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characters- Our Bard however does not follow Addison- he prefers the Ancient way of Homer & other's describing Battle &C.- "His story like another fall of Troy, "Would molify the heart of barbarian people, '!And mnke Tom Bntrher weep" As yet the most quotations which we have made only exhibit those traits of happy tact and t>legant diction which are frequently required by Art, and which we suppose without an derogation to his fame were supplied him by his profound knowledge of ancient lore and an exten- sire and close study of the modern classics; But we will now proceed to make a few extracts, which must unequivocally establish the fact and extort an acknowledgemant from the most envious that, our Author possesses that high faculty of creating, which belongs only to the truly gifted and distinguishes the Born from the made poet. These sublime & animating passages tho' they may for a while remain unrelished, because of the entellectual obtuseness of the present age, will be duly appreciated and admired in a more enlightened posterity, shall become qualified to comprehend & enjoy such vast conceptions. In the meanwhile a felicitous adaptation of much of the poem to the prevailing taste of the day, will insure him present popularity- But to a mighty genius, what is present popularity?- :Milton & others decided it knowing that they would reap a rich harvest of fame with posterity &C- His ideas arc splendid bullion- His language is as clelightful as his ideas are solid and both together may be compared to highly, polished Bullion combining tht> splendid & brilliance of art with intrinsic worth. [Endorsed:] Book Review. No. 92. CllAJIP D'A.SILE IN TEXAS. LOUIS PIERRE ANQUETIL [182-?] "1819." "The ce5sion of the .Floridas naturally leads me to speak of the famous "champ d' asile," or "land of refuge," which at one time cre- ated so much interest in France. I gi\·e below the most reasonable accounts I have found upon the subject, among the many fabulous and exaggerated statements which were published at the time in re- lation to this ephemeral colony. "It has always been the policy of the Govt of the United, States, says l\I Lesur in his "Universal Annals," to encourage immigration, and the troubles in Europe hare but too often favored its views. A large number of French went, during the Course of the revolution, to i:eek another country on the banks of the Ohio and :Mississippi. The e,·t>nts of 18H, and partic:ularly the catastrophe of 1815 made more exilC's. .:\n Act of Congr<'ss of the 5th of )[arch 1817 had granted them 92,000 acres of Land in the territory of Alabama upon the )[ohile and Tombigbee, at the price of two francs per acre payable in four- teen war:: without interest, for the purpose of forming a (·olony to c-ultir.atc the rine & oli,·e. But either because they could not regulate the distribution or their luntls, or because the first outlays exceedell their rnea11s, or a disgust wit.h their present sy;,tem and a hope to find
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