Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-01-27
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For the Spirit of the Age.
FRESH LITERARY PABULUM.


Mn. EoIroR: The increasing taste, the
almost morbid passion, we should have
said, for fresh Literary matter that so
universally pervales our commonwealth at
present, only y'cyinccs the gIaring necessity
tor rtixeI principles, u standard OF taste in all
perio lcds that claim Literary stationin
society, thas ahptin5 thcmselyes as the
mlgaty ele n.nt o. a civilized worll. Their
MISSION is love, an they can speak with
authority rs the representatives. OF the
people, thu plbic m,nl protecting the
moral, sosit anl political position Of our
nltion. To perform this cx'.ltel philan-
thropic dlty, they mlst meet the hearty
approval OF the mlittalc. HIRE, howev-
er, Is the inSlrno lntable diff; IIty Of an
litor. B 1t We are now hattcrel bv the
signs Of the tim,S.' There is a yoIng
foo rising in favor of reality, AMI practi-
cal utility, among or Literary pioneers of
the south, as we'll as the north to the
colssIleu slbversion Of all that is trte,
frivolous or naughty. There is an appa-
rent ten lsncy to avoid brilliant superb :al-
ity. AMI or venerable writer's, who have
been working with darkness compassef
roun l. may now rejoice ut their reprisals,
AMI hail the gimn,r OF true light: diff
fusinI knoSlal5e AMI virtue to the estab-
lishn5 5nt Of a genial taste for reading; and
the spreading OF thought and philosophy,
wit AMI wisdom. Tnen it has been well
said OF them the bread of wise council
thrown upon the waters by thinking men,
is returning to them after many days"
-, And now, before my light grows dim
let me raise voice in behalf of Coils
last bast creation" Although one OF your
contemporaries cndeayored to deny the Lit
erary pertinence Of the Age" you are
aware that it stands ont among the first,
with us; AMI particularly with the aIies
Oh. how anxious are they for the Spirit
mail to arrive; and soon they have rul
over every column, with palpitating hearts
painting for something that is fit to stor
away, or that is cool for their hungr
soaIs. AMI it, p,r1hance, they are disap
pointed, silent, pensiyc sadness gather
dark over their brow.
Now, some of your readers have n
dolbt observed an "impropriety in til
Peep unlsr tn, curtain" Tin No. Is, vo
0) from a dark corner; OF which Mr.. Ii
cotnito is the presiding officer. Well v
cannot think mach about him, he IN,
he n rool son, smart fellow, and all tn
sort of things" But lething is ccrtai
ha doas not Ieel the lnleflartr OF has. ass -
He has never had that old smoky heart
hurst forth and rinse outthc cob-webs WI
, stre,m of love larger than your arm, a
ike ten thousand flower pots OF glo1
tnrnpl loose from the archives OF Heav
ON his bleeding bosom; or else he wo'
come down upon the very marrow-boI
of his soul aid ask some body not to ia
n fsuce. IL may be thankful that his p
duation escaped the scrutlnlzlng eye OF
II Ertrass whose rem mlrhable sense of p
nr;etv woall havemoyed to "lay it on
table" or his fate wouId have been mt
worse than that of Merry Andrew, al
" The Young Bachelor" whose sins h;
fo,n him ont through his own familiar
II, now seems to be Doctor, who
1,iy,n a favorable diagnosis, rs far as a {
1o,, in the ,rtEajaP business Is c
cnrn,l: AMI his reply to her timely i'm
re. "wlat will the srimbn5 lorIs gr
over naxt," will no doubt be " Boots.
Yon do not like short wit in long pie
ami this will b. "a trespass upon the ~
Of yoar intcrosting" Circle" that will o
the rinr for new year, with all their
m,r attributes ot strength aul beauty
ran up the 5piri's' llsttais winter 10y
wholesale.
AIloS me further to say, that the r.
o,n,v Of volr present subsidiaries have
tractel mich attention among them
Marry Anlrew, Rupert, Gertie, the far
or,,ifnl Florence, the Minnie's, AMI ot
In is philosophy in their arran5'n
rn,rs is m,thol in their malnes'
Webster is tr,atel with respect,
clanorint Vulso, AMI se,tarian Juror
not Il hard 81 ,ID Is ignored by them.
they ars conscious that every colun
this paper should b. gra ,el with
useful en- ssh composition, thlt viii
proi, with NOR, than tho IsHnl thin
p,o2e in one lay; for when it has P
tn, cu,iui rel linz OF the center tai
dos not stop there, bit is carefully P:
away for fatlre refer ;nce AMI for the
eft of the little ones at home.
f. AZ
Jan. 1858.
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