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Of Eden, like Esdrelon; and the oaks
Of flowery Carmel, waving o'er the sea;
And Sharon's rosy bloom; and Eshcol's vale,
Purple with vines from Hebron to the coast.
O'er all the range his ravished mind expands,
Warm with high hopes of wondrous days to come.
The promise-like a meteor-how it lights
The gloom of future ages! Lonely there

The childless stranger stands-sublime in faith:
Sure that the ten throned nations reigning round,
In stately power, with pomp of idol shrines,
Shall yield to his descendants; shall behold
His mightier seed--thick as the seashore sands-
Countless as stars that crowd the clearest sky,—
Pouring their myriads over hill and dale,
Casting the champion pride of princes down,
Dashing the templed monsters in the dust,
Sounding the trump of triumph through the land,
Thronging the scene with holier, happier homes,
And rearing high, to flame with heavenly fire,
Earth's only altars to the Only God!
Washington, March 17, 1836.

T. H. S.

place, it should be in full consistence and harmony with the idiom of the language. Lord Kames, on using a word of his own making, gives this note. "This word, hitherto not in use, seems to fulfil all that is required by Demetrius Phalereus in coining a new word-first, that it be perspicuous; and next, that it be in the tone of the language."

I find no fault with Mr. Bulwer for the production of his mint, but I will not acknowledge that he, or any other English author, has a better right than an American to take this license. We understand the language as well as they do; we derive our knowledge from the same sources, and we shall use the liberty with as much caution, propriety and discrimination. If this monopolizing, exclusive people, could have their way, they would not suffer us to spin a pound of cotton, or hammer out a bar of iron; and now, forsooth, we must not presume to turn a noun into a verb, or add a monosyllable to the stock of English words.

H.

AMERICANISMS.

The Americanisms of our language have been a prolific source of ridicule and reproach for the British critics. When a word in an American publication has fallen upon the eyes of these literary lynxes, which they have thought an innovation, they have fiercely denounced it as Yankee slang-as a proof of our uneducated ignorance; they have even denied that we understand the English language, or can speak or write it intelligibly. In most of the cases it turned out and was demonstrated, that the poor words thus assailed were true and genuine English, used by their best writers and speakers; found in their best dictionaries; but unhappily for the poor things, unknown to these erudite and conceited knights of the pen, either too careless to turn to their books for information, or having none to turn to. In a few instances in which we have taken a little license with the language, we have seen that after overloading us with abuse for the birth of the child, they have taken it to themselves, and put it into the service of writers and orators of the highest rank. Such was the fate of our Americanisms-to advocate, influential, in the sense in which we use it, and several others. They found the brats really not such deformities as they supposed, and were willing to adopt and use them; but this did not abate their contempt of the parents. Englishmen residing in England, seem to claim an exclusive right in the invention of English words. In Bulwer's character of Rienzi, this hero is said to have been arid of personal power. This is the coinage of the ingenious author; at least I find no authority for it

even in the latest dictionaries, nor in any other writer of reputation. Now I have no objection to the introduction of a new word into our language by Mr. Bulwer or any body else, provided that it be done with due discretion, and subject to some just regulation and principle. In the first place, it should be necessary, supplying a want, or at least obviously convenient in the expression of some idea with more precision than it can be done by any existing word. In the second

TO RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.*
Start not, great spirit of the mighty dead!
To mock the laurels of thy honored brow,
No sneering cynic comes with fiendish tread,
And ask,-where lies thy strength or glory now?

No snarling critic, jackal-like, to brave
The fearful lion, nerveless in his grave,
Whose living look had shrunk his trembling form,
As craven creatures crouch before the storm:
No saintly, sinning bigot vents his spite
For crimes exposed, or horrors brought to light;
No puppy-patriot, peculator bold,
Would bark at thee, for sneering at his gold:
No spaniel dog, to gain a master's smile,
No smiling sycophant, or grovelling hind,
Would crunch thy bones, thy hallowed grave defile;

Whose soul succumbs beneath a master mind:
No little gatherer of great men's words,
No album-filling fool of flowers and birds,
Or autographic-maniac now weeps
In sickly sympathy, where Randolph sleeps.
Bereaved Virginia's voice majestic calls
In mournful wailings from her fun'ral halls,
"Whose strength shall terror strike? Whose voice shall
charm?

