New-York tribune., 1841-11-13

,erlng their fortunes, abroken-down Poliusan' are
Of course included. In the midst OF o'heI % -
note Santa Anna appears conspicuous -
:, ..ena dismissed the entnity 10 Federalism y" men
on-e i,s,i,a,ed him TO the murder OF one OF Us
-, b.r,;c champions. Gen. Mexia, and ne now
,-f..es FOR the cause an enthusiasm only eqraled
i, tho bitterness OF his previous amnesty. y" nat
tho designs OF the archhypocrlte are can be rea-
JiTv coniectured. Perhaps il would De Ter the
sood Of Mexico If those designs are realized Her
ipnoraat degraded and ensiaved population are
unfit for freedom, aad despotisn in ia most abom-
Unable form is to be preferred to anarchy. Who
ever triumphs in the pending controversy whether
Santa Anna or Bustamente, il Is to be expected
that the successful military chieftain will riyet
faster the chains that bind his country 10 degrade
ton and slavery. \. O. Bulletin.
A PoET WHO Is TO LIvE-The great Poet Of
our tunes, Wordsworth, one OF tie few v.ho are to
live, has gone TO common life. 10 the feelings OF
our universal nature, to the obscure and neglected
portion. of society, for beautiful and touching
themes Nor ought ii to be said that ne has sned
over these the charms OF his genius as II IN them
selves thew had nothing grand lovely Genus
Is not creator, in the Of fancyng or eigulng
what docs not exist LIS distinction IS u discover
more Of truth than common minds. II sees, under
disguise and humble forms, everlasting beauty.
This j. the prersgative OF Wordsworth TO discern
and reveal in The ordinary walks oil lie, IN the
common human heart He has revealed the oveli-
ness Of the human soul The grand truth which
pervades his poetry L. that the beautiful IS not con-
fined to the rare the new, the distant, scenery and
modes Of life open only 10 the few but that 1t Is
poured forth profgsely the common earth and
I y Il
skv that il CLEANS from the onellest lower that
II lights up the humbest sphere, that the sweetest
affections lodge in the lawly hearts. There IS
sacredness, dignity aud loneliness IN lives which
few eyes rest upon that even IN the absence OF all
Intellectual culture, the domestic relations can
quietly noursh that dsinterestedness, which Is the
element Of all greatness and without which intel
lectua power is a splendid deiormity. Words
worth is the poet of humanity; teaches reverence
for universal nature; he breaks down the fac
ttious barriers between human hearts.
The same is true in inferior degree OF Scott,
whose tastes, however, were more nristocratic.-
Scott had childish love Of rank titles, shows,
pageants, and in general looked with keencf eye
on the soul. STILL he had human heart, and sym
pathised with his race. With few exceptions, be
was Just to all his human brethren. reconcillng
! spirit breaihes through his writings. lie SEXES
on the interesting and beautiful features CT h cor
dtons in life gives US bursts OF tender and noble
feeling even from rude natures; and continually
inits new tie between the reader ana the vast
varieties of human nature which start up under
his teemng pen. He delighted indeed IN high
land chiefs, in border thieves and maIauders, in
fierce mon and fierce encounters. But lie had an
eye to catch the stream Of sweet affections as II
wound its way through humble life. What light
has Jennie Bears shed on The path of the obscure
He was too canting in the religious sentiments,
TO comprehend the solemn bearing, the stern gran
deur of the Puritans. But we must not charge
with mario wress a writer who embodies in the
Jewish maiden his highest conceptions OF iemale
nobleness.
Another writer illustrating the liberallzng all
harmenizing tendency Of our times, Is Dickens,
whose genius has sought and found subjects OF
thrilling interest in the passions, suieriug' and
virtues Of the mass of the people. de shows that
life in its rudest forms may wear tragic grandeur;
that amidst folies and sensual excuses, provoking
laughter and scorn the moral feelings do not Who'll
lydle; and that the haunts OF the blackests crimes
are sometimes lighted up by the presence and inlu-
ence of the noblest soJls. He has indeed greatly
erred in turning so often the degradation of hui
gnanity into matter OF sport; but the tendency OF
his dark pictures is to awaken sympathy with our
race TO change the unfeeling inditi- renee which
has prevailed towards tia depressed multitude,
into sorrowfu and indignant sensbity to the their
wrongs and woes. DR.. Channing