Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-12-17
Bic ALTON
PIG Republican,
lbs h.safe but hated poverty.

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and suffered to remain unnoticed, nor can they
scarce attract casual glance from the wealthi-
er s. more fortunate portions of society. The
eve Of wealth is elevated towards higher sta
inns. and never or seldom descends to exam
mo th, actions of those who are placed be-
,,o,,b tba level of its notice, and who in dis
rant rerions and lower stations are struggling
with distress, or toiling for bread" is this
the etTnsion of an over heated and diseased
imarination! Is it not true! Does not each
consecutive hour, and every passing breeze
bring with it some new and startling assn
r,nc, of The fact! Need we, to sustain US IN
our position, consult the historic page, THAT
,,,.va and reverend chronicler of the noble
dead or the experience of each ndVlduaI
heart! ! think not. But lest we may be
deemed Hbellous upon human nature, suffer Us
70 turn from generalities for 4 moment and
sec the result Of 4 few Individual cases. And
in the intermuable list of ''spattercrs OF the
Virgin page where shall we find one who
sang with more native sweetness, eloquence,
-nG music. than the noble and warm hearted
BURNS! Who had 4 kind wish and generous
u-,ycr for all around him, and was gifted by
,.r;ure with brilIiancy and tergor OF imagin-
alton that few have had ;he good fortune TO
n5ssess: whose poetical powers Ujke the love
a,d affection said to be cherished by the great
II 4 VI" for his creatures on earth and In
Uaayen1 was as a ''well, deepest when most
was drawn out" and in their character "a
GORGEOUS, rich, and beautiful the golden
t:nts and colorings reflected upon the evening
clouds by the setting of "summer's SUM-"
IS soft. melodious, and musical as the dulcct
rQrnu ings of a ripping fount in spring, and
rs soothing, refreshing, and lnTIgoIating as
= Ze2hyr's breath, or the cooling aud welcome
shades of 4 Calypsos grot. We aPprchend that
~ this enlightened age. there are few persons
whose cheeks would not redden, and whose
vanity would not be mortified if they were
constrained to acknowledge that they have
never felt or appreciated the eloquence and
n1rlfv that pervades many Of Burns finer pro-
agctoas, and have not marked the evident
simplicity and beauty Of his style. In the
.lnru2ge of Campbell, we would ask
..Who that has melted DER his lay
10 Nary's soul in Heaven.
Rat pictured sees in fancy strong.
The landscape and the lyeong day
That smiled upon their mutual love-
Who that has .teh, toTgets The song!'
Who that has read his .'Co,ter's Saturday
Nfrht." has not risen from the pleasing task
o., easier and l better man, and has not been
forced to pronounce it one Of the richest and
most beautiful productions that has ever ema-
mated from the brain Ct man! Who that has
-,,d. has not sighed with him in his gloom
for and more melancholy productions? Who
-.7t has heard his soigs Of the affections, has
MT been carried Daca to the happiest PORTIONS
of his life, and have seen the spirits of dePar-
ted friends and Joys rise ''from the graves of
Iuried wears and pass like dim and shadowy
troops DER mcmorys wizard glass;" Who
that has heard his convvial songs, has not
t~,t Z renerous cIag of social good feeling
.ar.adinr itself and Exercising its genial and
1,npy influence upon his heart! | answer, no
,ur What other ,oet have We had (for Burns
taaur.. native y birth of Scotland, is the
property of the vorld,) who could like the
Minstrel at a. Alex nder's feast''-as described
by the ..glorious John Dryden the
Lyre with such su passing skill as alternately
Ito swell the soul with rage, and kindlc soft
desire!7 | answer again-no one, but this
man. the eloquen poet-the phlanthropst--
the pure, true, ard undertaking friend Ibid
he rest on lowry beds of easel" Was he ia
ken by the hand and elevated to his proper
station in social Ife-did the gladstone smile
or anoroviDg geierosity bless him with its
welcome and hsppy presence! No! They
answered his fme is poverty" and virtual
IT. left him 10 vdhe and suffer under the cur
ssz IF 2 soulIes4and freezing penury. Shall
a., take ano,ler instance. The eloquent, !
s,frit-sr,rrior. noble CAMoEHs. man who
BY 4 single poem acquired the peculiar and
enviable reputation of rcdeeming the litera-
turs and the story of his native land from
the remorseles, craw of oblivion, and of send
inr her name own through the ceaseless ages
If eternity IN the richest and most lasting
Characters. We find him banshed the land
lie loved so veil, because he had dared 10
breathe his lie to brilliant yet heaFtiess 70
tary Of Copr,- compelled to sever those holy
Ties that bnfa man to the home, the scenes
,,d friends = ais youth, and thrown an exile
and an outcat upon the world. We hno III
C,o,oo. .ba.4 .,r,nqe ANOMALY in nature-a