State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-10-02


obInracy oil opfnian-for | believe sincerely 'hn
tubic npnioBsi present regard, Is well lovbde
in general N.Y. 'hoyght it l. often 90 harshlE IN
i forcsi--such e0nsci8usness did bnt impan to lhei
souls n ting Smelancholy which rendered thei
/ happiness OF yet Hafe heavenly character. Lon
Byron tells US. that meancholy IS but the "rle cop
of TRUTH And Falkland ate ed anexquisite truth
when wrapped in his iftfl,ectual gloom, i!lnmne,
nj, by The lovely presnce of his own pure and limo
cSpA Emlg Ia lille, he Observed that, "the very
haT pAess OF heaven partOok rather Of melancholy
Ethan miFth."
! am W. thont pretension or confidence in my must
cal taste or Judgment Ignorance OF this ortio" o
i divine science precludes me, generally, from tn
preston of confident opinion, about any thing rel
ting to music. But ] must venture say hat
there be on eartt an instrument which can justly y
claim 10 the character Of emphatic heSenlnrss, thai
/ instrument can be no other than the harp. In IT.,
my thology Of the anrienis we ind Apollo, the pei
lection of pulchriude distinguished as the inventor
| of the Harp or Lyre. The followers of Mahomet'
religion live in pleasing authorization, that death WI"
but bear them TO realms resoundg WIN the mn,lc ri
"Hares by EIouri Strune? Christians, lke"ise believe
that, if faithful and true, they shall, among the
befess EMO, ments of their eternal heaven, accom-.
pany the Iiarps of Angels, of Cheru rim and e a.
phim, in songs of praise to their Mosl H. Sh God, fol-
ever The Jews revere with delight the memory OF
the harps Of Saul-and David--men lnsPhed bJ their
Jehovah with the spirit Of song AMI prophecy Such
ishe ampleSproof the harps high and stclaim,
the appeiation of kcGUenly. have listened, at the
still hour of Midnight in fnotioness rapture, to its
tones, loud and oyerpowering yet of unearthy sweet
ness, drawn forth by master hand-by the hand OF
one who, had he lived in olden time, in the palmy
dayg'' of honored sy, might nave Wed even
with the scarce less than heaven--borE caro- an
of his own native Erin. Often on my ear hath
the volume of its eloquence in fullest richness aud
strength fallen, in accets Of pretenatural wdness
in strains of grandeur-Ofgayet, of gloom. From
a(ar hath lis music, sweeping in wavy motion through
the dark tn OK foliage aud deep shade of our sublime
and Lonely primeval forest, by distance and BY NOON
light mclIowed, wrapped my saddened spirit in its
spell binding enchantmeRt. have listened, breath.
less with the inspiration of delight not of earth.
earthly" to the soft-mourniul tones that the Harp
alone may sigh forth, when kissed by the genie WIND
of the balmy SOUTH realizing all haze conceived OF
the "mu ic Of the spheres" AID ever did the spirit
OF melancholy seem infused into ali the music that
the Harp hath poured my sou attentive. and spell
bound even as the wedding--g:eat hol'ien by the
sgitIerimg eye' and wo.ds of solemn strangeness
uttered by that Ancient Mariner. Like the music OF
Carry-so was ever 'tpleasant aud mourHtul to he
soul" Must not then, deem that the voice Of the
Harp most mysteriously and with wondrous beauty,
accoIds with and illustrates that spirit heavenly
happiness which hath in it more of me ancholy than
mirth? Shall not fam believe, that the Harp, alone
celestial in its origin aid chancter, hath IN its nature
II melancholy iCiosy may so express IT.
that nought else, in the music of this nethe'
world, does possess. And thou! most loved Harp Of
Yazoo! though far from the cline that frst greete
the dawn of they beanteous existence, unlike the
feeble exled heart of presumptuous earth born ma
thou siIl pouret forth they divine eoquence in all lis
primiti' soul--iascinating excellence! Thy voice,
though heard no more by me in far distant land,
will vet live death ess in memory; and oft, in the full
tide Of remembrance, starting from my bosom tn
gentle tear Of grateful love for tn self, will shed
DER my wearied spirit the charm Of mournful, yet
IL. - -
Yazoo .sbeen placed earth by some bright benevO
lence of smother and better word,' to calm The
troubled spirit, to sOothe the sad heart, of sonOwing
mani r
Once more unto my tale. The consequence of that
affection which have vainIy attempted to depc N
told. My hero and heroine OF not OF that order
ssOf mortas on he earth, who do become
Old in their youth and die ere middle age,
Without the violence Of walike death;
Some perishing of p!easure-some Of study
Seine worn with toil-some of mere WEAKNESS
Some of dlsease--some insanity
And some of wi.her'd or of broken hearts,
For this IGst is malady which Stays
More than are numbered ON the lists of Fate,
Taking all shapes and bearing many names"
There followed no broken hearts and unt:mf.
ly death to agonize the feelings Of our hero'y
family and friends, and embitter the remain
der Of their lives. Fortune lad designed for
them more than the ordinary share of huma
happiness
''Smiing they Iiped and called life pleasure.''
And fate had not seemed to wish that thels
existence should ever be, even for one soil
taIy hour,
"Lorn as the hung up late that ne'sr hath spoke,
Since the sad day it's master chord was brok'n"
There was, in the heart of each of our lovers
a purity-the violation Of which in our he
roine, no loathed libertins had, or could have,
ever dared to attempt. In their love, was
fixed an emnipotent energy by whichallispIrlt
Of resistance was crushed into nOthingness.
SThe birds tsa, sings Within the brake,
The swan that swims upon the lake,
One male, and one above, will take.''
He could not, even if he would, give up her
who loved him with such ineffable strength
and tenderness, singleness and purity Of de.
votion-her, who had become more than the
vital principle Of himself--for the sake of the
worlds opinion, or even the opinion Of those
rendered nearest and dearest TO him by the
slime honOred" tie OF ancestry, the protec-
ton Of helpless infancy, and the perfection
Of parental love.
80 ~ aThe man
or virtuOus soul commands not nor obeys,
Power, like desolating pesIlence,
Pollutes whate'er Il touches; and Obedience
BaDe Of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,
Makes slaves Of men, and OF the human frame
Al mechanical auto maton
He could moi hear that the moral force Of the
nsilliOn's thought desolating IS his obedience
ID Il would Be, should touch the sacred gem
- . ..ssnra that nrv,rcarlnd HE kains, & He