Papers of Mirabeau B. Lamar, Volume V
The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Edited from the original papers in the Texas State Arclnves by
CHARLES ADAMS GULICK, JR.
WINNIE ALLEN
KATHERINE ELLIOTT
HARRIET SMITHER
Volume V
The Pemberton Press Austin and New York 1968
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· PREFACE VOLUMES V and VI of t!Je Lamar Pape1·s comprise the greater part of the docurne11ts omitted from the four volumes already printed. These documents, consisting chiefly of personal letters, historical notes r.ollectfd by Lamar, and articles written by him, have either a definite historic Yalue in themsehes, or a value complementary to and inter- pretath·e of documents found in other collections. Their omission from the printeu Yolumes of the Lamar Papers would destroy the in- tegrit_v of the collection, and would cause the omitted documents to become more or less isolated and withdrawn from further consideration. There are a few omissions of purely formal matter, such as notes of ha11tl, cleeds, diplomatic forms, and letters of transmittal; also of irn<·h papers as anonymous school-boy' essays, stereotyped letters of introduction and application, whole newspapers, printed pamplllets, collections of notes from easily accessible printed sources, documents printed el~cwhere, and fragments that seem to have no historic value whatever. For these the calendar notation has been deemed sufficient. Th<> editor's grateful acknowledgments are due to ::\[rs. l\lat.tie Austin Hat~her, ArchiYi°st, University of Texas, for helpful suggestions at eYery stage of the work; to Mrs. )largaret Kenney I~ress of the Spanish Department, and to )fr. Carlos E. Castaneda, Librarian, Latin- American Collection, of the :mrne institution, for assistance in trans- lating the Spanish; and to :Miss Ruth Wilson, a student assistant in the Texas State Library, for nid in• the tedious work of deciphering faded and mutilated documents. H.1mnET SMITHEu. TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, Ma.y 25, 19.127.
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No. 4. AB"IA BROWN TO MAR.IA BRO\VN 1 Letter from Stephen F. Austins Grand Father,
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"New 1'own, Sussex County July 15th 1780.
DEAH DAUGHTF.R I HL•1·d _your~ by ,John Keys a11<1 am Exceedingly pleased to hear of you and your Brothen: and Sisters being well. I am also much pleased my Dear Daughter that you \\"rite to me, being the first Letter, but pray Dun't let it be the last- as to its being badly Wrote _you are ,·cry Excusable. I hope my Dear Child that you Improve e\'ery Op- portm1ity i11 Regim1 to Education. I am Anxious for your I-Iappi- 11e:-::- Hll(I nm in hopes that your own Prudence will pre,·ent you from Ru11J1i11g too much into the Fashions and follys of this World. Re- llH'mber my Dear Chile! that one Vice brings on another, an<l the more a Youllg Person gin's way to them, the worse they want to. You live with an Excelle11t \\'oman, whose advices will be worthy your Attentioll, as I am well persuaded she seeks your Happiness, I am pleased that you are got to a Writing School and hope you'll Improve it- I long to see you all; I believe I shall be ill Town in a Week or 10 Day:,-give my love to J\[r and )[rs Fuller, Mr & Miss Fisher and all Friends. .I Hemain Dear child Your T.od11~ Father AnIA Bnowx Benjamin Fuller Philadelphia. 1.-\dcleil hy Lamar :·I The above Letter is from the Father of Mrs. :\fo:-:c>:-Austin-her name was brown before she married Austin-Fuller was a gentleman who raised ~liss Brown (afterwards Austin) after her father'R death Ahia Brown placed his daughter :\lary at school in Phil. l,oarcling her with Renj. Fuller- hence the middle name of Gen'l. Austi11-Stephen Fuller .Austin. 1 T11 No. 3. page 12. This document. which Lamar copied from the "Am~tin Papers." 1·onsists of 11. numher of letters. extracts of letters. notes, etc., which, with a few exceptioni-. have been published in Harker. E. C' .. The :lusfi11 Pa.7wr.~. in Annual Rrpol't of the American Historical Association, 1019. I l. The omitted letters are published in this ,·olume. A note added to number thn•e under the heading. ")[r,., Lon~. fond of i,porth·e mischief." tells the following story: "Dining in <·omp1rny with Bur- net-she brought in [andl lnid before his pln.te, 11. nice dcli<·a1·~• as :-he callt•d it. llunll't reed. it saying. \\"ell 1 nlwayi- knew ~·ou WC'rC' my friend; l doubt not this i;:; some fine pound <·ake. He carefully placed the roll of paper in the form of n small pie before his place. and deliberately unfolding it, n little •,.nnke rea[r]cd up his t·rest. and darting out hi;:; tonJ!Ul' ns mul'h a,. to sny what do you mean! The ~ucst started one wa~• & the n•ptile another, to the mutual terror & precipitation of both"
