The primitive Republican., 1851-04-10

he has not followed. There IS a1meif.
= freshness in all that he says, and Nom
while reading, as though you wcrem H,..
f encc Of, and were listening % The conn.
ton Of, some-suc Of largo e eloquent
lie seems to surysy ny "a glance, tbs
h intellectual machinery Of an author. and
have an intuitiyc perception Of thc b..u
and true, in production. Hc ymra
largely with excellence. whereycrlogul-.
at command, q wonderful fund of illur.
lnatter-possessas the power Of profound.
searching analysis; and iu addition DH.
utters himself with a manlincs and frae.
/ that command, rather than supplmtour
His last work, on "Ltoraturc ml L.
ry men" is a grouping Of contempanam
Aving writer's, takingout Milton, BymE
ter, and one or two others. Itsau5l.t
cimen Of artistic criticism, conducted
manly and christian spirit The mnaal
ar will be charmed at the evidences Of m
and exalted culture it evinccs, while thec.a.
tian will admire the fratcrnal feeling, and
loving and genial spirit displayed
The American reader will be plcas.db.
in him a disposition to bestow honor va-
it is due, even though It be on ono Of tha.a
ton, which according to Mr. Carlyle. nh
'Latter-day Pamphlets has, as yet, prlae
ed nothing great.
OF Longfelow hc says, he "has sung .
manifold and melting numbers, with SOB.
Of wide compass, clear articulation, and mn
musical tones" We cannot forboar giving
the following extract, from hisportraitda
American poet just alluded to.
"The Distinguishing qualities Of Long.
low, seem to be beauty Of imagination, d..
cacy Of tate, wide sympathy, and u.iII r
expressing thcmsclycs sometime .
forms Of quaint and fantastic fancy, bat
ways in chastc and simple language ".
sympathises more with the ar
rect, the classical, and the refined than w..
that outer and stcrucr world, whore dwell th
drcary, the rude, the fierce, and the tcriNI
shapes Of things The scenery he dcser.h.
best, is the storicd richness Of the Rhine.
the golden glories Of the Indian summer
the cnvirons Of the old Nova Scotia ville.
)r the wide billowing prairie; and not Hae
vast forests, where a path for the SUNBEAM
must be hewn, nor those wilderness of snow
where the storm and the wing of the Condor.
liyide the sovereignty. In the midst of ua
dreadful solitudes, his genius rather .hiya-
and covers, than rises and reigns. Ile ).
spirit Of the Beautiful, more than of theSg-
5limc; he has lain on the lap of Loyeliuo.
md not been dandled like n lion-cub. ON th
Knees 81 Terror. The magic he wields tId
soft, is true and strong. If not q pr0phr
torn by asecret burden, & uttering it inwd
strains, he is a genuine poet, wha
has sought for, and foumd inspiration, now .d
the story and scenery Of his own country
and now in the lays and legends of othr
lands, whose native vein, in itself exquisite
has been highly cultiyatcdand dclicatcly
ishcd."
Who, that has hung entranccd over the q.
licious numbers of "Evangcline' that Ln
listened to the rich music floating from sVo.e
cs Of the Night and that has drank in Oh.
home-lile harmonyo of his Seaside and Fin.
side, but what recognises, Longfcllow iu ,his
extract!
Of Emerson, whom he represents as being
'Eapart altogether from his verse, the truct
poet America has produced, and as hariu.
stood upon tho soil Of Massachusetts, Will
his brow barred to the breczos of his nativ
country, invoking the genius Of his ow
words, he thus speaks:
'sNor has hc invoked It in vain Word
which are pictures sounds which arc song
snatches Of a deep woodland niclodv-iuhIu
raptures in praise Of nature, rcmiudmgy
af;r off of those old Hebrew hymns, whiel
paired to the timbrel on the clash OF symbols
rose like the cries Of some great victory
II; eu-are given to Emersonathis plaasun
Ii = 80, -:.i not upon occasion, and elaborate
- u o,' "I'l ~ hucs, but wears them
u ''"ouV IL oil I's way, WHtUA-is a WINGED WAY
not along the earth, but through tneLIeh,ri
liquid air"
He takes -oecasion-and very propcrlyt
las we think-to call in question the SCUM
ness Of Emersonism, as a system; vet.
that liberahty and grandeur Of soul, byvha
his criticisms arcall characterised, hercjuB.
the bitter attacks made upon Emerson,
the religious press in Scotland, during d
last visit to that country
We enter, sorrowingly, into the feeling
regret expressed by Mr. Gillian, in the e6
lowing extract from his portrait of Emer
--one too, which closes his critiaue of a
earnest but errlng counuyman:
"Whcn we think of such mind ownir
a faith seemingly so cold, and vague, d shai
owy; and when, in his lectures, we find NOR
al and spiritual truths Of such importauo
robbed of their awful sanctions, separated
like rays cut off from the sun--from their d.
rent system and source-swung from off their
upon the Rock Of ages-the Iufn.
tie and the EteEnal-and supported upon his
own authority alone-wheu, IN short. th.
moon q genius comes between us and ts
sun Of God, we feel dreariness and dcsol.-
len Of spirit inexpressible; and much is vo
admire the author, and love the man, we ar,
emptcd to regret the hour, when he frst
anded on our shores Cur best wisbcs, and
hose Of thousands went wiih hm ON bis
lomeward way: but coupled with strong
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