The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-16
VOL. XII.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.

The old republican poet OF England has been
before the English courts in Islander case. Ana
obliged to pay the sum of S., 900 damages Thu
English press are exceedingly severe upon Tho
old man, especially the London Times. Va
believe the remarks below, which we ouo,.
from the Epening Post, are eminently Just:
"Mr. Lardor is the author of 'Imao;,o,-
Conversations of 'PericIes and Aspasia, AZ
of some of the most exquisite poems Of the,
kind to be found in the English lanpnaga.
be is man of large wealth, and has bssD
the intimate and cherished friend of ba
most distinguished writer's and statesmen II
Great Britain. That such man, at the ape Of
eighty three, should disgrace himself BY grossly
hbeling an innocent woman, persecutipp h..
with the unmanly trick of anonymous Letter.
and by poems reeking with filthy suggestion.
is not compatible with the theory of his sapilv'
"We believe it is but the elimination of tho,
eccentricity which has characterized his whole
life; for, in fact, his career has been series
of desultory, unaccountable adventures and ev.
periments, which nothing but bis large fortune
and social position has enabled kim to ind1lge
In. From his boyhood TO the present time. be
has exhibited disconnected, tickle ma ure. and
his singular conduct has been q puzzle equally
TO his friends and the world. When a youD5
student, he was expelled from Oxford for the
absurd freak of firing gun in the college Quad.
rangle. He would neither study the law nor
enter the army, although the most favorable in
ducements were offered in each profession,
Aner short hermitage in Wales, being suddrp
~ hred with military enthusiasm, be became
captain OF troops raised at his own expense,
and fought in the Spanish service sgains
France. Returning to Great Britain, wi;topt
neceaaItv he aOlI he
longed to bis family for several centuries. bougb
others in Wales, expended large sums on them
quarrelled with his tenants, sold them, and again
exiled himself from England. Settling in Italv
he married French woman, from whom. We
believe, he has since separated, and having re
turned once more to England, has occpri.d
himself in publishing in the newspapers eeo.is,
&c and garrulous letters on politics or otber
topics, until the present outbreak of his naladv
In this view of the facts, we see, therefore much
ground for pity, but none for the severe denim.
citation which the London Times laupcb-s
against the old poet"
The London Times is graphic ssDsg,;,n
journal, and usually cares more for produrip,
a striking effect than it does for doing eyac,
justice between man and man.
The Philadelphia Press, Col Forneys organ
has an intelligent correspondent in this CITY
who writes as follows, respecting political mat
tiers in Pennsylvania:
"The President is taking a very deem into,
est in the election in Pennsylvania. The 70
nomination OF number of his stancb Con
gressional supporters having been secured h.
Is very anxious they should be elected. III.
old friend, Col. Florence, stands very high in
bis affections, and may rely npon the unwsyer
ing support OF the navy yard influence. MS we'll
as OF all other departments of the National
Government in your city. Government en-.
ployees are to be taught that there are not only
Leoompton and Douglas tests but also Florepce
and Phillips, and Landy tests; and woe to the
poor wights who cannot come up to the fpll
length of all the modern measurement of De.
mocracyl In Lancaster county, the dissatis
faction of the opposition with Mr.. Steyeus's
nomination has created hope that a respecta
Bile endorsement might be obtained there for
Democratic nominee for CoRgress; and to a..
cure this, l have heard that Mr.. Buchanan has
written to his confidential friends in Lancaster
that be was willing to dispense with an endorse
ment OF his Kansas policy by them, and even
to consent to the nomination OF an avowed al.
ti-Lecompton Democrat in opposition 10 Sic
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that the Administration will grow as lenert
and polite in other sections Of your State, and
IN the Union generally, as, if nv information
be correct, Mr.. Buchanan has shown himselfto
be toward the people of Lancaster county? II
that KIND OF programme will answer there
| why cannot the Danites be called eff from their
war In Illinois Why cannot the persecution Of
hickman, IN Chester county, be stopped. and
the honest Democracy of the whole North he
freed from the ban which has been placed pnon
them as the penalty for an honest adherence to
the pledges and principles Of 1852"
The came correspondent says of the nomiDa.
ton Senator Stuart, of Michigan, by the DOUG.
las wing of the Democratic party to the Gov.
ernorship of the State:
The nomination of the hon. C. Z. Stuart,
as the Democratic candidate for Governor Of
michigan, Is another significant indie alton Of
the public feeling in the Northwest. Mr.
Stuart is the same who so nobIv snstsinad
Douglas and Broderick in the United Safes
Senate, and whose course against the ENGLISH
bride was 80 bold and resolute His nomipa.
ton was necessary to the salvation of the mar
ty; and though he cannot probably be elected,
MS selection as candidate is a tacit confession
OF the great strength of the position be 80 early
assumed and so firmly maintained.
:" referred, the other day, to the removal Of
Davidson, the United States marshal. OF In.
nois, for being friendly to Douglas, aud forgot
to mention that Davis, the United States mar.
shal, OF Michigan, had been removed for pre.
clsely the same reason. Davis is running as
the Democratic candidate in district RapubT.
can by 1000 majority, with some chance of an
election.
The forty-niRth annual meeting of the Anef.
lean Board of Commissioners for Foreign MI.
sions opened September 7, at Detroit. The
Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D., President, was in
the chair, who called the Rev. S. c. Aiken. D.
d., to lead the devotional exercises. The Treas.
urer reported the receipts from all sources as
1894 ,O8O, and the expenditures $372,O4I, leav.
ing, with the debt of the previous year, def.
cheney of S4O,S7O. Two corporate members
and FIVE missionaries died during the year
Nineteen new missionaries had gone cut.
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