The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-18
and respectfully YOURS.
ID. NJ. B.ARRINGER.
Hon. KENNETH RAYNER, !
Raleigh, N. c.. !
Sketches OF E3zs2Ei>:, Statesmen.
SIR EDWARD LYrrON BULWER.


Or Sir E. l.. T}uIwrr Lvrtnn--aS he has re-.
Gently drnomnared mmsei--is a grnfI'm1n who
must be considered in the double light OF author
ami a poIitIcian In the former capacity he has
. attained to II proud rminerc" for who has not
read the work< Of this gentleman? lie nov"l>t
"A porl-amd philosopher; h" has studied much
read deeply; and he is evidently an excellent
historian HIS siylr varies according 10 the nature
Of the work which eng 'geS his att"ntinn; a; he can
pass bv easy Transition and without an effort. from
grave to gay: and he is much nj home in de-
picing the fluppancv Of modern fashionable con-
vrrSnrion as in dialogue turning the most alb.
stTuse subjects. Take. for instance, same Of the
conversations in "Prlham'' and compare them
with others in ''Ricnzi'' and II nori;" YOU would
hardly think they written by the same
person. Again take the account of the de<'ruc-
ton Of Hercuaneum and Pompeii in Rienzi" and
place it alongside Of one OF the highway robbery
scenes in Paul Cliford'-and what wonderful
contrast do YOU behold Snno Of the papers in
Tie "S,uecn," prove Sir +. L. Bulwer 10 he d"cy
inhaed with rhe spirit Of philosophy. And yet
he is peculiarly sensitive in respect 10 the c.i'qn"s
on his words. Thus when his drama of "14a
VaI'iere" made tS apr"arance, jules janIn, the
celebrated French critic cut II ua chip and thigh
in The Journal G"s Drhats; and B"lwrr was ANA
zinglv mortified. He 'onk speedy opportunity
to avrnce himself in his own way. In Alice :;
really c!pnvcr d<qujsition French literature !;
but in the course Cf his observations, he excl I'M
ed, after paying some hig'' compliments To The
most remarkable French wrrprS-''Oh! III II Il
country which producrd such should have
spawned forth n Jules Janin = Now Jnnin hap.
pens TO be a very clever writer; and this attack
on him bv Bulwcr was too ridiculous to create .
contrary impression. The world accordingly Nv
where the shoe pnched; and the Times laughed
al the baronet, who was thus compelled 10 wrhc
in The grasp o. rh~ Thundcrcr, rs h previously
smartrd hrucath the Lash of the French critic.
Sir L. l.. BuIwpr has h'rn most successful
novelist. HIS works have prss Il through many
eIifions-htye entered int" Standard I.hrr rrits -
have been cnlIat,d, r'"dlt'd, AMI re-puhI'Hh'd IN
a convenient shap"--hnve been re printed in
France aud America-and have been translated
into almost every European t"nsu" His repu'a.
lion is cot therefore cunfin, TO England Il fiII>
the world H., nav he s'yi~d the mrta;.hy Scian
novelist of England us Da b lzrc: Is 'he pride of
France His works not merely every dav
hooks which we throw aside never to resume,
alter hasiv prfu<a: they are standard volumes
in every Ibrary-!hry may occ 'sl"naiiy scrV" as
books OF rrii rencc-.h"ir Phiinsophy Raises them
40 an eniinence far above the common tale Of u
terrst purnoselv written 10 afford mnmrntary
auuSemrnC. But great as Bll"er is. rh"re i
michtier nas'er in the same sphere OF Iiura,ure
than he-a Magician whose wand Is more potent
"a necromanccr whose spells are more n.Ima'rty
enIwil.ed around thr hulnau Il heart!- that man
- D.. BAZaC'
The on IS occasioneliy Inconsistent The o;i'r