New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-16
THE TRIBUNE, 4.

We have read the first two numbers OF this
pey;ew, and, no,w:ths 'anding the unqualified
recommendation it has received from several of
n. mos, prominent members Of the American
Pspublican party, we feel bound to offer few
s,ric.ures upon such portions of the work as are
mspifestly offensive and Injurious to the moral
..p.e of the community. 1t is true, many OF
.se articles deserve praise-but, after all, they are
Ind Company; and, when the Editor himself is
cb,rgsable with the authorship of the most ex-
ceD,ionstls article in the publication, there can
surely be no improperly in afixing to the work,
as whole, the stigma which 50 Justly belongs to
his individual performance. Where indeed shall
ne expect 10 find the standard of Review, but in
the mind of the Editor-his genius, his judy
msnt, his taste
In the Prospectus of the work before US, we
are gravely told, that the reading matter is to be
obtained from "rHE MOST EMINENT WRITER'S IN
ETHER CONTINENT; besides, it tciH contain an
Editorial and Political department, under TIE
superrisioncf THE FIRST TALENT IN THE COUNTRY"
Anxious to avail ourselves Of the rare advan-
ases Of this periodical, we Immediately obtained
the numbers in question, and were not little
pleased with some of the articles-more particu-
larle, however, with one in the November num-
ber, entitled The Poets and Poetry of Ame-
RIGA "*-but We regret to add, that an examina-
ton of the other articles destroyed entirely our
first impressions. The following, from Peter
Brown" may be taken as fair specimen Of the
authors style.
"Thats the name for certain, replied the owner,
as he advanced to me, (who, poor deua, stood mo-
tion!essn the centre OF the apartment) 1--WE sal
down and discussed the merits Off dozen peerless
regalias and bottle Of prime cherry-there 10 no
cement like that for friendship. HcaueaS. there
WAS only one thing which prevented me from spring
ing at, aud pummeling him, it was the extreme
righteousness oil hs stuatlon--he was sitting upon
thu sidewalk, with his hand 10 his nose, from which
owed a stream OF what famous writer would call
ciaret"
Now, is it reasonable to suppose that these
nassases from s.Hayry Rarcood' have been
subjected to the ordeal intimstcd in the prospcc-
tus? Ii it is, we should be glad to know which
"Coatinenl' claims the distinguished honor OF
having CO: tributed such classic soaps toward
the r, finement Of the age. But, tu'n for a mo.
ment to what's most unceremoniously dashed eff
BY Mr. G. R. Morris as something rather humor-
Gus TINS gentleman, we are unbushingly told, is
THE EpIroa; but hon or 0here HI mus ereo
ccu,age CT oueh to aeknowlsdgc himseif the
author Of SO much ribadry, we ore n t inform
and it is certainly more than IRE shall unccr.
take To show: 1t is sufficient fo- us that we
Dr. sent tim to our readers "tosoiog an seireSs,"
or "Narroting the Confessions Of BocheIof,"
to W.T.:
"Heorens was I awake! did nv eyes DECISIVE
mel But, z7nnds Frank, You must sticE 10
her. these deraish lawyers will be tying up The
prnoertyAnd tina, cursed bankruptcy. PHI
manage tho old one for you, seeing I'm done tor J;
aec,l.sh hard, lhough-csn't bear women that are
Gid and asly.. Wnat chance FOR pnor deeit OF
a Srv goods clerk. ...Egad! Frank, I'll make
client Of the old shs-bear-she'il stand assessing
She is yours in spite of the derit, and the old
.hs hear TOO . Nothing, Dan, but rumor that YOU
had i,resworn brandy and water-had joined the
t,to,ullers-and was going to China as Missionary.
Halloo!-ho !-ho! Hawthorn be d-dt!9
The deril Of it is, INV young friend ..:.i can't
20 that, she's too deriiish ugy-bah Not to tire
Sonr nat;enee any longer kind reader, will briefly
state that the affair ended in knock dozen between
the Caotain and Caleb Gardner, in which the latter
got much the worst OF IT.
And is il ever SGT Has it indeed come to
this, that the present distinguished Mayor OF
orr C;tv, together with nearly ell the members
If the Common Council, have declared them
selves responsible for the influences of work
containing such bare.faced vulgarisms es we
have presented above7 We presume not, and
have every reason to believe that the proprietoEs
os this Review have secured the names of these
eminent persons only on political grounds-the
loa,hsome features of the work having entirely
escaped their notice. And may we nothope that
tbose Immediately interested will appreciate our
kindness in supposing that they have been de-
eeiued by tho pompous distractions Of the pros
pecius2
Howeye, able its contributors, our deliberate
opinion is, that no Magazine can be sustained In
the present day, unless conducted IN conformity
with the principles of good taste; and we are
free to say, that the Editor of the Metropolitan
Review is either lamentably deficient in this re-
spect or he has quite mistaken the character and
taste Of the Americans of the Metropolis.
In recent number eff the New York Anne
rcsn Republican," it was said that the Maya
zine in question would prove itself worthy of
place in every family. This, to say the least,
was bespeakipg something for the religious char
acter of the wotk,-a bearing which might east
" be- given to literary periodical, withoutcom
prising in any way the morality Of its secular
tone; for all true morality, however indepen.
dent to the view of some. must nevertheless be
regarded by every Christian mind, as having lis
er,,Jo+;on IN Christian Doctrine
TIE writer of this unpretending notice would
have his remarks received in the same spirit in
which they are offered: be would see the re-
spec,ed representatives OF an honorable political
party, which has sprung in single day into ma
turily Of power, guard vel! against The sources
of corruption and decline-hs would see them
withholding their countenance from every thing