Shreveport weekly news., 1866-04-01
New England Literature.

stone CluD, OF Bedford, Ia, by James
F. Skunk. Esq, of York, Oh the soth
OF November last, and which has
been published at the request OF the
club:
Their. is an idea which these peo-
pl" CHE ahulitionistS) have carefully
toStered, and which has gained GER
tam prevalence through the agency
Of :Leir political allies in ths State,
that they are naturally the intciltct-
ual supcriors of our own citizens ; es
p+ci;,lly that they are born to !, pre-
vn,incnce III the " orld OF! letters. This
idea is as destitute as anything cam
be Of toul.'aiou in truth. | admit
freely that they read more books,
write more books nd print more
books than are read, written or pro
duced by all the rest OF the country
besides and we must conccd" +"
them, therefore, 4 greater amount of
activity with the" pen and with the
press than we claim for ourselves.
But that is all that We concede.-
Tell me how many kits Of nackcrel,
or pounds of Goldfish, were caught
last year on the Yankee coast under
the stimulus Of til. enormous govern
mcnt bounty; how many yards Of
calico and bales Of shoddy wcr"
thrown out by the mills Of lowell,
how many bushels OF onions Wealth
ersfeld and her fragrant sister towns
cast upon the market, how many
cheeses came from the iai,icS OF Con-
n.cticut, and how many CLAIMS from
the shores of Rhode Island, and can
form some idea Of how much the
country owes New England for her
annual contribution to the common
stock Of wealth. But books belong
to \ class Of merchandise widely diff
tor.nt from all th,Se. Their 4~uitty
is the measure Of the debt we owe the
people who give them to Us. Their
bulk, their weight. their numbers.
avail nothing toward an ts,imat. OF
the minds from which thcy enanat'',
a pocket copy Of Shakspear" is worl h
al the trash under which the presses
Of New England ever Groanrd, all tLr
millions of pages which her djligrnt
scribbl.rs ever tast-lI.d between coy
ers. To thank nation Of uutirimg
literary hacks simply for giving You
picpty of books, is t" rat" poetry
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