The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-20
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Our young friend f. D. Tunnare
at Gambia College; puts us under /
stress Of obligations for a copy Of one
Of the most profound efforts Of west
ern eloquence it has ever been ou'
pleasure to see. y 77'5s'H 4H '@'s
Obtusc, indeed must be the intel.
lect, unwilling 10 admit, after reading
ii, that the star Of tloguence (anothe'
name fur einpire) Is in The West
The Mount Vernon Democratic Ban.
ncr, Extra, has The credit Of present.
Ing to the ad,niring eve Of man, this
gem IF The inttllect---'lis byou Of the
soul; set all over with diamonds Of
thought. "on all sides polished, pur.
posely to dazzle the sight and lead
the soul as'ray. The contest was l'e-
tween two literary socip'ies; the
q Excelsior. . and the "Cy'iIogian. .
Mr.. Il. Stuart "on behalf" Of the
/" Excelsior led off with that inter.
esting subject, "1'ime, with a ST.
qnpnce Of Events. +" A good "ques-
ton, inusmuch as It's susceptible OF
being brought to an end. II may be
turned of cluse,l down-.in point Of
fact, terminated at pleasure.
Mr.. Nalter j.. Silnons, followed
Ills subject was broad and expan-
sive one-one upon Which the fluent
orator may revel. Twas nothing less
than the self-evident proposition, that
+" Virtue will triumph" Simons gives
point blank evidence Of the fact, in his
own captivating style, which certainly
mist have brought do,en the house.
Take the following passage from him:
In observing the pending crisis Of
the world, and searching for a theme
appropriate to the present "aasion,
that most expressive one presents it.
self" Virtue yiN Triumph. +" This
has ever been dwelt upon as n theme
Of peculiar in crest. Orators have
exhausted their spacious fund Of roll.
ing genius, in delineatina the incom.
prehensible vi,.issitudes Of Virtue
Wise. and prudent philosophers, with
taci' intprrogs'ion., have levied upon
Il the profoun'lpst pnwers ofthr mn,l;
willie the world, Ia anxious numbers,
by inherent curiosity, turns
10 !, a solicitous eye. Retrospectively
waiting our mental visions back upon
HE stream OF time. all along the regu.
lar routine ofpruvi,lsntial jurisdiction
We behold the approximate ex,.rmin-
atoms Of morality. the nefarionSly dia.
bolical javelins Of Satanic influence
'nalieiou-ly hurled upon tile zpaluus
OF truth. the procrastinat-
ing cmperen,li'ntions and the con-
gealing coaguIations of the limpid
stream Of eternal life, the so,nnifertus
letlnrgy and stuppfation of the most
inv-terate defenders Of justice, the
volcanoes Of sin, exhalihg
The stygian smoke and dark malaria
Of their subterranean cavities, pro-
iecting the fiery meteors Of destruction
high into the moral atmosphere. while
The obstinate streams Of melted lava
vehemently dash with furious prccipi-
lance, down The rugged precip.ce, If.
terminating. breaking down and over
the yerdant forests which
overspread the volcanic slopes, ire
lnediably bearing every ves'ige Of
moral goodness from their respective
sweeping them down and
suffocating them beneath the hetero-
geneous agg ega'ions If concupis.
rence and i'nmorality below.
What have the eternal gods Of
South Casolina," to say now9 After
such figure pf'si,reeh asthe sbove );
We think that the man who dares at.
tempt another, should b. throttled--|
gagged to cry "hold!" and then made
10 swallow Johnson's quoto dmtionary.
Mr. Simnns tulks In tia ,,r.,E .nn1lasf