Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-05
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1.-THE DISOWNED..


1.-THE DISOWNED."
icadcr-hnvc you read 1.-The Uisowned," tho no.
blcst production OF the imagination of this tecming
,hohghs is mingled with delicate and charming wit,
consummatc skill in human passions with agreeable
fiction, and the submest morality recommended in
eloqucnce that never before illuminated the page OF
the novelist ? If you have not we tell you in the
hacknoyed, but appropriate phrase 'you have great
pleasure 10 Come" We do not advise YOU TO hasten
the enjoyment, but rather To hoard il for time, anu
feed your ina CITATION with the agreeable expectation
since much oour happiness exists in expectation
The following extract Rom page 81 Of the End
volume, we quote specimen OF the cloquence of
"fhe Dsowncd," and to OUR, perhaps erroneous,
taste, 1t seems unsurpassed by Mossillon or Chalmers
Passages equally fine shine through the whole work
Nordannt," properly, the hero fthe piece, fails
10 deep poverty, is forsaken by the world his wife
and child dying before his eyes of starvation. In
this state hf is tempted to crime, by engaged in
extensive fraud, who coafidant and an assis
tant Schemes promising immediate and unboundcd
wealth. and safety from detection ore unfolded TO him
lie is reminded ofthe cruelty aud Injustice of the
world to rouse his resentment, of bis starving wife
and child, that suplisry might find nm apology for
tcrme, IN the law of sclfprcservation and patterns,
duty. In vain Nothing Gun move his inaexi5lo
virtue. His triumph gives Occasion to tic quotation,
which we make not merely for its coYuencc, bat for
its truH--if indeed there 10 an eny eloQuunre apart
from truth.
"But YIRTi'E Inns resources buried in itScI; which
we know not, till the invading hour calls them from
their retreats. Surrounded by hosts without, and
which, nature itself turned traitor is its most deadly
enemy wIthin; 1t assumes q and superhuman
power, which is greatcrthnn nature itself. Whate
vcr be It's crcCd-vhatcvcr be its sect-iron wate-
yer segment of the Globe its Grisons arise VIM
EUD IS Gods Empire and from his throne Of thrones,
he will defend it. The orbs Of Creation the Islands
OF light which float in myriads on tho ocean of tho
Universe; suus that have number, pouring light
upon worlds that untravelled by tho wings of Sierra
phm spread through the depths Of space without end:
these ere, to thscyr of God, but the creatures of
lesser exerion OF his power born blaze, to testify
his power, and TO perish But VIRrUR is more pre-
cious than al worldsan eHanation, an essence Of
luiGseif-nors ethereal than the anGels--moro du-
rable than tine palaces of Heaven the mirhtiest
master piece OF him who set the stars upon their
courses and filed Chaos with on Universe! Though
cast into this distant earth, and struggling the dun
arena of human heart all things above are spectators
OF it, conflicts enlisted in its cause The angels
have their charge over II; tue banners Of arch-anges
ne is side; and from sphere TO sphere through
the liinltable Ether, and round the impenctrablc
darkness, at the feet Of God. IFS triumph is hymned
by hsrps which are strung to the gIoriea of its Crea-
tor :"
The Disowned,' isby the author Of Pelham"
but more powerful work Pursuing the fashion Of
Junlus and the great "WiZrd of the North" the
author has shroudcd himself in darkness 1t Is the
ashon of the time, and polite, since mystery imparts
ntercstto whatever it conceals. D'Israoi the youn-
ger Ia christianized Jcw) and Theodore Hook have
shared the credit Of authorship between them, but
looks nov almost universally acknowledged as the
author.