Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-12-17

ism, and he still continued his attention to
| the muses., and his theme was eUer the glory
i OF his country. There is@in truth no other
ieadlng subject than. his country; nor are there
any OF his episodes, except such parts as are
/ not immediately connected with her glory.
The very opening of his immortal poem sim
cerely and clearly expresses this patriotic OBJ
ject.
arms and the heroes, who from Lis6on's
shores,
Through seas where sail was never seen be-
fore,
Beyond where Ceylon lifts her spicy breast,
And waves her woods above the waterv
waste,
With prowess more than human forced their
way
To the fair Kingdoms of the rising dav.
What wars they waged, what seas, what
dangers past,
What glorious empire crown'd their tolls at
last.
Nenturous / sing, on soaring pinions borne
And allmy country's wars the song .dorn."
Who that has read his immort al Luciad has
not felt gratified that he was enabled to pre-
serve the manuscript from the greedy waves
when wrecked and cast upon the raging bill
lows of an angry sea, even though it was
achieved at the imminent hazard of his life, J
when on his voyage to Goa-and has not loved
the man warmly as he admired the Poet!-
And yet Can-oens-the historian of his coun-
try-the preserver of her literature--the gal
liant solGer-the warm and generous friend
was left to starUe, and finally died in a public
hospital. Before he died, however, when
stretched upon couch of sickness, his only
sustenance was .feto cold crumbs faithful
servant was enabled to procure from the ia
bes of few generous persons around him
Are more necessary! Where is Thompson,
the author of the SGasons--dividing his last
pttancc with his sisters and when that failed,
jncarcerated, and compelled to lie for months
nhaling the dampened vapor of the dungeon,
on account of pittiful debt of few pounds.
Where is Tasso! Where Shakspeare-he
who stript the laurels from Erato and Melpo-
meme, and entwined them around his own man
" brow, and whose name is inscribed in the
niche of fame, in colors lasting and per-
manent that Time himself cannot effect them;
unless indeed, it be to strengthen and purify
But these are
.sIllustrious names, with deathless laurels
crowned,
While Time rolls on in every cline re-
noWned.'
And We mention them with feelings of ven
Grafton and respect. But there are other wor-
thies whose names might be added but we
forbear; ley are persons whose worth and tai
ents were apprcciated too late however, and
after they had '.ceased 10 suffer" the world
Joined in one universal shout of reclamation
and of praise. We have under our very eyes
another instance of neglected genius and I'M
mcrited attention. The venerable, chaste,
and eloquent Wordsworth, who, by the by, has
published some of the sweetest songs that
were ever breathed by the lips of beauty, is
suffered to remain in the morst AFFECT penury
and want, while Willis, the brainess fop.
whose brightest and most labored productions
will not bear the remotest comparison with
Wordworths cold sOaken Bucket" holds the
literary world almost spell bound, and they
hang for hours over his senseless productions,
and seek for each new one with as much eager
ness and avidity as if their very salvation de-
pended upon an early perusal.
This is subject upon which we have often
reflected, and never without shame and NOR
tiication. When will the time come when
mans worth will be estimated by his intellect
rather than his purse. When may poor man
expect to receive that attention his talents
merit, and not dread to be thrown aside, spur
ned and neglected, and have the modification
or, ,,roa bra iplnsC- Spnspless modern Croe-
sus, placed above him! CEPHAs.
CENSUS OF MISSISSIPPI.
We have been politely furnished by
Mai. F. S. Hunt, agent for the Marshal