Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22

hned, Oeautllul IN detail, rlca IN description,
but he has still forgotten The figure OF personl-
fcation; he sings Of what belongs to the attrl-
butes of Autumn, rather than Of her individual
self; the pastimes, the labors, the sunshines,
storms, and the productions, are worthy Of his
polished Tyre. Of his Episodes we need not
speak, all who read must admire: but the critic
ventures little who hazards the opinion that
they had been read with equal delight Invested
of their beautiful accompaniment.
BLOOMFIELD, who was once fashionable, is
now forgotten; they, however, who delight TO
slumber over CRADLES minute description Of
misery in her most forlorn and vulgar attitudes,
may occasionally turn to BLOOMFIELD and learn
how kline are fattened but should they eventu-
ally "batten on his moor" they may recur to
the Divine, where human scenes Of a cores
pendent nature are furnished at moments
warning.
we may witness the regular beauties Of Au-
tumn, but her sublmities are unknown TO a le
vel country She is queen of the mountains,
there she holds her court, there giants rise above
giants, and crowns of the amethyst, the eme-
raid, and the ruby are comminged in gentle
tide Of motion; IL is there that the sun convokes
his mighty slpendors, & revels in his panopy
Of clouds, as if he was envious Of the heaven,
the sylvan heaven beneath him. it is there that
chanted winds; il is there that imagination
waves her talisman there the spirit of the cav
ern broods over his hidden treasures; and there
the 'wldered pilgrim is lost in the music Of
harmonious colors, or ever-changing shadows.
| The Poet-what shall be said Of the Poet?
! What usurps the ''hne phrensy" Of his eye? Is
ii yon autumnal theatre? Why roYes his Vi
| sion. Would he condense The mighty drama
and place it near his heart; or is he haunting
the scene with fancies, seeking SHAKESPEARE
and his heroes and banners, and Lear, and Cor
della, and madness, amid the half defined limits
of the prospective? No-the call on his per-
ception belongs TO immensity-the warders OF
his brain are insuficient-a dazzling chaos as.
tounds him, nothing is finished or arranged
the column he creates has no base, It's capital is
wandering in the air-the palaces move-the
argoses sparkle with diamonds, the MINISTRIES
are happy, there is -wha.?-.A aOaking dream
ofecstacy
Though Autumn is neither magnificent nor
sublime in level country, we may still behold
her in all her arcadan lo,eliness-If her Tyre is
denied,we possess herShenstonian reed, the gen
tie motion Of her southern banner is beautlinl.She
merely glides over oul reluctant forests, she is
with US but moment and then she is welcom.
ed with screen of flowers, which dehes the
mser- blast of winter.
But let us take, like SrERNE, a single captive,
a single oak Of the forest--when its topm ost
leaves are gone, it resembles the banner of an
Admiral, which droops over departed authori-
~. But when the oak becomes an image ofen-
tire desolation, when the wid-rose is dead and
all the Establishments Of the heath are no more,
we still behold the eddyng leaves, they are
borne upwards by the winds, and again aspire
before they die, to seek shelter In the arms OF
their sometime" mother. II. i. r.
Thomas S. Grmke, Esq. political candi-
date Of much respectability, of Charleston, ).
c. has published an address TO his Fellow CT
tizens, in which he Observes
81 private Citizen has right 10 make up his
mind noaD, on the question between Jackson and
Adams. He has right 10 make his decision
the criterion OF his vote; provided he does SO
conscientiously from sense of public duty, and
not from party feelings. But it is Tar other
wise with fhe candidate, who, if successful,
must, as Public Man, under the highes, sane
lions of public duty, decide this very question,
at distance OF more than two years.
SIN my opinion, he has not a right 10 PREJUDICE
the question Yet the more decisively he makes
up his Judgment noaO, the more must he lose the
full benefit of candid consideration Of all the
binary course of human events, must occur, be-
tween this date, and the session Of December,
1928 If he desires and resolves to act, in
manner worthy Of his station, he ought to guard
scrupulously and diligently against both preJu-
dice and prepossession. He is therefore bound
TO preserve as far as he possibly can, an indie
pendent and impartial frame Of mind, and hap
ply is that man, who shall be so fortunate as TO
approach the election, not as q PartiSan, tut as
Patraot."
Communicated for the Democratic Press
B. | feel not much interest in the question
whether Jackson or Adams should be oar next
President, but rather wish il may be Jackson,
because he deserves it best, having done SO
much for his country.
F. No citizen 10 whom the prosperity and
happiness, Of his country ere dear, should con-
slider that as an undressing question, and IN