The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-19
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with lava, has been celebrated in song,
in fiction, and in history; md n play
Of rare merit has been added to The
legitimate drama, entitled the "Last
DAYS."
For long season the world did not
know OF the existence Of these two
fainous cities Of antiquity, and it was
not until after digging into them, that
the manners, customes, habits. and
even thoughts Of these ancient progeni-
tors Of tile human family, were Under
stood Antigurians could tell nothing
Of the former history Of these once no
ted places in Italy, and the 'last days"
have been resorted to, to darnereo.
type some Of the important things
connected with The peculiar institu-
tons Of Poinpeii, and the interesting
f,iet Of its destruction. Fact We
say fact because it is evident to the
traveller that the ruins are there. No
man who has ever been in Italy, will
gaihsay the 'fact i because Why
why because The baked evidences of
Ponpeiian opulence, is actually a mat
ter Of mathematical demonstration.
THUS it is that tie 'Lasi Days. have
become antecedent Of the first days.
Many great mems names have noated
down to posterity on the same pfinti-
ple-not that they ever did anything
whilst living to make themselves great
but because when The time came fot
them to give up the ghost. they were
sensible enough to tise some form Of
speech, denotlinated their ''last Words
upon which all their claim to poster.
ity have been based. This is certain
y very liulniliating 10 The aspiring
blood Of Lancaster, 1t Is something
that people should pause and consider,
and after "due deibpraton' resolve to
say little. Tie "last days" Of the leg
islature Of this Anuo UOp,eui will
certainly be often referred to in the
future: when stimulants are held to
the lips Of HE generation to come after
US. to ineite them to glorious deeds Of
seIfsacrifice and exalted patriotisn.--
II The "first days. were sacrificed Oh
tie alter of passion 10 be INDUCED in
only in The Metropolis the last are an
atonement for The first for the reek
less rronigaey Of The '1ast" lays many
persons under such obligations to de- |
tend the great selfstyled Democratic
party Of the day from the feeble nib Of
OF an Independent writer, that all done,
must be pronounced well DONE"
We have no disposition to murmer at
any theft, perpetrated on the public
treasury according to due form Of law,
and certainly could not think Of doing
so, when the law under which the
deed is done. comes from sucl, mn en-.
and liberal body Of legisla-
tors as have just left US. With tears
IN OTIS eyes, we record their departure,
and would turn up our column rules
in grief-if they were not scratched
and if the fact did not stare us in the
face, that this sane body of exaulted
honor and lofty patriotism, have to
come back again next winter, to write
their names more indellibly upon the
history of the times. The Last
Days"--would that language were
more concise, brief--curtailed in such
Il manner that few words would
suffice to say much. We would take
upon ourselves to dasl, off u paragraph
not repulsive in length, to let the peo-
pie know what has been done in few
expressive words--a compendium of
is interesting history.