Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-05-13
For the Arkansas
J. NJ. TEBBErTs, Secresary.

II.
So" Pigmy Poet'' has set the matter at rest.
As he has not disproved single proposition, OBJ
servation, or remark of mine, shall not disturb
it again ill he does. 1t was my intention only in
the first place to give my opinion of our poetry in
general, but it that my hints were taken for
downright criticisms.
Lot my "hints" be taken as they may, have
a few more to make. 1t is out of the question
even to think that faults nowadays can be cor.
rected by writing-and almost as equally prepos.
ferrous to think that we can convince any one thai,
he has faults. The ugliest man in the commun-
ty no doubt thinks there are some peculiarly in
teresting traits in his countenance, which redeem
the hideous ones, and it would not be far fetched
to suppose that persons who are candid enough to
acknowledge to themselves they are not immacu.
late, are consoled by the thought, that they pos.
se.s some loving characteristics!
Some mistake their loving characteristics, and
show hateful ones, when in reality, the wish to
please and make good appearances; for instance
we will take "VNDEx," writer at Fayetteville,
who in an effort to overthrow the doctrines of
Miller, commences with quotation from Holy
Yes, he commenced his refutation in Latin.
which was to be read by an Arkansas community.
Had he quoted Cherokee it would have been un.
derstood as well, and perhaps it would have been
better on the whole, for the arkansas Inteigencer
has good circulation in that Nation. We do not
say anything of the merits or dement's of the
poce in question, all we have to say, is that per.
haps one man in two hundred, in our state under.
stand Latin, and had Vinder headed his article
with English, two hundred would have understood
t-nstead Of only single man.
Vinder must have been dreaming that he was
in the midst of the learned when he was writing
his "Millerism," or his imagination was carrying
him (using his own words,) "far away in the deep
blue sea of e.her;" so taking all he has said into
consideration, and his Lain included, we cor.
daily agree with him ''that we have fallen on
strange times, so far as the moral, CIVIL religious
and physical world is concerned" Had his piece
beon dated on the first of April instead of the fifth
we should know how 10 have taken it, but as j,
is-,he Latin somewhat puzzles US, and we beg o.
him in conclusion, never to put Latin in his nrti
cles for the reading Of our citizens. Go Vinder-
ego thy way and sin no more
| There are other authors, whose presumption
should be checked; among whom, foremost stands
the one who shed SO much light on the mysterious
Comet. He certainly must have been m ooa struck
at least, he was like the moon in one respect--he
shone in borrowed light, for the articles in ques
tion woro nothing more than his own wording o.
extracts taken from Cyclopedias and other works
This might have passed of very well, did no
our community possess plenty of Cyclopedias, Oh
had often read, in substance the very same thi.
Astronomer toiled so hard TO impress on our untu
tored and credulous minds.
We have never heard of telescope in Arkan
sas, indeed we suppose it will be many yeal
before we shall, If one should cost much as thai
E1hick Harvard University is abou, to buy-the
re- being mar twenty thousand dollars. Qr
1akioe this remark, we do not consider spy glass
~ ~ hundreds dolinr-lelescopes.)
| ~ as&senoRpr also shows us that he can us.
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