Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-08-27
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0"5 fHeg at he Lqf telsJ atiea sf he Fauttus AZ
location, in B3fan, G7t,ds elfg1rt JFeti7ea
y d1srieaa Literature and zVe thine, ds5e, vediy
e'titlef III aEt5sy to tie bgb easemipms 5efsqpea
Q" hin and bn Psyf'rmaates BY ID slit9r Of tie
Bolton Patriot, IN tie jol!.qDi4g ia:'es4s-
tcn -
The celebrity Of Mr. Paine, cannot be aug
mented hy any prsiie Of ours When the
founders Of the Federal llTeet Theatre 10 in.
cite The genius Of he nation, propofed me
"a foi Prologue; Mr. Paine, although a
Tripping entered the Iias and bore away the
palm. The gentlemen ielected for arbiters
and who unanimously awarded the prize, pof-
fsled pure and refined tate aud impartial
and enlightened minds. Since that GgnaI
triumph OF his muse he has occasionally
written and Pubiifhed odes, fongs, and poems,
whole general iuccels has been wholly unriv-
allied IN America He is now reoiGng and en-
iarglng what Is already in the hands of the
puhhc and is adding fome new pieces ofgreat
merit; The whole Of which will be ihortly IL
iued from the prefs of Mr.. Becher in an oc-
tavo voumn' Mr.. Paine is now foley devo
ted 20 his books and his mu(e, snd if his feeble
oonititu.ion does NOT prematureIy Weld, he
viii ral!e monument TO our national glory,
whole iPlendor will difhpa.e the Boe.ian
dar<nets which has hitherto, 70 generally
hrouded tbe genius Of cur literature.
The Pfeient ode was written q; the reaue(t
OF the Fauius Ahociatioh, upon a hort no.
lice. Il flaihed from the peers pen at a fia-
gle heat. But 1t is nevertheless pregnant
with the liifory Of the arr Which il celc-
braies WIKI aIlulions and iIlultrations vigor-
ouily bold and caliicaly beautiful ; and not
withdrawing the fhackles Of writing to mulic.
the ltyle is mafculine aad poetic
The great itages Of the art are poetically
de!crbed in the three flR We, ;es to each of
which there isan appropriate chorus Print
ing upon blocks with immoveable types was
Invented by the defendants Of Noah, . on the
tent Pla':ls OF Shinah," and wa nearly coeva
with the hrit rude eflays al agriculture But
the art remained in this fate Of imperfecton,
tii father Fault broke her table of wood"
and invented the movable type. IL fucceed-
ing generations The art received various i'm
pfovements, prior 10 the era of Franklin, who
hriI united the genius Of philoiophy 10 the art
OF the mechanic.
How would antiquity hide her diminifked
head, could ihe rIie from the grave, BURT her
Garments, and lurvey the comforts and ele-
gance which flow from the art and fcience
Of modern life /? Her heroes and FACES would
ihed
Zsar5 ef blood On tie pat zoJe,s tie zva,1 they
b4alea,''
=. the;r limited means Of cryoatrars . -, IL -
would with holy ASPIRATIONS bIefs the " gen
Jus Of type" which had 70 wiiely DILUTED
their glory and 10 permanently emba,med
their fame.
/ The concluding verfe imPrefes PITUITARY
lefon and conveys noble moral. We fer
veut!y hope that the leiion and the moral will
no, pats unregarded by the Conductors Of lit.
era.uIe * political journals for they ltaud at
tie fountains Of public opinion and direct the
/ cOu. se Of lis toFtents.