Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-20
THE DARE. LANTERN GENTRY.
IL lAr Ea,ior. nf tie EMlMmcr.

- iH I-H"N'' y 49,
Messrs. Editor; About the fir.t of February AL
article appeared in yJgr paper, giving some account
of Il meeting held By the "dark.!antern' gentry AZ
h, Charlotte.
The author Of that article was n.uci' surprised to
see in u Richmond rnAr of to-day, tMarei, ia'h, an
answer To "H-,"fr "Sam." He had come t" the
conclusion tia, his VIc collcsc-boy squib Of Feb
ruarv lst," Us Sum call, it, was, indeed, incapable
i.uf arousing even IL half-fratllered chicken But
| from the horrii din Il" makes, It SEEMS 10 ave Iis-
turbcl tie .cpo-c of Il "ccrtain animal which skuiks
behind tho ha''l of sam, vainiy imagining 'na' "
l." has Sen many pieces 81 sncd SAM whsch
bear the marks of Intelligence. lie haa rqthinS to say
with regard to item. But who is The Sum Gt Aldrch
Isl! 1t NAV do very well for such "a "H-, tore
main unknown; but for this wonder OF the age
this "pyramid in the world ot mind -"'trlch.Hhe'
.tv hide his head and expose his other extremity, Is
| really suicidal. Had liz signed himself Il or D."
Il B, it would l." al easy task 10 guess who II Is
| that lin the article OF y arch Isl, and a certain otner
production we wot OIL 'bas completed iOr liLnsen "
| monument more lasting than brass h',a n'0!' 0""'''o
| than the regal elevation OF pyramids. -,
He thinks that the cnrnomcn "Sam VIII iot on!
, conceal his true Nature nut that il will irlghten some
! body. Let him r,.collrct that he IL no. me nrst vi MS
! Kind that has clythcG himself with n lions skin tor
,l. sam. puruosn. U,- l,ng ears bctray him, and his
| discordanr BRAY r,scxlblcs The roar CT the king OF the
forest about us 'nuchHs the tricfsling 81 *'hl'key IN
his own cellar docs the nndcrings OF Niagara:
cient in "that kind Of '.y which some persons call
NV the name If common .sus.," NE calls il stug.I-
Now. IL" IS perfectly willing t0 confess the ms
fortune, for it cannot b" attributed 10 him az II iauli;
but he must also confess that, III the article "f March
LIST, he has, Us vet, failed to discover much sense OF
any kind, though whit little does appear III snud arti-
clio he camdiLlv admits to he comm"H, rery r"mm1n.
There ARE. however. in that production some things
wl,c. ar. rIihCf HncDIm1R: Not tile beauty Or chhs.
,ity Of the nu.uagc.ccrtnimly nor "the depth OF the
iduu$' contained therein, lunlcss "Dapplc" mean. by
! that expression their "b>'"'g:' but An cntir" indie
| pruIcnrc of ull the rules al n-ir, rhetoric mud gram
mar. aud nm utter disregard ut all the principles Of
gpOd ~jrtt6iEG,
H., thunder. his anatlcInns against "H-, "I"'6-
dicium and ba>e aoG&.TS' nb"ut IN" American parry
p1tron.ng after the LcsGiis." makes himself merry
over the fact that mHny Il i,nrtGG appears ont I" te.
world an educated do;,' rather uses NJ the young.
'un," who stated that he counted only n'f that wci'
in, aud when they came out, lo: there "aS "clgN'y-
| five" gives u "parlizan ~h'rh has Ju't risen hbnfe
| his lcyel' iits, and IL very anxious for II to be as
tjnctly urd.rttood that The know-Nnthing Cona-
cd' III Charlotte E""""rS about 'o"' ''cc'""'
kins!!"
l,ut a. the gentleman. "U---,'' seerns fond of quot.
in. Latin and rs thu pseudo "Sam. IL determined
| 10 br u, with him, he hot only gives us Lain qi:!.nta-
tons, but does rs the favor To translate them I'M" Eng
! l.t, If. T., AVE would say Ia him (li--,) ~'lcsiprrc
IA loco piry the tu"l Mt the night 'fm': W sup
pose ,n ,t,mici to write, r'Chi irmti; anu We li-'l
wonit ~ TO him. tSam,: 10 Use the 'nhnh''' III inc
| above. tiGu>ic'inp instead OF tn: i:oF~rdfr', II ne
w.tld rive a correct translation at "dt"HtrriH 0ro.
We would also suSgr-, to Samuel that "c"cocthcs
! Scrjbendi,' would reflect more credit upon him rs a La
i tin scholar than "Coc"cthcs Scribendi.' Jnrcnhl
says that 'many are infected with this IncuribIe ilch
of scrjbblinr; and tgulv wears md the discnse advance
to-r;I,er," and in unoth,r place he says, "a straight
liInbcl fellow may be allowed u pay upon h' bnndy-
legged companion and II fair SKIN Enr"ptfn dtrid"
the biackncss of an EH"p,. But who would not
swear the planets from their spheres when 'rr'e,
mil. out with th,cring2' md The might have added
when Sam rails against scribblin5. Samuel you had
better let L0ttn alone, 900.
Finding Latin rather ~ lard road to travel, this
cute Individual tries lis hand al quoting Eng!ISii.-
Listen
"And in good faith, we would advise him III III" Ian
guagc nf John Randolph, 20 take a feather from me
brain OF hi. imagination and stick II i'll the ;a'i OF his
iudrmcn,." Good heavens. the BRAN OF the 'marf:
Tn0ron 4 ysatscr frol the brain of the imagination:
and this the language OF Randolph! "Mlr"hi,c. . ;.
Randolph lid Oh Il certain occasion tell. a fellow 10
pluck a'"feurler from the wIsG Of his imT En, Nnm,
and stick il in the tnl Of his Judgment oIt Kan
'i"Irl, was un old fo.y,' WASN'T he, 'Dapplef,' lie
should have said b,nm' Whoever heard OF the imas,
nation having rings! 1t is really strange 'Na' m""'
d,luh should hav, been such q "loil.' u.
CHARLOTTE Co., M,E'H 18TH.