Who wound, or win, the wretch who wills me harm?
Since thy great soul hath left its feeble frame,
My only pride is thy undying name;
My sun hath set in parting glory bright,
My Randolph's dead, my shores are wrapt in night.
Oh choose,-great spirit, from my blood alone,
Some worthy one, with genius like thine own;
Lest prophets false, my gallant sons deceive,—
To him, Elisha-like, thy mantle leave."

* Written soon after his death.

HESPERUS.

ADDRESS

guished honors which have been paid to his memory. Those honors have not been confined to the state which

Delivered by the Hon. Henry St. George Tucker, before the gave him birth, to the city in which he dwelt, to the

supreme tribunal of his native state, which owes so much of its former reputation to the efficient aid he brought to their deliberations in the flower of his age. They have not been confined to any political party, or denied by those who have honestly and widely differed

Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society.* Gentlemen,—In accepting, with the profoundest sense of my own unworthiness, the station you have been pleased to confer upon me, my mind very naturally reverts to the distinguished individual who has heretofore presided over your deliberations, and has add-from him in their views of the construction of the great ed to the interest of your proceedings by the lustre charter of our government. No, gentlemen, his characof his own reputation, and the mild dignity of his ter and life have been the themes of universal eulogy. exalted character. Since the days of General Wash-The meditations of the wise have dwelt upon his vir ington, no man has lived more beloved and respected,tues, and the lips of the eloquent have poured forth his or died more universally regretted, than the late venerable Chief Justice. Throughout this widely extended republic, our fellow citizens have vied in the distin

The anniversary meeting of this Society was held at the Capitol in Richmond, on the second of March, in presence of a

praises throughout the Union. It is right that it should be so. As Chief Justice of the United States, his fame was the common property of that Union, which he so truly loved, and which he so long and so faithfully has served. For five and thirty years he presided over the first judicial tribunal of the United States; a tribunal ment at the absence of Professor Dew, who was expected to which he elevated by his dignity, which he illustrated deliver the annual Address, but whose attendance was prevented by his abilities, and instructed by his wisdom; a tribu by ill health. The Hon. Henry St. Geo. Tucker was unani-nal which was not only enlightened by the splendor of mously appointed President in the room of Chief Justice Mar- his meridian greatness, but was illumined by the last shall, and the address which we now have the pleasure of pub-rays of his departing genius, and beheld with admira

numerous auditory of both sexes. There was much disappoint

lishing was delivered by the new President upon taking the chair. It was listened to with profound attention and pleasure. So, also, was a speech to be found on page 260 of Mr. Maxwell on presenting a resolution commemorative of the services and

virtues of the late Chief Justice.

tion its broad and spotless disc as it descended to the horizon. Even the hand of time seems to have dealt gently with his noble mind; and, like Mansfield and Pendleton, he too sunk into the grave full indeed of During the meeting, Mr. Winder, the Clerk of Northampton, presented a collection of MSS. found in some of the dark cor- years as well as honors, but with unfading powers: ners of the clerk's office of that ancient county. These papers, thus affording another illustrious instance of the prewe are informed, are highly valuable, and shed new and inter-servation of the undying intellect amid the ruins of a esting light upon an early period of Virginia History. They decaying frame. were the papers, it appears, of a Mr. Godfrey Poole, who early in the eighteenth century, was the clerk of Northampton courtwas also a lawyer of considerable practice, and for many years clerk of the committee of Propositions and Grievances, an office, we suppose, of much higher relative grade then than at present. The MSS. are various in their character-consisting for the

most part, of addresses by the then governors Spotswood and Dugsdale to the House of Burgesses-answers to those addresses, by the House, and copies of various acts of Assembly and Reports of Committees, not found in any printed record extant. There is also an undoubted copy of the Colonial Charter which

received the signet of King Charles, and was stopped in the Hamper office upon that monarch's receiving intelligence of Bacon's rebellion. This charter, we believe, is not to be found in any of the printed collections of State papers or Historical Records in this country, having eluded the researches of Mr. Burke, and of the indefatigable Mr. Hening, the compiler of the Statutes at Large.

