The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-11-21
Hopeful To the Last.


We have been accustomed to regard wilkins
Micawber, Esquire, as an incarnation of trans
cendent hopefulness Familiar, as he had been
from his youth, with ''the uses of adversely"
hedged around, as he always appeared to be, by
difficulties from which extrication seemed i'm
possible, he never, under any circumstances,
ceased to hopA Neither was he wont to strive
with any great degree of earnestness, or in any
very legitimate manner, to remove the weight of
any calamity that fell upon HIM. If he was I'M
able, by some shrewd stroke of diplomacy, to
cast his burthcn upon some felIow-mortal, he
submitted, like stole, to bis untoward fate, and
patiently sat him down to await the coming of
relief. That it seoHH come-that something
would be sure to turn up"-he seems never, in
the darkest moments of his many trials, to have
doubted
If Mr.. Micawber were an entity, and one Of
our readers, we should admolish him that he
had better look to his laurcs. The excellent
lady who presidcs over the "Banner" at Yazoo
City, bids fair to eclipse even Mr.. Mlcawber in
all-cnduring hopefulness Lincoln is elected,
and she resigncdly moralizcs thereon after this
wise" While, to our short-sightcd view, it
seems to be fraught with much evil, beneficent
Providence may over-rule it for much good "
She strengthens herself moreover, by reference
to the history ofJoseph, Of whom she says, it
was bitter thing when his own brethren sold
him into bondage, and yet Joseph lived to con-
sole those wicked brothers with the assurance
Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it
unto good" Pursuingthis pious vein of thought,
she goes on, through an article of nearly CO.
lumn, the keynote of which is "good out Of
evil, to speak of various good things-as she
considers theln-which, notwithstanding Lin
coins election she believes it to be still possible
for Omnipotence to bring about The moral
Other argument five correctly apprchend it, Is,
that should not " fret and repinc still less fly
in passion and vent mpotent threats" merely
because the Black Republicans are about to take
possession ofthe government but, remembering
that Providence may override it for much
good, we are to take it for granted that Provi-
dence certainly HW so override it, and, there
fore, we should consider il as dlready overruled,
! and placidly submit in christian and lamb-like
temper, to Lincoln's domination, solacng our
selves meanwhile, by "conjecturing some OF
the benefits" which it is still in the power q
Prevalence, if it only chooses to work a success
sion ofmracleS in our behalf, to confer upon US.
From lack Of time, we suppose, or of space or
for some other equally cogcnt reason, she has
failed to show that it is very highly probable
that 0mnipotence win do, in our favor, all that
we may be able to conceive as possible. That,
however, cannot be material, we imagine, to one
so largely endowed with hopefulness as herself
SO long as any thing she considers good is not
demonstrated to be impossible with God. she
will doubtless continue to hope for it with C IN
fidencc, even against hope, and counsel her
readers not to vex their righteous souls in view
of Lincoln's triumph and approaching Inaugural
ton, but to sit still and wait, and wait on, and
wait forever ifnecd be, for something to turn
up" Ifnothing turns up they will, at least,
have enjoyed the luxury of hoPihg for some
thing. V