Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-23
FOR THg RICUMoyD ENQUIRER
THE NTAIN MISE


In the f.nq"irer OF March 22r was published
n" : OF Lefie1'St 10 yoaWg member of he Rar. -
MY attention was eNrtrd is the following paragraph,
ana ~ Jusiire Ia a PIreinian whose genius Is am
questionable, aud whose poetic powers are very mn
iairy estimated, wish that INV remntk, n,a, he sub.
mIued TO rrfuSa, through line sane medium whirh
ms rroinulged tie intended satire Nv " Lorigo
Uncle thus writes" Dacs not prniuy reuuirr .ult-
vaIion as II as with the eirih - i, il with The
h''"d'l Rinf. Indeed live .eorgics Of the II, md q; =
more Imporiani, imam of The feId and r,J Jeu can
never assent, that naturally ali i,rc equal and
that edncaiioG has made great difference ol,erv
ahe among mankind-'hat Naprlron Bnnipatir and
G 40 fli-IHaac Newton n"d John 6. Symmes---
"'Ham Shakespeare aud The .3sHho, al the lio,r--
IA" muse came from The hanI cf 'iafJU-e eGudl La
"""r Is necessary To excellence, srih some men
| more, ruth Others less
without uOicIng the naluahIe 11riyigyI Le-sr, il,
nus sentenc" my deduction flom the most careful
'eV'cw - Ilsai the Author proposed TO cxl,b;, the
utmost extremes IN contrast, Of ermus and neuinl
CULTIVATION, IN royalty, philosophy and poetry and
my Judgment is, thai he is wrStcbed;, unforf,t, ia
his selection. have certainly no stronger altacb
mem IN political reference TO George I'll ihnn
hat letter. wr'trr, hui am not willing AS a FREUD
% peace ana repuhiicani@n, that all the personal
virtues, the d'gniird moral srnsiiIilitics line mn
3genchable attachment al George H. 10 The rinhts
I" conscience, aud his itien patronage nf every
me 'sure by which the perfection of The arts and
scIences was acreIernied all sLnu!d he totally o.
secured 10y The clarion and blaznn Of war and aiso,b
oe" ~ an ambition equally ummeasnrrh and in>nfia-
BILE John L. Symmes 1 abandon to my loving
OncIe, although feel indescrilahle ;,s,oniSbneuf
that any man should combine such hetercppn,nnl
subjects, possessing the points of simude, for di-
rect comparison.
When the Mountain hluse was null;sI,.I e.
cird, that with all It's Acknowledged nnpctiec
'H +A"'lnr ulSpIaytd superior nair,al genius and
ronsiderate Improvements n ON tltti l,Lour q, tn
= necessary 10 excellence" Probably NY patriotic
feelings and prrdileriions Tor u native ,5oci min,
nave deceived ne hut well remember tbnt # /
er!eu ~ my deciInn, was hIindfolti,J marble ~,
crcS ~ the PirgiHtn Argus National I,ylI;gs,,rs,
aud Hnaisctic Af1gasive '
me question al issue between nv " Loving Unr,.r
ana me, rs whether the former, IN conr,as,inc Ma,
po'eon and George politicians New ion and
o. philosophers, and Shak espFare with the Mnun,.in
""se as poets, has awarded correct decision ,nnn
-, '"'''t merits OF the parties NrGATuH To
"'"i upe' ohakespenre Owe his fame Certainly
w. W we Pre-eminence of his draniatic pieres &c a
ei0fs hui ia the ndiSpuiabIr excellence Of n,r,;cu
''' productions and detached passages II dernoatrs
' rum MS rank as highly gified son of the MUSES.
10 maintain, thar from some of his uj,ys ss.c,ic
can be made as silly and as numerical a. .pv IT,,
,g nuhoon could possibly have scrn,yied and ;nIn
h'apy many ol his juvenile attrmus would lopr sine
H. ''1Seu mo me most couiemplunus Oblivion, IL
~! n'h no. been ecoraled with the fascination ol
" Is name IL IS needless 10 pariicoIar;sr Lec,,ss
.ne nn'vnihHble retrenclmcut Of his most enrbar,.
'"'c'' fhnEions, 10y the exctslon of number less
'eScences, verihcs the fact ieyond de NAL and
dramatic productions " wv Tvs
NO" Tor The contrast, andi nlteran, marion, -
J" 'ne preiaceto The Mountain Muse the a,tbnr b,s
HpolOgised for unavoidable pt,c;,;,,,r, III 49,
j v
'"N'hgs oi an imagination not DOW restricted sb~u
wv, "eif"n ~ eNuhetanrr oT epitiets or any ;m1,.
,e' V"rhus'iy' bat some of his VcrLinge ro Lc co
~" NY passages from Thomson. DaI win and l',ipg
"'hs 'panuc pocte, whom it would -
no''" rulogzc. These deferts su,rru,le, In ,i,
lures NJ my a." loving Uucic"-baf he i,sir,,,,,s r,,
ne fo""ta'n Muse ENVELOPES no more portic Germ,
Whtn weighed ~ the stind,rd or Sb.k es,.,,,
th'n me p'rhc tcrHpers Of George rap 10
~ noise Will the military achievements ,,C y.,,l,,,
:" bHrrotrigg TO The ear ns nte can s rom,
pa gu 10 me luminous jWgmPn Of philnsnuhy lie
H'iWHy ol Weston, viuse nrinbfv ,rt,tiects o,,sr-
90 lHe solar system. Now -llirn tIt,t tl,is rs,,;
OF NY loving Uucle" - vpx ~ ptrterea nina WI,
ne ""u"iatn Muse issued. beard 4, ynrc ,.,,,
PF"n, J"uee declare, HAT " the atujtor had leo,
W"'l'y wise, aud had transmitted The n,nu.rri,t a,
''''''" ana hHd been opig ~ DHbIj.Led il, iii.
'""''F. W. W6nd hIvr been amply renttnernted e.,
- .G',"fN Hnh hfbDr, both ~ gold mud lame Ou,
o","n MSS he"n drluged within these seven ves,s
wv" ,"p"''ed tory trash, called rneirv 4; aud IA,
~. ~ 'W'IinAH"n' sweetness nf vctsiGr,t.ot o
r" upon The sen.ibilirr-, three. fouttis of tl,e
'"'" q'"unm ~" IS tar inferior 10 The eOuso,s "A
"" republican Muse, nv " ipyios UncL." i,s;,..
'''S' "'f Fr2ni" p0tf IS Co NE Bldor stt,iC,,d H.
prove ms p",itun, 80 distribute topouts , II, a.
49," ~ "', "nd 10 encourage Tic cxeriinns Of M,
i've g'rin-es, rei"r 10 ihtce psssaoss ONT, ,h;,t
rNhin ho'h tte priuciplee and talents Of lie ,,,.
y "i NttN superior urdpr sud r,ai,ty i, c.,s m
"r"ned 4eres-lry fu cst,acf 81 length rrn,, ,,i.
'"' :" your "rrrevoudent's pneseSsinn VI, e ty.
"s CncIe' vii pcrfrii To shelter myself from, NJ;
'h'c'sn n"drr TIC collecfioa ,Itrt h.,rc 49,, ,,
| h''re'i ~ offending the Monn,am Miqe r,.,,, ~,
necessary "nf uniusi'Gahe cypfytriun. ft., go,