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No. 25n. '·COLOXEL IGNACIO PERES'S EXPEDITION TO THE TRINITY-1819."~ I Translntecl from the Spnnish by X. l3. De Bray] Colonel Tgnnrio Peres' Expedition to the 'l'rinity-1819. Left San Antonio on the .29th of September 1819 with a force o( 500 men Sent from the yegua" a cletnehment of 50 men, to nrrest a party of 8 Americnn:; who according to n report of a Tnhunrano chief, had pur- chased horses and provisions in his Yillnge and expresser! their inten- tion to join 15 of their countrymen camped on the Brazos River. Another detnchment of 70 men wns nlso detniled to cut off the rebels' retrent, in case they succeeded il1 escaping the first detachment. The first detachment met the 8 Americans in a thicket, almost un- protected; these took to flight, lea,'ing in their camp 5 fire arms, 24 hor::es & 6 mules, different articles of clothing and other articles of property. Rene-he,! the Navnsoto ou the 19th of October, where he received information that one of his explorin~ pnrties had met, at the forks of the Narnsoto nncl Brnzos, 22 Americans, two of whom were made prisoners who stated that another party of 10 men were camped on the Brazos; that latter party was arrested. Perez supposed that these men were trying to join General Long who, according to the prisoners' statements, had proceeded to Galveston to procure provisions anu ammunition and a reenforcement of men- The Prisoners de- clared themselves to be Colonels, Captains, Sergeants, and Soldiers of the "Texas Republican Troops" under General Long. On the 20th of October a man was arrested who called himself Lieu- tenant of the Texns Republican Army under Long. All the prisoners were left in charge of the Commanding officer of the Post of Atascosito. A Detachment met on the Neches and took prisoners three Americans, two Spaniards and one Indian who, with a ,!rove of horses, were maldng their way to the U S. Within 10 miles from Nacogdoches, all the houses were minutely Searched, the Americans, were arrested and one Spaniard; One Indian was shot who had attempted to attack a Soldier, he was, previous to being put to death, baptized by the chaplain of the Expeditionary forces under the name of Jose :Maria. · Heard that Long, after having been informed by one of the Amer- icans who escaped of the arrival of the Mexican Troops, had proceeded to the Sabine. Parties were sent in every direction to recconnoiter the country. One of them took 4 Americans and 3 Spaniards. Continued on the march to the Sabine, and was apprized by a scout- ing party that a guard of Americans was established on the opposite bank of the River;- Perez, then, withdrew to concentrate his forces, and on his way, burnt 30 houses that had been abandoned by the :Calendered No. 1055 {183-? Xa,·ier DeBray, Houston! Texas]. Placed here because of the date of the expedition. General DeBray came to Texas about 1852. See Austin Evening Netcs, January 7, 1895. The 0 date of the trans- lation is probably 1853, or thereafter. In an article in The Galveston News, June 18, 1870. over his signature, X. B. DeBray states that in 1853 he was commissioned by Go,·ernor Pease "to collect. arrange, and translate such Spnn- itih historical documents as could he found in the archives of Bexar County and to file both the original documents and the translations in the office of the Secretary of State."
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fugiti\'es, destroying al~o a larg-e quantity of cotton, corn, pumkins, Potatoes and other ,·egetables; a great many hogs and chickens were foun,1 and cli:-;trihuted umong the men of the Expeditionary force. Two Arncrieans wer<' arrested at the Rancho of Guajalote. The men proceeded tu the Atascosito and the Bay of Gah-eston. One of the H1:outing parties arrested a Captain, .3 Americans and a 11egro belonging- to Long; took 4;·{ head of cattle 19 sheep and burnt 14 abanJoned houses. Arrived at :Nacogdoches, where he was waited upon by several in- habitants of that place who Sued for pardon which was granted them. 'l'hen back to the C'amp on the Trinity; was apprized that Laffitte was still at Ciah-esto11, nnd that th<> Americans had three Settlements at Pecan Point, composed of about 500 men, well armed, who had come there without the knowledge of the American gon.~rnment- A german, John X ey [ ?] i-upposecl to be a spy was arrested, and sent to Bexar, with the halanee of the prisoners 5 Americans were met by a scouting party, on the .Atascosito; they attempted a resistance; three of them were killed; irnd D6 horses and mules were taken, the other Americans made good their escape. l'erez is satisfied that no American, exists actually in the territory reconnoitred hy him, but he knows that Laffitte has, at Galveston, a lar~e force, and seYeral Tahuacauo and Tahuayase Indians, the whole amounting to ahout 1000 men. Thinks it will be difficult to disloge the men who have settled at Pecan Point, inasmuch as they have a friendly intercourse with Indian Natives established in the t.erritorv of U. S.- The remainders of Long's party will probably join them, and in case of being attacted, they will find a shelter, and protection in the territory of the U.S. No. 34. PROSPEC'rus OF THE VILLAGE .MISCELLANY. LAMAR 3 [Cahawha? Alabama,] )f arch 8, 1821- To be written in a scrie$ of numbers by l\fr Lanthernbalvon, Batch- elor of mericles and late from the court of fashionable folly "Sine oclio." 1 feel divested of all animosih- No- 1 '!'his number of the Yilage miscellany is hazarded upon experi- ment- Should it go down with the publick it will be continued if not- NOT-it will be supported by Several )'Oung men of the places, whose names it will be in nlin to enquir~ after as the plan adopted for their concealment precludes the posibility of discoYery. Communication::; may be left at the post olfiee where they will be <l.uly receved b,\· n young Gentleman authorized for the purpose Two copies of each number only-will be issued-one for the Ladies the other for the Gentlemen It is said of a dutchman that he can talk a deal when he has nothing to say, but ,erry much unlike the dutclunan I now fiml it <lilncult to •In 1819 Lamar cstnhlishcd a !?Cnernl merchandise bu;;inc><s in Cahawba. Ala- bama in which he wns unsuccessful. In lS~l he nnnounced his purpose of establishing a humorous paper under the ubo,·e heading. Christinn, A. K., Affra,bea-tl- B11011uparte Lamar, p. 2.
