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STENTOR fairly offers a contrast of character. With no literature, he boasts his pretensions to law. He substitutes abuse for argument, and insolence for erudition. He flounders through a cause at the

he would ask a broker the premium The smile of IMPUDENCE Would of exchange, or apply to an auction- make ALPHONSO look up. eer to dispose of a cargo. He will tip the wink in company as freely, as nod a bid at vendue, and offer his hand to a damsel with rather more confidence, than his note to a creditor. But no offence, ladies! Take not these things in dudgeon.bar, and bespatters every one within Modesty is not to be expected in a reach with his spray. The bar, the mere man of business, and nothing court, and the jury are alike exposed but assurance from behind the to the defilement of his frothy scurrility. As the monsters of the Where impudence is the con- deep, when about to lash the bilsequence of a man's habits in his lows, give warning by the noise daily occupation, it is rather more they make, this pigmy monster of pardonable, than where it is the the forum, by the hoarse clamor of cause of them. Energy in business a guttural voice, foretels the comsometimes renders a man impudent ing blast and gives time to escape unawares. But some men are pur-its desolation. The force of his posely impudent, that they may gesture with his face and person, gain credit for energy in business. would make you think him a son of Talk as we may in commenda- VULCAN, that from habit must still

counter.

tion of modesty and modest assur-beat the anvil. -... i ance, what are these after all in But in the professions, impucomparison with that great pre-redence is rather more tolerable, than quisite for riches or fame, impu-in political life. Here it is not obdence? A man shall have all, that noxious to individuals merely, but the philosopher would think essential to success in any departmentDENCE rears his bald head in the capto states and to systems. IMPUin life; he shall have family, for-itol and sets at defiance decency and tune, education, genius, address and truth. He holds a loaded pistol in one person, yet without impudence the hand and in the other a denunciation brass would not sound, nor the cym-of legal rights. That should spill bal tinkle. A worse condition than St. Paul denounces on the wretch without charity! He would indeed be lost for every useful purpose in life. IMPUDENCE to the lawyer is clients; to the parson, a good living; to the physician, abundance of patients; to the statesman, success and renown; to every man, all in all. ALPHONSO is a young man, that was in high estimation at college, and whose literary horizon is considerably extensive. But in the profession of law, though

"onward still he goes, He ne 'er looks forward farther than his

nose."

every drop of blood in the country,
before these should be satisfied.
The heads of departments crouch
before him.
NET" is uttered over them. The
"YOU HAVE NO CABI-
despotism of IMPUDENCE must be
borne in a republic of fear.

In the ark of literature, it was ardently expected modesty would outride the flood of insolence." But its proud waves are not stayed even here. They have broken in upon the structure and triumph over the wreck. Though distrust is evidence of wisdom, though candor is the life of criticism, dogmacy is

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For the Emerald.

THE TEMPLE OF SCANDAL.
A VISION.

Her nature is all goodness to abuse,
And causeless crimes continually to frame;""
With which she guiltless persons may ac
[name.
And steal away the crown of their goods
Ne eter knight so bold, ne ever dame,.
So chaste and loyal lived, but she would

cuse,

strive

and in pretenders to learning, and mpudence in the reviewer professed. Where rigid impartiality is exacted, we meet rancorous analysis, and where respectful objection the utmost that can be justified, we are surprised with arrogant assumption. Is a phrase at worst doubtful ? Without questioning whether it be right, the fesiewer at once decides it to be wrong. Nothing can be more reprehensible than the spirit of most modern renews. They are outrageous attempts to give to anonymous assertion the weight of established au- AMID the visions of the night, 1look, thority. They scem rather strains ed and on the top of a lofty mountain of acrimonious invective, than exbeheld the Temple of Scandal. The ercises of fair, dispassionate criti- Prospect which spread beneath, presented boundless plains of sterile sand, eism. They aim at being brilliant, without one particle of green to relieve rather than judicious, and sacrifice the aching sight. From a distance the the chance of convincing the judgmountain appears steep, inaccessible, ment to the hope of gratifying the fancy.

