Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-24
Literary.

~ RorAvcs OF REFORM: An Address delivered before
the Young Mems Association at Great Bend. BY
Erwin II. TENNEY, May 18th, 1858. Published by
request
\ pamphlet hearing the above title has
.und its way TO our table. A few of the
trlier copies were circulated in the North
ad East, and from reading our Boston and
w York exchanges, we imagine they made
profound sensation. As verbal effort il is
questionabIy without parallel. and will
tn,e in its original splendor and magnihcencc,
lie the commonplace efforts of similar &C
ions will have persisted. If our space per-
ted we should be happy to lay the spc, CHI
ire before the readers of the PATRIOT; but
rarc forced to restrict ourselves to a few
Tracts. Adopting the suggestion O! Scnv-
To Cicero, the Orator Of Great Bend
.Iches ut once IN medids res''-aud opens
s5ration thus:
= 70 chidc the reprehenSible is an impulse
flumapity, but TO impersonate the trans
SOr, j. to surrender in guilt. This sur
ler couccdes an implication absolute as il
liv,rsdl OF mans relationship as trans
Tor. and his involvement in the Emitless
nsion of exceptionable undertakings"
pAecking himself, however. on the first
milcr stretch, with one breath. he sketches
.,f utlines of his subject, wiki a waving
Incompatible flourish, in this luminous
ma Sa
,nfascinatng az is our theme to rcgale
--Ialaets of literary association-we
We shall be but sulIecting the cold all
Cons of drowsy uniformity. To the rrdned
Zine and lively relaNations of sprcula-
omance, should we attempt To ana-
fficiencies in relations of II seutment
1 Il upon the current of cunvulsine 7, for
while We appreciate enormities Of
uutiug allurements--bold assignments to
i "a sOlitude-stductivc expectations of
stAnphical ascend cucy-sectional infringe /
ever at the eXpence OF justice-and their I
TT, Ities in conducting to The pcace-the |
maIeess and the welfare of a Republic.u
thst'ng in this wise, freed himself from the !
mos, of his discourse, he mounts into the
his pm of thought and utterancc, scatter
G1"wels of the one aud the gems Of the
desirth a reckless muniiicence that would
e. To- any other mortal. With the wing
'hsy of Mercury and the opinion of an
81 'uIlel' he sweeps the gorgeous horizon
snpry and eloquence, and hoyers in the
9th of liuqual glory. Nor is he less
4 = less brilliant in tropes and figures.
= - an "unyielding aspiration
, d. ;,y answer as rood TO deaths locomo-
deai oil and water are lacking. This oil
r, tie worm-wood ui their hope, aud
- cir { airs. ar nullity TO their com .
WE ins1lsrable fruiion: they are the
80 ia their paradise of intoxicated
feb. are the choifr., in their summer OF
- bloom. To the true patron it is a q
nj which checks the cries OF restless !
. mar9unts the waves OF battered grief. +,
- the tides of error. They would
Is locomotive with oil and water; q
rnnwith nmble wheels, nimble Joints. a
lUOig pipes. il is fired for the track OF !,
~ ne draw-bridge of life II closing.
a., fly for the CLASSY portals; and a
for sale shivering fear. aching hope, and
Janzsi. they approach mortalities june Z
would join the express of jordan,
entered innortalities depot. they
WEsp them in the icicles Of deaths 4
arlieie ). and lay them In the erave-yards n
. LnuisvsLo." - sssasg a.. n
E0y sLr. :
e general merits OF the speech we
happy to avail ourselves Of the
-----fieal acumen OF the KsIcKEE- C;