Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-08-31

unsnackicd by either metre or Fhyme, cahnve
fail tosadd the name Of the author 70 the list Of
Epic poets. Wesay Epic; yes! Epic; for i bears
many marks Of the higher class Of imaginative
writings--the author, in most cases. drawing
on his Imagination FOR his facts. Most authors
whether poets or not, require some matter Of
history tradition or experience, but the entire
absence Of any basis Of truth in this production,
while II cannot exclude the effort from the rank
we assign to il, must at tho same time excite
more exalted notion Of the writer's mental pow
ers, especially Of his originality, creative andin
yentivc powers, imagination end vivid fancy
To support rhis opinion we will ana!yse his ar
tcles as they appear.
This extraordinary production begins, OF
| course, in medals res-"a subject Of thrilling
intercst'u 'ayma verumque!" The first SEN
tence throws the reader into the midst Of the
subject, at ention is thus awakened and inter
est aroused--''the importance of the approach.
ing contest ought to bea subject of thrilling in
terest to the people Of this State, but more esPc.
cially 10 the froemcn Of Amite." AZ mystery
ADDS to tho sublimity of poetry and gives II ef.
feet, the author chooses to leave us to conjec.
ture why the approaching election is Of more
ssinterest" "to the freemcn Of Amite, than to
others; and the idea Of 'ithc importance" being Of
thrilling interest, is highly poetical;a common
prose writer would have said the contest, and
not the importance, is Of interest, Sc.
any attention has been drawn to the conside
ration Of the pending eleetion, and the necessi
ty OF right understanding of the politics OF the
Wing ticket, by reference TO the reiterated slang
of pr0hgate Bloody Bill" State Rights men
that the Nullifers are obliged to cast their suf
frages upon the leg bail ticket"
awake my st. John, leave meaner things
To low ambition and the pride Of Kings"
..My attention. 6sc.--So il appears he is in.
terested in the election. He must be a patriot,
one too who has no care for self Poets gencr-
ally are careless of things that concern them
his motto and the substance Of his dreams--he
loves himself for his eountry's sake! His dis
should be rewarded with a seat in
the next Legislature--yes! in the Speakers
chair--"a right understanding ofthe Wing tick.
et"--look at that; see how he rings in The word
ticket instead of party See what glorious
confusion. by the icence of his art he amalga-
mates to suit his purpose, "Whig ticket, "rci-
tcrated slang Of prohigate "Bloody Bill" State
Rights men," "Nulli6ers" "leg bail ticket, !"
&c. &c.
We sometimes indulge in stringing verse, and
IRE particularly fond Of poctry. and admire eve
~ clever werk Of the imagination, such as that
under consideration is. 1t q most extraordi-
nary work, which We will be able, we think, to
as leisure and inclination will per-
nit; concluding, for this time, with a word on
the Wing Ticket" at the head Of which will
stand, no doubt. "Thc Great Western" Henry
Clay. As we use humble prose we would use
the word party instead of ticket. The Multi.
er viii please excuse US if We do not follow him
in his airy fight He can, inflated with his own
Importance and poetry, ascend like an Eagle, |
whilst we waddle in our humble sphere like
new picked Goose with wing broke. But to
our subject, the wing ticket, for which "A Null
LITER" has 30 much regard!
Henry Clay. tho high priest Of that party,
said, in 1911, 81 conceive tho establishment of
this Bank ~. s. Bank,) as dangerous to the safe
ty and welfare Of this Republic" and condemned
it as Unconstitutional.
But after the bank baptised him in its silver
fount he had his eyes opened, and said that the
"true and only eficacious and permanent rene
dy, solemnly believe, 10 to be found in Bark
Of tho United States" February, 1888. And
i believe the establishment Of Bank of the
United States is required by the common good
Of the country" May, 1898. lie also said, at
Syracuse, July, 1889: clam willing to go fer a
revival of the State Bank deposite system, and,
ifcontrary to my convictions, it should furnish
sound and stable currency, and successfully
manage the national finances, will yield it my
continued confidence and support"
Now, how any Nulli6er is to understand 9Th,
peltics' Of the party, Of which the above is
part, we cannot devine. Their leader was ono,
an anti-hank man--then u. s. Bank man, an,
now would 90 for State Banks, or any thing tina
| would make him President