With forged cause them falsely to defame;
Ne ever thing so well was doen alives'
But she with blume would biot and of dae
praise deprice.

SPENSER, B. 4. Canto 8. !

dangerous and unlovely.

You see

nought, save rugged rocks glittering in the sunbeam, and rarely interspersed There is the impudence of lev- with a few withered and stinted shrubs, ity and there is the impudence of shaking some dead branches, and a few yellow leaves, in the breeze. As I The mysterious cargravity. was attentively beholding these dreary riage of the body to cover the descenes, I was astonished by the appears fects of the mind" is the consun-ance of a celestial form approaching me mation of impudence and most to be distrusted. The former is rude weakness, but it shows itself frankly. The latter adds aggravation to insult, for, conscious of real inability, it has the arrogance to expect to impose.

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1s deportment contemplated

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with eager pace. Ifer robes of the purest white shed a peculiar radiance around, which rendered lovely every object it illumed. Her form was majes

tic and extremely beautiful.. Her face of celestial mould was tinged with me: lancholy languor, yet seemed the seat of benevolence and philanthopy. Her eyes of "dewy light" shed around the soft beams of pity; and her golden

her snowy neck, beautifully shaded a forehead, rosy with the rising blushHer outstretched right hand held a

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Whose image does it bear? Thattresses, which flowed luxuriantly adown impudence marks it Cesar's. Terhim pass the light coin for What, it will fetch. But view the snow white veil, and her left the volume ed gold of the wise and the prof inspiration. Mortal" said she, adEnte. The semblance of modesty dressing ine, my name is Charity, and stamps it divine; and he, who my office is to protect mankind from deems it no idolatry to worship on the destructive "the destructive influence of the god-. earth what is amiable in the sight dess, who inhabits yonder temple.-cf heaven, will not hesitate to bowane and protection behold her manApproach, and safe under my guid.. down before the hallowed image. sion and the dreary scenes around?” q sud sonid" vg (an) Dup, | Saying this, she led me forward to the kolmed 2 "atok svig þmountains :

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Entering, we were confounded with the continual whisperings, which proceeded from every part of the building. But the object which most engaged our attention, was the goddess of Slander, seated on an ebon throne; her eyes were dim, her cheeks wan and and sunken, and her skin yellow, livid and wrinkled. Discontent sat upon her brow, which was crowned with a branch of the deadly nightshade. tions were fitful and uneasy, while the gnawing of a bloated viper, which Bound her robe beneath her breast, gave her continual pain and wretched

Her mo

On a nearer view, I observed that rust from age, and opening on harsh, one part of the mountain fell with a jarring hinges, admitted us to the integentle declivity to the plain, and ter-rior of the temple. minated at no great distance from a path, which led to the temple of Virtue. Thither we went, & approached a gate, where Self-love was stationed for the admission of passengers. He however took little notice of them, who passed by, but stood with his face toward the temple, beholding with apparent transport his features in a limpid stream, which oozed along beneath his feet. After we entered, he turned upon us with a bewitching smile, and in tuneful accents began to welcome our arrival. But abashed at the sight of my guide he shrunk away, and again leaned in rapture over the lucid and smooth wa-ness. In her right hand she held a scepters of his beloved brook. But I could tre, formed of the envenomed Upaz, and observe, that upon others his smile had in her left a mirror, which enlightened a peculiar effect. It instilled joy into the whole temple and rendered distortevery heart. Those, whose features ed and livid the countenances of all were overcast with diffidence and modpresent. On one side of the throne esty, were now illuminated with pleas- stood Malice with the eye of a basiliski ure and confidence. They seemed new on the other Hatred with scowling mein beings and appeared to possess thou-and distorted features. Behind stood sand talents and graces, of which be- Revenge, leaning with angry look upon fore they had no idea, and fell easy vic-his bloodstained sword; and beside tims to Pride and Vanity, who in gilded bim Treachery, with deadly, revengeornament and with stately pace, ad- ful visage. "O detested sight," cried vanced to receive the visitants. The 1, turning away my countenance. way now became rugged and difficult, Yet" cried Charity, veiling her face, yet each travelled separate, and refused "this is the deity ye worship in preto assist his fellows. Still impelled ference to me; this is she, who reigns forward by their guides, their clothes triumphant in mortal breasts, who canand skin were rent by the thorns, and kers and poisons the heart, and makes their feet cut by the sharp and rough it callous to every charitable, human stones, which impeded the path. They feeling. But look and consider." I would now have relented, but that hag-cast my eyes around. The temple was gard Envy with blood-shot eyes and withered form coming unseen, instilled a subtle poison into every heart, which while it was cankered and corroded by its baneful influence, rendered them unmindful of the severities of the road. Those, who were still backward, were lashed forward with a whip of scorpions, and drove without mercy toward the temple.

