The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-08

time tie general indifference II not olnirah
Opposition which Was manii TED II orr elee
tion. uitl li ST eonioupi
On lie gia ontroyet siss Of pasy char
laatel III e Tgishrnsn I owl, & % no
spec we keep deyilof ! tbipking Ihs
sslhousand and ene objection Which IS
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lde 9iecRut q soldid sei siAls7s eslsssS'a'
tfacted bigotrys which 40 comedy 81 a.
ror could suIpass.
We sinefely Aope thatthe lintiYol IS
suit il this county g,illno operate g 9 seil.
Gus disceuragement 70 the friends q the en'
terprise, but aided as they viii De By 9 favor
IDLE response every where else, they g q.
tilnas succeed ID convincing ON eonlFla'
nifty 81 actual pertinent, that q felee1 rs
tbe proposition for county ta3, excerpts
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ble and novel as it was rs d means 81 Local
laproze ment, tHey were neither wiser q
more patriotic than the citizens Of Ncxubee,
eHdekasaw, and other well disposed commp;
nities We frankly confess that when ne
reflect upon The wealth aud intelligence q
IloWndes county never could understand
why tie requisite amount Of stock as estinia;
ted for the work through I, was not prompts
Vi taken BIZ private subscription This e:
lnctanee md implied tIistrust on the part Of
our landholders and capitalists, 8e have
~ doubt ozerted 4 dlisparitory influence, a
it certainly furnished the most plausible rea-
son for the general disafieotion Of the county
If the result could have the propitious effect
Of rsllying our wealtHy and entegprisiing cit
izens ia the private rescue Of the Road, I'M
stead Of producing apathy and indifference il
would al yet, turn ont for the best: Will
our wealthiast and most public spirited citi-
zens set the exanple If they Will in any
degree proportionate to their means as well
as interests, the sum will be promptly made
MP md aIl1Fill one day surprised, why any
hesitated;
Fo'fbe Prinitips Repa5lieaa
Monday g9ilias G.ss about 8s'gs ialhos %
No We
-PoEas; 81 HESRY WAnswoRTH LoNGFELL oN.
INrwo voLUMEs. a New EDlTIoN BosToN.
IickNoR, REED 8 FEEDS"
We know not that it is essential that one
should write poetry, before venturing an o.
pinion of the merits of yersifcation If it
s, We must place ourselts among the interdict-
ID; for since the days wherein, in common
With most young gentlemen IN their minority,
sc were smittcn with the1lark eyes, and flow
ng tresses, and quite beTy Of other physi-
,al eharlus, possessedin most heart-affecting
abundance b one whom re knew long, long
lgo, ne have not attempted any undue fa-
with the MUSES. The disgusting
ientimentality, crowded into still more dis
gushing rhymes, atthat sofi period of our life,
ye keep near 1t hand all5the vhile; 50 that
,hould We ever be visited by a temptation To
do up doggerel again, NC may have moths
ng to do, but 10 invoke those huuailiating
Of our. youthful folly, Ii order ton
70 be 2ll-common nonsense.
Most Of the verses now manufactured for
our weeklies, magazines and quartcrlies, are
little else than prose al1ortions sllilly-shally
rhymingg- sickening sentiment.lisn, and dis
gushing limitations. Some people seem to
have a rhyming mania Just 50 they can
weave together a web Of words, the last Of
which, in each, or every alternate, line has
some relationship insound, they fancy then-
selves poets born, and straightTay begin that
lboninablest Of egotisn, boreing friends with
their unmanageaBle cadences, and disco
nant strains, and. annoying editors with stuff,
which any respectable corps Of bull-frogs,
would find it difficult, even by all the aid Of
their infinite variety Of measure and sound,
to set to music. a few times in our life,
have we been hurried into ! private room, &
By such doggerelologists, to pour over lines,
where ianbics, troehees, anapasts, daetyls,
together with every other syllabilio
variety, and poetical measure, were Iuddled
together looking for al the world like dis
rnpted strata, when commissions Of nature
have thrown down mountains, and heayed Jtp
Valleys
We have been looking into theory Of poe
rs latterly, which resolves itself into an OPP
position Of allthat We hold dear ii the realm
Of song IS that which denies that truth,
Is the principal merit Of poety, and contends
that il (poetf5 never becomes truly sllcl, IN
I'll il attains 70 . region beyond thereal thus
building for falsehood higher heaven
than that consecrated TO truth Now ne
readily eoncede that tie highest form 81 poe
try, Is that which unfold to us, something IS
boye the aetual yet does not folloM. Shat
the f3aIfssi1f "a MT ,sal s;,n,,iSs ~