Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Ebony * Topaz, Mr. Adam,' famous and rather
unfortunate illustration, my serve to characterize
what are before us-the Democratic Rerieto, for
Oc'ooef and November; and the Clay Minstrel A
word Of these, in their order.
Though, in general, the idea OF a party newsos.
per, published but once month, and reeking de
li5eraiely with oil that petty fury of the dav.
which dies and is reproduced like mushroom, or
ho'i though I've say) newspaper thus disguised
as Mnsezne seems TO no very felicirous CON-
eepuon we are bound TO admit that, 60 far as ultra
democracy could DO expected to produce any thing
OF the literary SORT the Review quite as much n,
could be looked for and perhaps even more ,ban
us INTENDED readers competent 10 enjoy. In
other words, though We cannot sny its soiri, i.
very humane, it IL, at least, not totally illtera.e
and herein lies, we npprehend, a second miscooe.o-
ton in It's design. So far, it s only, like tho morn
tasteful labours Of our clever md yariously.inforn
ed friend Of tho Washington Spectator, "cayiate to
the genera''-good taste and know ledge thrown
away.
Bot as the moro authoritative and Gin some sort)
a'eT'HaI exponent Of the Political party from which
" efnanates, the Democratic Review takes leading
importance, as bodying forth. more systematically
man less deliberate publieations-tho mere psrtv
newspapers OF its facton-lheir opinions n, far ns
any thing, so wild deserve the name, and their no.
Icy, If that can be so called, which is made up be
tween an implicit conformity to all the mos, casual
impulses, and certain bocu5pocus which serves for
their political mechanism.
As to Politics proper, or any thing in the smalles,
degree belonging to SIalesmanshp, there shines
not ray u either, IN any part Of the publication
lis but party newspaper, very inysierate in It's
lone, amoS, as long wnded tho not 90 dull ss the
Richmond Enquirer; and therefore, in tho main,
both very bitter and very tedious, ne well as not a
little false. Its more active basis is Demagoguism;
and It's more speculative, that perpetual system O.
AbHrnet Reasoning, Of Invariablo PRINCIPLES, o.
, Politics by Metaphysics, which more than all otho
causes has retarded and JowilJered, ill il threat.
ems even 70 defeat, all sound and oil practical good
government,in this country.
I The literature, OF which We have alfoidy spoke,
as superluous. is 90, rather because il aims to he
than because u Is literature. II is by no mean
| good, even in that baldord1sh school To which
elorgs--thaI New Literature now prevailing. whio
Pounds itself on hardly anything but the defiance O
oil sense, the overthrow Of oil taste, ami the rejse
ton Of oil scholarship.
| "'e'o N'u' " P"S'" sPo"hlhB OF VIC Nofh, oe
cause its tendency is manfestly bad-to spread pei
nieous politics, spurious knowledge and souuy
taste. As an earnes, Of these, we cannot cite wha
would be long, jts prose; but will take It's rhyme
Of which a few specimens will shsw, at once, n
prevailing spirit Of the work, AMI that il rankl,
with tina, most disorgsnizing and execrablo OF a
idsas, tho War upon Property, the attempt to kir
do the passions Of the Poor against the Rich. su,
is the purpose Of the two following sonno,s;
Andres.