thronged with votaries of both sexes, and to my surprise the greater proportion were females. The poison I observed, which was shed by Envy in their breasts, destroyed every finer feeling of the heart. Every face was pale with anguish, and though many strove to hide their wretchedness under an appearance of pleasure, yet the eye, soon detected the falsehood. A real smile We now approached the building: it sometimes illumined the features, yet was of black marble, vast and of gothic it was the distorted smile caused by structure, and its thick walls and deep Hatred, by Envy, by Malice. Their onarched windows strongly grated with ly pleasure was hearing evil of the iron, admitted few rays of light. The good and virtuous, and their only buporter, Detraction, of haggard mein,siness in forging and reporting falsesquinting eyes, holding in one hand a distorting mirror, and in the other a huge iron key, beckoned us forward; and the gates of solid iron covered with

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hood, "Let us forsake this wretched and detestable scene," cried I, "Come" said Charity, "blame, but pity and for. give them." She then led me to a gate

* the

we were, withde of the temple, and jestic, abundant, splendid, and unites.

others, dismissed in itself all the strength and vehemence which the art of oratory possesses. It is that kind of eloquence which commands an instant and universal assent, renders itself the mistress of public deliberations, astonshes the world by the rapidity of its course, and, after having excited the applause and admiration of man

by Remorse and Shame." Look ́a. round thee," said Charity, I looked, and asfar as the sight could reach, all was desalate, Nothing met the roving eve hat hills of rocks, and plains of sand. "These,” cried my guide, are the portion of the votaries of scandal. * View you opening in the temple, like the mouth of a trumpets through

"that proceed those undistinguishable sounds, which you

They increase as they within. kind, leaves them in despair to attain

of them waxing louder and louder,

and reach eten to the ends of the

the sound an equal height of perfection. In a word, it is that eloquence which "earth. Whenever they come, des reigns, with sovereign authority, traction ensues, Virtue droops her over the minds, and in the hearts, head. The reputation, of those, of all who listen to it, sometimes "whose lives and deaths were given overturning whatever shall resist its to their country, is blasted. Heli-force, and at other times insinuat"gion seems superstition and bigotry. "Men in power are thrown from their ing itself into the very soul by its seats. Generority appears to be secret charms; to day establishing prodigality and profuseness; good-opinions altogether unknown, and, ness, treachery and cunning, pru-on the morrow, mingling those with “dence avarice; openheartedness, de- the dust which appeared to be im "ception; and the modest and unob trusive are branded with the name moveably established. "of fools. The reputation of virgin "innocence, like the too early flower, "blasted by the power of winter, falls "to rise no more. Love is lust, and "friendship hatred. These are the "baneful effects of scandal. But re

“member, O mortal, Charity suffereth “long and is kind, she envieth not, she "never faileth. He that blasts the reputation of another steals a gem both Indies can't repay, and com"sacred & heaven descended volume of inspiration, this "I was here startled with the cry of murder, which proceed ed from a distance, and awoke. R**

"mits a crime black as hell. But this

The subsequent portrait of "The Great "Commoner," is taken from an Euro -pean publication and is said to have circulated in England soon after the death of its subject. It certainly has merit and does him splendid justice. It is only not equal to the sublime character, attributed to GRATTAN, which like the eloquence it describes, "sometines resembles the thunder, and sometimes the music of the spheres."

