Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-01-29
GEN. VIZ. Z. HAsKrLL delivered the

sixth lecture to the Literary Association,
on last Saturday night The great pres
tige Of his name drew an OVERLOOKING house
The address being decidedly unique in
its style and arrangement, it is difficult
to criticise it with reference to ordinary
standards. 1t possessed to the last degree
one admitted characteristic of the loftiest
genius--that is supreme disregard of all
the unities. Those dull minds which de-
mand logical arrangement, and are unable
to follow the erratic flights Of the "divine
afHatus," complained of the Generals d.
gressions. AS for ourselves we watched
with unrepressed delight, the meteoric brill
ancy and velocity of his motions. Now che
dragged up drowned honor by the locks, I"
now "plucked bright honor from the pale
face moon" anon, did light "like Mercu-
ry on a heaven kissing hill' and To- "deep
sunken in the shady sadness of vale"
The subject of the Generals lecture was
"the distinguished men and women of
Kentucky and Tennessee, and parallel be-
tween Clay, Calhoun and Webster" He
began his theme with an exordium of ex-
ceeding taste and beauty which commend
ed to the good people of GAINESVILLE, the
adornment of the little sheet of water,
known as "McFall's pond" with sur
rounding of iron railing; said railing to be
decorated with flowers and shrubbery and
thus transformed into "a thing of beauty"
to be "a joy forever" We have hear d
that our worthy Mayor and Aldermen, will
consider this proposition at their next
meeting. We much fear, however, that
their practical minds will not be able to
take in so ethereal fancy. Should the
expense be an objection, let them remem-
Der that other suggestion of the same
fertile minds, that debts are only the inter
est and not the principal
After the eloquent peroration, the Gen
eral introduced his "dramatis personae;"
and we must here express our modification
at the paucity of great names in Tennessee
If we rightly remember, the Gen
eral made mention of but one-"sed I'd
fuH LeO." We congratulate our sister
state on her superabundance of heroes
'Tis true Gen. Haskell made mention of
many, whose acquaintance Madam Fame
has not yet made, but she will certainly,
since her favorite's recognition of tn cir
claims, hasten to atone for her neglect
1t behooveth her also to discard her old
fogy partiality for Homer, Milton and
Shakespeare, and dispense her favors to one
of Kentucky's sons, whose superiority over
all these great masters of the Tyre, the Gen
eral has abundantly proven. But it is
impossible for us in the space of an article
to do justice to literary repast, whose
variety would shame the multifarious con-
tents of the witches caldron in Macbeth.
We must notice however the closing SEN
fences of the Generals address. If the
exordium was grand, the conclusion swept
the soul with the grand symphonies Of
"the Harp of a. thousand strings" He
ended by giving the synopsis ola poem,
which he says is the "Chef de Oeuvr'e,"
of his life, embracing every science, every
art, and every subject that has excited hu-
man thought, from the days of Adam to
our own time. The concetrated essence
of all these, he poured upon the audience
in one rushing and breathless sentence.
His recent poetical illusions awaken a
lively curiosity to hear the wondrous "epic"
and we hope he will soon fulfill his prom
Use to deliver it to the Association here.
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to them and interesting to our readers
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