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sav a little even where I have much to communicate, for having lately coi1ceiYed the exquisite idea of treating the Town, to 11 few Jancifu l lucubrations, it may not. be altogether improper to offer some remarks in the fonu of a PROSPECTUS but a kind of moon-struck-du lne!-!- pervndes my sensl's, nncl such is tl;e present powrty of my ge1~ius t_hat I nm at a stnncl for something to sny in the verry sucr.eeclmg- ]me. But induloent reader my lethnr•Ty is owina to some casual circumstance, and must"not be 11ttribi1ted to ~iny intdl~ctual defect, a11cl I hope ~-ou will have the liberality to believe the truth of what I now tell you, That l really pos~ess a dareing mind, lofty conceptions & unbounde<l wit, and at any other time in the world would be fully compctant to write a prospectus high, grand & exnulted which would rol_l 1lmrn_ the gutter of time to the latest posterity and be peruf;ed with 11!-light, when the works of Spencer and Shakspeare and :Milto11 shall be no longer read but lie mouldering in some obscure corner with the worm- eaten lumber of a dustv Book case-- It is an establi:.:hed custom with all the accomplished and choise wits of the present age, on what subject soever they may write, to open their productions with a long string (as it is commonally termed) of preliminary obserrntion, and who ever proceeds in wilful violation of this fashionable rule must expect as the poet says to be "damned to everlasting fame" It will therefore be presumrd that I in adhereance to it will now proceed to fill a few pages with encomiastic remarks on the utility, nmu~ement &.C &C of periodical works, which however I am determined not to clo, but shall throw myself upon the mercy of the c:riticks, and humbly beg their forgiYeness for my nonconformity. I might take a retrospection of the world from the foundation of let- ten; and trace the rise, progress & termination of all such pr0tl uctions up to the present period, interlarding my account with a few sensible comments and critical animad\"ersions, and therby not only spin out my prospectus to a tolerable respectable length, hut would have an ample opportunity of displaying the profundity of my erudition, but I am well aware that such a coun;e would be irksome to my readers and an unpardonahle intrusion upon their patience. I have howe,·er another cogent objection wliich i~ simply thi,-, that my strength does 11ot lie in writing prefatory & introrluctor~• remarks aud such is the honest frankness of my nature that I am constrained to confesf- that I hare not so good a talent at this species of composition as my happ_v friend Olirer Oold~mith, This though should not rletract too much from my reputation a~ a modern fine writer, for although I am some- thing deficient in this particular, I am equally excellent -in some other, for when I once get fairly under sail, I can proceell with extreordinary ease to myself and to the infinite amui,ement of m_r readers, and such indeed is my happy fluency, that I am frequently ahle to get through a whole sentence and a half without stoppin(T more than a dozen time:;.- But the truth is simply thi~, that 1 am 1let~mi11e1l in my prospectus, and in all my future effu,;ions, not io eonform to am· ~tmlierl rule~ of com- position, whether fa ~hionable or unfa~hionalile, · not cn!n to the Ari s- 1otolian laws them~eh-e~, for all nrP arhitrarr aml enlculated onlv to hamper genius. The immortal 8hnkspear 0 "spur11ed their bounded reign" 1111d whilst the regular penned lahours of others are 1laily dis- appearin~ like ;·ex<'elations in the cwnin!! mHI no man !'ces them
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mol'e·' ~till do the A1lamanti11e works of the poet of avon stand un- impaired by the cl1•molishi11~ ha111l of time
·• Lik1• rm·ks n•,-ist tlw hillows of the sky"
Taki11g this therl'fo1•p into c·onsideratio11 I hope my readers will have the goodness to 1•xc·11:-:c lllf' ,,·hilst I proceed withont any preliminary ohscrrntions at all to a plain statement of the plan in which the VillaQ·e :\li:::cella11,· will he conducted And first it is intended that it sh~ll make iti- ·appciarnnce eYery fricla~' noon, containing such mat- ters .as the author co11ceives best eal<'ulated to amuse the fancv and (·orrec:t the follies of the town ··
..I Ju,-h I.hr. \"ire but !;pnre the person still"
Its size will he various acf'ording a:-: the subject materials can be col- lected. lmt ne,·er smaller than Oil<' :-hcf't nor larger than a ream, nor is it_e:qwdecl that th<' c·ontents will he less rnrious in point of quality, tha11 <Jllantity, for it c·annot be pre~nmetl that a writer can always keep 011 the wing ho\\· soaring :;oc>n!r his genius ma~· be. "Great Homer himself woul<l sometimes nocr' and whoHer has prac- ticed in the art of composition must smely know that there are par- ticular periods ,vhen a writer c:annot perform so wt>ll as at others, especially in a foggy mornin~ ancl 1lirectly after II hearty meal on fried :,;had in that sea~on of the year when the green !\11(1 gilded lizzar<ls rattle through fences, "And Sol in mnrcdinn height But 110 labor will be spared to renclcr m_v sheets agreeable as possiblP & when I fincl my wit begiuing to ting, 1r•·111 reclouhle my iuclustry to supply its deficiency. r\ fair portion of its sallies shall be dedicated to the lovely li.d1t heelc>tl nymphs, than whom to please there is no greater source of terrestrinl !'elicit.,·. A smile of their npprobation is worth a Kinguom, and were I the master of a world T would yield it freely in purchase of one clear-enchal1ting-heaYenly-look. Tis for them that all the world cloth li,·e-that the meager jegune poet pores oYer the noctunal blaze & pens his stmlied lay- that the thunder blasted Soldier presents his scar imlented bosom to the shafts of battle. Tis for them that ~Ir. Lnnthembalrnn is going to rac·k his i11Ycntion nncl tis for them that he would do any thing in the world they could possibly re(Juire-wonlcl e,·en leap into the sun nrnl t<'ar the freckles from its face-would bcnr1l the fire_\" Drng:on i11 his dt•11-S11all'h t.he 7.ig--zag lightning from the fist of Jovp or grnpplP with the horrid Sea- :,;erpent in th_e ocenn.-anythiug th11t they d<'ma111l l,ut-lwld my pPm·e. 11111mins the deep of the 8ca And fishes begining to sweat ( 'ry dam it how hot we shnll be"
