The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-01-18

.uf- uscf the aniNtr-e. q. fltiiul iAl =, Mus o.
Tie tower oil Babel hrs gone bei'lid "a"
sun :" t,D "Iic mighty ocean oi dis
ca,cry. mystery. md tfansceudeniHl won
de,s. vet !. unes llorcA. awaiting dis cloet-
di,pclling sun oi genius to light 'ts t''ih'7'
itss waters
This souue genius, which Il seems Is q
san, NOW comes forth, q full grown gi1nl'
"tn light the iathou.le-s walers Which
Pope I.,t "uucxplorcd." How be- was 20
irr TO ret to the bottom OF this tdih9miess
deep. NJ were a. hrsl unable to see, But
lee !. a SECOND sam Patch. Tie docs dive
down There. and everything before uncs'
plsred is made cas- clear rs mud We
arr told IN the FIR, place that man Is not a
Superior animal |! be bad been q
aoa.d not have lc,n. " cpnparaiisels spcak'
inc a diihruli task % ito give u pi'v-'uleei.
cal description of" him iiul, heing as bow
he &, = different species. when We " attempt
- dcsrihc him. the master work OF God,
vr pauar w4 THINK GasGck our Trans
for appropriate language to give Just de-
.rrini.en + las structure, bis eapablity,
and hi. noble mind.
However. aitcr all these maietlal pairs
in the production Of language and after
some scratching of the head, either from Tie
sane nf soinc other cause, We are i"ld 10y
~ lanr Genius thu, "man Is cmphaiirall'
an onH,rerous 0a,moii Nod wh:.: = ;n,re
he will not ca, When hunger piuche-
lin he deeour. with a,itliiy ani acst al
mos, any and every thing that come, ~ his
reach. His nature seems ~ require va
riefv of diet One j. here curious To
lenrn on wha, meat hHs this Dung te-
MIA, sed that he ha> grown to SO leamcd 4
einni." lie must surcly be n di'clple al
the learned doctor who imposed on the
simplicity OF the Wear OF Wakefield at the
lair.
Afier this display Of such profound know.
lodge. there cannot he the least doubt of
that discovery in astronomy lately made by
a auag Geuius," aud revealed to us in
this same ESSAY on man. 10 W.T. that the
sun has actually come down between rs
ard the tower of Babel Gallilco was dis
believed bv the Successor OF saint Peter for
asserting that the earth icVolycd nrou,'d the
sun, aud no. the sun around the earth
" hat would his holiness have though Gal.
lilco had told him, the sun had come down
between his See aud the site ol Babel II he
would have given any credit to the story,
we expect tina, the Old gentleman would
have begun. in double quick time, &" to
make tracks Tor the Atlantic. hut, natwiti.
standing the disbelief ol the inlalllhle father,
Gnllilcn was correct in bis assertions, and
we have no doubt this last discovery Is cor
rect also. for 1t IS asserted Toy a greater
than Gallilco.
The next essay is headed " wv Country
And here, louug Genius having beaten
Pope. makes brush at Sir Walter Scott
Those admirable lines IN the " Lay OF the
Last Minstrel. -
Breaih-s there a man Niih .oni .aeeAd,
Who never io lim.rif hath .nil
@ir7 urninc ifum soine iur.sN' strand
Thus ms own uy native land
viii hereafter be superseded b., this raphso.
dy Of " Young Genius" at least IA the
mouths Of the Professor pupils.
IN this la.t essay. also, We ARE taught
two things which deserve to bee treasured
up in memory The one i. historical, and
i, con,rar, to the account of every other
historian who has written Of our revelation
We are told that Montgomery poured out
hs liio'. blood IN Tie arms Of rtc.ocy Gas fac
as his noble soul is couccrncd.'D Oihei lis.
toran. tell w. that Montgomery l,ll heior.
Quebec, and tlh his army was defeated
How il was. then, that he poured on, he
lif,.'. blood IN the arms OF victory We can.
III. ..s's tss D. d d.
seems to suggest, thu, all those who were
Killed in that battle conquered, and only
those who survived of our army. were yan.
aui.hed. This must have been the way
Of il.
The other thing which we are taught in
the essay on My Country l. a psyche.
logical fact. TO wit: that " thnnght ira.
verses this beautiful green earth 80 in an
omnibus And When the Professor
takes ride with Thought they hn,c a
team Of long cared animnis to draw the
vehicle The namcs Of these steeds are
Past. Prescott, aud Future Generations. -
Linked with psst, Present. and future
Generations they "rpSh 70 a Gimme gf
,tiacg and craitsiioa' We are obliged
to observe that this node of proceeding
il lids incomprchcnsile. Here Is tie
Past pulling one way. the Future pulling
eNactly in the opposite direction, and tae
Present pulling cqusl!i .;sainsi them both.
and irving TO hold them stiil. We should
he apt to suppose that the Professor Of
Loagnages did not understand the laws Of
motion, the doctrine OF opposing forces,