Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-04-29
AMERICAN LITERATURE.

AMERICAN LITERATURE.
We extract tie following beautiful fragment
from the second volt 'e Of Salmagundi, which in
our opinion has rarely been equalleJ by any foreign
writer. There is in it a chastity Of thought, a neat
ness of diction, and sweetness of sentiment, which
cannot iai. to elicit tie admiration of the lovers of
fine writing. The author,* NAsHINGr RON IRVING.
had his genius been encouraged as it merited,
would not have been con- PEELED TO seek for fortune
and for fame, on the shores Of Europe;--but $. it
rs. and those native minds, which in foreign eli
mates are nurtured with ii ''hot house culture
find at home no encouragement for their labors, and
no protection at the hands of those who are
bound to cheer genius III its toll, and waylaringS
But IRVING, iii a land oGstransers, among English
men, has had ample proof, that there is at least one
solitary spot, where talents are rewarded, and where
genius is encourage; and tina, Britain, naughty and
overbearing as she may he, will not behold the
flowers of intellect whitening and dying, without
holding forth her %patronal hand to rescue then.
from the miseries of want. 1t is true, her SAVAGE
and her OIwAy suffered all the ills Of poverty and
distress in the very heart of Ensland's Metropolis,
and that her C~HITrERToN, chagrinoL by disap-
pointed fame, relieved himself, NJ the age of seven
zen, of life, which 10 his sensitive mind had be-
come mtolerable. But these dark days of indiE-
ference 10 The fate of genius are no more, and Bril-
tain now, with a holy zeal, fosters and protects the
offs springs Of genius, no matter from what cline
they come, and boasts that America affords her the
ablsst Poets, Painters and Artzans. II is due to
the character OF oar country, that these things
should no longer be suffered thus to remain, and we
owe it TO ourselves and to posteri!y, that we offer
incentives to call back TO the places ol their nativity.
the wandering children of genius and of song, who,
but for our cold Indifference, would have establish
edpn a fair and imperishable basis, the Literary
character of Amerih.
The eccentric, and highly gifted NEAL, who has
Of late been So much, and so justly ccusured, for
writing against his native country, in BLAcxwooD's
MAGAZINE. was driven FROM MS home, to fluid
i'll other climes, an humble shelter from the peltinss
Of penury;-and ilhe has, in a moment OF asperity,
INDUCED his wounded feelings, and repaid US for our
unl;Indness, the guilt lies rather at our door than
at his. We hope 10 sec the day when the writers
Of America will not be compelled To seek among
foreigners and strangers, that succour which their
countrymen can, bat will not afford.
Among the numerous race Of the Bed
GUMS, wins people the vast tracts of Arabia
Derserta, is a small tribe, remarkable fol-
their habits of solitude and love OF ndepen-
dence. They are of a rambling DISPOSE
ton, rowing from waste to waste, shaking
their thirst at such scanty pools as are found
in those cheerless plains, and glory in the
unenvied liberty they enjoy. A youthful
Arab of this tribe, a simple son of nature, al
length growing weary ofthis precagious apt
in search of some permanent abode. "l
will seek" said he "some happy region
some generous cline where the dews o
heaven difiIsc fertility will find GU
some unfailing stream; and forsaking thu
joyless life of my forefathers, settle on it
borders, dispose my mind to gentle plea
sures, and tranquil %cnjcyments, and neve
wander more"
Enchanted with this picture of pastora
iohSi'y, he uePdIteu iiohh 'ho o'' VI III
companions; and having journeyed during
five days, on the sixth, as the sun was jus
rising in all the ~splendors of the east, HI
lifted up his eyes and beheld extended be
fore him, in smiling luxuriancc, the fertile
regions of Arabia the Happy. Gent.
swelling hills, tufted with blooming groves
swept down into luxuriant wales, enamele'
with flowers of never whitening beauty
The sun, no longer darling his rays witt
torrid %fervor, beamed with agenial warmth
that gladdened and enriched the landscape
A pure and temperate serenity, an air o
vo~luptuous rcpose, a smile Of contente,
abundance, pervaded the face of natu re
and every zephyr breathed a thousand dc
'This efrusion has been by some attributed 10 PAUL
DING.