The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-11
STRAWS! STRAWS! STRAWS,

The Editors of the Boston Federal prints
| seem to ape the British ministerial prints.
in chanting the praises of their Sovereign
1t has been our custom, for many wears,
| lsays the Centinel,) to preserve the British
Poet Laureat's Nezy Years. Odcs. in the
Centinel. The late irresularisy ~ reeeivine
our London I,aiiers. lowing to the non-inter-
course, &c.) most lamentable restriction in
ded y has not before enabled us to give the
foitoYIns-aud which though LAST, is
not the least excellent OF its knd - Now,
as 1t would be ungenerous for these gentle.
men to have all the dish to themselves, will
they allow us taste of it--a leg or d wing
ar least. of this, Laureat's Ode-dedi.
Gated "to her maJesty's birth. day .'' IF our
readers should wish for another sample of
Il, de isustibus non diShufandum their
Taste is OF different sort from our own ::
Though looking back through many an age
Since Egbcrt first our Saxon sires obey'd,
No k05 recorded stands on History's page
90 lotS' VINO EHS!dna's golden sceptTe sway'd.
y yet, through many rolling year,
Long long may Ai6ion's joyful race
Behold crown, to freedom sacred, grace
lie Man they lcve--the Sovereign they revere.
Tho seated on her rocky throne,
Grit by her navy adamantine zone,
Britannia reais sublime, her dauntless head,
Amid the storms OF war that round her spread !,
Yet BY generous monarch be possessed,
The first great object of his patriot breast"
What execrable stuff is this And 6v
way of note, the Poet tries to hroUe to us,
that his majesty has reigned Longer, than any
OF the English Kings: " though, says he, to
reckon from the accession to the demise
Henry 3, reigned SO, and Edward 8, SO
years; yet, as the first acceded at years of
age, and the last at Il, they did not either
OF them, in fact, reign so long as his pre-.
sent majesty has now reigned." A non Sc
qHttnr, Mr.. Pye-for, if we should count
the length of a King's reign by the number
OF Laureats Odes, which have been address
sed to his royal Ear, it would seem, me-
thinks, you are little out in your Chrome.
logy However. such is the "License of the
Poets" ind this, by the bye, is a curious
way to Judge Of a Kings greatness--not
that he IS Wiser or better one than the
rest, but that he has reigned longer. By
this test, indeed. George tine Sd may be a
greater monarch by far than Alfred, or T.
lizabsth And by this test, too, you, Mr. Pye
may be greater Poet Laureat than Old
Dryden himself, if you have but written all
the so Odes, which have been sung to his
majesty's Ear.
There is one excuse, indeed, for the DO.
VERY of your muse-The theme that has been
toucis i as often, at least, as fifty times
particularly, as the subject does not seem
to be-much improved by age-However, in
lieu Of this. Mr.. Pye has one n1ular adj.
vantage In singing the charity, and mild
ness and glories of his majesty, he has all
the privileges Of the Poet who deals III fc
Hon-as his predecessor Dryden, once said
to Charles III. when asked by bin, why he
had written so much better verses on Oliver
Cromwell than himself, " Oh Sir. I'VE do
not pretend to quote his words,) WE Poets
SUCCEED BEST in fiction -
| 'HoDE-IsLAND ELEcTIoN.-The Re.
+ Jean majority is estimated at 200.
Federal do. last year go.
AeH Republican gain $40.
The Asse mbly met at Newport, on the
"a inst. Tor the purpose of electing certain
Judicial and executive officers.
The CoNNEcTIcUT ELECTION took
place, agreeable to the Constitution, or the
9th ult.--There were two Federal candi
; dates 9read7DeH backed b. the Chui N. {.
Roger Grisssld BY the limbs Of the Law