Such was the eloqueuce of the late Earl of Chatham. The gran-deur of his ideas, the force of his. expressions, the magnanimity of his sentiments, the extent of his know ledge, the wisdom of his experience, the energy of his voice, the powers of his look, the dignity of his ac tion, will justify my assertion in the opinion even of those, who have only heard his name; but to those, who have heard his voice in thepublic deliberation of his country, my de- finition of his eloquence, or perhaps any other, must appear inadequate to that combination of pre-eminent excellence, which composed it. I was a rapid torrent, whose irresisti ble flood bore down and overwhelmed every thing, that opposed its course; and, after having amazed the country through which it rolled its impetuous waters, made the ocean itself recoil from a superior

wave.

THAT spécies of eloquence which The elevated aspect of this great bears the title of sublime, is ma-man commanded the awful venerds

tion of all who beheld him; while, his eye with lightning, and to clothe by a certain peculiar grace in his his lips with thunder. manner, arising from a conscious- The superior characteristic of ness of his own exalted character, Lord Chatham's eloquence was the dignity of his situation, and the dignity; and such was the compass solemn, important scenes, wherein of his powers, that there was no he had acted, he seemed at once to playfulness of fancy, or sprightli acknowledge and repay the respect, ness of wit, (and he possessed them which he had received. The sub- both in an eminent degree,) which jects, on which his eloquence has at he could not accommodate to the any time been employed, whether leading feature of his character. while he was in possession of power His rising up and his sitting down, or after his retreat, were worthy of every trifling motion or familiar acit. The most important interests tion, was so managed as to partake of his country occupied his com- of the general grandeur of his naprehensive, vigorous, and superior ture, and render it more conspicumind: they quickened his enthusi-ous, They, who have seen and asm, elevated his dignity, and sub- heard him, will acknowledge, that limed his discourse. Under their some degree of justice is done to impulse, he would arise from the Lord Chatham's abilities in this imanimated pursuit of irrefragable ar-perfect sketch of them To those, gument, to a boldness of hyperbole whose admiration of him springs that became him alone, and venture even upon the language of prophecy, which could only be justified by its certain accomplishment..

entirely, from the description of others, I must address myself in the language of antient eloquence, Quanto magis admiraremini, si audissetis ipsum,

For the Emerald.
DESULTORY SELECTIONS,
AND ORIGINAL REMARKS,

No idea was too vast, no image too sublime, for the grandeur of his conceptions, and the majesty of his manner. His expressions seemed to be of his own creation, and yielded in strength and sublimity but to From an European publication we the language of inspiration, which take the following Rules for Shooting a La Gambado. he was accustomed to adopt with As shooting is in itself, when prosuch powerful and appropriate en-perly pursued, one of the most deergy. Hence it was, that he could lightful and healthy recreations that strike his adversaries dumb, make can be taken, but not without conministers tremble, and Englishmen siderable danger and hazard, unless enthusiasts. Hence it was, that a man have some previous knowhe persuaded our nation to believe ledge how to conduct himself durthemselves irresistible as well as in- ing a day's sport, I have taken the vincible, and, under such impres- liberty to point out a few of the sions, to realize their belief. most useful precepts, by the observance of which one may enjoy this most charming diversion with the smallest possible danger to himself and his company, and the greatest probability not only of finding, but of bringing down, no inconsiderable quantity of game. And it will, I

At the close of life, his venerable form, though bowed with age and infirmity, was still animated by a mind, that nothing could subdue his spirit still remained, and, tiil the st act of his political life, beneath which he sunk, continued to arm

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