Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-03


Bahrslsnarn tRPHisttTs - ne EaIlaa -
me Hartfzed BabTs
since tke creation IF the world, says the NsE
4azk zs5baat, great events, snd Sometimes hitse
snss, hare been cIystallissd h song and We haze
q Succession Of popRlas ballads flusrat'pp e M
naa hisssry, ffoa the seige Of Trey to re AarEi,
are Of lsr. John Dean Of happy yaepesl menory. |
WOsrs rot therefore surprisst thst the fsH York
t1ts-v- should v.ss into ballad The case Of the
currscsIsoaslv .bapdzsd child, Edgar MoItaEa who
recently, 81 Bslogns, vas changed from Jewish
q . ohrisaan baby, ~ sort Of fsloaiOus sPsink>
Nne. Bat W are surprised Vs frankly own, that
che obssrss-. having determined 20 hymn the sly
haPtlsla oE young Edgar, did nOtemPloy the raw
nhlBg and snraPtuFed bar5s who pour forth lyrics
Ter the advertising tailOrs because, upon such an
oooascn, Il should have been content only with tiP>
top talent, ana should Of any cost, have called upon
ths most inspired gentleman Of ALL whose poesy
daily fusssrs and faps from the Park railing. The
Obsevu. liks Day & Martin, sleeps poet y but
ne are ssrry to say that he is rather second hand
article. and that his Wondrous harp is Wondrously
ous Of tune. The bard Of the Observer reminds Us
II ell the greet sOng-Writers Of the past and pres
ont By not being in the leastlks any Of them, just
O. the yell0WScovored gentlemen remind you, most
painfully, Of Dickens or Thackery. We viii give,
in form properly prOsac, the Observer statement
of the ease. "nseems the jew MortarA's maid
baptized Moriara's son with holy water when a
bahia, to thwart the Evil "One." The impudeht
abigaili But let US not stay The rushing tide Of
inspiration. (" This made Christian Of Jew,
Is found By her confession; and when the Inqui-
sition knew, it planned to get possession" Aud
~. Ell nrt ligh-
ing these bsptizings and abducOns and elandestine
sprinklings rushed 20 the Pope "fo Peters shsiI
forthwith he came, His Holiness to see" Holiness
Ioguitlr ''ouOth he, MOrtars, what's the blame
That child belongs to mer'-which is certainly 9
plain statement, il not pOetioal one a statement
20 plain that ouz friend Blortara however disguised
could be left in no doubt of the Pspal intention.
HMy conscience says the Pope, ''it decides
the point, 3 soul for Heaven is won: the time
are sadly ont Of joint" continues His Holiness
If such things can't be DONE" We should no
believe that the Pope made any remark of the kind
and stl less that he talked in this Serrnhold AM
Hopkins STYLE did we net find the fact distinct.
stated IN the O5sapsr, which is religious paper
so-oAIled though Why 50 called is more than "
know unless It be upon the lucas IUesndo prin
ciple, becsuse the said psperis often not religion
at all However, we must now understand that tn
Pope carries on at least his official conversation i
long, short or particular metre. Whether he did c
did not say: ''AIortsra, what's the ''blsme7" ma
be question for critics; hut the expression certain
" seems to be little bsrbarOus. Perhaps he said
ssMOrtara, what's the row ?" or "MOrtarsI what
the damageH" or "Mortara, what's broke nOWf
But not content with making the Pope Versify hi
conversation, the Observer does a similar damag
to its dear and Well>beleved neighbOr the freeman
Journal, and endesEors to persuade a too credulou
world that the leading articles Of the Journal ar
published in OctO-syllabsc verse; which, whsteve
may be their ether faults pronounce to be naked
" false. We agsrn quote from the 0bssrosr: "Ou
FFssmaa's Journal says: The case to us appear
revolving, though to our friends at Rome tn
grace Of IL may be sxaltiDg" Now, the freeman
Journal, to our certain knowledge, has not used an
such language We will wager our overeost, boot
and hat against pint of peanuts that the Joarna
has not said: Too tender and compsssiOnat
IsOur dear Plus Pope; and if the facts We trut
state. hen tx them to our hope" What does tn
OBssrpsr mean by such outrageous hbbingi Has
lost all respect for truth?