Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-11

cies, 10 The instruction and amusement OF
| he blind and henighted. To the profound
Author of the Spectrum alone belongs the
honor, to him he the praise, look who
could have predicted five wears ago, yea.
even two years ago, that Spectrum
would be found perched on the necks OF
the Scrub AriStocrdcy tearing away the
ligaments and nerves of their being, and
like the small animal described by natu.
ralists, as feeding on the blood of the liv-
ing steer, until il sinks exhausted, grad
uallv sapping the fo nians of their exis-
tence-who would have predicted this
same Spectrum gently insnuating itself
through the key hole Of my ladv's chamber,
and unravellng the mysteries Of the sex.
and again with eloquence. discanting on
abstracts and essences. until with burning
Indignation, ii sheds lis scorching and
blasting sarcasm on the unfortunate and
lill-lated PuaSter.-Poor fellow. could the
EXAMPLES Of Sheridan, Miller, Selwin.
Voltaire, Curran, Fox, Burke. Bucking
ham, and last, though not least, of Shake
speare and Prentice save YOU from his
grasp. No! 'swe despise the Punster in
the abstract" -I quote his own burning
words, and with oil The horror ofpseudo
genius which builds its hopes on negatives
he resolves TO sport and fntier alone in.
The higher realms Of wit
Poor ignoble hack,
A Tom lit finttering'on an Eagles back.
Could the Spectrum not pity. the or
eauizatian of man is the great incentive
OF all his actions; some are made deep,
profound, and ahstruse as Locke, Bacon,
Newton, and the Spectrum. and FL only
TO gather PEBBLES ON the grea' ocean of
troth, ihey.cannnmo relax their minds to
the conception of little things, or derive
amusement from sach, than can the great
Elephant repnse his corpulent proportions
in The trundle of child-bnf vet there
are others whose minds quietly float mp
and down the small streams of lesser Its
eratlre. and deserve pity, not censure -
Can he 70 whose mind, sqnaring the circle
is a relaxation, hope TO find the world his
equals. can he whose quiet and secluded
life of ease and enjoyment. has kept from
the temptations Of mmoraltv. hope TO
find The world his equals. Can he whose
profound reading. has given command of
classical allusion and wisdom and method
ical mind has garnered M FIR the every
day calls Of fancy and reason, expect the
world 10 equal him in observation md eff
feet. no, .'ihe Ghost answers no." and
henevnlence and charity cxclaim in The
language of fone,
81 ',i's feather"
In thus poin'inr out some of the small
mistakes of the Spunsler. and giving 1T a
little Ghostlv advice. with all Difference
and rrsnect. have not Departed from the
original object Of this paper, and s"
hereafter continue nv most assid }
efforts to follow in tho footsteps of INV -
tustriOus predecessor TO garner the fis1H
aticr his siCkir. 70 attach gain'wIth all the
henevolence the decorations made hv his
sarcasm. to heal the wounds Of his light
ming wit. Indeed The Ghost may be com-
pared 10 a sister of charity, or to a knigh, I
Of old. seeking 20 relieve the sorrows of the
afflicted, aod 10 free the weak and unpro-
tecied from the hands Of power and vio-
lence. It is said of Cato thai when wise
manonce lecturinc IN Reme. On the high |
er moral faculties and The means of imprc- !
wing them, offered to refute in his next /
lecture all he had previously said, he pro-
posed sioning him ont of the city, the
prudisb old rascal when his own private .
moral character was no better than il
should he. NAV moi the censors of modem /
fines. be convicted Of greater departure
from the line they nreerrihe for The foot (
II. Il. r.. a.. I l.
and malignitv was not a patriot at heart, /
pursuing power unsiI ii fully eluded bis /
grasp, fatterng the throne until he was /
satisfied he could accomplish noihingby I
such means, he changed his warfare and I
libeiled the king. while he reused the Irish
against the Government by his famnns
inflamatorv letters. the causes Of action
IN I'll minds are in some degree sirri,ar
and the snarle ofthe lap dog is produced
hv the sarge cause as the nobler eff,rts
af the hulr Z is not uncommon to 6nd
mon who have pas<cd the period Of volih.
and adolescense as smart, who have been
led to believe hv the flatterS of parenfsand
friends that they possessed within them
selves the unquenchable raw of genius
passing into life. and not realizing the
bright expectations of honors and rewards
growing nervous, envious. and snarlinp.
those characters are by no means rare. and L
constitute The great mass of the scribbIing
FRY SO well described by young.
eliot envions, noisy, dull, the scfibblinp fry,
Burn. hiss and bounce, waste paper, stink and
die
all their milk has been changed 10 gall,thev
find themselves not so highly appreciated
as their merits deserve, they study nnnis
and he Dunciad TO add to their stock and