at once that one of the things I am proud of in my countrymen is (I am not speaking now of such persons as I have assumed Mr. Sawin to be) that they do not put their Maker away far from them, or interpret the fear of God into being afraid of Him. The Talmudists had conceived a deep truth when they said, that "all things were in the power of God, save the fear of God;" and when people stand in great dread of an invisible power, I suspect they mistake quite another personage for the Deity. I might justify myself for the passages criticised by many parallel ones from Scripture, but I need not. The Reverend Homer Wilbur's note-books supply me with three apposite quotations. The first is from a Father of the Roman Church, the second from a Father of the Anglican, and the third from a Father of Modern English poetry. The Puritan divines would furnish me with many more such. St. Bernard says, Sapiens nummularius est Deus: nummum fictum non recipiet; A cunning money-changer is God: he will take in no base coin. Latimer says, "You shall perceive that God, by this example, shaketh us by the noses and taketh us by the ears. Familiar enough, both of them, one would say! But I should think Mr. Biglow had verily stolen the last of the two maligned passages from Dryden's Don Sebastian," where I find 66 Convention, a place where people are imposed on; a juggler's show. Coons, a cant term for a now defunct party; derived, perhaps, from the fact of their being commonly up a tree. Cornwallis, a sort of muster in masquerade; supposed to have had its origin soon after the Revolution, and to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. It took the place of the old Guy Fawkes procession. Crooked stick, a perverse, froward person. Cunnle, a colonel. Cus, a curse; also, a pitiful fellow. Darsn't, used indiscriminately, either in singular or plural number, for dare not, dares not, and dared not. Deacon off, to give the cue to; derived from a custom, once universal, but now extinct, in our New England Congregational churches. An important part of the office of deacon was to read aloud the hymns given out by the minister, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read. Demmererat, leadin', one in favor of extending slavery; a free-trade lecturer maintained in the custom-house. Gin, gave. Git, get. Gret, great. at once that one of the things I am proud of in my countrymen is (I am not speaking now of such persons as I have assumed Mr. Sawin to be) that they do not put their Maker away far from them, or interpret the fear of God into being afraid of Him. The Talmudists had conceived a deep truth when they said, that "all things were in the power of God, save the fear of God;" and when people stand in great dread of an invisible power, I suspect they mistake quite another personage for the Deity. I might justify myself for the passages criticised by many parallel ones from Scripture, but I need not. The Reverend Homer Wilbur's note-books supply me with three apposite quotations. The first is from a Father of the Roman Church, the second from a Father of the Anglican, and the third from a Father of Modern English poetry. The Puritan divines would furnish me with many more such. St. Bernard says, Sapiens nummularius est Deus nummum fictum non recipiet; A cunnir money-changer is God: he will take in no br coin.' Latimer says, "You shall perceive t God, by this example, shaketh us by the r and taketh us by the ears." Familiar en both of them, one would say! But I think Mr. Biglow had verily stolen t of the two maligned passages from "Don Sebastian," where I find "And beg of Heaven to charge the bill And there I leave the matter, beir believe that the Saint, the Mart the Poet, were as careful of God' critics are ever likely to be. best re heologians, is own oracle, 4 Mr., mistaken, 229. nge, 212-strange peculiarities of la- saying of, 190. effect produced on military a loadstone for whom, 233, 246. - inhumanly re- od with Milton, 254. As letter to Hon. J. T. Buck- - - his poetry maligned by some, ib.- his dis- in spring, 262-is at times unsocial, ib. - the Billy, Extra, demagogus, 271. Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the Bird of our country sings hosanna, 185. Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 185. Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired, 185. Bobolink, the, 262. Bobtail obtains a cardinal's bat, 187. Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 255. Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 205. Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery, Boot-trees, productive, where, 210. Boston, people of, supposed educated, 185, note Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo- Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 203. Bream, their only business, 229. Britannia, her trident, 238. Brotherhood, subsides after election, 258. Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 200. cited and commended, 183. Brutus Four-Corners, 221. Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 245. Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 215-plaster, a Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace, |