Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-01-22
vonrn AmER4oAN REVIEW.

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NORTH AMERICAN REvIEW.
The North American Review
comes to US decidedly improved by
4 certain toning-down from the
partisan fury of the presidential
Only two Of the articles
are political, and neither Of these Is
partisan in character,
though the paper by Judge Tourgee
on public education is, in spirit,
like everything which has so far
proceeded from his pen-libellous
against the south. It's purpose is to
take the subject Of public education
out of the hands of the states and
place it under the direction of con
gress.
The other political article, by
Senator John T.. Morgan, brings up
a subject which must be recognized
by wisee and patriotic men of all
parties as of deep moment, the
growing partissnshipof thesupresne
court. He shows that all tIIes
cessive change; in the constitution
of this most important tribunal have
been introduced for partisan pur-
poses. The remedy he proposes is
to make the number of its judges
and the general features of its organ
ization clause in. the constitution
of the United States.
Public curiosity win cause the
article which appears over the name
of General Grant to be the one most
generally read, though beyond the
curiosity stimulated by so proni-
nent name, there is nothing in the
paper to distinguish it from hun
dreds of similar papers. 1t is the
work of promoter of the Nicara-
guam canal, designed to float the
stock of the company formed for its
construction. 1t is, of course, made
up of considerations favorable to
that route for connecting the At
lantic and Pacific, while opposing
considerations are either ignored or
very slightly dealt with. Among
the considerations adverse to all the
other schemes, the Monroe doctrine
is prominently put forward, doc
trine which has no more to do with
such schemes than with the Levitt
cal law. The only way to give the
Nicaraguan canal the preference is
to form the company and construct
it, which is easily to be done, if Gen.
Grants estimates are to be accepted;
but we fear there are many obstacles
which have not been even glanced
at in this paper. Haunting the
Monroe doctrine against other
schemes will not have much intlu-
ence.
The other articles are: 1.-THE Pull
pit and the Pew" by DIR. O. w.
Holmes, in which the doctor indi-
recly replies to some criticisms on
his former paper about Jonathan
/ Edwards.
Ibid Shakespeare write BacOn's
works ?'' by james Freeman Clark.
This is a ''e1uctiO al dbSaud,tm of the
theory, now moribund, that the
plays. and poems known under the
name of Shakespeare are really
written by the great chancellor. 1t
completely demolishes Gf that were
necessary the most extravagant
theory ever adopted and defended
! by learned men and women.
M. Desire Charnay gives us part
vi. of his explorations, in Central
America, illustrated by a fine pho
tograph of bust supposed by him
to represent the moon god of the
Toltec mythology.
Finally we have Walt Whitman's
"Poetry of the Future" He thinks
that the typical American poet is
not yet born, and that when he APP
pears he will be phenomenon
recognized by all as something un-
precedented in the worlds history.
We commend this February num-
Der as much the best we have re-
ceived.