"\Vithout the !<mile!< from partial beauty won 0 what were man ~-n world without a :-inn:•
The nid of the sons of science 111111 g<'niu:-: i:-: c·onliall~- im·itl'd. Ail\' communication on what !';Ubjec·t soeYN. will lie thankfully l'<'<'<'iYe<l a11;l cluly nttencll'<l to. All 11re :-olil·itPcl to IPnd their 1·ontrilintio11~, but
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there is a clas;: of self conceited nrrog11nt gentr.r, with whom Minena · and the )fuses are at "open war~· "Who i1t ill presist in s11ite of nl\ture nud their stllrs to write" To such I know not what to :;av hut must beg their pardons if their lucubrations should not meet with :-o fa,·ouruble n reception as their nmity may possibly induce them to belieYe they merit. Let not this howerer deter 1111v from sendincr their favours, for the authors will never be enquired° after, nor nee<l they clread the severity of criticism, for its iron mace will be flourished orcr none how much soever the~· may deserve its scourge. Should any communication to the Villiage :Miscellany be rejected I beg thl' author not to uespond but "cut ancl come again" perhap after repeated trials he may make a "lucky hit" like the artist who repeatedly failed in painting the foam around the horses bits, at last in a fit of despair & anger uashed the brush against the animals nostrils and thereby fixed the foam which his art c·ou ta not accomplish. To the favorit's of the Nine who have drank at the foU11t Helicon, & whose lines flow nlong smooth as the classic Yarrow in "words that breathe & thoughts that burn. To all who can soar aloft on the wings of fancy, so their pinions be not made of wax like Herald :Mercury's and melt at the sunbeam heat, but fledged like rising Lark's that cut the yielding air & skim the skies, to all such I will repay a heart full of gratitude in which species of payment there needs be no dread of Bankruptcy. And now a parting word to the reader or ns the poet says "One stroke more and then I've done" I have already observed that I intend to conform to no laboured rules of formality in writing, hut consult my own feelings and peu down whatever my heart ancl fancy may dictate although it may be in the wilaness of irregularity and in total opposition to my judgement. :My Pegassus is a gentle steed and I ride without a reign, should he now and then turn some what from the direct track on my journey to crop a rerdant sprig or too in some flowery mead, I hope my gentle reader will keep his temper and allow the hungry animal the liberty.- If there be one who read my lines only to mark their defects and errors, here let us part, for I wish him no father to persue my pen, not that I am loth to yield m~· effusions to the scrutinizing eye of Criticism, for I like the maid in friendly & serious mood to ruminate my page. who deems me an enemy to candid & ingenuous criticks <loes me wrong, for I esteem their labours like the skilful gardner who prunes the flowers of their withered leaves in order that they may shoot with more beautiful luxurimH:e. But there is a kind of ill- natured C)11ical wretches who can cant only the deformity of a writer, but whose dull & torpid soul can ncrer be thrilled by his beauties,- Such I esteem as the 1marling i;paniel that lay in the manger & kept the horse from the provender merely because he could not eat it him- self and from suc-h I turn with contempt to hail the cheery harted lad' who like my honest Uncl11 Toby will laugh and he pleased he '·Knows not why & cares not wherefore.'' l\ln L .\~TIIERNB.\LVO'!'-.
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_J>.\I'EHS or )I mAnEAF BuoNAPAHTE LA:\CAH 11 ~o. -i:l. XE\\"-Y EAR'S AD:OHESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE CAI-L\.\\'BA PRESS. LAMAR.
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Yearly doth the Laun•at !-ing ·In l1onor oi his country';; King, And Poets annually raise To Patrons tribnta;·v ln,·;;. '\'Vith Printcrl'I too i.t is· in ,·ogue
To write to friends 11 New-Years Ode, And in eomplinnce with the fashion 1"11 make some rhymes if I can match ·cm, Ami c·onjure up it short Address To the fair patrons of the Press. Through lernnings [sic] maze I never strny'd Nor woo'd the Muse in sylvan shade, Yet I'm resolv'd no more to doze; Hail doggrel verse and farewell prose. \\"here my own wit nnd fancy fail Old Horace's will still prernil; To take from him 1t hint or two. Tis only what mv betters do. Half that poets ,~·rite the~· ,:;teal But i,;ome have talents to conceal, Nor do 1 think them mu<.'11 to blame. Do as they ma,r their fate's the same, For genius iR n wing to sail \\-ith flying colo111·s to a jail. But there nre kna,·es hesides the poet, Lawyers and Doctor:s clnil~- show it, One robs your purse, the other kills. Death rids you of their fees and pills. The Fair themselves nre rogues I know For sad experience taught me so, They'll sten 1 ones henrt and after all Will laugh and say the theft is small. And must I then some book explore, And write what others wrote before! I'd rather own my genius small For borrow'd wit's no wit at all. :Muses descend, inspire my theme, Arround your poet shed a gleam; 0 with thy aid a dunce may rise. And spite of genius skim the skies. Tony-catch me old pegnssus- I'll seek the top of 1fount Pernassus, In order that my '.!ye may range, And notice what is new and strange. Why may I not this steed bestride And well as others, take a ride? He is I know hard on the rein and may perhaps dash out my brain Yet I will every danger face And even risk a Gilpin race. But as I am a rider young I may be in a mudhole flung And if I should I heg the render To overlook the sad procedure nnd leave me not ns Ohndinh Left Doctor Slop stuck in the mire, But patiently the laugh restrain
