Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-05-21

| severity. Y tIHISFDIlel, uotlCti : SpaHkleShWtSI
ironsaandl pnlishedssarcasms it abouudi
within lstreisctious, and although nott twr
pages in lengths is iworth;a volume, of'tl.t
vaguesand amiables notices which, 'have
Belonged to the Messenger alone-bu
to stheeSouthernl press geherally-a fac
which we have had occasion to notice
frequently befores The brief, and pun
gent notice ofrMr. Beecher's bookis writ
teni ia The right 'YeinS and we hope rhat
the critical department. ofrthe Magazine
will!continue 70 bslenriched with just such
papers, for literary offenders should inor
be- allowed TO go punpunished. I'm this
particular,casethefel was ample provoea.
Iion, 'anu Mr. Thompson has applied the
the kuife iwish. .aresoluteeand skiIful hand.
We shall expect fsee' many scalp locks
dangling at his gfrdle, and devou;ly pray
that. having fairly 'takenlnthe var path,
that he will hang vigilantly yeupun the trail
Of che greattribe of Shams. q amid whose
lodges that Of The belligeren5 parson is
especially exalted. This indiscrminate
kindness and generosity. once charged
upon MIR. Thompson, being aprcfessionly
abandoned for mood better fitted toethe
CRITICS Office, we may now expect ouf'ed.
itorial friend to do full Justice to his fine
powers and elegant attainments. 2taI1o af
Many persons. as We happen to know.
have INDUCED the opinion of which we
have spoken. 10 them we convey the as,
surance, which has grown into conyic-
tion with us within the last few months.
that the objection no longer applies. For
the space OF halfa year the Messenger has
been steadily improving in all its depart
ments, but more particularly has the Ed
itor's Table indicated this happy change
The public will now End it not only pro-
vided with attaic salt. but with critical
pepper. These repasts. which steadily i'm
prove. arc now served up punctually on
the first Of every month. and having just
risen from the last. we express over an
imaginary glass Of yine-a cordial wish
that the guests may not be wanting to
these feasts Of reason. Inthis connection
we cannot omit to applaud Russell for
the iudicious and well directed efforts
which it is making in the cause of South
ern literature. Our South Carolina co.
temporary is now engaged in publishing
a series Of admirable papers. upon South
ern authors, and thus far it has forcibly
impressed us with The soundness OF. its
critical dicta. Very truly does it say. at
The conclusion Of the paper contained in
The May number, 1t is vain to talk about
Southern literature without encouraging
the men who have the capacity 10 build
it: the magic word is sorely' needed
Encouragement must be afforded to our
young writer's five ever expect to do any
thing Acting upon this postulate, RuS-
SELF gives all the encouragement which
any candid man could ask. Ii points out
faults With courtesy. and praises withjast
Discrimination. In this we'll directed ef-
fort'of our contemporary we see one Of the
most cheering Indications OF ultimate good
which has fallen under our notice, for
many day. There is a strong and dai>
~ increasing disposition upon the part Of
Southern people to support our own wri-
ters, and when this impulse is properly di-
rected. we shall see the tree whichi is now
only in blossom bearing a0und ant fruits.
In the editorial department ~e End a
carefully written review Of Mr.; Everett as
an orator. In some particulars we agree
with our cotemporary. For example. We
regard him as a PAlegmdtic'; for which
reason his we'll cultivated voice has no
tones to rouse emotion;-tones, which.
according to Kean. make eloquence. can
not be acquired by art alope,--the music
cannot ring and Yibrste without the chords;
and of these. Mr., Everett is utterly desti-
tute. He does nct.' says Russell. he
does not. as Patrick Henry must have
,done-awe, master, and bind down his
audience by the force of spell. vigorous
as the grasp Of a Cyclops. and burning as
the core of Etna. On the contrary. the
general disposition ofhisy hearers is. to ex,
claim, as each pleasing period is rounded
off by his sonorous yoics:1how charming!
how delightful I what a genial sentiment.
or happy simile! They are perfectly
self possessed, nay even critical. in the
very midst Of the silyery shower Of his elo
quence.' DC. We agree in this. but we
utterly protest against the imputation Of
graceful gesticulalion, contained in the
paper above quoted. The peripatetic
style OF oratory which he exhibited in
Richmond brought up vivid recoIlectious
Of evolutions which we once saw an anti
quated worshipper of the muse of many
twinkIing feet. perform in a solemn qua.
drille; bat not once did it suggest the
idea OF gracefulness. Blythe way. did he
rejoice in Charleston oven the abolition of
the slave trade? Did he eulogize the
Union. and pronounce in favor OF its pres
erya.ion, iwithout one word to qualify his
emphatic declaration? {? But OF Mr.. Ever
EFT, the orator: II We we're called upon
in one word to reveal the secret OF his
great success. we should say that antithe-
sis explains it all. With great art he gives
us series ofslroug aud vivid contrasts.
the mos. striking Of which is the fne pas
sage descriptive of Blenheim and Mount
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