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therefore thinks Shakespeare a very correct
writer, and Dickens very pure. we are
less but sufficiently known to be of a judgment
no inferior as that we think Shakespeare to have
MANY blemishes and Dickens to be a writer of
tatterdemalion English. We, then, are the
enemy of the Dickens school, which includes
Mr.. Thackeray; while the Delta is the champion
Of that school. the :. well of English undetilcd."
Such was the position of these several parties.
Little did we think las Burke says of the
queen Of Frances misfortunes) so have seen >
the sad reverse which was at hand--the Delta
fierceIy attacking one of its own favorites;
and the Crescent reduced to the melancholy ne
nessty of defending him.
That journal gave US, on Saturday last, the
following article:
TRAvELtre AurHoRsHIP AcArN--we have had enough
Of mpertDept English travellers, who do up ridcu-
lous Of the United States Tor London publishers
and INDUCED the hope that nearly done with
them at ast Not So however The best II them all
the most cosmopolitan Bull amongst them--the only on
who seemed have the slightest appreciation of ths
meaning Of civil and religious brrtyhe OF the pacific
title and tendencesthe established pet and favorito
the United StatesWilliam Magepeace Thaekeray hun
selas gone out of the way insult the memory Of
most loved and cherished hero.
In the second part Of his work, the Newcomesif
depend the New York Evening Post tolerabe
authority by the way in literary matterhe fixes date
by stating that it about the time when Nh George
Washington prosecuting his pagns, with
age it must be confessed which worthy of better
edtse We should not mind this expression of mon
archical opinion much if it belonged naturally the
text; but to take this roundabout way of verifying
date and clearly for the purpose of INDUCING in fling
this country which has recently treated him with much
hospitality Is unworthy of the reputation Of Mr. Thack
cray. a gentleman and a scholar.
We must confess that expected better from the
thor of Pendennis, We thought had detected some
heart under the sneering superfcies of his writings
were actually under the impression for while that he
an enlightened and liberal man We would have
believed short Of this positive proof that he would have
permitted his pen drop blot the of Washing
tom which the statesmen of Europe
accustomed to which the imperial
istic Guizot is compelled to admire which the
Of our time look to as the bright particular the
political world OF verify, did not expect from Mr.
Thackeray a sneer against that venerable name
However MIR Thackeray is London author and writes
for bread Iet accounts for anything We hope though
when he visits next for the purpose realizing twenty
thousand dollars by the delivery Of very Indifferent lee
lures he will not aude contemptuously the name
Of Washington.
Now, we will tell the Delta what happened to
ourself few days before it produced this indig-
nation article against its unhappy friend, the
late Mr.. Thackersy, now fallen from the Deltas
favor into ours. One of our clever but less ex-
perienced assistants, meeting in the Post this
very charge against Thackeray, brought it to
us, that We might give master Thackeray cas-
tigation. Stop little, young sir p said we :
Sc never take quotations upon trust There are
few people upon whose citations you can rely |
Rely upon nobody's where you can easily verify
the matter out of the author himself Now, let
us get Harpers Magazine, received but some
weeks since, and seek the passage itself which
is here in question, and which is probably quite
different from what it is represented to be- |
We did SO; and soon found what we wanted, as |
ollows. ut is at the beginning of the second
,hapter of the 'Newcomes,' and is really the
'pening of the narrative;
"nHArrER II-coSrAINSG rHE HERos PEDIGREE
"As the young gentleman just gone to bed such am
ntimely hour is the hero of the following pages et us
egin our account of him with his family history which
nckily is not very long
When pig tails still grew the backs Of the British
entry and their wives cushions their heads over
hich they tied their hair and disguised with po
atum and powder when ministers went in their stars
nd orders to the House of Commons the orators
Opposition attacked nightly the noble the blue
bbon: when Mr. Washington heading the Ameri- |
an rebels with courage it must be confessed worthy
a better cause, there came up to LONDON out of a
orthern county, Mr.. Thomas Neweome" etc, etc
Thus the Delta must perceive that this OBJ |
oxious passage is altogether ironical and as {
rony is to be taken in the opposite sense, must
e considered complimentary
Suppose, however, it had not been SO Sun
ose it were Mr.. Thackeray's real opinion that
Ieorge Washington was rebel Where's the
arm of saying so, in free country Whom {
oes it hurt' If a man can no more utter his
ncere opinion in this land of Liberty than
sewhere, what's his freedom That of the /
by only, while his mind grovels in chains.
ct him speak Who should hinder free thought.
1t despots or slaves? Let him speak, and only c
e rather that he speaks what is unpopular. d
or if the people is to hear only what is meant u
tickle its ears-that is to say, is to hear no n
nee but that of fattery-how is the people to Il
any thing better than multitudinous des-
u, as blind, as imperious, and yet as much the il
ol OF the worst of its own slaves, as ever was J
ng' fa
But, condemn Mr.. Thackeray, if you will. IL
I'd make every man shut his mouth, who cl
esn't think as you think. Set up a censor il
Up Of mans thoughts, and fix a standard or a ii
atute that shall regulate what thoughts peo- Il
shall have or shall not have. Still, why al
al more harshly with Thackeray than with
+ samuel johnson, who wrote at large against a,
N heVoiution: Or, again, why be incensed q
Ihackeray for merely talking disrespectfully by
zen. washington, and yet heap honors upon 10
iomas Jefferson, who hired Calender to libel ne
m and slandered him much himself, No no W
them all speak, and speak their very SLAM sp
RS. Truth, virtue, genuine greatness will di
,dicate themselves and stand in their proner &c
Try, tomorrow, if not to. day. u
As for being displeased at being styled reb. n
y we are SO far from it, that-give us but a "
Der and manly cause, such as our fathers t
lght for, such as their forefathers had ever . ?
en- ready to battle for-we shall rejoice, in n
cause, to merit that reproach Thank God a
come OF that famous race of men who never t.
'elled, except wisely and bravely SO that t
y have made the name of ''rebel =" a brirbter NJ
J than all that shine in the huge volume Of 81
Selden's Titles of Honor" 60
.aPPR0PoS DE Bottles.
Ne had but laid down the preceding, when, in b,
Lynchburg (Ya.) Express, We lighted upon pr
} following: for which and for the little his IL
y prefxed, we are fain to thank the editor of v,
It paper.
RieisAL PoEM THlcIERAY-The following eharac-
sue verses OF Thackeay have been lying for some sh
~ poftiono Of literary autographs in posses fly
l. They were written by him morning last spring MI
our editorial table, during call made upon us and pa
nave Afforded amusement To friends who have IN
them IN MS IL Is curious to see how briefly and | in
ieaiy the satirst tells the sentimental story of the