Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-26

such matters TO make comparison be-
tween the qualities of two great essayists
at that time powerfully arresting public
attention aud making everlasting fame Tor
themselves. CARLYLE aud Macaulay. Ma
caulay's review Of the work Is devoted al
most exclusively TO tearing to pieces Cro-
ker's part in IL and TO showing how very
imperfect his annotations to 1t are. Gar
lyle's review. which appeared contempora-
neously, brushes all Croker's twaddle aside
with a contemptuous foot-note, and IL q
brilliant gem, considered from the stand
point Of profound. philosophical. and po-
etical study of Johnson and his time.
'swAsHBucKLER REVIEWS"
You will find in one Of Carlyle's letters
that Froude has published reference 70
lone of Macaulay's STdshjuckir reviews
Much Of Macaulay's writing deserves TINS
Characterization. yet he has shown that ne
was capable of dealing with DR.. JOHNSON
from a far loftier and nobler standpoint
than you would suppose If You judged MN
solely by his essay on Crokers EDITION OF
Boswell The article in the Encyclopedia
Britannica on DIR. johnson was written oy
Macaulav. and whoever reads it must give
his assent to its being one of the Jewels IN
literature, though it does not quite DO tue
great philosopher and moralist full Iustiee'
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
Having spoken of the Britannica. l am
led TO make few remarks upon IT. he
Gently was asked if / were going TO MAKE
"A twelye-months' sea voyage what twenty
books should prefer to take with me, ana
/ promptly answered, the hrst twenty
volumes OF the Encyclopedia Britannica.
recrelting only that | should not be a.
lowed to take all twenty-tour. III Is
library in itself. and most important one.
In its article on southern literature u mas
said that since the Revolution Gil the
southern States together have not pro.
duced a. many thinkers as the one State OK
Massachusetts, and that but for their pro4i-
Inity to the northern States the States OF
North and South Carolina would long since
have sunk to the condition OF Mexico
and the Antilles.
FOOLISH STATEMENT.
This is the very foolish statement OF q
very foolish writer and has caused mucn
indignation in the South. Mr.. l. +.
Oglesby. of Alabama, has written and pub
lished very sharpreview OF the BRITAIN, ca
taking this statement as his theme. but
foolish as this statement is. soutnerner
should not lightly throw the Dri,annIGia
eside on account of it. Whoever travels
will find that the institution of slavery has
act the civilized world against us. !t as
sumes that we are a bad lot, and 1t Will not
pause to find out the truth about US. ~
will be many generations before tho world
condones what it insist upon pronounclng
a crime in us and before it grants TO US
that place in the family Of peoples. when
tho virility Of our men and the purity OF
our women entitle us TO.
EFFECT OF THE DEBT QUESTION.
Just SO the reputation of our pubic
debt has set the commercial world against
us. and causes it to pass our great natural
resources by without even deignln2 TO give
them feeting glance.
You will say that ! had, OF
course. TO lug in public our debt.
But, say what you will, it is thrown IN my
face at every step here, and prevents me
from getting a single moments attention
to several matters that | mad hoped TO get
English money interested IN.
came here with several projects when
would have been of enormous advantage
to Virginia if people with money which
they can find no employment for would
only look into them. But they will not 90
1t. We are a branded people. and the world
refuses to look into what we offer.
WILLIAM J.. KoYALL.