Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-02-02

Illustration
There is an interesting article in EI0cE- .
e"asd, ,bl Decamber. uudGr tlIl2 caption, in
shich it is very properly held, that there is /
~ meatal gift that conveys a greater sense 4.
If power, than that Of ready al4d ielicitipns /
Illustration, ait will be Curious enquiry !
{says the writer) how many men live and /
die. respected and useful members OF So /.
ciety too, without once getting off happy /,
Smile," TFsino the word in its highest
sFnse o. illustrating deep4uesllons q grand ,
9nd stately thoughts by an apt simile open
70 tue comprehension of eTefy man. the
,emars is trHe enough Gut y6t We are
quite sure that, in the ordinary sense OF ex-
pressing thought or emotion by reseIn-
blances, analogies and comparisons with
things around and about lis, there is no
---cn.44 qLa.ty .. CoiufLolI, 5.n>.s Ne 4nay
Say1sso FniFersal. '"I.
}{Q VIII guarantee, for tnstanee, that there
IL qqt an hpnfst 4pan in the Fhpla Stale Of
&Qnh Garplma, hQWeyer simple, that can
SIT eelaouaiy and iily " illustrate . The ex-
I,eriences Of the past few years, political
and personal. He will describe the influx
Of prowling and thievjns carret-baggerS In
- 1lr ads, Just after .ne surrender. as
iha gathering of gultures around the pros
rate and YoHnle,t body OF noble AMI
NAL. defenceiess against their foul appe-
ti1es. He will feel that the Whole policy OF
Radical Recons struction " is that Of the
ignoble cOnquerer, who, stranger to mag
~'rriD;t! w1u.i dag ncr I0rIner fee ~ The
,rartetswheGls ot MS Triumph. Che be a
,eadff Of history, he will reproduce Aet-
teys in such Judges ~ R2Rl AZ 4aulgee-
JACK sheppard in such robbers as Little
nrld-Benedict Arnold in John Pool, with
the only difference that the former used his
official position to betray his country, while
the latter contesses that he sought Office, in
rider tnat pc n,,Qqt pelray -,liarlfe as
painted by Macauley, in i4Qlden-and in
Vulnerable Iack Cades III the host OF level
ling depagpgpea aHi di8turbfrs Ofthe pub
ne peace with whom the times have been af-
ficted. He will, naturally, go back to
Scriptural days, and find a parable TO him,
who sold his hiith-right for a mess of pot
g, u I an jo5en-f4te ,nen d tno mod
Egn time, OF good birth and former social
4andpg, who have sacrificed the prestige
pfbotn fol- paitly pfif or place,
put 70 return. The article IN H'oektco0d,
to which We have referred, in treating OF
tie honor of - Illustration addresses itself
mainly, to that higher degree, which coz
sists III fresh and original cOinage,-tha
ll2py lit 4nl nelt al Ist-nent 0. things no
3Dlpled together be!Uqe, which brings, the
mailer Illustrated with sudden tQrcc to the
Ieader or hearer. OF this gift many inter
eating examples aro given; but among
tlle.n We see not one which impresses III
so strongly, for novelty and homely aptness
as Il quick illustrative bon mot, which WI
snee heard tall from tive lips OF torme
~it'>en o. Wilmington, now no molr. He
with otnef gpntie.nen, Wb5 NnHsr 70 t4t
JescriIAiQn of an enthusiasts gastronome
81 the Apiciap delights of his cuisine
!. v hat to eat and drink was the staple o.
Htx converse. On withdrawal from tn
room, the Wilmingtonian quietly observed
that :! A.-reseInbled spider ; he trGtc n
thrend OF has conversation from has beffY
That " as genuine lrH the true Attic.
low Gany "illustrations 80 90 speak
arfibelA, which have grown into imniemo
;;isl popular use, without our being able t
llace the appropriateness OF their origin
We are moi aware thgg ':chips," either ii
,jqidual!y Oh qcgI esately, otar s"lc. an
get the rroverb, - as smiling as basket {
rhips," is as old as the infancy OF any OF III
Melville, in his Typce, tells us that ''col
as fa1ens'' means so cold that fire vi
freeze; but still we are left i'll peIpleXity !
% what, after al, laateTia4 or in2materI
.fd5ens', can be- And so on, az is.Rnit'o
IN the famous canpaign between Clay an
POLK, In 1914, a North Carolina orator W;
discussing the rival merits OF the two Cal
uldetes nor 1ha Presidency, After an e
tlausttye and elaborate analysis, he sun
med up the argument: Why, my fellow
citizens, James K. Polk is no more to
compared TO Henry Clay than-(a long al
painful pause, in which thought was t
big for pression)-than--than chuck u
Lat d. Hat c0rnerr' Aud, sltitinS Il
action 10 tho word, the fet went in the :
lection o. his ;eetL.gS.
We leave the subject, and leave II
reader 10 discover the aptitude OF this :
narkable g illustration