Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-15
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DOMESTIC NEWS.

I
cy Adams just issued from the pres u Boston, IS
spoken of in the following manner by tbs editor Of
The Boston Advocate
| DrRnor Mac Monrodu, or the Conquest Of Ire
land an historical tale Of tie Twelfth century. IN for
canios by John Quincy Adams-Thi, is The tile
of nea, psmpl,le, ofl0s pages, Which ca.!s ireu,
| the press Of Carer. lionjee * Co Oh Saturday.
| ko.hin. has occurred for long time, in the his
tory Of LITERATURE more remark able tinn ilis.
poein a playful, sIiriesi, finished polished poem,
from the pen Of the profound and ansiere statesman
the learned civilian, the deep scholar, the acute pc
lltleian the unconluored and nnconqnersbc ceniro
vefsialIst And yet se really have in IBIS poem :,
another Of those specimens rare & 50 agreeable
in the history OF genius and learning, OF great
saslty Of talent; the union of the npposies OF play
| ful bunor and profound research.
| The Tx Presdcn, has occasionally been known
| 20 have woocd the muses. in few sianzas, but this
IS his first attempt al any thing like con,.nuor ,
poem, His friends might we'll have tremblcd for
| his fame If they had known he was velfarins on
50 hazardous an experiment, a, an age whom those
who pracsed poets in their youth, lose all the
IRE and force OF fancy and @hen those who never
we're ~cs, cannot acquire the sinoothncss and re-
| inement of the urt.
| Nevertheless Mr.. Adams hns been cminenty
7nceessful in this f,nciful but olcgnn, iriling Of
his leisure hours. He has chosen for his theme
the events wh.c. el to tic possession of Ireland
| by England IN the twanh century, and az has al
ways been the faci, since the days OF 1--we
and Helen, IN all cong tests and downfalis OF man
| and empires, 1omon is the cause Of all.
| Dermot, King Of Leinster, seizcs md carries off
| DoyergIlda, wife Of Ororic, who 10 return attacks
Dermot and drives hun out Of the kingdom He ap-
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his Kingdom, which he 10 hold in vassalage
under the crown Of England. Henry awaited him
self of this claim and through achieved the entire
! conquest OF Ireland
This outline Mr. Adams has wrough, up to
beautiful moral illustrating the ,rite, but as he con-
ceivcs, false MAXIM that History is Philosophy
teaching by example an aphorism, which he says
| has made greater fortune in tho world than il de-
serves. " History, as il should be written and
read, IS the school OF morals, teaching sometimes
lby example, but much more frequently by
odmoaihoa To test this truth, says Mr.. A.
would ask the Young men and women o.rny ma
! tive country, who may charge an idle evening with
the persal ofthe history which now dedicate to
| them. wha, sort of philosophy would bo taught by
the erampie Of Henry the ID Of England, or Of
Dcrmot Mac Morrogh which resulted in the con
qucs, OF Ireland" He adds, with a well deserved
sheer, David Hume, passes for Il philosophical
historian
This correction Of a false notion Of the nature of
history, as il has heretofore been written, is Wor.
thy tho attention ola distinguished and
as grave rs is Mr Adams, and no has perhaps
chosen the bes, possible vehlcs for illustrating il.
This is no other Than the studicdy negligent mea-
sure celebrated in the Italian schools OF gpety, bu,
frsl successfully cnsrafied iniD the English Ian
Igunse by Lord Byron, in his Iniu,table Bsppo and
Don Junn tho lest poer, OF more genius, 10 Oils
Town conception, ,lian Millions epe, und Of uirsur-
passed richness in dcgAcy OF SATIRE fancy and
truth to nature. We say nothing Of its muioyali-
ties, but Of its powers Mr. Adasls has success
fully followed his rnoel--one which seemo most
leasy of imitation, and yet is most difficult II has
been redeemed in the present instance from every
thing offensive, who gives so much point to By
ron satire for II IS much easier to be smart whom
you disregard deccncy, than i. IS to be witty and
severe without being IN the slightes, degree, ndc-
cent or rudc. In no measure applicable to poetry,
IS ,hcro SO sllghia s,leae, as in this, between the
sublime and the ridiculous. There Is scarcely n
middle ground of medocrity, and ii will either ex-
etc I'D niruion or disgust, il is successfully or
unsucceNstully attempted. II isa form Of poetry
which we have always preferred To all others, for
enoHdying nj once the grave and gay, the lively
and severe, ,h4 irihins and pathetic. Mr. Adams
has certainly been successful in il. There IL MOI
much effort Il, the imag nntiye naihetic, bu. the
satire Is delicate, polished, and severe, ind he
friends 9! HE distinguished author have 10 cause
10 Yer .hat nc sas condesccndcd to tribe with
f2w OF his leisure hours, and has given lac results
20 the world
In his preface, Mr.. Adams says tt The sub.
J,ci WAS we'll adapted TO the composition Of an his
togcit tale, and such deliver il to the judemcn,
toimy country. II is intended also as moral tale
teaching the citizens of these safes of both sexes
the virtues ofconjugal fidelity of genuine pety,
and al d2yotlor 10 their country, by pointing the
hngeg Of seorn Il, Ihe example SIX hundred years
s'noe exhibited of country sold to foreign lnva-
des by the JON, agency Of violated marriage vows
unpfncipied ambition and religious impos!ure."
Tie THiG.-The events OF every day concur to
prove, that tins system, AS SUCH was never more
aRSetfted since the origin OF the government tha,
II is al this moment fany reliance con DO place,
on the statements OF the suhjoinud extract ola let
ter from Mr.. f. Littell, o; Philadelphia, ad
dressed to Gen. llayne Of this city dated Washing
ton, 23J October, aud frs, pubs in the Pdlr4di
of yesterday, IN the future adjustment Of this qucs
ton, We have every thing to hope from the goot
Offices AMI patriotism OF the present admln;stra
uon. The President is represented to be ph us
upon the general principle, and real aud vii
ling 10 carry II INTO effect with lttle delay as
prudent %uton against procpatc changes will al
nit. And what more does any honest man, any
true AMerican, want?
Mr. Litell says
Extremely anxious abou' the course of Sou,
Carolina tthc free trade party cannot afford to lose
their abcs advocate came to this city rs som n,
the President had returned from his journey to as
certain from himself and from tn Secret ry of the
Treasury, whether Their, was il reality n hope for a