Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-06-03
For the Intelligencer.
From Banks, the critic TO "Uucle Toby'' OF
Squibville.

From Banks, the critic TO 'sUucle TOby'' Of
squibvilIe.
- Fools are my thenne," and
{" Sou morian katagora" gar
"Se supra pires ertendis" nunc
&" Gale pn.''
"Pour les eritiques de I" "B,nks' rous poursuDeaf
tormentent, rous aceablent."
Does my caption please you Uncle Toby? i
hope it arrests your attention.-l hope you Will
profit by it.
l hate such way of arresting attention, but
as " Viudex'' was right, and you approve and dc.
fend his course. being caterer" in the pre-.
sent instance for the public sand your own taste"
have extended the example of that author, and for
once broken through my rule.
You must learn Uncle Toby before you go any
farther that this nephew of yours is strange
boy, and pays back the same sort of coin nc re-
ceives. or in other words he does unto others as
others do unto him''' and cares no more for your
reprimands than he does for any person else's fool
lsh rawlings. -..--
You are facetious old gentlemen, and some-
what enthusiastic. You compare me to Comet.
That is very good Uncle Toby candldly ac-
knowledge your comparison does well, for one
who wishes to set himself up as publlc-jester, but
to attempt to disprove propositions or assertions OF
mine, by calling me a comet. IS preposterous.
Never did a writer before you burst forth in
! such strain! we hear him say it seems that earth,
sun, moon, stars, ocean, lake, river, man, bird,
beast, assume strange aspect, move IN
strange circles, and exhibit strange designs.
Nothing is true in that sentence except what con-
Germs man and the stars, star rather, (for we
had but one that,appeared in any manner strange
| cordially agree with you that man has aSsum-
ed a strange aspect, and exhibits stange designs"
Proof stares me in the face-poin.s to Uncle To.
/ by-yes Uncle Toby you are the example which
proves your assertion! strange is your des gn IN
deed when you wage against comet! Oh
how appalling must have been your ''aspect'
when that 81 ganc resolution was made.
After you had struck few more notes on your
tamborne Uranium, we hear the following about
the terrible comet, you say t" burnt up our little
parnassus, carrying blight and ruin to the feel.
lngs and hopes of Arkansas ba ds; and as it pass
ed " "NlndeX" lost his latin, and our astronomer
Sc" was burnt to cinder and ruined forerer
/ unfortunate madD
thank you for your candour Uncle Toby -
had any subsequent remarks of yours proved tha
the comet had not done all this, then | might have
taken it for ridicue, but as they did no, fee
proud of the havoc have made amongst the sci
lit mcteors o: presumption and folly. Uncle To
, by | am gratitiod because you have spoken lh,
truth.
Alas for Uncle Toby's Uranium! 1t can pro
duce nothing but would be sarcasm, therefore die
hken It to tamborine; negro's hand ma
sometimes shake that instrument violently, anc
send forth an unearthly Gathering, but the note:
are the same,-only some ho rsh a nd loud. nc
some are low; so it is with Uncle Toby, he some
times raves but on the whole he brings forth no
thing but offensive Jargon..
You have taken up the cudoels for Vindex {,
Why did you not let him take them up for him
self! Why make him belle his name! Yet it IS
better rs It is, for you have been so clumsy tha,
you have cudgelled yourself as much as the re.
morseIess Banks.''
Nindex must be your pattern for writer: he
has not forgotten "thc favored few in catering
for the public taste, (as hnted before,) there
fore with the greatest Difference for your opinion
have become an imitator SEQ the English,
Greek, L1tin, Spanish, and French, that add ress
you with, at the hcad of this article. Hereafter
IN writing for the public. please dear Uncle give
me few more hints. hope | will be able to
suit you exactly.
Will you tell me in what part of Cicero |
may find the "Purc language" you alluded to?
know what you meant well enough. but what
right had you to call the Latin Language Ciccro's,
rather than Tac,us', Livii's. Horace's. Virpil,s
or any other authors of ancient Rome! Say, sir!
am not Zone of the few perhaps who knous Lat.
in" How could have accused Vindcx of sIi.
ness IN using it., had | not known it was Latin ?
Uncle Toby! Uncle Toby! Might | no. have
made mistake and called it Cherokee or somo.
thing else.
In" G's' defence you say, if the cycopcdas
are correct, and :" G's'' positions be true. il is
strange there should be correspondence!'' Who
cannot take any book, aud copy from it and make
a wonderful striking correspondence? Uncle To.
by! Uncle Toby About the number of cyclone.
dias in this country | shall quarrol-but romcm.
Der the "other ,corks." Even if single copy of
a work that contained treaties on comets could not
be found in our community, is that good reason
why person should spout Latin to il, whilst do.
void of such works; or a reason that one should
try to tower above the rest "with borrowed
means! Uncle Toby-Unclo Toby!
The "pugnacious scribbler" hereby informs
the audacious quibbier Uncle Toby, that he has
scanned his communication all over insensibIe to
all its charms, without reishing one of its beau.
ties, because he saw neither charm nor beauty in
it that in place Of sticking to it like lean leach
she turned away from it with disgust and though,
that composition SO 'unsound, rotten--putrid'
ought not to be tolerated in community. There.
fore he cannot be of those spoken Of in his last