The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-27

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IwisA yess bas1s wsuil saas II rather better "
l2rs"
10 NE cearse- Of zone remasks upon the
slavsry Of public opinion in this country 70
EnGlish auGAoEiAy. . writer in the editorial
sslanns Of The Eaqsirer, . few days ago,
psooespssd ~ famous ballad upon the famous
chsses at Dalsklsva % b "execrabIe dog
gsrsl." Well, IN oar opinion it 10 "sxseraeis
1oersrsa !" sboninabls dogssrsl; infamousiy
neen Aeaesrsl; doggsrsl, below the standard OF
Laarsaas Pys; dogssrsl, the level OF wnicn
Pnal Whitehead could hardly have reached ~
ons Of HE most profound dives into the very
abyss Of ne Bathos. And yet the writer in
he Emqsiyer 10 the fret man that has had the
nerve 70 say 60 strong proof Of the truth
OF the proposition he tries 70 establish, viz
that public opinion and public tasts, not only
in Ysnkssdom, but in the Confederate States,
sss in complete subj lection to the public opinion
and taste Of Great Britain. We chow it in
thousand ways apart from the literary ques-
ton. The Queen Of Spain ia "Her Catholic
Msjsssy," bat Victoria 10 not her "Britsnnic
1lsjssty," but "Her Majesty jast as il we
were any Of her sublects
Public opinion may be ikened to flock Of
shssp. There 10 always . beilweiher to
lsad, In the flock will be cure 70 follow. We
red, sona years ago, in q Newspaper, OF
servant girl who tried 70 keep back flock Of
sheep with long broom. with which she was
sweeping before house door. The bell
wsthsr was in front, .nd his followers brought
up the rear. The girl barred the way, and
the Patriarch resolved 70 clear it. Eyeing her
closely, he took advantage of q stoop which
she made to pass over her back, az melted
eonrssr pass4s over Eve barred gsse. The
whole flock instantly followed, and the girl
had 10 preserve her stopping posture until all
were over. Had she raised her head her
brains might have been dashed out. So 1t is
with the man who attempts to oppose the
hssdlong career Of public opinion. He Is al
most sure to bs run over for his pains, and he
may think himself lucky il he escape with all
HE brains safe in his skull. Especially is it
10 with regard 70 publications Of ell sorts.L
Some Trissotin, with his male and female
eotsris Of admirers, sends piece Of doggerel
TO the press. The press pronounces It mira
Gle Of art and gsnius. The cotsris take it up
and pronounce it exquisite, admirable, superb,
magnificent, applying to it all the epithess
which inanity 10 wont to use, In order to
hide its entire innocence Of even the first RI
diments Of critical science.
Nor 10 England the only country in which
bed poets abound and "execrable d0k9ersl'
neusishss. II thsie ever Was M occasion or
csuss which was calculated 10 inspire the
genuine poet, It 10 the present occasion and the
cause in which We are engaged. Yet Whist do
W sss7 Bnds We have enough, it is true,
and rhymes by the bale. But what sort Of
bards, and what sort Of rhymes For the
inst, II Apollo hsd not abandoned his seat on
Mount Parnassus 70 Yankee tourists, and the
chariot Of the sun to Lord Ross and Sir John
Hssschsl, he would most assursdly send pes
tilsnce among these usurpsrs of his name. He
did the eaas for far les offence into the
0sssk camp before Troy. For the lsttsr-ths
so.esllsd posm1-thsy may challenge all the
doggsrel that ever earned its authors place in
the Danoiad They rhyme, 1t Il true; but for
one spark Of fire, one scintillstion of genius,
one single thought TO elevate them above tho
dsad Level Of the most commonplace prose, We
have searched long, and searched in vain. To
call them poetry is TO degrade genius and litel
the noblsst Of I'll gifts. They are prose- fiat
pross-ths most prosaic Of all prose-with q
rhyme at the end of every line, or every other
line, - the case may be, to let the reader know
what they are meant for, ~ q bad painter
writes under picture, "this IL lion And
yet every one Of the Trifsotins who indites
these ''things Of rhyme" has his cotsris of
admirers, - the original had, and every one OF
then 10 prepared to cry exquisite. sdmifs
bis," 90, over every one Of his iaanities -
The great bsllwethsr, the daily prsss, leads
the column, and the whole flock follow, to the
lnninsnt danger of mans brains vino may
liz up his hands and try to turn them back
Let somebody, who has no more taste for Or
appreciation Of poetry than q man born
blind has for colors, but publish silly
landation Of any batch of rhymes in a
newspaper, and the author of the rhymes
10 supposed hsncsfor.h to have received q
passport to Immortality a. authentic as those
granted BY Col. Gfiswo!d to persons wishing
70 leave the city. The daily press, in fact,
has constituted itself Provost Marshal Of Par.
nassas, aud rules the premises rs though they
were under martial law.
Slavery Of opinion IL deplorable thing.
Bat il seems to 10 insspsrabls from the con-
dillon Of man. There are very few persons
who think for themselves, and there never
with b greater number. The vast majority
Of nankipd sbhor the trouble it costs, and
Srsaaiy prefer taking thsir opinions ready
made.
Grants Nlevements
That the reGrosrads movement Of Grant has
Some object W may b assured Several have
49, sn~oaaHAd The Er~A Ia that rnantioua.3