The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-09

''That divine philosophy which the ANGELS pro
highest altitude Of excellence, and VIII demonstrate
that il contains the elements OF mennial joys aud
sooner or later we shall reach the pinnacle of that
idea"
As critic said OF Milton, "he could not be
always in other worlds" so General Martndae
cannot always stay at aerial heights. He must
sometimes descend to the earth but under the
tread of his eloquent step, the earth, though
solid, is not vulgar. His architecture IL as sur
pIising as his physiology as for eXample:- =
"Sooner or later the Government itself will crumbe,
if that preat foundation rock which The dome Of
the temple rests shall be broken and removed "
This ''dome" resting on the great foundation
rock" surpassses the description given by the
delectable Diedrch Knckerbocker OF the
renowned Wouter Won Twiller, or "Walter the
Doubter," the first of the old Dutch Governors
of this goodly CITY,. Dame Nature, says the
veracious historian, had given to that redoubt-
able parsonage head OF enormous size; but it
exceeded her skill 10 construct neck sufficient
to support IL; SO she stuck 1t squat down upon
his Fat shoulders not exactly like General
Martindale's dome resting on his deep founda
ton mock, for he rests the magnificent head of
his architectural wonder, not Immediately on its
shoulders without any neck, but upon its heels
without any intervening body. Having men
toned the sedate, truth-loUng historian of New
Amsterdam, we are led, in the way OF further
Illustration, to refer to profound remark of his
in another part OF his book, on the character of
Dame Nature, who, with the capricious temper
OF her SEX has so often acted in disregard of the
theories invented for her conduct by profound
philosophers. History seems to have treated
General Martindale in the same capricous, dis
respectful manner in which Dame Nature has
treated SO many great philosophers. General
Nartndale says in his oration:-
"The first Napoleon expressed the principle of the
Imperial Government in the terse but emp hattie
declaration, Il am the State.'"
The famous saying, "Letdt, cest moi :" is nearly
two centuries older than the "6rst Napoleon, !"
to whom General Martindae attributes it. We
did not suppose single human being who had
ever seen the phrase, could be so ignorant as
not to know that its author was Louis XIV.
The new convert who began his first exhorta-
ton in the prayer.meetng by speaking of "the
Apostle job" did not make more laughable
blunder.
The little bouquet which we have culled from
General Martndale's wilderness of flowers, must
suffice for to-day. Even il there we're no dan
ger that they would quickly wilt when detached
from "the stem where they grew" there is some
danger that their concentrated fragrance might
be little too strong for this sultry weather.
Altogether his military laurels and his oratorcal
flowers make very pretty chapet; for though
neither may be very tasteful in itself, they are
very suitable to each other. But we cannot
quite make up our minds whether the author
OF the beiore.quoted toast is weakling or a
satirist. If not the latter, he has very happily
hit the mark at which he did not aim.