The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-23

requiring just and impartial criticism
of men, women, books and things The
local editor has many varied duties tt
perform, aud none among them all
more unpleasant than this. 1t cannot
be done. No man can lay Oh the cor
receive lash, which is necessary to i'm
prove the styles of Poetry and prose
writer's, and do it in such fashion oil
amlableness as to prevent wound to
The tenderest spnsibi|ties of The innet
man. SO it is, we dislike to take a
piece Of "original' to pieces and show
what it is made of at the bottom. For
know all men, that poetry-t,ue poet
~. must have bottom as well As sides
and supetfoes.
First, on our hook file this morning,
we Rnd--lookipg us in the face and
crying for notice, a piece of original
poetry, cut out of The Advocate of the
10Th inst. Il is called "Rallyipg
Song" and is dedicated to The Buck
and Breck Glee Club of Baton Rouge,
by their much obliged aud Ob't.
Serv't. NV. |. H. Of Natehitocbes -
The fact of its being dedicated to the
Breck and Buck Club of this city, ia
what forces it upon us as a solemn du-
ty-for criticism.
1t is no use for man in great ma
ton like this, to oonfne himself to any
one thing and place all his hopes for
greatness upon that. He must be
Politician Preacher Poet and must
know how to puff himself properly in
any one. or all Of these several posi-
lions. W. |. III. is not only n Poet.
but profound politician. II was he,
as we think, who, in the last legisa-
lure, introduced a series of resolutions,
requesting Mr. Hufty, Of Orleans, in a
polite manner to vaoate-or rather alb
dictate an office TO which the citizens
Of New Orleans had elected him. But
this il Of the past, When the Advo.
cate quits publishing more epidence Of
he same hind, to show that illegal vo-
tiers were intmidated and driven from
the polls," let the whole matter then.
be wrapped up in winding sheet of
that journal and laid away in the
Tombs. w. |, HIS Poetry, is set to
the Italian operate music of 'Rosin
the Bow and goes well. Everybody
in town has read il, and it has been
found to go well, when led by cor.
meta piston, or German flute. We
take but two Of the exquisite stanzas,
Here's one:
Resolved let us be then, to conquer
The foes who threaten the States.
And the bonds of GobpsBlA to sever
ny their jncendioig debates.
The beauty of the verse will BIO at
once perceived. II is a little rough,
but in this, its marks of genius will be
discovered by those who make "Pow.
ertry," and the "Bolles- Lettres study.
Resolved let US be then, TO conquer
The foes who threaten the States"
A good conceit; happy idea. LEI
w. |. IT. will hood. wink himself. and
take bludgeon into crowd of such as
he is--lmmense patriots and profound
politicians, Of lofty national desire
and bang away right and left he will
hit no man amiss; however, we would
advise W. |. Fl. to practice before
putting the cloth over his eyes, SO that
he do no personal injury to himself
The last line Of the stanza is defective
in measure. "lucendiary" is an aw-
Ful word for poetry. Lord Byron tried
seven weeks whilst writing the "Cor-
sair," to get that word in, and failing,
used nine stars in the place. If w. |.
II. succeed in making the word must
cal, he may add four additional inches