Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-17

Hhieh enabIes q aFitet ~ onea to sur
1 pel4& His. Eaaills a d glSeI GkEiFd Gi16I
ha8 q III. nfesIstia dse. not Possass- taSs
4lAlilE QfmildE Bes do n0ts knew Mo dees.
Next to hfssRit qda hliin6r, tlle leading
4uality Of Ne lpfjEskenS' 9itld is5pndOubt-
sdly his iziAeinAll4n- We 'shn6fd expect
| Il tl hk 50 "a 5 FtSeessffil vritsE 6f ReEious
BaR Z Il on thing n p0asaa5 this p0-nsI.
and It is auits auoCheEs ThfaE % De possesS-
ed .by Il. Hs kbSdApos himsaH .nareserF-
sdly 70 theg guiidia1ee of faney, Gnd makes .
point Of giving Sef1pIetS Ilbstfy to his spir-
q q tha very eEYzePHmenremelt Of il tAGks-
T1lS thfsiisl B8inEst IaEs ~ the Epoat rsI--
awe lgtrengt OF m Inn gTnati0n ne 40 not
a An doubts hut e - chiefly due to the Alb
sance of controlling power FhF0ughGat
hia writings there ia NO sense M Zn7ern-
msnt or Of reEtFRipt 4 n = series Of dis
connected Gkgtcde8 W 0aH beIr with mHGh
|imprOba5iIlly Pafilass Il vas some feel
ing u this which led 9Er. Dickens 70 staft
the idea Of nblfshfng hissaoVels in month--s
lyiFRs1ssz.4b eertainlya slita his Style
aPfekWieR i not eVen. Ia Structure story,
aud uaAny Of iEs maaE admired aeanea would
scarcely be supported were they not seen
70 % fragments. But when he writes for
1.-THE PurPOse Of carrying out an idea, We
/ shaEa R.righf n expect some harmony and
/ Hisg se1S7 -of ShSkaesarE Ike kii de-
lscripi6d q ATatiFe, isisxsety what might
sbe expected in WHteIl Of his peeULiRE
au612nantzsI stFia Imaginative, brilliAntt
GfsGtiEa but Is IL AttDgsther wanting in
analytical depth, Cnnd has;s q. best, an air
OF half 4lIthRh1lt i1l{ Ha rarely shows uH
any of the more delicate springs Of action.
There i tao much consistency for life, and
too much FiolenE contrast for AFt- The
ERradAtipn, The shading the secondary
lights ara wanting. Z always reminds one
Of Martins pictures, in which the world -
tnmblilg about in the presence ola mixed
assembly Of dem0na and Angela BE paiAts.
his scenes. minutely. BE eoneei2esr his
characters strongly But he-work5 Ee them
as If each, Hks the aligatOr, Were itself an
epic self-e01Iaiued They stare at you out
Of the CANVAS, with an oppressive fndiVid-
unity like tAet generals n the pictures of
the Waterloo banquet. But there Il neither
harmony Of conception nor unity Of design.
When Mr.. Dickens writes on principle,
WithHn Obj6st before HIM and above all,
When he tries 20 enlist our sympathy or
dislike, he signally fails, We search In
vain throughout these sixteen novels for
any one man or woman whom We really
admire, really fear, OF whom We should At
All desire % initiate, If the figures in q
tailor's shop were 70 become auddenly ami
mated they would be exceedingly ike NJ.
Dickens hem.
HIS theory of life Il VsTy complete aad
comfortable. He believes the world We
Eve IN, 70 be, In tha main, q happy world,
Where. TiEtus is rewarded and vice punish
ed on the strictsst principles Of poetic jus
tice. There is, of Cunrss, great deal of
want, and wretch edaess, and crime; bat
II, -, -
poverty by being more cheerfnl aud Vir-
tunua Lhan rhe Eich; and the WretehsduaB
and crime are chiefly owing to. the Eb-
surdity ofsur government ana laws, 70 our
neglect of sanitary improvements, aud 70
the selhshness Of the great. A few obvi-
Gus rafDms, s1shsas putting all ths right
men in the riisht places, and seeing that the
lAboriaG population lived ia airy, clean,
aud weii-Teutitated houses, would soon
put thiugs t1righEs. This fs his theory, and
his pnaeEiee acconds with 1t. The deser-
wing people are rewarded with q Uniform
ity which is exceedingly gratifying. Those
Who are yUuug enough are married hap
ptlYsDme OF theTery good ones twice;
those vino; fike Miss frUtWUUd; the broth
ers CheeFybIs,s Mr.. PickWiEE, and Tom
Pinch could sesrCety be married without
tdestrdYinR the romance Of the thinR, be-
Il Gpll6 hSCGloAE 9G41 ~ eA-s1G eAE1 IASes
"a the marriage Of 6omsbOdy else, and live
a auasi-dumesrfe life surrounded by their
friends children. No mercy Ia shown to
the FaRias,sthe Q1ilps, the Rsctsnrfs, the
Squssr1,l the HeePs. The rewards of viz
tue -Sre5S Il Is true, somewhat common
plaza, and the highest good of which any
example is found n-r4esg volum does
not rise much above tho level OF material
eomfort- We believe that if Hr. Dickens
E-arsrkinfr he would fFst Of ell take care
that m England sever half penny loavss
should be sold for penny, aud he would
maks u fslnny 70 drink small beer.
We tREs ittusrated at sumo length the
mental 6ibft Whteh H. most constantly
presented to us IN the W0Ikg OF this ne
Imarkabier writer. HE mind is in fAe-
bments. 10 this strongly marked in
lteIieet1aI quality may be traced both his
lehanaotsFistic exoaIEenc@ and his charao.
fteFistfe defects. Enabflity TO discern the
relations Of things, AIDED By atancF fertile
and plastic in Hhigh degree, has ensbled
him 70 BntdmoH at VIII the most iHdicrous
and gr0tesqne images, And hFs HFea Figof
to WhaesEsr Gs1abe done in4partg-tO his
kisulatad EkgtEhBa, for eHaIuplaj !Hud to HE
descriptions Of simple passion. ou the
other hand, it has prevented him from ei.
thsE Golstr1ctiBE-S Rt0yr o. RenstFRanS
aSshEFS6t4r: It Is due to tins mat his
views, both Of life and morals, are imper.
feet md Of me frst impression; being, in
| fRst, jGHt WhAfsWouid occur offhaud % any
ordinary WaRm-heartsd person who hsd
not reheetsd on tAe subject. = With these
G6aiEi iEie5sf15tic84 n i Psrt4eaIarig uu-
foFtunats. that he should have attempted .
express himself On qaestjOns Of Stgts.--
1lr. T1ppers pOstEy, Dr.. Cumming tter
y
not W01ss thAn.1EE. Dickens poIitics-zAad
thhiiSS d b sA9iAE go0d deal BE Seem1
however, to haze thought otherwise. Il i
EdiReu4t- 70 name any important subject
tIfr4iiiEEh Ki8 1atfi g hin5 th6 hs9 qu1SFJeF
of q eanr6y q WHIST hs.2haGuot written