Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-03-14
III lERARY NOTICES.

anecdole of Hamilton aud Burr is rela.
ted on the authority Of the late Judle Rowan,
81 Kentucky. 1t was at a most critical period
Df our history, when mems minds we're unset
and in a ferment. Burr expected the re.
would be monarchy, and wished 10 provide
Tor iimSlL lie sent d friend to Gen. llamil-
Col. Burr presents his compliments to Gen.
Wi Gen. Hamilton seize the pres
ent opportunity to give a stable government to
country, and proride for his friends
The immediate reply was:
"Gen. Hamilton presents his compliments, in
return 10 Col. Burr: Col. B.. thinks Gen. II.
He is right. Gen. II. is one of the
m st ambitious OF men but his ,choie ambition
is to deserve well Of his country"
81. c.. S." of Vermont, SAYS the Editor, hav-
ing himself Just entered into the cornubial state,
urges his bachelor friend to try the " pure plesh.
urs Of Hyming"-
You may dream of poetical fame,
But the story may chance 10 miscarty;
The best way Of sending ones name
To p1,teri,y, Charles, is to marry"
After some most pathetic and persuasive ar.
gumentation, he ventures this vt ry sensible ad.
vice
"Don't search for an angel a mimi e,
For suppose you succeed in the sequel,
After all, thu deuce would be in il,
For the match would be highly unequal.
The angels, II must be confessed,
In mis- world are rather
And allow me, dear Charles, to suggest,
You'll be better content with a tromdn."
Mr.. Charles Humans Letters of Land
scape Painter" are not very tenderly ha ndled.
-" lie Is a worse writer than painter" and not
worth notice as either. Apropos Of these 4" Let
ters," the American Review says "they were
written in a simple age"
Democratic Res err, March, 1915 Alas 4! for
Capt. Tyler. In an article upon the " Late
ACTING PrcSident,'' (t used to be President Ty.
ier,) the reviewer discourses thus
"Men rarely love a treason so well, as 10
forget to desp;se the traitor. Nor indeed is it
by any means clear, that in his detection from
the Wings, who bad placed him in a position
which gave him power 10 do harm, Mr.. Tyler
is entitled even to the usual good treatment
which the policy OF war acc0rds to '1eser'ers.
To desert voluntarily is one thing to be fairly
scourued ont Of the ranks and out Of the camp,
aud.tiCn driven over to the enemy as the only
place Of refuge, is another, and A very different
thing. And when the pers, n thus expelled was
already himself a desertcr IN the enemy's camp.
from the side To which he is thus ANONYMOUSLY
driven back--when his prolonged continuance
there, up to the time OF that expulsion, has in.
VOWED in itself the grossest trcachery to the
SIDE from which he again supplicates a refuge,
it cannot be pretended that any verv strong
case is made ont from a very cordial welcome
The whole multitude of the acting Presi.
dents sins are then arraycd before him, and he
is formally turned over to the common con-
tempt Of both Wing and Democratic parties"
This is just enough, so far as Tyler is con-
ccrned; but Polklsm should not be so ungra,e-
full towards the man who breathcd into t the
breath Of life. Ingrati'udc is scarcely less mean
than treachery.
There ale besides some dozen Tales, Crit.
cisms, &c. The Literary Bulletin" is a pos.
tive imposition, being nothing but booksellers
advertisements in the shape Of Putis." We
presume the Eltor is not responsible for them,
though this does no, appear.
Lq5y's Boof, M,rch.--Harring.on has this,
with the other illustrated mon'hlIes Graham's,
Ladies' National, Columbian, Arlhur's, &c.
liners Lining Age-thrce new Numbcrs.--
We have already expressed our high opinion Of
this publication, and We add nothing save that
it seems to increase in value and interest. The
present numbers are filed with the choicest
papers OF the British Reviews and Magazines.
4 Series # DiSc0urSeS, on rGriois Popular and
tAp0paiar Subjects, preparcd and delivered on
uariOuS occasions IN different places ard under
different circumstances. By the Author.