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And wait 'til I can mount again.- Behold me mounted on my steed. Now up the hill like lightning speed, O'er crags and stumps and bogs I go, The lessuing plain grows dim below, Old Aritato's Griffin horse Never winged so swift n course, Now swifter stiJl--5tilJ swifter flies, Hl' seems almost to cut tlie skies- .Aud now I've gained Parnassus height, O what a dear enchanting sight! 1'11 turn my flying horse to graze Whilst with enraptured view I gaze Upon the sons to genius dear Thnt animate this Heavenly sphere. Old Spencer here is to be seen Attended by a Fairy Quw~; In yonder distant cool retreat Young Thompson takes his happy seat, His M 11sidora in the stream I,; bathing near, but not unseen For Youthful Damon blissful Jover Doth nil her lo.tent charms discover. Old Vergil sl1akes his Dryden's hand, And Pope and Homer join the band, And hundred others here I find In dearest harmony combined. Bold Milton stands in awful state O'er all pre-eminently great; But sweet immortal Shakspcare, you \,ith gladsome heart I turn to view Dear fayorite of my early days Still, still I lo\·e to read thy lays For tl1ou art Natures darling child That warbles thy native wood-notes toild And when thy genius ranges round The world's for it to small a bound. Thou each passion cans't controul That actuates the human soul, Bid grief a joy alternate rise, Depress to Hell-exalt to skies. What stoic can restrain the laugl1, At the fat coward, ,Tack Falstaff, But when old Shylock treads the stage Each breast indignant swells with rage, To see despotic Richard draw His sword against his country's Jaw, And ride supremely on the heath Horribly bent on blood and death, Whnt heart is there to valour dear Feels not the freezing pang of fear, To hear Queen Knte for justice pleads, To view sweet Desdemona dead,
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And bold mad Hamlet swear and rave 1n mournful wildness o'er her grave, ls there a heart that will not bleed At scenes like these!-'tis hard indeed! What man iH there with torpid breast Loves not his native land the best,
.PArEns OF l\Im,\:J3EAt: BuONAPAl!TE LnrAn 'Who would refuse his sword to draw For her defence and Freedoms law But with a trembling, coward soul \Vould bow to Despots cursed control, If such there be let such go read \Vhen Marcus made great Julius bleed And should his heart be calleous still And feel no patriotic thrill May he in life imprisoned dwell, Doomed upon earth for future Hell. Here too among the tunefulband Great Colriclge takes an equal stand No fabled Nine to him belong For God alone inspires his song His genius soars from pole to pole Boundless us the rays of sol Like Homers self he strikes the Lyre, Now full of strength, now beaming fire Through all his strains, in gentle stream Religion pours its lucid beam. Great bard thy works will ever shine, 'Will triumph o'er the lapse of time \Vhen ,Jeffrey's slanderous race is run His works forgot and he unsung. Bold Byron sits in monkish mood; His genius strong as Nigers flood, A soul of wrath and vengancc warm, He ><peaks like Demon of the storm, No tender thrill his bosom knows, The child of misery--heir of woes; Lay11 to Love he never carroled Hi11 themes are Corsair and Childe Harold, Demons dark, and dread, and drear That vell of murder in the ear. I lo,·e· not Bards of rugged mind, \Vhose heroes are of sooty kind, They do my inmost soul affright, And make me dream of hell at night. Give me the bard of fancy gay That sings like birds in blue-ey'd May, ·warbling within some flow'y dale, A simple song or moving tule A11 l\Iilton says, in winding 'bout Of linked sweetness long clratr.n out. I lo,·e the burd wbo!'le tender soul Feels youthful Cupid's soft control, O'er whose lays in dear delight, Love gaily waves his purple light, 'Whose ~[use fore,·er on the wing, Collects the treasures of the spring, And in profusion renders us The sweets of flowery tenderness; Whose sportive, guy and laughing style Vi'ill make the dull misanthrope smile, Gorgeous as the rainbow's hue. Sparkling as the morning dew, Flowing e\'er in siln•r light, Like limped stream of chrystal hright. Such is the bard who C'lln impart. Enrapturing transports to m~· h<'art, And such the strains. that Tommv 11oore, The young Anacreon·~ h•urnt to J;our.
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Dear melodious bnrd sing on Forever sweet as Syren's song, That makes old ocean's waves rejoice, And dance the enchanting ,·oice. Continue still those songs to raise, That Little tuned in youthfnl days; Haunt again the eastern bower, And sip the sweets of every flow'r, Then from your old scholastic nook, Prny giYe us on more Lalla Rookb. Obsequious to the rolling day •.\nother year has passed away, Forenr passed, foreYer flown Like Hohson's ghost not to return.- Dear reader did vou enr sec •.\ little book of .A B C, For children made, by Mr. :\lurry ! Then if you'r not in too great hurry, I beg of thee to stop and look To the tenth chapter of that book. And pictured there, i think you'll find, ..\ <'realure of a curious kind. With grizly beard and piebald head And flying pinions l1alf way spread, Whilst in his hand of mighty 1Mength He swings a S)ihe of dreadful length. Know then, this creature's name is Time, Who flies tl1e world from clime to clime And in his course of falcon Hight Sweeps boldly eYery liYing wight, Nor kindly spareg one enrthly thing, From Egypt's worm to Eastern king. He cuts down pyramids and flowers, School boy's traps. and lofty towers, It was bis hand tlmt did destroy Old Berches mills-and walls of Troy, Laid Thebes with all her gates in dust ..\nd likewise Dame Quickly's sign post. Where is now imperial Rome 1 Her palaces and piles are gone, Her liberty pole is tumbled o'er, •.\nd Pompey's 1<talne is no more. Time has ~wept the whole away Nor left a trace where once they lay.
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Where are all those heroes bold Of whom we are in l1istory told, •.\nd all the mighty legions, they Together drew for battle's fray, Xerxes' army and Hannibal's Thirsting for blood like canihals ! ~o more do they witl1 rnlour glow, For time alas! has laid them low. Such is the fate that waits us all, Each in hill nurn,v; C"cll must fall,
Ami there lie still. till that brigl1t morn \\'hen Gabriel winds his hlrge French horn, The hand tliat scrawl~ these verses o'er In some few years ~hall scrawl no more, a\nd lie whose eye~ the lines may trace
With critic sneer, or ~miling face, Shall likewise fall. as sure as U Doth follow after letter Q.
