The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-20

Far above allthese must be ranked the world
renowned August Won kOtzehge, who, by lIappv
union of rivoity and sentimertality, lattered his
contemporaries in the most sensitive point, and
thus became, Notwithstanding Goethe and Schiller
tue favorlie of the public. He made Parnassus a
bagnio, and secured fer himself tie post of go be-
tWeeu.r NO one so well understood how 10 tickle
the Weaknesses and evil inclinatioqs of the edu.
Gated, and TO ldtter the vanity Of the unelucated
public. He failed only when he attempted TO catch
tone Of high refinement His nature was too
commonplace to find out that tenderness of express
sion behind which vice commonly conceas itself
in more delicate minds
1t is strange enough that KOtZebue did not bV
means of lis extraordinary talents, elevate himself
to some more independent position in society. Had
he but Fdlculed every thing but what character.
ICES him as a true son Of his age is that he like
Goethe, judged freely and independently In but one
direction, while in all Others he gave himself up TO
sentimental weakness. Calculated only for carl
caturing his age, for catching IFS comic pojnts
hoZebne piqued himself on being able 10 look upon
II IN serious, earnest, and moving point of view
in idealiZmg it. This, however, he did only TO
acquire friends after he had, bv his ridicue raised
up unto himself enemies. All his whining was
calculated only to make him favorile with the
sentimental public of his age and TO cover the many
SINS OF his private life with the mantle of love- This
Is the cause OF the contradictions which occur in
his writings. Whilst he, with amiabs talent
paints tine German Phistines of the present day in
such a manner that the truth and delcaCv of pRncl
shown surprises us, and might move even Cato
himself TO laughter, on the contrary, he again ex-
hibits The ideal of German born he b1, I7arJ con
tmental method in his poWer vnnld iils IN N lie
something yery excellent vet who ,.as rs ,,r nf
Philistine than he whom hs had the dav hs fore
ridculed. As the RieinStdater Country townspso.
pe) is his best piece of this kind his worst though
his most celebrated, is his ' Misanthropg and Re-
pentence - TcaIleJ with ms The Strsp1ar 81 G
in 1t German gOod.nature is abused bv fpivoliiv in
way which no people could tolerate in anv noat
la France Queen Marguerite and "a Fhn,aipe ta,o
both written whole collections Of vsrv aronsinor
adultery tales These collections are immoral hnp
they possess the merit of being almost ali trrs sto
ries natural and amusing trails of nrivate fs. and
the lover appears as sly rascal the WIS as aitb
| jealous Ohellu, who avenges himself terribly
This is all quite natural in these tales no,hinp i
sturTed over But Kutzsbue descrihas to is in his
Misanthrope, cnckod who is neither tragical nor
cOmical who neither exposes himself like Papta.
loon or Pierrot to the merry tricks of HARLEQUIN
nor, like Otlello used his dagger in the blindness
of his fury; but who receives back into his bosom
with tears of emotion, his dear Spouse after she
had eloped from her Voung brava and graosf,l
husband as we'll as her cbirsn ,,b "au
officer. This man is represented as The most ex
cellent of all men, as n perfsct hem, jl1eoI tbiy
pardon granted In n case yvba,. tho boi;as, ,ie
NOT only the ideIitv nr tbs Wits bnt aisa ~ -
of the moher-had beep dsseried j. ~, la a. g
The highest of vi,tI,ea And ust Kn,,hI 81
only al paliating thai tHouo btess dsssscrstion ~
| marriage than s1 cop,n,nn aJ - IL - -
France nj givina nn~ionI S.i "
heartlessness hv tI moe of
of German seniiroentaJit,i nnJ of Eanob ,as
| by making false show If J,srmoI, ,irna ,rbiS +
| an incredibla insulr 10 all il, v,boea ,,I
a djsqraceful niece was WITH, rt ,b I5,aE
zation had extended SO far rhe author was admiret