It appears also that Mr. Poole contrived to enliven the barren paths of Law and Legislation by an occasional intercourse with the Muses. We find among his papers two Poems-one is brief, of an amatory character, and addressed to Chloe-that

much besonnetted name. The other, containing about one hun-
dred and ninety lines is thus entitled

The Expedition oe'r the mountain's:
Being Mr. Blackmore's Latin Poem, entitled,
Expeditio Ultra-Montana:

Rendered into English verse and inscribed
To the Honourable the Governour. (A. O. Spotswood.)
The "
Expedition &c" is remarkable for three things-its
antiquity (Virginian antiquity)—its mediocrity-and for one or
two lines in which (singularly enough) direct reference is made
to the discovery of a gold region in Virginia. The lines run

thus-

Here taught to dig by his auspicious hand,
They prov'd the growing Pregnance of the land;
For, being search'd, the fertile earth gave signs
That her womb teem'd with gold and silver mines.
This ground, if faithful, may in time outdo
The soils of Mexico, and of fam'd Peru.

Orbis illabetur ævo, vires hominumque tabescent,
Mens sola cælestis in ovum intacta manebit.

But, gentlemen, it has been the good fortune of some among us to have known our venerated countryman, not only in the elevated station to which his abilities had exalted him, but also in the not less interesting relations of private life.

Seen him we have, and in the happier hour,
Of social ease but ill exchanged for power;

And in that delightful intercourse who has not remark.
ed how beautifully the amiable urbanity and simplicity
of his manners, commingled with the unpretending dig
nity which was inseparable from the elevation of his
character and his station? Who has not witnessed the
purity of his feelings, the warmth of his benevolence,
and the fervor of his zeal, in lending the support and
countenance of his great name and influence to every
enterprise which was calculated to promote the public
good; to every scheme which promised to assist the
march of intellect; to every association which had for
its object the advancement of his countrymen in wisdom
and virtue, and to every plan which philanthropy could
plausibly suggest, for the amelioration of the condition
of the humblest of our species? His heart and his hand
were equally open, and his purse and his services were
always freely commanded where they were called for
by any object of public utility or private beneficence.
It is not then surprising, gentlemen, that such a man
should have been found at the head of this Society;
that you should have selected him to grace your lauda-
ble enterprise, or that he should have lent his ready aid
to an institution, which, however humble in its begin-
nings, gives the promise of important aid to the knowl-

edge and literature of our country. But it is a matter | working of a coal mine or the search after gold. Behold of the most painful regret, that the light of his counte- what a little band has associated here, to redeem our nance will shine no more upon us here, and that the state from the disgrace of a Bœotian neglect of literainfluence of his counsels and the inspiration of his wis-ture-and to pluck up drowning honor by the locks, dom are withdrawn from us forever. Those cannot be without other reward than the participation with our replaced; and we may say of him as was said of the great corrivals in all the dignities of science. But let great father of his country more than forty years ago, us not despair because we are but a handful. Our little society is but the germ of better things. This little Successors we may find, but tell us where, seedling will, if properly nourished, become like a Of all thy virtues we shall find the heir. spreading and majestic oak. Then indeed, will it be an enduring monument to your memory, and posterity will look upon the noble object which has been planted by your hands and watered by your care, with respect and veneration for the authors of so great a benefaction. But remember it will wither when so young, unless sedulously fostered. An annual meeting at the seat of government and a discourse from a learned academician once a year, however interesting, will effect but little without the zealous and personal co-operation of us all. Wherever we go, we may be of use to the institution. The sagacious and observing will every where meet with interesting matter to be communicated and collected into this common reservoir. In the library of almost every man of ordinary diligence in the collection of what is curious and interesting, there are materials which by themselves are of little worth, but united with others here would become valuable and importantlike the jewel, which shows to little advantage until it is surrounded by other brilliants, and is set by the hands of a master workman. So too, in our intercourse with society, we daily meet with the men of other days-those living depositaries of the transactions of early times; of transactions which live only in tradition and must be buried in the grave with the venerable patriarch or interesting matron, unless rescued from oblivion by the present generation. These evanescing fragments of our history should be gathered together with the most diligent care, like the flowers of an herbarium on the minerals of a geologist, and prepared for the historical department in this cabinet of literature. In short, gentlemen, go where we will, the most humble among us may still advance the great cause in which we are engaged. And while the learning and ability of some may contribute the rich treasures of their own minds, and the valuable results of their own profound lucubrations, there is not one among us who cannot in some way or other add his mite to the general stock. This is indeed no small consolation to myself; for I would not be a drone in such a hive; and yet my professional pursuits have been too exclusive to permit me to hope that I can ever be of other service than as an humble gleaner in the great field which lies before us. It now only remains for me, gentlemen, to offer my most respectful acknowledgments for the honor you have conferred upon me, accompanied by the assurance that I shall discharge the duties assigned me with alacrity, and contribute to the success of your laudable views, as far as my humble abilities and my very limited acquirements in these walks of literature will permit.

