Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-23

The oroDosi,ion in South Carolina now is. to
all Southern Convention. This the Nuiliti-
q, oppose. Should Congress modify and adjust
h. Tariff, the proposition may as well be aoan-
Ion.d. Asi is, We question whether ConVen-
non Of this nature would take weA out OF the
S,r. Of South Carolina. Ia Virginia the pre-
,aiing option seems to be to let the laws take
.her course, aud public opinion operate in the
I'D way.
has been often said, that though the Ameri-
can ,Oi is prolific in the production Of genius,
vet it is not one on which talent can ripen into
maturity, or be nurtured aud cherished in its
progressive growth aud Improvement We have
lad many eminent men, cut Of the school OF po-
aics, Who, leaving Us at an early day, have
sought in Europe just remuneration tor their
mental !abors, and been content III foreign coun-
tie, to exercise those high puwers OF intellect
With which the Creator had endowed them. The
naD Of genius is not such creature OF romance
as some think him. To him the successive cares
llClent to human life are as constant and irk.
sne as they are to his fellow men, rendered IN
hh case perhaps more grieyious from greater
,eH,Ibity and less intimate acquaintance with
lie act, and designs Practised in the world. He
desires qud pro quo, Just as much as the mer-
chant or mechaiic. That We cannot afford to
aPy cur poets guinea line for their rhymes.
la matter Of regret to them-many have said, 1t
should be i source Of modification to us-we do
'r' think SO. We took up our pen however, at
the commencement Of this paragraph, not for the
purpose OF complaining that we have not hitherto
een as generous 10 CUE native writer's as Euro
teln, have been jest, but to remark, that, for
SINE time past, better spirit has begun TO pre-
VAIL We have been fairly forced by the English
Reviewers to acknowledge that our countrvmen
IA write good books-that acknowledged, the
a'A' tang Is that people begin to read and buy
oen When Washington Irving and John How
ard Payne come over from England, this spirit
VII be mcreased: for we then shall have amongst
e'hO.e upon whom the need OF praise has been
''eady bestowed elsewhere, and patriotism will
'N'aHer US to be backward in extolling our owl
colnHpen.
'Aat We are not the first to mark and applaud
Ute productions Of American writer's, is an error,
"@'1 ma, be Pall'ated or excused. The most
''"O'a'ed OF these, have appeared on the other
'"eO' The Atiantlc-they were there submitted
"?uo"' judgment, anil there received condem-
''''Oo OF appreciation before their appearance
'"s-Or at least before they could be examined
1'O passed upon here. A literary reputation
ute established, at least works and wears well
'"'nsSt US, If We are slow to acknowledge, our
a''a once established, is afterwards hard to be
'''sn hrsry thing from Irving, Cooper, Pauld-
~ anu several of our Poets whom it is not ne
,''4'! 10 name, is received by the reading pub
a. - much written for immortality, and wor-
- VI nat honor. That we do not agree with
sr 'O'S'a'd reading pubic. is perhaps our own
'''--IO' we are in such matters apt to be like
"'"'h jury man, who, for his life could not
'u''Nce the eleven obstinate fellows.
"A' We we're just now saying, however, Is
.. ~ tna We are heartily glad of 1t. A better
r." " beginning to prevail in. relation to our
!, '''! men, Wehope soon that voyage across
Va, IVA. VIII not be necessary for any of them.
~. ~, "al We wonid not wish to see them drinking
WV 'ass'c fountains learning in other c!imes,