Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-24
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,,,,ri,v ia a pslry a. his s>ul, and ms boast
= ., Ancient Ps.ol To bis mind the poets,
-. o,.,ors the scholars ahCm 'lcans sA'e'ne0 anu
o.osr,ls o. Nav EogAnd are the meahes' G rl s''i
hr, pl,,iarisn and false tsse and emPfie''m un
-. tbs reputation Of them all Their poetry mas
-, s.eseSed seryils aud common place imi'auOD
=, ,ss ,bird class Eagiah poets, from the V0lumoiA'
Of the fervid Barlow, beginning
UIs;pg ,hs MAriner who 6Est uniurfG
An ESStsra banner in a Western WeIN'
a., tia trash Of PerUiYsl and the Vapa strains u
,,no. Tosr oralOrs--Se disdAn 10 compare
q. These ancient, whose Fes's'less e..qI,u'0
welded az vii that harce d mocfAhe
- I,,,r,s and elaborate graees Of Tuily-
y, 10 seer reading page Of Ohatnans merry
sselsma,on Of Charles F'1's 'rrts-ss0l0 Is4'OD'Ds
. - og ,ba C7oan arguments Of Bfougoam' Can eli
,o,p patiently to the perosai Of Aa0u'00u'
or soFe-headsd slmnei 10, "a
Wa remember, u good many years As'i "I'1
seboOboys, that NJ. Webster delivered ~ O'AN0l
.-,oo Edu,aton before ths graduating class OF on'
a. yspkse universities, =. which The Shole Norm wa
.,0, v,b enthusiasm. II that elAssic orAn0n' "1i'u
Quoted BY all their papers the passage most '0',O
- m ,.s bis spostropho to "LneiieF' s'n Oh the
lo,p;pv." Of whom be said;
.Sor -as hjs name unhessd or unadoid
.aIn ancient Greece; and 10 Arsonian AM
= Hep called him hulcieeF, a.
-.;,.,, an error fer which sBy Southern freshman
-,,IL,ys corrected him, and which was finally cor
80 ~ , New OasaDs paper, which reminded Nc
,sat Lrc.sr md Vulcan we're very distinct IN
s,v;5p.ls in Heather Mythology
1mopRs. their scb,llrs it IS generally eoooeusu ma
r,ofessor Anthem, L. L. D, g., ~ &c n0Us WV
L;,hsst pl,ce for Industry and critical seumen' Ae"
-. las the fact that the editions oil Inc Lam 'e
- NJ Anthan published in AueFi a, a. when ar
In IN universal u,e, not only among his own country
~, ,oa,h of Macon aud D.Eon'a line also, ar
-, "a bsr,-aosd p!ag srisms. These books me-
-. ,,.b ,ueesss in the United States, that their
- IA emboldened 10 repabish IN kngAndi
-, ,s Dublsher vas indicted fer IN Infringement o.
- ,,ght upon the lphin editions VS. eoh"e'oc
=. Esrli.h cour, by intelligent Jary, Aad PunisIeu
:, ~. sx,eut Of lhe lAE. The DIpoin editions "ei'
-.oa,,s5 more than century ago, oy eeHeee oi
,l-..a tbsss 20 fac ltate the ascsnt OF the youog
n,,Dh;n Afterwards Louis XIV, up the elssle Out rug
-, ~ PaFnassua The notes, the commentaries
"a ,bs mNSuAl prIss Isrsion on each page Of 'ae
-, In Anthons publication, Here precisely me same,
-, lfis, q verbatim, Hilh those Ct TIA
,;,sls s1csp. that be had in1eTPolAtsd good many
-, o,ss froq biz own slender stores, Wheh simply
.,,.,.a n ,Fite him 6osn AL isno'amus his Caasi-
=, n;,,ion,ry though lar more pretending and VOu-
,or. than Lsups srsy, is neither 20 comprehensive
- eorree,As the STUDENT Of Virgil or Javensl wi
-.,a,v s.eover. Il Ws bsd &" Anthon's CgAi' by Us,
,,uld point cut most Objectionable and gorgeous
81 a. in bis deseSb, preface 10 that Sogk, wherein
~ unsstakes 70 criticize the ys OF Cs ar-God save
the mara!
Ra, no, shah We speAk Of the Yankee When He find
him in Al, the Doup, pride and cireums AnOe q glorious
nj he has tmo and again, in this country and in
Eu,oDa bseu Hktned 10 the martial Oelesdah, fer the
s,nss, Of his p-epsraion th fusliAn Of his pronun
.4.r,s,,oa the mendaeity Of his bulletins, end hs
,b.s,lv failure Of MS plans. His awful cap aims, Who
- a svesp this continent and hen carry devastation
,,5 Death over sfdghtsd Europe, are 10 sooner
-.isbsd than they are found wanting. These tabled
5,r;goss whose tramp on Southern so is supposed to
,s.oppd through the depths OF Hsdes, striking with
,s,ror The souls Of mighty chiefs untmey slam" and
Tho have disproved 10 Yankee minds the old assertion!
E,r,rt fortss ante Agaa,spsaOaG even anterior &c
Zone End +. J. Hooker aud the contemporary Ulysses,
nssd hut a summers campaign before edmond to
proys themselves quail in proves and military scence
n ,Ae cheftains Of "Jhe brother Of the mOOu and
stars"
In his dvlses those OF Tire representative and most
pouulsr class, We mead the Yankee 6nds parallel
uness, perhaps in the Nedeneman of the Indians or
the Fetish Of the Congo Negroes. Tee hiade Presby-
teriaus Of Scotland martyrs AID saints compared
10 them. The Yankee preacher combines the qaaek,
tas dandy, the politician, the shaTPSr the sensuaist
and the rowdy Toe unblushins his dissOlusness
and vorldIness the more extensive his hausnee and
h fame. Next 10 the Yankee editor the preacher 1.-THE
NOS. obnoxious and detesIable character among that
sordid and unprirciplsd race.
The New Enslandsrs are not ascing nor reading
psOUle-,hsy derive their ethics lrOm the fashionable
p,o and hs fashionable press and with such adVssrs
a KGllOch, Oaesyer, sad Ward B-eeher, Rsnnet'
Geeley, Fornsy and Raymond, how eaa they be sggh'
Dos Ispsrs In the sight OF God aud msnkndi HoWesn
thsir sanctuariss b. other than "dens Of thieves or
their dwellings than "tsmDlss Of ure'sanneis J.