Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-17


.Tlee Of ne biilS.isF tech ahieh be would sfJei
/ Peter then justi6es himself by citing au
example in 3 sort Of club foot measure
and alludes to the old Roman, Yirginius,
who be says
/ -lmbrued his hE1ds
I In tie blood Of his Own daughter
mat her virtue might Be Preseryea
Pure, aDd iuEmaeulate - angels ABOVE
In this remark the old gentleman is not
quite correct, historically speaking, as Viz
ginius sacrificed his daughter 70 PrOre her
Innocence, and not to Prsseyve It Bot Pc
/, ter was a Russian, and Russians are not
expected to be very accurately read in Ro-
I man history.
Peter cites another example in very
good prose
Brutus stabbed Gear 70 The hart
Not that be I0vedCHar less.
But that be loved R0ne EorS
and we are pleased to note that though
Peter wasn't much on history, he was well
| read in Shakespeare.
Then he cites his own case, to-wit:
ALL, hat ny eouutEy might escape
he bAss HIiSrule q ny son Alexis
Put forth ny royal maodate
And bone Il ny bone, ssust def
and warming with his subject, continues
in n eouplet that limps ike man with one
short leg.
And tboush he'd been ten tines my con,
He thus Lbouid have found tomb.
This means that II he had had ten boys,
and they had all carried on like AIeek, he
would have poisoned the whole OF them.
AID why not?
Yoruy country Is ny sIoEy AID ny grids,
u 10 a :SIsSo1Eh th6assads def
which Is certainly a sufficient reason,
though wretebsd poetry
Having now accomplished the heavy
part of the soliloquy, Peter hastens glibly
onward to the pleasing task of perOrating
which he does ia fue style. He begins
somewhat tragieally tins:
Then let net the Student Of History
When he reads the Of Alexis
Dare eonlJszln the part I've played
So Student of History, beWarel remem-
Der the bowstriDg, and mind your p's and
q's-
However if said student
-breatbss The air Of patriOtisn.
IfthAi peerless star -L9ve Of eOGntEJ7
Il set within his hearts eompAIsf
Let him and therein fnIl Justification
For my e0urss=
And Why? Because
-patrfotism
Il the polar star of my sOal
And All otF er feelings within mo
All other motives which aetuAte ma
Are but Lesser staFs which TsEoIVs around,
Borrowing and redeeting light from IT,
That's the end aud there we have it
It's patriotism that is the matter with Pc
ter: of course it is. "'Tis even So" II IL
badn't been for patriotism he needn't have
poisoned PetrORitE Czsrowitzi and the
misguided but we doubt not amiable
Young man might have lived on till he
died. Its patriotism that is the matter
with everybOdy-exeept perhaps the Sc
cessionists. But it is no time or place for
moraliztng, so We continue. If the stu
dent just ''breathes the air of patriotism
why, it is all right; bat if he dOu't-Well
the sOliIoquy dou't say what becomes of
him, but something serious enough no
doubt. Especially would it go hard with
said student if he happened TO have no
compass in his heart to set that peerless
star in. Even if he had one, he might not
be able to get the face OF. So it seems TO
US the sOlilOquy leaves the studeRt in a
bad fix as well as Aleek (which is thing
we fad fault With though Peter the Great
comes out with flying cOlOrs-
Now, in conclusions, we are not Stu
dent of History, and if we were, wouldn't
dare to condemn the part Peter played in
this transaction. We believe he did a
commendabIe thing and saved a great
deal of future trouble. We regret, though,
that the laws of common sense and the
rules of poetry should be SO rutblessly
outraged, in a recital Of the affair at this
late day. If the infiietion Is to be repeat
ed we would mildly suggest that some
"kiudred intelligentialD deal with this dis
cipIe of the muse AZ Peter dealt with Pc
trowitz Czarowitz, in order that some other
genius may have IN opportunity afforded
Of writing similar soliloquy to be at
tributed TO the parent Of the said disciple
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