The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-09-24
CORRESPONDENCE.

your present correspondent. By the
by, what is your IDEAS about Comets
! consider them TO be sort Of wander
ing jews" among The upper 10000,
that 90 rushing about amidst the shi.
ming Nations with IN inflammation in
their heads, and long shining tales,
stirring mp the b'hoys in Saturn, Her
cnle, Mars, and the other slow coaches
Chat cut capers in the old Fogy style,
"round about the pendant earth" It
appears to me, that the light headed
fraternity, that is the Poets, made q
mistake when they named the moon
the mistress Of "fancy men," that wear
staight jackets, You may depend
upon it, that the same "fiery messen-
ger" with "crystal Tresses,' which,
according to the Swan Of Avon, they
are in the habit Of "brandisbing," in
al extraordinary manner "iu the skies"
are at the bottom Of ono half the cases
Of discovered lunaey. I say again
discovered lunaey---Gor my opinion
is, that we shake hands With great
number Of crazy people every day,
but If we were to tell them that they
were highty, they would knock us
over, which would prove it ut once.
Is not that man crazy, who wears
away the green verdnre Of his youth
in an insansate pursuit Of gold7 Is
not the miser efazyl The politician
the gold hunter--~ths spirit rapper,
and the Know Notling1 Are they
not all crazy Does not the first, arm
himself with set Of dogmas utterly
illogical, with which to tilt against
every body who does not agree with
him. Does not all the others "cut
such antics before high Heaven, as TO
make the Angels weep md the
Irish shake in their shoes7 This Is
all attributable to comets. The moon
has no more to do. with vagaries than
she has with the other class Of crazy
men, who argue learnedly about her
motion, density phases, Influence &c.
What do you think Of our progress
in the way Of riots, murders, assassin
ations, and other Boston f,shions2 In
sober earnest, | consider the recent
Disturbances disgraceful to a degree.
] care not how or where they origina-
ted, they are nevertheless stains and
stignas upon the escutcheon Of New
Orleans. / ascribe all this lawless
violence to that germ of revolution
and egg OF anarchy the spirit Of relig
ous intolerance under the madden
ing excitement Or their agent the
devil, firesides have been desolated, |
innocence has been assassinated, yir- |
tue violated, and the the sacred tenn
pie Of the Most High torn in pieces,
and their alters cast out conternptu- |
ously in the Highway. This spirit |
has neither the coupsels Of reason, nor
the couitenance of common sense,
but is ut once selfish, cruel, and ire
ligious beyond the crimes of humanity.
These things are not confined to
New Orleans, but the whole Union
now presents tho mournful spectacle
Of people abandoning themselves,
to riot and misrule, while burning
churches like funeral torches, are
lighting them to the graves Of their
boasted national virtues, and casting
a light upon the tomb-stones and mon
uments Of that iIlustrious ancestry,
who made the nation great, and be-
queathed to their sons, the legacy Of
civil and religious liberty. It becomes
now the duty Of every man who has
the country's honor at heart--who
cherishes the glory of her ancestry,
to turn his face with stern rebuke
upon the lawless hordes that menace
the integrity Of the nation, and seem
determined to subvert the constitution
and render unstable and nugatory the
great work Of the revolution. Without
their aid and promptly too, the kpro-
cy will have so fastened upon the
vitals Of the republic, that it will be
beyond the reach Of medicine. Then
alas for the glory Of the future Riot
and anarchy will prevail forever!
There is some talk here Of cele-
bratipg the adoption of the Constitu-
ion Of the United States. Although {