The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-22
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LETTER Y.
BLooMsnuRo, MARCH Ia, ls45

NAMED thus long unanswered for severa
: 'easons which will not bore you by writ
= ng about You will, hope, believe lba
ny delay in this instance, has not arisen
rom any diminn'ion in my regsld Tor you
hat from other aud substantial causes. -
Even now, after havlng1 undertaken the
hudgery Of the quill, am almost inclined
o regret it, and am fearful that shall very
lilly perform the task. But a reckless Gu
md lh,ust correspondent, like yourself will
surely overlook few errors and deiciencer
n his friends. think you should do so
'ud therefore unblushingly commence the
Iperpe,rauon Of letter aUOwediy in reply 10
vcu, aud should make Iso in faci, werl
Aere any thing in yours capable Of being
snswered. There being however, in your
lellorI total abseoce Of all inquiry, reply
i'm the strict sense of thai word is impossi
lbe; and ii will teft the occasion TO wander
as whlm orjudgmen, may chance 10 direct
until observations enough are lrckled from
The brain 10 ill This paper sheet upon which
am vigorously operating
Sir ! TO use Johnsonism) this age
is decidedly ulilltdrIan and vulgar. Refined
literature, the product Of weary eye and
aching brain, is ala a.woful discount in the
literary market; unread by most, and un-
sold except when adroidy put off upon a
purchaser along with more saleable mer-
chandse. The strong and steady cry is,
give! give |! but the blatant beast as
Smollei calls the public, will not boil! any
thing bu, strongly spiced and powerful vic
mal it turns apparently with indignant
Ioalhiug from any thing shor, Of garlic ana
cay snne ! Talk abou, the almighty dol
ar in such'EngIish as Heaven gives you
leave 10 utter wilhal, or rant on killing
tone and 10 a style 10 which grammar is
a mere recollection, and logic an absentee,
and you will be favored with friends for
,une and an epilaph. Forget yon please,
iha, Addison was ever Spectator, johnson
Rambler or Ifvia Traveller tie, told
Tales to the edifcalion of large and te-
,peclab le audience on both sides,of the Al.
IIanic. The style g. mailer Of these diSci'
pes Of Goldsmith, are aniiqualed and obSo'
lle,e. Adam Smith has written and Francis
Wavland has Leclured soR ewha, on loiit
llcal Science, bu, the faint illumination ol
lheir doctrines is unsuiled TO generation
whose wisdom vastly exceeds that oil Their
fathers, and by whom bold aud startling
parodoxes are readily adopted as essential
and established points of faith and doctrine
Every body seeks 10 cus loose from the SAL
u,aty restraints Of established ruih-,o find
new roads where the chase after the al
mighty dollar may be more expeditions
land sute neutrality-suspicious. is worsbippet
las Deily while every court Of lis temple
IS truly "a den OF thieves Nothing short
IJC bello,c is allowable in public discourse
ont Of The pulpil--The Newspaper must
lswell its feeble and consump,ITe voice to
, Iroat before i, need expect that iniaIIIbts
medicine the dollar to be applied to It's
necessities In short, bombasl IN literature
and punder in politics are the order Of the
IIay ,and over and above all other sentiments;
written higher up and conspicuously in
lha, temple OF selfshness where we all wor
Ishp may be read. and s read, by all, 'ha
maxim of wisdom, profoundly instructive
in it's teachngs-' EVERY FELLOW FoF
HIMSELF AND THE DEVIL TAKE THE HIND
= MOST = The sum OF all is this;-Be
C Tarffte and be popUGr; be Ranler anc
7 be gori6ei The bIatag' beast @l
e bear you slofI proudly, and your footsteps
will be upon the clouds You have here
dI,he secret Of modern grea'ness-lhe 'oPer
e,am.' Of the existing temple of fame =
0 MediscriIy can nov ride and should i'm
% nroye the momen, Cor The hallucinaion lha
g slJesrens and blinds the blatant beast vii
8 no, lat, always, and the tremendous con
u vuIsions of The animal in recovering the U.s.
10 Of it's suspended faculties will be = death il
- the Primer TO all who are attempting Il
. ride il in these days. So saith prophecy
70 and so wrIe !.
u ~ Yours truly,