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It matters not how fair a face, Nor what may be your mental grace, Beauty and wit can ne,·er save One victim from the hungry grave, For if they could old Albion's isle Would still be lit with Wortley's smile. And sweetest Shakspeare had not died, But still have sung on Avons tide. Yet there is that which neYer dies; The soul, the pow·r of Time defies, For it in endless youth will bloom Beyond the confines of the tomb, \Vhen Time grown craz'd, himself shall smite, And with his sythe, cut his wind pipe. ·I hnte the fool who always chatters On politics and public matters, 'Who cannot speak, but what he mentions States, Constitutions, nnd Conventions; You must your printer's boy excuse For in this way he lins no newc. 'Tis true that he might something say Of Jackson and Don CalM·a, And scrawl a few sarcastic things On Queens defunct, and drunken Kings, And from this height direct a glance At the affairs of Spain and France, South America, then viewing Tell you what they there are doing, How some for liberty are strugling, Some absconding, and some smugling; But all these things are growing old, They have an hundred times been told, And if you'll search, all public capers You'll find recorded in our papers. Solomon says there's nothing new, And 'pon my word I think so too, For nincompoops to legislate. And asses grow in pow'r and state; For candidates to 'lectioiieere And friends prove base and insincere; For Banks to fail, and Cashiers steal, And officers to serve with. zeal, Their private more than public weal: For the young men at midnight gloom, To roam the streets, when shines no moon, To smoke segars-with drunken head, To reel at one o'clock to bed: For girls of gay fifteen to wear In public, an affected air, And learn at home before the glass Each pretty trick and sweet grimace; All this is nothing new we know, It has been thus for years ago. The world's not altered in its course, Or if it has 'tis for the worse. Still do the rich as heretofore Monopolise the public pow'r; Still bows the merchant like an ape
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To ·sell a pin or bunch of tape, The meager jejune Doctor st[ i] II Gets licens of M. D. to kill, And still the tavern keepers dC>
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Charge as tl1ey did five years ago. Of all the world this class 1 hate For one good reason, which I'll sta~e; 'Tis simpl)' this, they're too "!'uch hke A little bird we call the snipe; The~• fnrnur in their feature strong For both have bills tremendous long.- And after all it doth appear There's nothing new but a New Year. I am too fast-on second view, I find that I have something new. A nother dandy came to town, Last Christmas day, in high hon ton. A sprightly youtl1, quite neat and tight As rockets" tall and l1ead as light; \Yith broadcloth coat and breeches too And little jacket bound in blue; His rufiles deck'd with breast pin bright That glitters like the source of light; But by mv books I've oft been told That o.ll {1·hich glitters i11 not gold. His beaver's cocked in foppery's vricle, On corner of his skull one side, For fear it should his ringlets spoil Dressed sweetlv in 1lacassor oil. With his right hand he swings his chain, And in l1is left a long sword cane, From which he'd draw the polish'd steel, And bra1·ely-run off by the heel. And who is he, this flaming star? A coxcomb licensed to the bnr, Frolicking round in folly's whirls, Scorned by men, admired by girls. With brass heel boots he struts in court, Under his arm a large report, His long gree1l b11_q with papers full, More in the satchel than his scull. He bas a speech well memorised, Which lie to any case applies So when he spoitts 'tis with the ease Of him who thundered to the seas, United comes on the evhlence, \\"hich cools his fire of elocp1ence: There ends his speech-invain he tries On rhetoric's wings again to rise; He flutters flounds and fain would soar, His pinions rropt, he sails no more; He rose like eagle O'er tlte fowl, But tumhlcd headlong like an owl. 0 cease dull sir to prate your law. Go hew the [wood and waler] draw, Lay Blackstone't1 Commentaries down And take up Aesop an<l Tom Thumb. Now pause we here a while to tell What at n country <lance befell, In Chrislma.; limes, at father Grumpus' Wh~re they cul a dreadful rumpus. Ile lil·es three miles from Doctor Sneak, On what is ralled the rackoon creek, In cabin built of swnmp oak strong,
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Twenty feet "' i<le and thirty long, The chinks well da11b'cl with straw & clay That ncer admits the solar ray; A (•yprus roof and puncheon floor, A four ,.quare window and a door, :"ic:reaking 011 new hitkery hiuges, At which your ,·ery bosom scringrs. . \ heel a barrel and a broom Urac'cl south-cast corner of the room, Another held a cross'd leg'd table A tripo1l, bench and rocking cradle. In the third lay pots and griddles, Th(• fourth cleared out for him that fiddles, \\"hil,-t round the walls in gay festoons :"iw1111g- petticoats and pantaloons. Suc·h is I.he spacious drawing-hall Ju whi<·h was held our lively ball. 'llo11t three o'clock in after noon, An hour unusually soon, .. -\ II the neighboring beaus collected; Some from distance were expected. There were Belch and Tony Grnmbo. \\'ith red faces [mutilated] Corporal Cfrane and Captain S)ligo, Doctor Duucc and justice Bibo, All dandies of the higher class That shared the smiles of every lass. The latter one· is as fair as • Adonis or the Trojan Paris. I will for those who never saw This Io,·ely youth, his picture draw For of the beauties great and small He tops the climax of them all. Then figure to yourself a beau, ,Just six feet long from top to toe \\"ith crooked back and Frozen thin sides And brains as soft as pumpkins insicles A little meager baboon face As tadpole sleek, and thin as plaic·e; His eyes you hardly can discu,·er So far his lll'ows projecting ornr; Between them hangs a bottle nose \\"hich with the flaming jorum glows: \\"ere he a midnight to look at us "~e'cl takt• his snout for igni::: fat'11,;. His spidc>r legs are long and ,.Jim And ('ruuked as u black jack limh. Thev interlock auo,·e his heel,; And work like cogs in trundle wheel,;, So when he moves he hobbles on Like horses foundered on 11cw <·orn. Among the dashing helles. there were. ~liss Kitty Perch as good ns fair, Dorothy ~nap and Peggy \\'ilcl Two lo\'ely girls as e,·er smiled. Tabitha llrass and witldow Jaubl'r Patty Bland and ~lolly Bacl~t•r. Betty Bloum·c and romping Nc>ll,\', And man~• more than I C'oulcl tell ~-c.
