The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-01-14
From the N. Y. Evening Post.

an'hor oi u must be happy fellow. lie
never has troubled himself with the dry
formulas Of Lindley Murray, or the still
more dry definitions Of Noah Webster.
Grammar and dictionary are thrown to
the dogs or loco,focos. The mighty, over
whelming whig intellect on this occasion
could not submit to be trammeled by the
rules Of language, and, we might add, the
dictates OF common sense
But We are OBTAINING our readers from
this treat. ii is too long for US to publish
entire. But doubtless il will be printed
in gold, to accompany the speech Of Mr..
Clay. II so, we advise every one TO pur.
chase it as they would number of Punch's
magazine. We shrewdly suspect il was
written by Punch himself, aud brought
out by the last steamer. Only conceive
fifteen hundred or two thousand persons,
out Of population exceeding three hun.
dred thousand, collected together after
the labors, the cares, aud the duties of the
day have been performed as usual, when
some officer Of the meeting rises to read
the address expressive of the feelings of the
assembly aud breaks forth like the letting
loose of long pent,up hurricane-'Fel-
low citizens: gigantic dangers imminen,ly
threaten our common country!'
The two hundred and ninety nine thou
sand inhabitants Of the city are quietly
aud nnconcernedly passing along the
streets. some smoking cigars, some sing
ing, some going TO the theatres, some to
concerts, shows, and amusements of every
kind. All, litile do they ken ofthe 'gigan.
tic Dangers little do they know how i'm.
minently they threaten Most humbly
do we sngges, that impend is the proper
word to use in this connexion. But we
would not attempt to improve on this
wonde rful performance. Having told the
audience about the gigantic dangers,
they began to look to see what they were.
Then the address tells them 'most perilous
of all, the national mind is wearing itself
channel utterly inconsistent with the
simplicity and purity of our free institu-
tons
/ How surprising 10 the richness of ex.
press in the English language. The mind
wearing itself channel just as rivers and
brooks do, to say nothing about the drip
ping from the caves of houses, is an ex-
preston without parallel in Greek, Lat.
in, German, French, and Spanish, or any
other language. But the thought is truly
sublime, il sublimity consists in what IS
perous and awful. For sthls wearing of
the channel is the most perlous' of the
gigantic dangers that imminently threa-
ten our common country We now see
why the author did not use the word inn
pend. as we suggested above. Wearing
channels can hardly be spoken of as i'm
pending; so, with singular beauty, he uses
the term 'imminently threaten
| We can hardly notice a tithe of this
string gems. The poor audience, di>
rect from their daily labors and pursuits,
are told that the paths Of peaceful indus
try are deserted by the sanguine and as
piring for dreams of conquest and military
domination; life of patient, homely toll,
seems tame and abject, while visions of
proconsulships and despotic commands, of
the conquest of provinces, and the acquisi
tion Of gold mines dazzle the view.' Of
course the audience is not classed among
the 'sauguine and aspiring
On the wings of some Kentucky Pegas-
us, the assembly in an instan is transpor.
ted TO the republics of Greece and Rome,
and without stopping even 'to bait,' the
steed sweeps through 'conquering colo
nizing Spain and republican France In
an instant all are uuhorsed, aud an effu
sion Of melancholy moral reflections is
passed through their minds, which closes
with this horrifying expression: The
| fierce bay of the blood hound on the warm
of reason, the soft pleadings of humanity
1t is quite difficult TO DO justice to the
merits here displayed. Omitting the in
suit it contains against Lindley Murray.s
rules, we say, with all modesty, that it is
10 be und erstood that sblood. hounds are
our soldiers in Mexico; the fierce bay is
allegorical oftheir cannon when fred; and
| that warm track means the route Of the
Mexicans during the heat of day; the ex>
preston, the calm voice Of reason, must
mean TO imply the charge Of the Mexican
lsncers, and the soft pleadings Of human-
ity are metaphorical of the Invitations
given by the Mexicans TO our soldiers to
60 into the shops and drink puique, where
they are assassinated. 1 s,sa
We must leave our readers TO examine
for themselves this fragment. IL will fur
Dish high entertainment for the holidays,
and amply repay their pains.