The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-01

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!. Universal mind, can eertainiy reckon upo
no more valuable assistance thar that of ID
! hierophants Of fancy and fraaginatios, wb
= tell The whole tale of the human heart, an
f,peak the language OF its passions In myt
or = parable, and transferred The faintest an
fiue5e shadow Of human thought throug
elastic aud subtle forms Of expression S
significant ara beautiful as to have pre-
iserved through all time their hold upol
! the bumsn heart. BE who return
from the land OF Ed with most Of the crea
! tions Of fancy. and who has studied will
most success The pictured writing in wbicl
The tale of. human passion Is most expires
siveiy told, will be best able to appreciate
those whom, In bis turn, he is anxious 4
move and address. II there be those who
believe, and doubtless there are some, thai
Edgar A.. Poe Is ahead OF all other Ameri
can poets, and speaks in American poetry
! with a higher charm than any other who
paints his visions or tells bis dreams to de.
light aud instruct his readers, they will
surely believe that he owes that excellence
to bis having d9elt with q truer .appreeia.
lion and higher taste amongst the models oil
I, classic literature than any other Of bis day
1 He can tell his .tbought in "a form whose
beauty gives a higher charm to bis own ere.
atiOn. Beautiful and expressive in all bis
| appeals, be knows how to make himself still
more welcome by associations with which
he lures bis followers to study and accom-.
psny bina." ~" r. i@ a +:
He spoke Of aud illustrated the low stand
ard Of classic learning at that day, and ably
vindicated The Importance and vslue of the
classics. He ably showed the advantages Of
lhe University to the State and the country,
fand concluded by saying: ,,.s $50 ~
| Other colleges, too, are filing their chairs
with graduates of this school. Five Of the
| professors of Washington and Lee, five out
Of six In the Richmond College, four out of
six at Randolph. Macon College, the. presi-
dent and two professors intt Trginia A gri-
cultural School, two profess, 4 10 The Wiz.
ginia Military Institute, are University pu.
pills, to say nothing of the professors in the
othef States, some of whom are from the
same place. Is not this q proud exhibit Of
the extension of Virginia Influence. through
her grand University !? What higher object
of ambition to her than this -.
Can if be supposed that she will suffer
such an institution to be dWarfed or de.
stroyed for The want Of proper care and rea-
f.; sonable assistance Can there be any sub
! ject Of appropriation more important or
! valuable TO the State than this: Is it not an
| object of interest to more than Virginia to
| provide q place Of reiiuion for the southern
| youth where they may be we'll educated
uuder common influences and sympathies
Mr.. Jefferson, somewhere in his letters, re-
ferring to the chances, then apparently
gloomy, for the establishment Of a university
10 Virginia, said there would be two schools
still open to southern youth-.-Haryard, in
| Massachusetts, aud Transylvapia, in Ken-
tucky-.-of which we m0t prefer the last, as
having more Of the flvor Of the old cask."
But here is the cold cask" itself--let US
never forget it
Experience has shown that in q popular
government, and especially in ours, nothing
is so important as to cultivate pure and wise
public sentiment. To do this We must be
armed ut all points, and by all moral means
TO sustain our institutions and usages so far
Us they are good. and to elevate and purify
our rational character. How can this be
done so we'll and .eftctually as by such On
institution as this? Do err in affirming
that its elevating Influence is already fell,
throughout the State? Virginia has already
originsted much to the profit of this Union.
The Union itself was mainly originated BY
Virginia. The forn of constitution adopted
for the government of the Union was called
the Virginia plan, and was introduced by
Governor Randolph. The great doc rines
of State rightS--the basis Of the federatiye
scheme--was the work of Mr.. Jefferson;
and although it is the fashion now TO decry
that grand old school, no fit substitute for
its doctrine has yet been proposed. Nor are
we to dispsrage the work of our fathers and
undermine the very foundation OF the glores
of our State because her enemies seek to
avail themselves of temporary ascendaney
to defame and degrade her.
Where error can be shown we will aban.
don it. If in some instances we have failed
to impose proper limitations on or doctrines
il is not too late to do it. But TO desert the
cause Of truth In order to curry favor with
those who deny it, because they dislike it
aud dSparage what they do not understand,
would be mean and co"ardly, and unworthy
the character of Virginians. Virginia bas
ever sustained what was free in thought, in
trade, and in action. and when the NatlODa
Government was most under Der Influence
It's people were most thriving and prosper
Gus. 1t was under that Influence that the
growth Of our country was most rapid and
satisfactory. Every interest prospered-the
agricultural, the manufacturing, whose TO-
reign exports were increasing, and the
navigating, which was fairly rVallirg
that Of Great Britain itself. Commerce
and wealth, peace asd power, union and fra
terLal respect, united 10 present picture to
the world wbloh attracted its respect and ad-
miratiop, and was last becoming model fer
| Imitation. And bow is it now? All the
great public interests are deeply depressed,
sectional heats and disagreements prevail,
discontents exist among those Interests, VITO
are conscious Of their being taxed ior the
benefit Of others WHO are 10 more entitled
to special puollc favor than themselves. The
great shipping interest of the Union is now
thoroughly depressed. There IS no law, 1t
is true, which enacts that if American
ships engage in foreign commerce on
the high seas they shall be treated
as pirates, but If there were such a
law in force the exclusion Of our shipping
fiom foreign commerce could scarcely be
more complete than it is. Was such- stale
OF things ever even possible when the
country was governed according to Vir-
ginia views and principles? We owe
Il to self.respect, to our country,
and the cause Of mankind to stand by the
truth, and not suffer it to be destroyed or Oh
scured By selfish interests which disparage
them because they may have been developed
aud maintained by our fathers, or because
they interposed an insupcrsble obstacle to
fraud and peculatoD. We must not suffer
bic opinion to be degraded or coutaul'
| d ted for purposes OF plumber or oppression,
but cultivate the spirit OF truth ana justice
| for our own protection and the oe0eh5 OF
| mankind. To do that We must cultivate and
cherish this grand southern senooi, and
make its teachings light to guide the loot
| A oil lof mo o q