The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-02-22


me. in the last number %! the Painot
by gentleman who signs himself Gas
ual On. r,er
1t i. laid TO my charge. that " the ltera-
~ community is very much pcNer,d WIN
abouivc efforts at criticism, Publishes from
time 10 tinie. over the signature OF ON
GrNi,s, and other dignihed appeIlatons,
too numerous to mention deny this
charge: nay writings have been very lew
indccd: and | am almost rs unwilling 10
,athcr the rst Of the productions which
casual refer, To, a. | would be- to father
hi. But Casnal j. one ol the hcrorg
comm.Aay his essay viii show tha,-and
be- Will he "pcstcfed M longer; and, al
though ma, not Toe ";he n,an who struck
Billy Patterson" yet he Is determined u
pitch in on me Bravo, Casual, Your
conragc i equal TO yonr ire, the Hrobd's'
nag has bearded the i.iliputian.'
Bat hear Casual lie ,a,s we can
almost invariahl, tell the character and d..
position OF AN individual from the psssliar
~fyo Of his writings. think that II does
not require great degfee oi the ln''niWe
knowledge OF human nature, or an album
dance oil learning 10 portray tl', Ldlip'i'
iiaa critic from head 10 corTora'ig'
mentally, and morally" Casual must be
the man who saw through the milestone
lac has actually discovered the measure oi
my body from the pecHitar agi' 81 my
,rHinas iic j., cnte dog, and think,
ii those two old jolly fellows whom he
mentions. pliny The Elder, and Euclid,
could have learned of hi guesslugs, that
tt,.y would have laughed from some other
cause than that which be states. Euclid
would have been thrown into obstacles Of
that same old peculiar ehuchlc of ms,
called hy Casual ma'hfmTlcW delight.
The old gentleman, ton, would possibly
have sworn that Casual Vas ONE oi those
who Civ, name 10 u certain proposition oi
his. called the Asses Eridgc'
Atcr all. C',suad Gnds It difficult to de-
scribe me; aud, having sct THU difficulty
forth In learned depression ~; IN c.e-anl
sentences. he gives 1t up, and concludes b.,
deuomiuaiiug me "sHtjcci. ! suppose
that ihi. i. some new race ST animals: what
species of th, genus am j. not given
liut | am rcproachcd with beng very
nelN: am compared to Richard the THIRD
aud the dogs are said to bark n, me. !
cannot hcip thr l"hfm''''s 81 h",o'e' ""'
W., ! consulted ia the making OF myself,
/. had been. and had set much store on
beauty. II is possible | would have chosen
to be- made rs beautiful a. ts.nHl who Is
no dpuht very handsome """", WV
only knew IT, However h' d"s mas YET
been found So hnlochog a. % "aih ~ my
inllfmiiN, except 'h'n.1 SCH
with tHs last touch casual conc lnues
what he cans IT'S oN".''"' !" "'"' az
tw"st''" teT'r"' 40 QUE wa" r'H''s
hIs piece wa doubt mat ne i'' II NOT an
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Ghcrdify IN h. characterized h, cor.
,.,, t,.,n arnie n.rcention and energetic
,hon.,bt" The rest Of hi. niece consist.
Of the exordium and the peroration. the
bc,d and the tnil
Raj ,o,, ,,h, i. Casr,l, co,c.s.
that haze not ms GOOD nose as ho has.
aud cannot make SO GOOD a ,,ucs.: bu,
| can see some thinp. a. ,.ell ~ other pco.
ME. | WA, inclined. nj first. iudrinr from
Ill, pompous gruutipe manner and the
ynst nuonnt of leotninp which he h,. dis
pl,,ed. TO think that he was the Learned
pie. Bot his bark reveals that he is no
pig he shows himself 10 lie "l another
race of animals lie saws that the dnrs
bark at me Now Casual Is the only in
stance that know OF Thereto ., his
genus must be canine. Ills species is, lst,
iargc, judging from bis exceptions to my
size; ID. handsome, Judging from his
N king lnn OF my nslness' expect that
he 's large. beautiful, white fellow, with
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