For myself, gentlemen, I can bring to the discharge of the duties of this station nothing but the most earnest wishes for the success of your institution; an institution, whose laudable design is to save from oblivion whatever is interesting in the natural, civil and literary history of our country; to rescue from unmerited obscurity the many interesting papers which may throw light upon our annals; and to concentrate in its "transactions" the materials now scattered through the land, which at some future day may assist the researches of the historian or the speculations of the philosopher. It is neither my purpose nor my province here to dilate upon the benefits of such an institution. That duty was performed on a former occasion, by one who is now no more, with distinguished ability. Yet I trust I may be excused for a very cursory allusion to this interesting topic. It is not required to whet your purpose or to stimulate your exertions. But it is not amiss that we should occasionally advert to the powerful motives which impel us to sustain this infant institution. Do we look to the reputation of our ancient and beloved commonwealth; to her progress in the arts and in the cultivation of that literature which softens the manners and gives its finest polish to society? How then can we hear unmoved the taunts of others at her supineness? How can we listen without an ingenuous blush, to the reproaches of those who are ever ready to cast into our teeth our inglorious neglect of the noble cause of literature? Throughout the civilized world, the lovers of learning and of science are on the alert. Academies and societies for their promotion are no longer confined to Europe. They have long since found their way across the Atlantic, and have been growing and extending in our sister states for half a century. Some of them have grown to maturity and no longer totter in a state of infantile weakness. Those of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts particularly rest upon a basis stable and enduring, and have attained a noble elevation that does honor to their founders. And what has Virginia done? Absolutely nothing, until the spirited efforts of a few individuals first gave existence to this institution. She has aroused indeed from her slumbers at the voice of internal improvements, and has caught the enthusiasm with which they seem to have inspired the world. Her canals and her rail roads are sustained with all the zeal of patriotic feeling, backed by the less meritorious, but more steady influences of pecuniary profit. In every direction those arts and enterprises which promise to pour their rapid returns of wealth into the lap of the adventurer, are pursued with an eye that never winks, and a step that never tires. Their progress is as rapid as the speed of a locomotive. But literature-neglected literature, still lags at a sightless distance behind. While companies spring up in a day for the excavation of a canal or the construction of a rail road, for the

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MR. MAXWELL'S SPEECH, Before the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, at its late annual meeting, held in the Hall of the House of Delegates, on the evening of the 2d March, on moving the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Society most truly laments the loss which it has sustai ed in the common calamity, the death of its illus. trious President, the late John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, whose name, associated with our Institution in its origin, will grace its annals, while his life and character shall adorn the history of our State and country to the end of time.

in this place: nor of his translation to the floor of the House of Representatives, where he stood, spoke, and conquered: nor of his short but substantial service as Secretary of State: nor, above all, of his crowning elevation to that chair of judicial supremacy for which he seemed to have been made; and where he sat for so many years, like incarnate Justice-not blind, indeed, like that fabled divinity, but seeing all things with that quick, clear, and penetrating eye, which pierced at once through all the intricacies and involutions of law and fact, to discover the latent truth, or detect the lurking fallacy, as by the glance of intuition. No wonder, Sir, that with such admirable faculties, combined with such perfect pureness of purpose, such entire singleness and simplicity of heart, he shed a lustre around that seat which it never had before, and which I greatly fear it will never have again. No wonder, Sir, that he appear.

