Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-01-07

Mr.. SECRETARY WALKER.--Goldsmiths
schoolmaster has come to life insthe person of
Mr.. Secretary Walker. The Ricomond En-
quirer, Zone of Mr.. W. intimate friends) ex-
hausts the usual terms of eulogy upon the Sec
retary's late report, and in a paroxysm of pane
gyric exclaims-
In reading this powerful paper, we were
reminded of some of the lines of Goldsmithis
beautiful description of the village school-mas-
ter:
1.-THE village all declared how much he knew,
Twas certain he could write and cypher too;
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,
That one small head should carry all he knew"
What a treasure the country has in this Sec
retaryl 1t is certain he can a1ritc, and, most
extraordinary, he can scypher too" Where
shall we look,-or. to speak more correctly,
aUhen, shall we look for an union of these two
rare accomplishments in one small head, againl
Nature is not prolific in such heads, and, it is
believed, exhausts her powers for years in the
effort to produce one. We must not expect
too much of nature, bountiful mother as she is,
and therefore should not hope to see another
''small head" in our day, like that which Mr..
Walker is blessed with.
But does not the Enquirer stop in the paral-
lei at the pointwhere it becomes most striking?
If, as all will allow, Mr.. Walker qvrites and CO.
pliers, does he not also in the other Characters
tic of the s%village schoolmaster' even excel
him? You who have read the Secretary's re-
port, read also this and answer:
In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still!
How often Mr.. Walker has given evidence
of the possession of this talent, who shall at
tempt to enumerate! And, not to refer to 9TH
er proofs of its being in him, who will read his
report and say that the man who produced it
can ever be argued down?
Thus far the parallel is perfect, and those
who believe in the doctrine of the transmigra-
ton of souls, may appeal to this example Of it,
as proof conclusive.
And yet the case is stronger even than has
been shown. Goldsmith's schoolmaster not
kept on arguing after he was vanquished, but
in the argument itself he amazed his hearers, for
it is written:
While words of learned length and thund'rin sound,
Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around!
And how true this is of Mr.. Walkers report
No wonder, that his brain become bewildered
after he had got it all out. The establishment
should be rather that, instead of vertigo, his
:fsmall head was not really turned.
If we remember Alright, Goldsmith's school
master could even do more than is here set
down of him and Mr.. Walker. We are told
Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage
And even the story ran-thathe could guagel
Mr.. Walker can, we believe, measure lands
indeed he has personal fondness for getting
them. He has shown that in his Texas letter.
He knows something, too, of the "terms" of of
flee; how long they hold good, and what they
yield whilst held; and it is admitted, that he
sees the swelling .'tide" in politics, even be-
fore others detect a ripple on the sea of waters.
He is very careful, TOO, in taking the ''tide" sat
the flood" In each and in all these things, he
is the equal of the schoolmaster-if it might
not be thought irreverant, we should, perhaps,
say, he excels him. But, then, the master of
the school could, it was said, guage!! This,
which was properly regarded as the climax of
greatness, is not, as the reader will perceive,
asserted with positiveness-the "story ran" so.
To complete the parallel, inquiry mustbe made
into this matter. Will the Richmond Enqui-
rer answer this question Scan Mr.. Walker
guage.r-BaLt. Patriot.