But now the,\' li~ht the pi11e torch taper,.,
Yonder come the 11111,;il' mnkers; They :soon 11rrin• in mnn·hinj? luuul
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a\nd in thrir <'Orner tnke their stand. The head onr of the grand prot'es:,;ion Hn,i gourd lidclle in po"s!'s><ion. On whi1·h in jolity 11ml fun. he Pin~-.,. old p11sso111. 11 JJ I l,r g11111 I rrc. Another on n long nerkcd hnngl'r, To tlll' delight of e,·ery stranger Thrums. olii rirginia 11c1,er tire Rat porrh rorn and lie by the Jirr. The ln"t not least nmong the band. Hold" "tirrup iron in hi:1 hnnd, \\"hic·h he rnttles with ll spindle, )Inking n delightful jingle. Enrh moYes hi~ head in dodging motion, And plays a tune, to his own notion, Producing music on the plan ~Iaintuin'd in Pop!''s Essay o,i Jiau, That discord is ( they prove it good) Sweet lrarmouy not 1111clcrstood. For the dam:e they now prepare; Ench beau lends out his gentle fair. Dr. Dunce in dexterous //01111cc Took the head with Betty Bounce. And l'orporal Crane and Putty Bland Quirk occupied the second stand \\'hilst Tony Grumbo. active chap, Hop'd 1111 next with Dorothy Snap And left poor Bibo in the lurch. To take the foot with Kittv Perch. .-\nd now they all begin to ·reel, High hounding on the sturgeon heel, The beaus exerting every spring To dance breza and pigeon wing, The girls as light as air balloons Fnndangoes cut, and rigadoons. No sooner than one reel is run, As soon another is begun. Thus on they danre1l with m1tin and might, Till 12 o'clock at least at night. .And would have danced, how long, God knows Had not a sacl di~turbance rose. Bekh and Sligo were two rivals, Cock'd and printed to fight on trifles, Both endeavoring to surpass, ln mark'tl altr11tio11 to :\liss Brass. The (·aptnin 1rr1l //re iritlest ro10. \\"hirh made poor Belch with dudi,:eon glow. Thi' latlrr went with smiling grin. s\nc\ n,k'1I :\Ii~~ Tab to dance with him, \\"hom ~ligo nftcrw,mli; engaged. ~ow thi,. the hcau so much enraged, That otT l1l' tnrncll in drenclful wrath, .\ncl drngµed hi~ happy rim! forth To ,t't•k npnn his trnrnv hide .·\ jn,t n•,·,·11g1• inr wo1;11de1l pride. Xu\\· ha1·k 1,i, m111t1111 li~t he drl'W, .-\111I in tlw 1·111,111i11s fol'!' it IIC'w. At whi,·h tlw rrim,on l'IIITl'III flow,: 111 1ln•allf11l tl11xio11 from th1• 1111,c. But ,:11011 onr :-liiw's ti,t h•t fly c\ mightr )'lllld1 i11 B1•h·hes C\"~. Then grn,1,i11g hol1l a ,tan• ~f onk lfr dro1 ,. t h1• µri111l,·r, dmrn hi,; thron t.
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.-\t this they elinch, like tig'cl's figliti11g. Kicking. !'l'ratching. /!Ollginl! hitin/!. Onir poti.; and pan;; tlwy stumhlC'. Now thP,\' ha,·e it r<mfth c111tl /umbfr. Tlw girls atrrigcltcd left the room. Their /orr·lt !'.~ lit. and ,:allied ho11ll'. J too in the drcaclful fh11-r,· Took fr,·,wlt f,,,11·c in grcat~,;t hun-y.
Ah. had!,\' doth the world n•qnite
The 1·111-rier"s labor aml hi;; ,cit. His fate i11deed is so s<',·eri~
FI<' nc,·er ,-miles but once a y<•ar. He cracks a. joke on New-Year's day For which he gets dam'd little pay. If it should rain or hail or !'lnow. He like a ticking wateh must go; ~lust take his old hcbclomadal round .--\n<I risk his neck 011 ;;lip"ry ground. For one to trudge thro11gh mud and mortar Now the town"s halffull of water I,- not so plea;;ant all 11111st know. Yct this t hC' earrier has to do: llut his sad case I won"t expose Nor rno,·e ,\'0llr pity with his woci<. For long recitals of his grief 1 fear would not produce relief. Do you at present something pay .--\ncl Ire in duty bound will pray This year may he a year of joy To Patrons and the Printer"s bov.- 80 from Parnassus' lofty height. Swift as the darting beams of light I with my courses do descend• .-\nd now upon my friends attend 1 n hope that they will not refuse To rccompcnec my weary "i\Iusc. Januar.'· I, 1822.