Mr. President,-In the report of the Executive Committee, which has just been read, we are officially informed of what we knew but too well before, the loss which our Society has sustained in the death of our late venerable and illustrious President. Yes, Sir, the man whom Virginia-whom his country—whom all his fel-ed to the eyes of many in all parts of our land, and low-citizens in all parts of the United States, admired, and loved, and delighted to honor—the man whom we, Sir, who knew him, fondly and affectionately called 66 THE CHIEF," (as he was indeed in almost every sense of the word,) our MARSHALL is no more. We shall see him no more in the midst of us—we shall see him no more in this very Hall, where his wisdom and eloquence have so often enlightened and convinced the listening assemblies of the State-we shall see his face, we shall hear his voice no more, forever. But we do not, we cannot forget him; but the remembrance of his transcendant abilities, his spotless integrity, his pure patriot-belong to us only in common with all our fellow-citizens, ism, his eminent public services, and his most amiable private virtues, is embalmed in all our hearts.

even of some who could not exactly agree with him in all his views of our federal compact, as the very Atlas of the Constitution, supporting the starry firmament of our Union upon his single shoulder, which bowed not, bent not beneath its weight; and that when he died, there was something like a feeling of apprehension (for an instant at least) as if the fabric which he had so long sustained must fall along with him to the dust, and become the fit monument of the man.

But I will not dwell, nor even touch any longer, Sir, on these things, which indeed hardly belong to us, or

Vix ea nostra voco. I can hardly call them our own. But I must just glance for a single moment, Sir, at the connec tion of the illustrious deceased with our Society. Sir, when we were about to form our institution, conscious as we were of the mortifying fact, that from the unfortunate passion of our people for politics, so called, (mere party politics) the more calm and rational pursuits of science and letters to which we were about to invite their attention, could hardly hope to find favor in their eyes, we were naturally desirous to call some person to that chair whose character, whose very name, might give the public an assurance of the utility of our labors; and we turned instinctively to him. We saw him, Sir, with all the honors of a long, laborious, and useful life clustered

With these sentiments, Sir, which I am persuaded are the sentiments of all our members, I have felt it to be a duty which I owe not only to the memory of the deceased, but to the honor of our Society, to offer the resolution which the announcement suggests. In doing so, however, I shall not deem it either necessary or proper to detain you with many words, when I feel, most unaffectedly, that any which I could use would be entirely inadequate, and almost injurious, to the fame of such a man. I will not, therefore, Sir, enlarge upon the particulars of his life, which are already familiar to you. I will not tell you of the brilliancy of his first entrance upon the stage of action, when the voice of our Com-upon him; enjoying the respect and confidence of homonwealth, rising in arms to defend her constitutional rights against the tyranny of Britain, called him from his native forest, and from the studies in which he had just engaged, to join her army hurrying to the rescue of my own native town from the grasp of her insolent invader: nor of his following campaigns under Washington himself, and his gallant bearing on the memorable plains of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth: nor of his subsequent stand at the bar of this city, (then, as it is now, one of the most distinguished in the country,) where he was primus inter pares, the first amongst his fellows-the brightest star in the constellation which shed its radiance over our state: nor of his appearances in the House of Delegates, and in the Convention for the ratification of the constitution: nor of his conduct at the court of revolutionary France, where (with his worthy associates) he baffled all the arts and stratagems of the wily Proteus of Politics himself, and maintained the honor of his country to the admiration of all her citizens: nor of his reappearance

norable men of all parties alike; maintaining his official neutrality with a meek and modest dignity that nothing could disturb, or ruffle for a moment; and soothing his old age with Christian philosophy, and polite letters, and the "sweetly-uttered wisdom" of poesy, which he had always loved from his youth—and we tendered him the office. He accepted it, Sir, at once, with that gra cious condescension which belonged to him-expressed his cordial concurrence in our views-presented us with his own immortal work, the Life of the Father of his Country-and stamped our enterprise with the seal of his decisive approbation.

After this, Sir, we naturally felt a new interest in him; and you remember Sir, I dare say, how our hearts flow. ed out to him with a sort of filial reverence and affection, as he came about amongst us, like a father amongst his children, like a patriarch amongst his people-like that patriarch whom the sacred Scriptures have canonized for our admiration-" when the eye saw him, it blessed him: when the ear heard him, it gave witness to him;

