Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-09-11

unto them two Sptsthe beautiful to make them love
the labor by which they thrive and the other hateful
to make them loahe the soth by which they
and in the train the first he hath Plenty Health and
Joy and in the train of the second, Want Sickness and
Grief And when these Spirits earth chris
tened the one Industry, and the other Incidence
Sand now, Slvo," she asked, Z" can you guess who |
am"
81 can !" he cried "you the blessed spirit of patient
Industry"
pretty little apologize, and useful, our readers WILL
think, acknowledge. But others still preer occasionally
introduced in the Of the narrative and here
particularly good
"When God had created Man, he ordered his Angels to
visit him earth and guide him in his ways that he
might foretaste the bliss OF the life to
But lusul Man sought after sensual joys in preference
to those of Heaven, and growing greedy of worldly fruits,
began quarrel with his brethren for the of them
and the Guardian Angels wept among themselves.
But when the Strong oppressed the Weak and took from
them by force the produce of their toll Justice up
rowing, and leaving the earth, flew back to heaven.
Sand when the Weak the Strong, with false
hood and deceit and got from them by cunning what they
feared to take by force, Truth up sorowng and leaving
earth, flew back to heaven
"And when the Injured forth, to slay their inurers
and crmsoned the plain with brothers blood Peace
up sorrowng and, leaving earth flew back to heaven
'Thus each bad act scared good angel from the
world, until Forgiveness the beautiful of ALL alone re-
mained behind
"And when she heard Anger and Revenge whisper dark
deeds into mems and counsel them repeat the wrong
that had been done hem she up soowng and said
4 81 will not leave the earth
"While my sister Angels here, might have rested
in my Fathers bosom for Man needed But now
that they have fled, will seek make him listen my
voice. telling him that, he cheshes Forgiveness here
will forgiveness cherish him hereafter"
$50 the lovelest child of Heaven remained earth and
Peace and Love, repening, flew back and followed in her
| train"
Or here is third, which may please many, with its nge
nuty, better than those already given
" The two elder of Time the fair To-day and
the dark Tomorrow and they both loved Virtues noble
daughter the buecyed Duty each seeking her for his BRIDE
But Duty, by the energy of Today cared his
younger BROTHER the dreamy Tomorrow SO she mated with
the frstbon, and Virtue, her loving mother, blessed their
union. Then To morrow, moved by envy, sonowing
to his father Time and the gaybead, folding him in his
shadowy arms drew his ill gifted boy his bosom, and thus
consoled him 'Geve not my child that the greater vigor
of thy brother hath found favor than hyse in the eyes
of the maiden, Duty Grieve not for will give
thee, for thy partner gay Folly her whose laughing looks
and merry mood have her countless followers whose
realm all the world And as DOVER decree that twice
the third part of that which belongs Duty and To-day shall
henceforth be set apart for Folly and Tomorrow But
when evenhanded Virtue heard the harsh resolve indignant
that what ghtuy her chdens should be transferred
Others she ordained that the rstbo Of Folly and To-
should dspossess them Of their marriage portion
And when the child was born, they called Procralao,
So much for the apt minor parallels which adorn inter-
walls the general allegory This is of ITSELF well conducted
and told with that gayey of tone which makes the proper
of this kind of fiction That does here
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toms inmtable BeEer 6nc-the very perfection of elegant
banter does by any equal the sgher, but still
spirited, mockery of Charles Perrault that only here
and there, with touch This the contrary of playful
oentoo elevated but still the conception the proper
one though not always matched by the execution and
the whole the story effectively told, and must please the
less-critcal sort for whom it is designed
1t will have been already remarked by those who love this
kind Of literature that the lesson be incucated by
the story much resembles that rather more carefully veed
under the gorgeous inventions Of that captivating Of le
gends, the Lamp Of Aaddn In the Persian tae the
gcal gift with which the hero lifts himself from his original
poverty and obscury greatness ard endor is knowledge
study, the oil of his lamp in the Good Genius it is labor
As the authorship, do know it. even by conec
ture. The Brothers Mayhem" are we suppose not whit
real than that alias of Horace and James Smith, the
Brothers Percy" There may be none but fictitious
fraternity like that by which White brothers to
the Red like that than brotherhood-that identity
which President Jefferson, in his first inaugural address, de-
cared to exist between Federass and Republicans or like
that blood relationship to every thing human which we pro-
fess-ha homo sum hu,aaai Mill alienun a me puto,
with which go and shoot down cousins the Mexcans
If however, the authors personality not TO be detected in
his composition, at least his country and his politics rather
obvious He is evidently om the account which he gives
Of the Revolution and Counter Revolution Slvios domn-
ion, the City of the Diamond Wates") a dweer within
the Land Of Manifest Desnies he also not very vehe-
mcnt admrer of patent philanthropy Of Jacksonian De
mocracy, of Polk and Dallas Free Trade AT least SO
we infer from the following passage which, nevertheless
submit to the judgment Of readers:
"While Svio had been in the cave his city had been
nearly badly of himself; for had fallen into the hands
OF the Patriots and Philanthrops whoadvocaing the
rights of the abstract Man. and vowng that the institutions of
the country should longer be for the benefit the few at
the expense Of the manhad up the mobcap Of Liberty
declaring that the laws Of Nature should be repealed and a
the Genius and the Idiot should hencefoh be equal And
as there are two things that every nccs he do bet
ter than anotheryz mix salad and govern countryside
whole population of the town sought to have finger in
the national pie and the city pot the mt
OF Convention composed Of benevolent-minded Bakers
nespted Cobbers, deephinkng Talors and heroic Cow
Keepers overfowing with the milk Of human kindness who
though voting the love Of power low thing still were ready
to make any sacrifice rather than their fellow counymen
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