling, let us for
few moments look at incts.
The frat oaiect in the order of events. after the
idi, covery Of America. was, If c"ulc, it's s"'ti"
iment by civilized man. IT wns not M ensy task:
IA mighty ocean separated the continent IT, IN
the elder worid.--a savage wilderness covered
m st of the country.--its Durhirous and wnIllhe
inhabitants resisted rom the first all c"a'csccncr
with the new cnu,ers. 10 .uhluc tins wa>tr, TO
inAnt cornhelds in thu prlmrvnl forest To transfer
ttho civilization Of EuIlvc 10 the new world aud
to make safe aud sufficient arrangements, under
political institutions. Tor the sroHth ui free rrni
ples.-wns the great problem t" he solved, II wac
mo holiday plstime. M gaintul sp"cnlaii n. rrn
romantic adventure but glim, persistent. weary
toll and danger. Tha At has been upon the wiz !"
lperformed with wonderful success. who Will leuy v
Where else in the history Of the world have 81 y
lresulta been brp ught ah Ut Ia ~ short tam
Aud IL | desired as d. not. IL give his di~cu.-
sion the character of rrcrimluetluu, might nt,
dividing tho period which has elapsed sincc thc
commencement Of the Eurpp'a settlements IA
a America inln Two PORTIONS, VIZ the one VIII ia
preceded aud the one which has followed the De
f clarA,ion OF Independence, the turner uu'ler
the way If European governments. England
II Hand. FRANCE, Spain. the latter under th' 20
a.. Il ~ atm.
might not Claim Tor the latter under all The
disadvantages Of q new government aud limil'd
. resources, tho crodt ii greatly sulcriur en" ~
and practical wisdom, in carrying on THIS nasH-
fcent work? 1t was the inherent vice Of the g.
lonial systeu1j that the growth ot the American
colonies WAS greatly retarded for n century in
consequence of their being invoked in all the
wars OF Europe. There never VAS period sincr
Columbus sailed from Pal, =. in which tho settle.
ment Of the country has advanced with ,uth m
pidity a. Within the last sixty Years. The c. IN.
men cement of the Revolution fuuI us with n l''-
pulatnn vi not greatly exceeding two mlIii"ts
the census of $500 little exceeded Ave millions;
that OF tho present year will not probably iali
short Of thitty-two millions. Tue TWO centuries
aud a-half which preceded the revolution witness
cd tho organization Of thirteen c,.o,ies, 10 which
the period that has since elapsed has added tw"n-
ty States. own it has filed me with amazemo ut
10 ind cities like Cincinnati and Louisville de-
troit. Chicago and ST. Louis. not to mention those
still more remote. on spots which within the me
mory Of man were frontier military pests. 10 nd
railroads and electric telegrapts trnversing for,
ssts, in whose gloomy shades. us late rs 1899. The
wild savage slill burned his caplvcs at the stake.
Tho responding or the unfrendly censor will
remind mo Of the bemishes of this tdmnituous ei.
vilisation ;outhreaks Of frontier violence in ear
iier and later times :--acts of injustice I" the
tive tribes. Though the policy Of the government
ltuward them has in the main hsen paternal and
eonscisutiouly administered,) the rJughnes- .!
manasrs in infant settlements. collisions ct
adyenturers not yet compacted into stable soce-