Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-22

WAR 'FOETRYOF THE SOUTH, edited by William Gilmore Sims, LL.D., is the title of a handsome volume, published by Rich
 ardson < Co.,, forming collection of pop ular sopgsaad poems. which h-sprang up dur
 ing the fervors of the late war ill the differ ent States of the Southern confederacy. II
 the opinion of the editor who has gatheres
 them with rare diligence from great vari
 ety of sources, they are not only highly
 creditable to the Southern mind, but truly illustrative, if not justifcatory of, that sen been written {; which sentiment and opin ion" he informs his readers, "have r;sus tained their [?l people throughia war un, exampled in it's horrors in modern times and which has fully tested their powers ot endurance, as well as their, ability in crea- ting their own resources, undera all revers es, and amidst every form of privation ,
 The sanguine, even triumphant tone of the pieces of early date, presents 8 sad, but in. structive, contrast to the. solemn, elegiae strains which are found toward the close ot the volume j. Many of the, poems in form and expression possess no; small degree, ol artistic merit, among the. most vigorous o1 which, with few exceptions, may be classed the contributions of Henry Timrod, Paul H. Hayne, and the editor, himself The prevailing spirit of the volume is that oi vindictive animosity to the American Un, ion. No language is, too fierce, too con temptuouss too malignant to characterize the people of the, North. A feeling ol deadly hate toward the lovers of freedom and humanity who were opposed in arms to the s' gentlemen of the South rankles in the breast and envenoms the yerse oi every writer. It was, this spirit which led to the terrible years that. the North and South have passed together in mortal strife. The reproduction of such appeals to frenzied passion, ,i which might be par: doned to the settlements of the crisis
 {" when madness ruled the he11r,'' is singu- larly unwise, and whatever interest may at
 tach to them as illustrations of a peculiar class of literature, it is to be hoped, for the sake of the "unity and concord" which all
 profess to seek, that they may fail of vel
 come reception among the households o1
 the land.-ITibune.
 .,. DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT ON THE QUESTION OF INT PARTIAL. SUFFRAGE can be no valid objec: tion to the prevalence of the impartial suffrage prInciple. Base it, as here in Massachusetts, on Citizenship, t0rtion and centain degree of inteli- gence, and no reasonable man will question the fact that it is calculated to strengthen ke politicGl cha
 acter of erery ae that adopts d. These three sim Ple and comparatively easy qualifications are per. fectly fair and do not derogate from the value and dignity of the elective franchise. They bestow it with freedom enough, and etill surround it with the safeguards that calculated to enhance it in the popular esteem. Those who require it feel that it is acquisition; to be without it after coming to manhood would mark the denied individual unen- viably. And from such considerations, it becomes possession that speaks the generalauthority with an appreciatiye emphasis. u t ....,-.,.,.l
 These qualifications. which we have named as peculiar to Massachusetts, zee should be glad to see adopted by eoe,y Sate 0le .Union. 7ney are just, because they are impartial. We would like to sec them set up as common standard of suffrage to which men of all conditions and colors should duly report themselves for examination Color ought to haue more 20 do acih te ssatter tsan size Only establish proper standard and apply it impartial ly rule of that sort is too firmly fixed in justice and equality to be shaken. It commends itself too clearly to the right sentiment of the entire body of our countrymen tobe successfully traversed by ob- jections Once let this principle be fairly present ed to the people of the several States, with the knowledge on their part that they alone are to have the disposal and settlement oft and we sincerely believe it would not be long before it would be adopted by everyS State in the Upion.s Boston Post
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