The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-10

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"A ligh literary authority prOnounces Mr.
Ranrrottrs euogy failure, and especially
cn,d,rnus il as exhibiting too much Ban
crott and TOO little Lincoln. Fearing that
IA. adverse criticism may have bad effect
~ fine historians nervous organization, and
Ealing the fate of poor heats, we are
farnut.d 10 say few words IN ms defense,
The more readily a. Mr. Bancroft comes, by
ssatiyTty at least. from that region where
r,sa i-.. or Nattery Is ~caut- and mutual adl.l-
rTation doe. not exist at ali The cri'iC
aIsou1d remember the awkard circumstances
,,ndr. which the orator undertook thc Work.
Ige was neither first choice, nor Sccouu
choicr He was ioyalty'S last refuge lie
wa MS aiIer IL looked really at one tlHe.
"a ii the committee would nave /" lu' q Use
90 sealed prounsals, and have the culoGy
dom by contract. IhgIf "as' III
fact a pcurrosity-a oeii-sacuilce m Mt. Dali
erott Undertaking ii that should dlsarm crit
icisIl Then. as to the pTedomInance OF BAN
CROFT and ms lucubI atIous, over Lincoln ana
Id actiop-. is il not we meekly suggest, I'M
reaeouabic to expect anything clSe from
81, orator born and bred east OF the Hud-
go Every New England orator has
4 great dead of dead wood about HIM
III has ALWAYS an aumory of scrap books and
sss,,,nou place books. He has around him
oreot deal of unused material, and the first
fhin,, me does when he is called on tor pre-
eise \yrll-dsiiucd task, Is to see now ne can
vrorl, mn some of his old literary ScaHtlIng
Mr. bancroft we think, was quite moderate
IN the use of this sort OF stun. lie drew,
from the tap of his literary caSk, rather
mildly II was nothing to what Sumner, or
Saw those twins" of this sort of second
ham learning" would have been, and for
or1r mart we are grateful, to use a homely
illustration not unsuIted to the theme Oh
Mr. I.iucoln's memory, that there was SO
littlr of the Bancroft fat, and the adlpocrt
aof rhetoric and SO much OF the Lincoln
lean Then again, Mr.. LlncoinS character
ana cndoNlncuts, distinguished as they
wpre. were hardly suited to Mr. Bancroft ;
fatber poetic pen. With all possible respect
for Mr. LincOn's memory, 1t could HaFdlS
Ia said to he an heroic subject. 1t was MOI
like Marshal TuTenne dying on the held o.
hattie. over which ElcChler made MS GTalo
oration. 1t was homely, practical, hattel
of fact good humored excellent genie
man whom Mr.. Bancroft had to com
,aa,,ora+r and rs he safe down sol
a,n,,Iv ia his work, we doubt not tina
A. traditions of multItudlnous joke
aoo+ed round him, like Lord Henley
ebnf,h-. and distracted him Then, too, th
orator had to deal with Il shastly, but no
,,oetic climax. Morcau on the field OF ORES
den Chatham in the House OF Lords, MI
Adams last of EARTH in the House OF Rel
reseutativcs, were grand hnaies which II
orator could spoil-but Mr.. Lincoln, she
down on Good Friday night i'll the presenc
OF ord Duudreary, dcties oratory, OF pam
I'M. or poetry. 1t WAS plteous-
MAS bloody-it was tdctestable-It W;
eowardly-but it was not plctureSqt
and so Mr. Bancroft felt it to be, For TIN
he surely was not to be hurshly judged
Aooin. too, Mr.. Bancroft was in an awI
49, position as to his audience. He W;
thc Presidents guest, breaktasted with m
hrfpr, he went to the Capitol, rode VII
bim i'm the carriage He could not help hll
self even if So inclined, from endorsing u
Presidents policy, and he did 50 mildly :.
But then per coatra, he was the choice oil
RADICAL tungress and dare not offend tnei
There. directly in front OF him, so 5;
the reports-sate the old polltlc
pedaoogue with his birch, (Mr; Ia
croft remembers the Round dlu' AZ
dcmvO '.grimly reading his newspal
tuling the long diScursIve prayer thaI u
ccedua the Grafton" but ready To lhahe
proper application OF his instrument OF q
1iplIne had the defamation not pleasd III
IN seems to Us that Mr.. Bancroft steer
ycrv dexterously among these shoals.
MS very bold when there was 10 dang
Ar Sumner could not have been more
Ue attacked the Pope and a dead Chief u
lice, being very sure that neither from |
Sactican, nor the little grave yard at fr'
ericN, would come word OF conpithlt.
WAS so easy and 50 safe to asSail the old a
the dead. He reylled the bred Scott 9e'
ion before two of the judges who made
but then hr had siN on his side. In she
I'VE think. that, under the circumstances,
ALI that his employers had right to eNp'
Asa Democrat he ate his humble pie,
appareut relish. As an artist he made
most ont ola hard subject, and, we trust,
wiil not infer from the unllind treatmeut
hot a
lcpublics are ungratetul.