Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-12-08
SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL
On me, when ounces are satiric,
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Dean Sain.
Our neighoor OF the Gazette Is certainly
an original, and il he deserves credit for
it is for the facility with which
he can shift his attitudes and positions in an
argument. We confess, however, that we
have been taken by surprise, for in all his
various ''gyrations," we never expected
him to turn critic. Could presumption 60
further! Hear him! ye sages, as well as
ye dablers in poetry.
"When, dear Mr.. Editor, you wish to be
forcible and sharp in your editorials, you
must not insert in them a parcel OF stale
verses, which add nothing 10 the vigor OF the
article, nor tend in the least TO its adornment.
When a writer wishes TO be perspicuous and
correct in his composition, he clears it OF all
excrescencics-he lops off all exuberant mat.
ter he discards every thing that looks like
froth or fustian, and he never repeats the
sayings OF Hudibras, especially when he has
repeated them thousand times before. Hea-
ven has not designed every one 10 be Solo
mon, but has wisely confined wisdom to
particular few, from whom its beams should
radiate like light from a certicle sun"
The editor has evidently been greatly
annoyed by the application Of the "stale"
verses from the Spectator and from Butler
in our reply to his article. We have, it is
true, liking for the verses of these ancient
authors, which the Gazette stigmatises as
stale. This, however, is wholly matter
oftaste, and we shall never quarrel with
the editor for preferring the freshness and
thegreenness ofthe contributions to his own
columns. But we really were under the
impression, with the rest OF the world, that
quotation well applied had some point,
and, no doubt, the editor feels SO himself.
We also concur with this renowned critic,
that all "excrescencies," should be chopped
off," and we advise him, as example Is bet
ter than precept, to begin by looping of
the s'i'' in his own "excrescencies," and
adopt another standard, for spelling verti-
cal. Truly such garing omissions 1--WE
shall not call them errors,) do not come
with good grace from critic.
But to be candid, we must say, that we
have not been very forcibly struck with
either the wit or the poetry of this modern
critic, and as he seems to have an aversion
to Hudi5ras, we give him few lines from
Pope, in his essay on criticism, as express
sive of our own views of his efforts.
Some have at first for wits, then poets pass'd,
Turn'd critics next, and prov plain fools at last
Some neither can for wits nor critics pass,
As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass.
Why our ice cream freezes should annoy
the Gazette, We can't conceive. We ad
wise him to try one, and if he does moi
choose to use it for the purpose designed
it may serve at least to consolidate and give
consistency to his ideas.
In regard to the EDITORS explanation o
his inconsistency in expressing opinions
for and against the tariff of 1S42, in thu
space of ten months, we only TO say tina
the explanation differs from the one giver
on former occasion; but we are charitable
and are willing that he shall escape from
this "tight place." by the usual cant of th'
free-traders, that it is better for farmers t.
buy iron, an article made up almost wholly
of labor, from the British manufactures
than from our own countrymen, thus send
ing our money abroad to feed British la
borers on the products of British farmers
instead Of patronizing our own.