. The wise man has said Train mp a child in the
way he should 20, and when he is old he will not de-
part from H." THIS sen lIncnt though uttered IN a
remote period of the worlds history, and when as vet
humanity was IN its infancy, hears upon II the I'M
press II lfr shuu'ys philosophy and the dlVinest
D, irutu. II sIgIas hold nj once OF the true idea and end
of man existence. and points ont the only naiuraI
means by which he can attain that end. You see,
my hearers, that th 5 suljet IS large one, and APP
preach 1t " with fear and trembling but at the same
time with a deep and abiding conviction, that II Is
the great question upon the decision OF which, hangs
? not merely the destiny OF Individuals, but OF nations
and OF ungef sal humanity.
> To the thoughtful mud, here are presented two Of
3 the most momentuOus enquiries. LIST, What is the
true end of mans existence? AMI, 81, what Kind o
training is necessary IN order that he may attain this
= end
The fact of man, existence needs no proof-since
t was never di>putod-and that he eXiss for some
specific end is equally certain, since the idea If exist.
{ ence at al pie-supposes an end. The first enquiry
then Is, What is Mdt endI Or in other words, fol
what am | created and for what are you, my hear.
ers, created What end was proposed for man, in
7 the counsels of the Infinite mind, when he created
/ him "in his own lm1ge and brcarhed INTO his nos.
trls the breath Of life and man became a living soul n
. Why for him d d he speak into existence this beau.
, tiJ! habItltaton, and send It careering IN perpetual
y circles around yondef shlnin. orb? Why kindle uE
k within him n spark of his own lmpcrishable nature
stamp upon him his own image, and crown him with
glory and h,nors! Why endowed with such high
. and noble faculties, and placed in authority over al
the lower orders of creation, but that he might achieve
4 a higher destiny Surely the Deity has not proposed
10 his master work of creation an inglorious end II
u has not given to man the authority of a prince ant
the Inheritance of a begqar' He has not kindled up
within him the fires Of Intellectual life 10 burn with
j |fckorlug brightness I'LL this mortal frame shall re
, turn 10 dust, and then be smolhered in its ashes :
7 No, no. The spark Of immortality lighted up IN hi
V bosom shall not be %quenched upon the shores o
ume' IL is destined to survive the wreck of mortalr
~, and renew It's vlG1r IN a spiritual eSlslenco-un
iettered and incl gged by its burden Of earthlness-
to soar on untiring pnions INTO the pure angela
ether Of spiritual life, in an uuending series of pro
,r erosion, I'LL 1t reaches a degree of perfection far be
yond the powers of Imagination TO conceive or fame
y to portray, and then il will but just have begun it
r. career Of Improvement.
Such is the end proposed by the Creaior-such
IS the destination of every son and daughter of Adam
1. NV hearers, do you feel the force OF this sllsmn- ID,
momenious tGu'h in your INN st Souls? Fathers an
l. Mothers, this is IN argumarh which comes home
YOU with peculiar force. Nou have commit,ed
al You the guardianship and training of immortal minc
"A plants Of celestial origin, that il nurtured with n
sunshine Of parental care, pruncd with parental 10,
re derness, waters with refreshing showers of ins,ru,
lion and the wholesome dtws of KNOWLEDGE "a
is flourish with immortal ,igor in the garden of II
a Lord, What principles, then, ought YOU To insul in
Their mlndsl How ought you to train them am :
v, \ ou know the way they should co-train them i'm
u 90 IN It. You know the way they rould po-tTe
~ them up TO avoid n. Fill their minds and hen,,s w;
ly good things, and not bCsluw them All mon H..
: odles. There are those who sirfp naked The San
ir Of their children that they NAV clotfe h.ir bod;
with, "Purpie and fine linen BE We moi nh
minded PROVIDE well for the moral ard ~inteliecfu
culture OF your children. and though they be cloth
in rags they vii be honorable among Their fellow
MoRGANus THE FIRsT.