New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-26

Of Hope dwells in him: spite of his ragcal history ne
not q mourning He shakes his sorrows CALAMITY
aside bounds forth victorious over them 1t Is as the on
shaking dcwirops from his manc; the s"itt-boundtns
horse that CHS At the shaking OF the spear. But indeed
Hope Mh of the like Burns are they not the ant
of generous afecton-sucn'as Is the beginning
OF all L. every marl
You would think it strange il called Burns tho most
gifted British soul we had in all that century OF his and Yet
believe the lav coming when there will be little danger
in saving His writings all that he did under such OBJ
struc;ions only poor fragment OF rrn Professor
Stewart remarked very Justly. what indeed OF all
Poets good much, that his poetry particular
faculty. but the general result of naturally vigorous orig
nal mind expressing itself in that way Burns g' eX
pressed the theme OF all that ever heard
him. All kinds of gifts from the gaceiuet utcrances OF
COURTESY 10 tho highest fire OF passionate speech loud
floods of mr,h walings of affection aconic emphasis
clear piercing insight: all in him Witty duchcs>cS
celebrate him whose speech led them OF their
feet. This Is beautiful: but still beautiful that which
Mr. Lochhart has recorded which have than
alluded to- now the waters and ostler inns would oct
of bed and crowdng to hear this speak Wal
er< and ostlcrs they and here was man
have heard much about his speech but one OF the best
thing, heard OF it last year, from venerable
gentleman long familiar with him, that ii speech dis
ngui-hcd By always haring something IN a. He spoke
rather little than much this old man told me- sat ruser
silent in those early DAYS in the company OF persons
above him and always when ne did speak was 10 throw
light the matter. kRow not why any one should
ever speak otherwise But if look his general force
of SOUL his healthy ROBUSTNESS every way the rugged down
ghncss. penetration yaor and mantuc>s that
was in him,-whcrc shall readily find letter gifted
man
Among the great men OF the Eighteenth Century. some
times feel If Burns might be found 10 resemble Mrabcau
han any other. They differ widely in vesturc yet
look them ntrinscaly There Is the same bury thick
nccked strength OF body OF soul-but IN both caScs
on what the old Marquis calls fond gatlard By nature
by course breeding indeed by Mrnbcau has much
more of buster; noisv forward, unrcstng man. But
the characteristic of MabeaT Is vcracty and sense
power of ir, insight superiority OF vision The thing that
he is worth remembering Ii l. flash OF insight INTO
some object other do both these men speak The
raging passions: capable III both oi mancstng
themselves as the cndercs noble affections. Wit, wild
laughter energy drccnc sincerity: these were in both
The type. of the two dissmar. Burns too
could have governed debated in National Assemblies o
li,icizcd as few could. Alas the which had to
exhibit itself capture ot smuggling Schooner III the Sol
wav Frth in keeping silence much where good
speech, but only narculac possible: this might
have beloved forth Ushcrs de Brezt and the like and made
itself visible all in managing of kingdoms, IN ruling
of great cycr-ncnorabe cpocS But they SAID To him
rrovingl, his Official Supporters said, and wrote gu are
10 work not think OF yow thinking faculty, the greatest
in this land have necd you to guagc beer there
for that only you wanted Very notable and worth
mentioning though know what Is to be said and an
.wcrcd a. if Thought. Power of Thinking, were not ut
all times in all places and situations of the world precisely
the thing that uoS wanted The fatal he not always
the uninking the man who cannot think and sec nu
only grope and haucnac and miSsce the nature oi the
thing he works with He misses il, mistakes IT, as we
saw takes it for thing, and it another thing-and
leaves him standing like Futily there He is the atfi
man unutteaby fatal, put in the high places OF men,
Why complain of this some Strength Is mournully
denied its arena that from of old Doubtless and
the worse for the arena say Complaining profits little;
stating of the truth may profit That Europe, with lts
FrcAch Revolution Just breaking OUT finds no need OF
Burns except guagng bccr-is thing for one cannot
rejoice at =
Once more have say here that the chief quality OF
Burns is the sincerity of HIM So in his Poetry, in his Life
The Song he sings of anascalities II IS OF thing
felt really there the prime merit of this. as ot all IN hl
and Of his Life generally IL truth Ihe Lite OF burns
what may call great tragic sincerity sort OF savage
sinccrity-no cruel far that bur Wild wrestling ma
kcd with the truth Of things In that sense, there l. some
thing of the savage in all great men
Hcro-worsh ip-Oiin Burns We'll: these Men OF Let
without KIND OF iiero-"orshP' OUT VIVA,
strange condition ha. that got into now he walters and
os,crs of Scotch inns prvng about the door. 10 catch
any word that fell from Burns, were doing unconscious ve
renee 10 the Heroic Johnson had his Boswell tor worship
err Rousseau had worslnpers enough: princes calling on
him in his mean garrett the great the beautiful doing rcye-
renee to the poor moon-strlck For himself most
portentou. contradictions the ends of his lite not to be
brought into harmony He sits at the tables OF grandees
ard has to copy music for his living He cannot even get
his music copied By dnt of dining ont, says he " run
hc risk of diving bv starvation home. For his worship
ers too questionable thing 1t dong heroworSlip
well or badly be the of vital we-Lcing or lbcins to
generation say that these generations are very rS
And vet our heroic Men of Letters do teach govern
are kings priests. or what YOU like call them intrinsic
cally there no preventing by any means whatever The
world has TO obey him thinks ard sees IN the world
The world can aer the manner of that either have 1t
A. blessed continuous sunshine unbessed black
thunder and tornado-w unspeakabe difference of profit
for the world The OF it is very aterahIe the
matter and fact of it by an; powder under the sky
Light; or failing that lightning: the world can take It's
choice Not whether call Odin god, prophet priest
or what call him bat whether We believe the word he
tells there it all lies Ii be true word, we shall
have to believe it, believing it, shall have to do IT,
What welcome we give him or IT, Is point that
concerns ourselves mainly IT, the new Truth, deeper
revealing of the Secret of this Universe is verify of the ma
,ure of message from high and must and vii have
itself obeyed -,
Nv last remark is on that noabet pha.is Of Burns his
torv his visit TO Edinburgh Often ii to BIC a II MS
deIneano there were the highest proof he gave OF what