Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-17


oathsome weed away"
Having afforded our readers 4 q" faint idea"
,f tho prose manner of Mr.. Flournpy, We pro-
roed to make a few beautiful extracts from
biz poem; and the first extract we shall make.
IL tho first sentence Of tho eulogum, which
roads thus:
sThe winter nornn5 dawn'd. Tn. oriem Sun
Refusem rose his western run,
And lsh,ed up half the terrestrial ,phers
To pleasure, or to toll, OF bu,y care"
BY this it appears, that tho 4" orient sun" OF
which Mr.. Flournoy speaks, was unusually
busy OH the sth of January, 1914, and got up
before day broak, that is to say, some hours
before sunrise,
"ArJ lighted up half the terrestrial sphere
To pleasure, OF to toi, or busy care"
Mr. Flournoy must bo wizard to find ont
all this; and pray how does lie not know that the
"orient sun" did not rso OH tho day of which
he speaks, before daylight. for some other pur-
pose, than to light up the world for pleasure,
or toll, or busy care But We suppose he
knew ali about it, and NC will not engendcr a
dispute. We must however, admire his metre,
for how sweetly "sphere" harmonizss with
"care!'
According to Mr.. Flournoy it was a dread
full day-hc aliudes to that day, which dawnod
upon tho world, when the sun rose before day
broak. Only listen TO what he says Of it.
I" Pale death in front, anl terror in the rear;
There stand, I,ritannia, and Columbia here,
The FIRST to storm New Orleans; next 10 rend
Fair virtue, shrine the latter to deftnd.
@Beaay and Booty fire Rri,snnie blood,
pe,ind to make the heath purple food"
Heavens! what day! Pale death-dcath
on a pale horse we suppose-was in tho front,
and terror in the rear, the frst-that is,
" death" was to storm New-Orleans, and the
second, terror"-was to rcnd fair virtues
shrine, and make I" the heath purple flood"
" o that great and disastrous day, big with
tho fate of Tuscany, and the fortunes of Juan
Fcrnandize" We hope the world will never
witness such day again!
After having go, through with description
Of the day, and invoked tho aid of the Muses.,
as every good and honest poet is bound to do,
Mr.. Flournoy proceeds TO spenk word or two
in relation TO tho " divine" General JAG kson
"Hcar him! hear hm!!'
40 lend your strength to aid the epic song,
As with the hundriny war roar along,
And in my depict the man divine;
Determin'd, calm, in battles horrid line;
Where Death on hi, pale horse triumphant rides
Her slaughtered ranks whose blood in gushing tides
Drain. the soul cbbng life subsidies"
"The man divine" here alluded to, IS Cen |
cral Andrew Jackson, that pioXS and moral
religlonist and dcvotee. of whom Mr. Flournoy
again speaks in the following words:
"sueh gallant Jackson is, Columbia's pride,
In yaor, for,iude, and honor tried
shcw the great hero breasng the storms
OF war, in all the dire destructive forms
OF balls from cannons, bomb, from m.rtar, thrown,
Bullets from muketry and rifles blown;
And raise another battle on the page,
And fight it o'cr, hll'd with the battle. rage
And with the MUSES.. Doubly fortified;
On Muses. wings, and battles storms fde.
Having afforded our readers thorough
spe ecmen Of the poetical powers Of Mr.. Flour
noy, we shall leave him to ride on Muses.
wings and battle storms" as long as he pleases,
whilst wo amusc ourselves in reading his pro-
duc.ion.
Mr.. Flournoy, if wo remember Alright, was
for several years a member Of the popular
branch Of tho Kentucky Legislature, and was
always remarkable for his impudence and To-
quacity. His clocuton is about equal to his
poetry, with this difference, that whilst the
one flows like food, the other wanders along
like the snail, and carries the traces OF its own
slime in its train. To his credit, however it
can be said, that during tho long contested
battle between the Reliefites and Anti-Relief-
tics, no remained firm to the right side of the
question, and was honestly opposed to their
ruinous innovating system.
His poem is published for political purposes
and probably will not be without its effect; but
wo are surprised that Doctor Hunter, the Ed
itor of the Gazette, who is man Of unques-
tionable genius, should consent to the publica-
tion OF poem, for any purpose. which sets
common sense at defiance.
4" THEopocIoUs." The communication
of"Theodocious," has been received, but we
must decline publishing it,as it rclstes to a pa
per, published in this town. and which former
ly boro on its imprint, tho portraiture Of
"PHnNIx," and whose inherent dulness and
stupidity, carries with il, its own CORE otivc.-l
We seldom notice that papcr.-ndoed We new