The Arkansas banner., 1846-09-23


 meaning in thai full grey eye now dilaliug ! and burning as that young man stands there i alone, alone in lhaa old room.
 But what is this grim monster on which the young man leanss This thing of uneouth | shape, built nl rIassy iron, fuIl of springs 1 and screws. aud bolls--lell us tue name oi ihis strange, uncoush monster, oa which thoi young man leans
 An Iha, grim old monster. is terrible ,hiug--a honid Phantom for dishonest priests or traitor kingS Yes. that uneouih shape. every now and then, speaks ool words that shake the wodd--that is a Prinhag Press
 And the young man, standing there m a rude gaFb, with the warm sunshine strramIDg over his boid brow-~-lIiat young man staud- ing there al alore--neglecie Printer Boy;-ves, an earnest Son ol Foil thinking deep thoughts. there in that old room, with its dus,y floor. and its cob web- hung wsllsi
 Those thoughts will one day shake the woridl
 Now Iei US look upon the other picture
 Ahi here Is a scene full of Night and Mu- sic and Romancel
 Ne stand m magnificent garden, musical with waterfalls, and wonder, far through these arcades Of towering trees, g massive palace breaks up into the deep azure oi Dight
 Let Us approach tha; palace, with it's thou sand windows flashing wi,h llghts-hark' how the music of full band comes stealing along thus garden--mingling wl,h the hum of founiaIns-gathering n one burst up into lhe dark eoncaye oG Heaveni
 Let US enter this palacel Up wide stair ways where heavy carpets give no echo to the loollall-up wide slair-ways through long corridors, adorned with stalues--in,o this splendid saloon'
 Yes, a splendid salooa--yon chandelier. linglng shower of light over this array of noble lortls and beautiful women--on every side the flash ot jewels--the gliuerof em5roi- dery--the soft, nild gieam of pearls. rising into light, with the puisa,ion of iair bosoms --ah' thi$is indeed splendid scere.
 Aud vonder--iar through the crowd of nobility and beauly--yoader. under folds ol purple tapestry, dotted with gold. stands the Throne, and on that Throne--ihe King!
 That kiug--ihese couniries-noble lords and proud dames--are all awaiting strange spectacle. The appearance ol an Ambassador from an unknown Republic far over the waters They are all anxious to- look upon this strange man-wliose fame goes before himi Hark-io those whispers iii IS even said ihls strange Ambassador oi an unknown Republic, has called down the lighlniags from Gods eternal sky,
 No doubt this Ambassador will be some thing yery unenuih xet l. still mpst be plain that he will try to yeiI his anconthness in a splendid Court dress'
 The King, the Couriiers, are all on the tip-toe of expectation!
 Why does not this Magician from the New Worid-ihis Chainer ol ihunderbolts-- appeari
 Suddenly there Is mBrmur-the unsettled crowd part on either side e--look,-he comes: the Magician, the Ambassador,
 He comes walking through that lane. whose walis are beautiful women,--ls he decked out in Court dressi--Is he abashed by the presence of the King'
 AHs Uos LoOk tneEt--HOW llc hmg starts with surprise. as that plain nan comes forward That plain man, with the bold brow, the curling locks behind lis ears--and such odious homemade blue stockings upon his limbs
 Look there, and in that Magician-tha, Chalner of the Lighiniugs-be the Prin- ter Boy of the dusty room; siout-hearted, true souled, conimon-sense BENJAMIN FRANK LISl
 Ahi my friends, there Is a world of mean ing in these pic.uresl They speak |, your hearts aow--,hey will speak 10 the heart of Universal Man forever.
 HekE, he unknoisa Printer Boy, staaatng st 1is iabss. aeeleeisd, aalkaoarB; clad m c patcaed gard, ,riiA tAe iabvor's ssesnf upon his broc-grHFRE, the MAN raom aatioas are proud to claiat as ikeir own, siaadiag as t.e .fmbassador of free .Peopis-siaHdiag as q PRopHEr OF THE RigHTs MAS--un-l aweJ. unabashed, in ske PRESENCE OF RoYs ALTY AND GoLp.
 Re ;iamiu Franklin, in his brown coat and { blue stockings, mocking to shame the pomPl of these Courtiers--the giitiering robes of yonder King.