Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-01-02

And shall not PHYS sacred voice prevail?
Go, go with her TO yondcr xretcied couch
III Poverty : obscure aud cteer'ess she'd,
Where freedoms minstrel, broken Leartcd, lies.
ina clasps ,ciM leeble MS mourning are,
See there the weeping Muses. round hin, bang,
AMI, still! with their inspiring beams iume
His haggar' cheek, and rouse his fainius pulse;
While he in breathing Law,
Their soothing care, and tun.ful influence owrs.
But, aE! no stains of happiness heard
Conimnsling with his melodious song
M CLEANS of earthly joy break through the gloom
Which movers round, aud chis his auc uisict sou-
Zen Hope has ceased to smile upon the wreck
Ofpromi.cd bliss that cleered his brighter DAYS.
/ H'uaerlgs Life Of .NapoYeo,-A literary friend IN
whose good taste and Judgment he confdes has the
editor OF the New York American the following notice of
pant Of work ha, is looked nr with much avjitv
and which Carey Lca, Of Philadelphia, have nov in the
press
'''Ihe Liz. Of i3nnnpa.c, by the author Of Waver, j.
we uadcrsav To BE- completed in seven octave volumes
We haze Ind an nppnr,nny of perusins the whole Of the
hEst, (except sheet the vo!ne not sent otI
and part of the md and hoped a been able to have
given an extract which might hare served as kew to The
senc:a spirit OF the Whole In this however, we are dis
appointed. sis extract would have contained
cism on Burke's celebrated Reflections written with tenn
perance an! happy medium praise and ccns,re ,yIc
strikes admirably illustrative of the GOOD a,
nnn sense which blends remarkably with grea,
'iuS of Sir Walter Scott. The par, work which we
.used was summary of tla events of tI,.
French Tevolunn for the massacre of the Swiss
Guards Two or three chapters would brought
us t" the inss death, which the powerful graphic hand
81 The author must nave made extremely striking and inn
posing We are compelled 10 say that the feelings with
which read the fist part Of The work. were those of dis
appointment So many works have been written and tv
well acquainted aud able 10 uort,ay the c
ses OF the trench Revolution. thar author OF Wa
VERY lind little of novel original chain our a,,.n
oi' conscious OF The iedi,usness of the bca ck he
has employed in great proi'sinn, often neither
naturally nor originally, meta ,ars and SMILES uhic!, hoy
ever well thry may the style novel take for,
the dignity Of historical discussion. The simil.s drawn
i:om classical stores often of The es. kind and in
'e"Ccs in the page, which contained as ay ,aLo,ed
comparisons. Win regard tie Split of the ,v1, il i;
:!Dera yet decidedly 10y n" The author is wIinn 10 rive
Que creo: to the motives Of the Constitutional nd Rcnuh
'can leaders OF the Hev"luon, bat the king Louis VI is
allowed ' faults hm; those which cnea to us lie
presented with all tie vnrs which Charles L. posse sscd
while his only faults unwneness to shed the
blood of his Subjects and too great distrust Of his own
Judgment SGIeiy TO an unbiased mjn!- greater and
verse faults must bavc been found in his Character or
Louis could have bccn uIuopula and his
"Ga authority reyIed aud rsped from, the commence
nrni OF the struggle. There ,oint in which these
2'vs of Ie French Revolution will most grateful 10
Anesans Sin Waiter is cn'nently just faye,te-
t!ced we acquainted witt! history Of these times
"hi eKnhi's Lafayette i" So respectable light whether
us regards character, influence abilities His motives
are represented pure; his influence grea aad with hut
one eXcepio Iroay aGd generously exercised; he
: acknowledged as The leader az his party and becomes
without Influence by :i nnuou of that fty and last
- MS ifeaCcTo' imprisonment is The Pr:ssian aych
IS justly and warmly condemned Some OF the characters
" me Revolution are admirably sketced. Dantcn Ro-
OeSicfe, and MaFa;, separately Disseminated and
out hy few striking '0Gchs ich convey i'm brief
space f%ceI''"t outlines OF ir character. R,t the des-
cHpil"H ~ s more remarkable tie s,crn;no oc hin,
nasr tie attack on tie Palace oC Vasai!lcs aud pari
cnhiy tine naSsacFr of the Swiss Guards, c desc rbed
':a He niInta!c hai.! which gives =, n,cI ;r
est to the INA Iindy mob Elnbug, il, the Ie,,, f Nil
"G'a" Indeed, TIE interest wonirf ni!y tckeas as we
ADVANCE towards the fatal period o the birth of Napocop
uh Just before tie ital Of the King the WORK has all the
enchanting interest Of romance. Its pubca,io, NAV
therefore be expected with the certainty the greatest
sra''hc"'on ana enjoyment by the reading ruhic.r
The question Of tio authorship cf tie yYaverly No
"tS, was considered settled bv the exoosf;on of!
hdalfF, consequent upon iie failure o Constable s. Co
Inc publishers Still however, there some who are
sCcPUca!, notwithstanding the If, If Napoleon avov
edy written by Sir WALTER SccTr, is announced j,
the London papers, iron, tic pen Of The author oil
WaverIy. On "Wednesday letter uninest;cn-
ably authenticated rs coming from Sir Walter Scou
and signed '7He 8nttor IF Waveriy." The writer
had at FIRST designed subscribing with his Proper nane
fTGHer was written, and erased with stroke of the
pen but stii lee ie The letter is on the subject of
the Life o: : 71icon.-- 5'hH 8uroyt
Worig.-Tc fact ..a',. ~ the 7nar:oa pararrs;,,,
'2fa the Eationa! Gazette safety every mind vhcb
SUI doubt - relation 70 ne authorship Of ,cse
The "sY i, Of Nnp,'-oa, Is aaaa.,red by the T. it;.
rHOs'e's as The %o; Of the Auihor ~. jjarcr Sir Wal
Ter scot" avoWs himself 10 DC .a aeiaor or The Lin. oc
Napoleon: Ergo, !t; Bn, we do nv. rs..;,o . e,i;
'' proof on the fact. We saw v,>r, . IN s:r * aII.
'',, ,i "ni'yS''"nahly ar'a.n lis acknowledges
refers 80 III Life oi Napoleon as .' vs.
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t'aiham county, i71rEe, the Postm7>,, ~ r.. ;,,
had nee" subscriber to that paper il. ,.,o..,
yrrs 'n' had never been indebted fof longer term oil
subscription inan six monios. On ..is Gil. ~ = -"
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vi al The subscribers to newspapers were Cd,,,,.
C3t'ty Ge"'rTe't, what merry life editors ,v,tt ,,
fIcy wonid w viity, more oav nj, ,r 'e'",
% ana never Ut loss IN make itcir uacrs
LINING. Empty pockets your mortal dcrnyrrs Of ;
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