The Feliciana Democrat., 1856-01-05

IOFy upon 0TcuI DllItiH, anu puV loi ehio
understanding, said treaty would never have
been completed by the United States.
] m sfa 1mr t..tr For the Fclciana Democrat
Mr.. Editor, will You permit lady who
wishes to make few comments In regard to
the Thespian Society of Clinton, to find cor
ncr Of your paper, and to notice an apparent
slight, offered to one Of her own scx--onc who
has graccd our provincial boards, in manner
that would have done honor to the palatial es-
tablishmcnts Of our metropolis.
The Drama is one of the most instructive Of
schools severe castigator Of error, whether
in private life, or seated on kingly thrones
1t shows us the poor pedant, in "Dr. Pangloss"
the gems of native manly honor, in "Claude
Menotte' and young "Noryal" And where
can we be so imprcssively taught. that ''the
way of the transgresso- is hard,' as in the
wretchcd life and dreadful death Of q Richard
the Third" and other of the tragic heroes of
Shakespeare, Schiller, Goethe, Byron and other
literary celebrities? What but the Drama can
unmask the hypocrisy of "Mawworm" or an
"Amnadab Sleek 1t presents inhis pictures
a view of the human passions, thrown upon the
stage, with all the accompaniment Of Poetry
Music, Painting and Architecture.
But we did not sit down to eulogize the
Drama, but to demonstrate with our excellent
friend of "Ths Patriot" against such unfair
} treatment Of our gentle sex, in noticing tco
of the gentlemen members of tn, Society, in
laudatOry terms, and skipping past the noble
lady Randolph and "Anna," without even
a cold mention. What encouragement will be
given to any other lady to become dcvotee
of "Thcspus," when those who already SO grace
fully adorn the boards, are passed by, unnoticed
! by the supposed-to be-manufacturcrs of public
opinion--"thc gentlemen of the Prcss'! We
are gravely Informed by the Patriot" that
"The Tragedy of Douglass" and the Comedy
, of "'rhe Omnibus were the pieces acted III.
!, first acas playca areU, but the latter moved the
riables of the auditory to such an extent as to
bring down thundcrs of applause, and shouts
Of laughter from the whole house. So, so, my
patri0tic friend. it is only necessary for our
Thespian ladies and gentlemen to put on the
3" Fools cap and bells7 and play tie buifoon,
: to be appreciated in Clinton. While | love to
J laugh us well as any Of your readers, cannot
admire the taste Of the critic, who passes by
without comment splendid Five act Tragedy,
with all its magnificent poetry its beautiful de.
. lincations of character, and fine scenery, and
throws his powers Of criticism away upon
petty farce. 1t seems TO me to show similar
good judgment to that of the visitor at St. Pc
ter's ut Rome, or the cathedral at Rheims who
: should praise in his printed book of travels the
grim Satyr's heads which crown the great arch
es and which are ut variance with the strict
' rules of the art and pass by, unnOticed, the
| grandeur Of the edfcc ITSELF its marble pillars
| and its massive doorway--or, to that Of the
t idle spectator who marks the Queens shoeties,
| and ncgccts to mention her character, her ap.
5 pearance, or her palace. AS to praising a farce
{ in preference to the classic drama, to quote
a Hamlet, /" though it make the unskiful laugh
\ it cannot but make the judcious grieve the
, censnre of one must in your allowance, over
. weigh whole theatre of others" Such, praise
; nothing but the grave digger in Hamlet, the
witches in Macbeth, and the hnck basket o
Fallstaff in the Merry Wives of Windsor or
Il dwell upon the little goats in the foreground
OF Claude Lorrainc's magnificent landscapes
J whilst they pass unnoticed the breadth of tone
n and depth of light and shade on which the or
i tist has spent the treasures Of his skill. But
s Sir Editor Of the Patriot, do not wish tc
n give you "Caudling' before your time
Knowing by repute Of your amability of dispo
d slton md affability of temper, | will not be
unliind or ungenerous; but my dear sir, il
does provoke me to see you SO deliberately sit
f down in your sanctum, and do those things
!. which You ought not to have done, and leave
!. undone those things which you ought to have
,. DONE" Were disposed to be revengsful,
Z would wish you as a New Years accompani
- mcnt, an exacting maiden for wife, whose
every smile must be met with corresponding
! fayor-every gracious condescension rewarded
's with an elegant cashmere, or MORE antique
o or--a perfect love of bonnet"
:. ALBA ROSA.