The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-21


No cheer or Fmurmur of applause
greeted me at the conclusion. This com
pliment to my good sense and logical reas-
oning l &C epted with unfeigned pleas
ure, for it was an exception to the gener-
al rule. The language Of oratory, "pOp-
uIar speaking" 1 believe they call it,
now. a days, consists of big, nonsensical
adjectives, vehement explosives, punctua-
ted with massive exclamstions that look
like stack of arms with bayonets fixed.
AS the impartial reader can judge, this
effort of mine was mastery rebuke TO
the thousands of nonsense mongers who
glut and nauseate the public stomach
No possible fault can be found with my
words they avoid criticism, as / intend
ed they should. Mine is not of that elo-
quence which strikes upon the ear aud
makes no impression upon the heart.---
The most illiterate as well as the most
learned can understand me. sa
have bat few books, and they, l re-
greet to say, are not the best. Will not
some Union loving lady, whose heart is
yet unselvaged with the fimsy veil
of love, send this bachelor CORES
pendent of yours some interesting
works on nature, matrimony or embroi-
derry? For two weary days have been
engaged in reading the Story ofae Guard,
labor OF love, by Mrs. Jessie Benton
Fremont. Mrs. Fremont, is evidently q
woman of fine feeling and sentiment, but
Der " forte is not in writing books.
would not be so ungallant as to say she
is politician in petty coats, but she
strongly endeaYors TO carve a path to
fame for that genius who parts his hair
in the middle" and introduced a new
phase into the culinary department OF
California, by the introduction of Grass
hopper pie The Weekly Novelette, is the
Ueakliest trash that ever fell from the
jaws of the press, In II is a story of the
4" Arkansas Ranger" wherein Lieut.
Murray (the authOr) kills more of tho
kings English" with his pen than hc
evidently did Of men with his sword :.
Poets shine through itss glOw-worms o.
phosphorus at midnight. Their efforts
are pitiable- their rhythm as IMMATURE
and forced as early cabbage from ho
house. Their ascent on the heights o
Psrnassus are far from graceful they
seem to pound the fiery sleed with
sled-stAke,
lam gravely considering whether i
would not be best for me to write book
and thereby insure myself an immortali
ty may vainly struggle for in the army
If memory serves me right BYRON ono
wrote: - DON
81 Iris pleasant, lure, to zoe ones uamc IN print,
/ Abook's book, although there's nothing iu'''
| When you receive that treble cylinde
press Of yours / will forward you III
manuscript. Damned If / don't IL
variegated style viii loud a charm 60 it
aud after having it pulled in The news
papers as the "book Of the times" ih
aesiaerdia Of the Age, il cannot fail o
immense success. II will be like th
contents Of a pawn brokers' shop or th'
House Of Congress, filled with all sort
Of scrsps ana "inoohsidersd trihes.'
The "promiso Of the politician" and III,
"noncombatanr soatb1shnll receive mer
tied attention, and grandilOqusnt pol
tro0ns who bombarded the moon viii
"compgomise" bulletins will here fnc
their photograph. That the reader may
judge Of my oompsteDcy for the task,
will here indile an essay worthy OF n
! P. WINS himself in his halcyon days