and after his words men spake not again.” For his words, | our view. We perceive the most marked differences, indeed, even in his most familiar conversation, fell upon not only between the savage and civilized nations, but us with a sort of judicial weight; and from his private between the civilized themselves-not only between opinions, as from his public decisions, there was no different races of different physical organization, but, appeal. Happy, thrice happy old man! How we between the same races-not only between nations wished and prayed for the continuance of his days, and situated at immense distances from each other, but of all the happiness and honor which he had so fairly among those enjoying the same climate, and inhabiting won, and which he seemed to enjoy still more for our the same region. How marked the difference, for exsakes than for his own! We gazed upon him indeed, ample, between the nations of India and those of EuSir, as upon the setting sun, whilst, his long circuit of rope-how different the citizen who merely vegetates glory almost finished, he sank slowly to his rest; ad- under the still silent crushing despotisms of the East, miring the increased grandeur of his orb, and the gra- from that restless, bustling, energetic being who lives ciousness with which he suffered us to view the softened under the limited monarchies and republics of the West! splendors of his face; but with a mournful interest, too, And again, what great differences do we find among which sprang from the reflection that we should soon lose the latter themselves! What differences do we observe his light. And we have lost it indeed. He has left us between the French and the English, the Germans and now-and we mourn for his departure. But we are the Spaniards, the Swiss and the Italians! How often consoled, Sir, by the transporting assurance which we does the whole moral nature of man seem to change, feel, that the splendid luminary which the benificent by crossing a range of mountains, passing a frontier Creator had kindled up for the blessing and ornament of stream, or even an imaginary line! "The Languedoour native land, and of the world, is not gone out in cians and Gascons," says Hume, "are the gayest peodarkness, but shines still with inextinguishable lustre in ple in France; but whenever you pass the Pyrenees the firmament of Heaven. you are among Spaniards." "Athens and Thebes were but a short day's journey from each other; though the Athenians were as remarkable for ingenuity, politeness and gaiety, as the Thebans for dulness, rusticity, and a phlegmatic temper."

AN ADDRESS,

ON THE INFLUENce of the federative repubLICAN

SISTEM OF GOVERNMENT UPON LITERATURE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER.

Prepared to be delivered before the Historical and
Philosophical Society of Virginia, at their annual

meeting in 1836, by THOMAS R. DEW, Professor of
History, Metaphysics and Political Law, in the
College of William and Mary. Fublished by request
of the Society, March 20, 1836.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society,

I have consented to appear before you this evening with feelings of the deepest solicitude-a solicitude which has been increased by my knowledge of the ability and eloquence of the gentleman who was first chosen by you to perform this task, and by the fact that this is the first time that circumstances have permitted my attendance on your sessions, though early admitted by the kindness of your body to the honor of membership.

There is no subject more worthy the attention of the philosopher and the historian, than a consideration of the causes which thus influence the moral destiny, and determine the character of nations and individuals. Among the generating causes of national differences, none exert so powerful, so irresistible an influence as Religion and Government; and of these two potent engines in the formation of character, it may be affirmed, that if the former be sometimes, under the operation of peculiar circumstances, more powerful and overwhelming, directing for a season the spirit of the age and overcoming every resistance to its progress, the latter is much more constant and universal in its action, and mainly contributes to the formation of that permanent national character which lasts through ages.

Of all the governments which have ever been established, it may perhaps be affirmed, that ours, if the most complicate in structure, is certainly the most beautiful in theory, correcting by the principle of representation, The subject upon which I propose to address you is and a proper system of responsibility, the wild extravaone which I hope will not be considered as inappropri-gances and the capricious levities of the unbalanced ate to the occasion. I shall endeavor to present to your democracies of antiquity. Ours is surely the system, view some of the most important effects which the which, if administered in the pure spirit of that patriotFederative Republican System of government is calcu- ism and freedom which erected it, holds out to the lated to produce on the progress of literature and on philanthropists and the friends of liberty throughout the development of individual and national character. the world, the fairest promise of a successful solution When we cast a glance at the nations of the earth of the great problem of free government. Ours is inand contemplate their character, and that of the indi-deed the great experiment of the eighteenth centuryviduals who compose them, we are amazed at the al- to it the eyes of all, friends and foes, are now directed, most endless variety which such a prospect presents to

*"It being understood that Professor Dew has been prevented by delicate health and the inclemency of the season, from attend ing the present meeting

"Resolved, That he be requested to furnish the Recording Secretary of this Society with a copy of his intended address,

for insertion in the Southern Literary Messenger."
Extract from the minutes.

G. A. MYERS, Recording Secretary
Of the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society.

and upon its result depends perhaps the cause of liberty throughout the civilized world. In the meantime it well behooves us all to hope for the best, and never to despair of the republic. Let me then proceed to inquire into some of the most marked effects which our peculiar system of government is likely to produce, in the progress of time, upon literature and the development of

character.

Some have maintained the opinion that the monarchi-
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