Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-09

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the opinion u, toto. We candidly believe
that ,ce nepcr conld. and if we could, zee ncpe,
'could "Timbuctoo" thinks that we coult
"obtain unlimited recommendation as heat
grammaran to the infant class in the public
school" No doubt We could but such in.
fants as "Timbuctoo" we should never under
take TO teach. 1t would be waste of time
1t would be contcnding against nature, and
where nature is opposed, all the efforts of q
teacher, however faithful, Are unavailing- -
We should never attempt to make "a silk
purse out Of n sow's ear "Timbuctoo" fur
thcr says
"But when we consider Mr.. Editor, that DR..
Taylor has to write for del very on each Sabbath
day, Il sermon and lecture, both of which re
quire great study and thought, and that such ora.
tons are altogether ont Of his line, II Is wonderful
how he has spared the time to DO As WELL AS HE
u.s; and an satisfied the Grafton was written
during such spare moments as were not devoted
to his more important duties. Great credit is
due Mr. Taylor-and although | DID NOT HEAR
nlw. am satisfied public sentiment will condSmn
/ the criticism.
"Timbuctoo" says he did not hear the ora
ton. Did he read it? Probably not. What
right then has he TO say that it was a fine
production Mr.. Taylor he Gays, "has to
write for delivery on each Sabbath a sermon
and lecture, both of which require great
study and thought" and that it is wonderful
to consider how he found time to do "as well
rs no did" in the matter Of this Fourth Of
July Grafton His duties are not more ardu-
Gus than those of many men who deliver re
spectacle Fourth of July orations, upon ocea-
sion, and, what is more, q man ought to
write better oration in hafa day, without
review or correction, than this production
which We are considering. Mr.. Taylor was
notified of the desire that he should deliver
this oraton month beforehand All thi,
time he had, with no interruption except a
lecture and sermon once a week. IF a man
would ask more time than this, ho must be
blessed with paucity Of ideas, indeed
"Philo"-he ought to have signed himself
"Fido, says:
Even the Republicans, who assisted in
position" has blushed to find the Anti.Le
compton cause in the hands of so incompe-
tent an advocate We all saw Russell, ofthe
Express. drive him, last winter, from point to
point. till at last his ridiculous attempts to
extricate himself made him the laughing
stock Of every wclliuforned person in the
city"
The Republicans has bushed A writer
who would be guilty Of such q miserable,
murderous construction of language as this,
is beautiful champion to be put forward
for the purpose of replying to a criticism of
literary effort 1t is hardly worth while to
waste powder on him. We would as soon
bring out artillery to kill gnat. As to the
alusion to Mr.. Russell, we acknowledge that
he is q gentleman of ability, but whether he
drove us from point to point. till at last our
attempts to extricate ourself became ridicu-
determine; but not exactly the Lecompton
public, who think that the cry Of Sustain our
noble President" is the essence of argument |
If, however, the Lccompton party are SO ful
ly impressed with the ability Of our friend,
Russell, to drive us from point to point, why
lid not the Express retain him? Why did
he proprietors force him out Of his position
We pause for n reply
"a Hearer, and he must have been n |
very deaf one--affirms that all who listened
TO the address event away well pleased, and
it was the universal expression of all [very
scholastic that phrase is Ed. that it (thc ad
dress) was a most able one, and well deliver
ed" We do not believe anything Of the kind.
We arc satisfied, in fact, we knop, that
large portion of the audience were altogether
too intelligent to entertain the idea for mo-
mcnt that the address was one which gave
evidence Of ability at ALL One thing we are
satisfied Of, and that is that if there be five
hundred or thousand, or fifty, or ten intelli
gent, we'll educated men in this city, we have
them on our side in this controversy.
Fire Cracker" is well named. and his ex
plosion is what might naturally be expected
from such material.
As TO the editorial attack of the Express.
we estimate it at its true WORTH as miscra.
ble,and weak attempt to make political capital
out Of an honest expression OF opinion, on
our part, as to the merits Of purely literary
production And all We have to cay in reply
to the EDITORS extraordinary departure from
all the known rules and regulations of his pro
fcssion, is this. that ifhe really does think
as he says he does, that the oration in qucs.
tion is beautiful, chaste, classic and elo-
qucnt" production, we pity his early cduca
ton and commiscrate his benightcd under
standing.
In conclusion. wo shall simply observe,
that We wish the entire public Of Marysville
to understand. whether the satisfied or the
dissatisfied, that We edit newspaper, and
that, sink or swim, live or die, survive OF
PERISH we shall express our opinions what
ever they may be, freely and fearlessly-we
shall exercise the privileges of our profession
to their full extent, asking no mans permis-
sion--we shall do justice, to the best of our
ability, in all cases, regardless of the eonse
quenccs-wc shall tread on no mans right,
and no man shall tread on our's-we cannot
be made to puff up charlatanism and hum.
buggcrys@or to speak of pretentious medioc
rity or ignorant presumptiousness in the higl
terms of alulation and panegyric-and if W,
cannot be sustained in such course, we viii
sell out to some one who can.