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I nm here in Cahaba, without any business, or likly-hood to obtain any, :;hortly- You neecl not be disappointed if you ser me ba<"k in Geo. again in a few week:-:, in great ha!-te yours &e )f. B. L .UI.\I{ I pt>n·d this HlldrP:-:-: in "with a rn11nin;r quill"~ for the C'ahawlm Pn•:-::-:- you will find man_,. typo_rp·aphic·al errors in thi!- :--:IIC'et , & a:-: man_v more error:-: ot' the head.-
\Ii:. Pnrxn,:1: I 11 Yom· fir~t pa 1w1· you :-:ol il·i t Pel tilt' laliuur:-: oJ' Li tPra ,.,. llll'n n 11(1 a:-: J' !;a,·p alway,- 1·011:-:idPl"t•d 111_\":--l'I f' to hr 011(' ol" tho,:p I h·aYr. i1('('1Jr(l-
TEX.\:-; Srxrn LIBRARY in«h- with<lrnwn my~elf from my eve11iJ1g studies for the purpose of gi~ii1g you u 5hort. e:c::;ay upon that species of praimatical mortality u:;uully kuown by the name of Law_rN. That. I really <lo l·ome up to the hi«h notions commonallv entertained of a learned ma11 there can be no J>ossible <loubt when n~y extensin: reading and extriardinary ac- 11uirC'mC'nts ar<' onre known; Having in the course of my Ii fe a tten- 1 in•ly perused the tales of my Landlor Rob Hoy my Uncle Thomas and a hu:-t of othC'r modern publications besides 110 small number ol' the Engli::h l'la~sicks antl part of Blackstone's Commentaries where l saw ,luhn Doe and .Hieharcl Roe but what was said about them :;ueh is the unhappy shortness of my memory that I do not at this moment recol- lPd- moreorer you must know that [ ha,'e studie1\ bellettres ancl have made no small proficiency in the art of composition, being the :-on of a very wealthy farmer I would practice myself when young in writing pa5se:; orders and so forth for the uegroes And since I hine nrrirecl to the age of maturity it has been my particular study to write letter$ to my acquaintam:es in various part:; of the country .\1ul a~ a specimen of my talents in epistolary composition I will give \'UH a letter whirh l sent to Ill\' aunt out of town in the year of our i.onl 1818 · )Ir DE.rn Auxr VEsn:n l am now at a tea-party smrounded by cups & saucers & turea.ns & plat!',; uf th<' most exquisitely beautiful texture & handsome ladies who an• 1·outi11uall,Y $Oliciting my C'Omersation therefore have but a few 11wmenh; to devote to writin~ However haYing always had a desire tu promote your welfarC' as far ns my flimsy exertions could effect I 11111~1 Pren at this time forego thC' pleasantry of a tea table chat to mnkl' a few remurk~ to _you about ~lr. Jack Stiles of whom you spoke ~11ml 0 tim(• ago in the hi~hest terms in a letter to me- I have had 1111 i111l-rdew with him and upon my word Aunt I would not suffer him to <lauce attendance any longer- He pretends to be versed in all the abstruce intricacies of jurisprudence and is blessed with a very rnn• 11:1,·k of impo~in~ himself upon unsuspecting credulity as a smart 111;111 and i11clP<·cl l11 hear him speak of himself you would suppose that St. l'anl,- t·lnmh woul hardly be able to contain all of his brains- S1u·h i:: the c·a~e my clear aunt with a great man.,· of his profes::1ion. I :111 tu speak more poetically Among the ntlgar & untutourd class The~· ~eem like steeples with their heads of brass But when amidst the literary order l'pon the cowtail gro\\ih they border- It i:- inclre,l trnly amusing dear Aunt to see the means to which Mr. Stih•,- rr,-llrll'tl i11 orclrr to iutruduc:e himself into the high circles of -,ll'i,•t_r-- \\"hen he fir,-t crime to this place he was made acquainted \rith 11111• of tlw mu~t rc,.pl'dalih• families l,y his friencl under the char- ad,•r 11f II ~l.1jur Hild ~ot hi,. lllllthc•r to aclclre~:; her letters to him in thnt titlr lmt unfortnnntPly iu a ~hort time he was stripped of his l11,rr11w1•d plume:- l~ lik,, thr l'\'er fabulous jacktlaw made to appear in hi,- 11ali\'1• 1ll•form1t}· ~Ir. Stiles ma~· have been a ~lajor and com- 11w111l1·d a rn,.t. rl'lnmr of 1la~tanl\~· imps suc·h ns Pride Ignorance l111pir1i11a111·1• Hi)!utry ek. l'tl·. But to be a major in its true uccep-
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!'.\PERS OF }fl:;.\UEAU BuoNAPARTE LA)[AR 21 tation ancl that dignity which his assumption and insolence cnclearnurec~ to mentain I would as soon hnve thought that a cat wns entitled to the epithet.- Having given _you the character of )fr. Stiles your ~uitor with all the <:anclure & impartiality of a friend & benevolent nephew I shall coi:iclude my letter with advising you to hnve nothing more to say to l11m ancl endeavor for the future to learn to make proper discriminations between the l:iombastical fustian of a petifoger & that genuine language the result of good understanding and literary accomplishment. Yours &C- 0- L- Having thus gi\'en such incontestihle proof of my irnnse fancy & wit as for it to he impossible for a reasonable creature to entertain any other opinion of me than the exalted one that I ha.ve of myself I shall now proceed in a sublime manner upon the subject that I first pro- posed, which was to give a short account of animal called a lawyer but whose name with a little orthographical correction may be ,erry concistantly converted into lya.r. The institutions of laws for the gov- ernment of society and the administration of justice amongst its mem- bers was a grand effort of human wisdom and was rendered necessary by the natural tendency of man to depart from justice when unre- strained by the fear of legal interposition; But it is an evil attendant upon the improvement of society & judicial refinement that laws must necessarily become more complicate & intricate- Hence that herd of litigious beings denominated Lawyers who pretend to expound & elu- cidate all legal misteries. The usual motto of these judicial wrangles is pro bono publico by which they wish to hold out the idea that they are solely devoted to the interest of their country: whilst in reality their principles of. equity are entirely dependant upon the magnitude of a fee. As t~,: temperature of the atmosphere operates upon the mercury of a theifimeter, thus can a fee work upon the opinions and conduct of that .i'ionsistant animal called Lawyer. Let a. man appl~, who is unable to~ve a fee for legal assistance he will immediately sink to the freezing point And nothing can move or prompt him to lend his efforts without a prospect of ultimate gain But let a rich dispoiler of another rights- a thief or murderer approa.ch him with the vivifying influence of a distended purse his powers are immediately relaxed- he prostitutes himself for the deliverance of villains and exerts his talents (though most commonly feeble) in the perYersion of truth & justice Originally these sons of Law were honoured by the dignifiecl appellation of Counsellors their business being that of giving legal adm'.ce which they could do with inauxtable volubility when cheered hy the hope of obtaining a heavy fee; But in con.sequence of the vocation being d.isgraced by such numbers of pragmatical numb- sculls turning their mind to the study of jurisprudence the nnme is now taken from them and they are better known in these modern days by the term 'f11"0fessional gentlemen which means I ~uppose ~entle- men who have no knowledge of the law but are only professing to have- Notwithstanding the J1atural imbecility of these poor petti- foggers & their total ignorance of the principles of law & justice yet ~any of them by trumpeting their own greatness to the credulous and using habes corpus, certiorari, ca-sa and other like hard terms in company of the illiterate have passed with the Rabble ns pretty learned
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