Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-12
THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1858.
ELOoUENCE EXTRAORDINARY.

ELOOUENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
In 40 address lately delivered before the
Young Meme Associs,i.o IN Great heoo'
Teun., aud published by reqnes!! OF Tue as
ISOLATION, We find the following eieg ,pt' eic-
ouent and psrspicoous passages. ihe ora
ton opeos thus: .,,.
"To objde the reprehensible Is an impulse
of humanity, but TO i~personate ihe TRIMS
0reasor. 10 to surrender in guilt This sur
render comedies an implication absolute as it
il universsi Of msn's relationship as trans
pressor, and of his involvement 10 the limit
lees expansion Of exceptionable underta-
kipge. The extension of this involvement
varies like it's magnitude in the ratio of It's
iutensity-in the indulgence Of its partici.
pants-apd in the conpIexity OF It's aspira-
tions"
That's so! II anybody coutradicts ,bst
statement it must be because be don't under
stand it-or is wilfully csptious and wrong
headed. Hear the orator again: bis subject
10 the Romance of Rsform")
Romance of reform lies not 10 gtittering
pAantasp,s, dazzling the impetuous With
blsses ct exceiience--not 10 vague sen,llnen
talism re proachiog the ianguor OF sudden vi
cissitude-not 10 national CELEBRATIONS trom
party emineuce or hslcyon repose--pot 10
rattling founders of boiling elcquence, or IN
a patriots zeal for bis eountry's good; Tut &c
Lies in substituting the calm repose OF regu.
larity to the wild madness of intensity and
perturbation" s.
"Impetuous bla.es of excellence" is gooo;
but it dent come up to "rsttling thnnoers Vi
boiling eloauence." But, foe az the IAN
puage is, the Mought is the thing. How Gle +
and precise! How original, and yet how OBJ
yioul! But hear him again:
Some Of our ladlss 6nd this Romance mid
founces and osteptatiOa-m luxury aud
expense-mid smattercrs OF French peppered
with Latiu-of Latin sailed with Greek,-r
of Greek hashed with German. 10 petriiy
their brains with problems or dishes would
be blowing up the ranparts Of beauty aud
fortunes ilaging the f1wer pots OF gerarl-
um magni6cence and insulting the bounues
of benevolent God. The hot aired furnace,
the sttenuated visage,-the wasted finger,
the powdered varnisb,-'-the wasp.hke
waist are to them subhmated attaiDments,
stsreotyped as the magnets to pauper'zed
neglect"
What will "soms of our ladies" say to THAR
w utt QOoc NC ucou W o'o"'pS oP Wv '".'
parts OF beautyi" The obscurity can't be 10
the writer, and must therefore lie in our own
ignorance. Still we ask-What are the ram
parts of beauty Echo only answers beau
IT," which throws no light on tie subject,
and is probably intended as simple note OF
admiration az the orator'ss'ye. What does
he mean by "blowing up the ramparts,
10. A thought strikes us!--it's the swell OF
orinoline! Hoops. by all that's extravagan'!
Hoops!-whoop!-hurrah! But mark the or
ator's felicity Of dietion ii the passage about
"pillaging the flower pots Of gersnium mag
ni6cenoe." Is there anything finer than that
10 Carlyle or Emerson! Hear bin once
more
"Such q theme needs no epitasis. 1t
needs no snphitheatre with its lgnatius ir-
r;tatlng the loins TO accelerate his glory. 1t
needs not the intellect Of an OrigsD-:he IL
fexibility of Lamentius--or the suavity Ut
Pionius for its apodosis."
Clear ss mud! perspicaoious as "Brahms!
Let us pause for awhile to ponder these
maxims of wisdom. 1t is enough for one
dsy.-BoSton Post.