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cent exhalations. And so on

programme.

"Oh, ghost of Aristotle

And thunder forth th

The plain, social songs of t of all her selections, the most because they were the most stood and felt. The executi morceaux elicited surprise and count of the voice and the ex general thing, throughout the of the country, they were neit! appreciated, and therefore left:

Could she have overcons regard to the stage, and in the sung in the operas which we ha an audience would not have b would not only have derived ri from the representation, but a would have been rendered to 1 and students, which they may 1 vain.

We trust a different view of and dramatic may influence ALP

The birth, early musical educ quent musical experience of ti Contralto, have been such as to proud niche among the chief sin com. Born near Rome in 1826, great a love of music at the age her friends were reluctantly comp to her wishes, and gave her, de dices, the best possible advantage her talent. At the age of eleven under the care of a celebrated ma whose discipline for two years laid of her future fame. At thirteen, s Conservatory of Music at Bologna, sini was then director. This gr highly pleased with her wonderful tiring assiduity, and devoted (a r. him) much time to her instruction.

Maratta Alboni was now fifteet Rossini's influence was engaged at Bologna. She chose Pacini's "S début, and her triumph was compl position was immediately recognize year she appeared at Milan with in Blasm. She has since visited Vic Petersburgh, Paris, London, and o capitals, and has enlarged both her fortune.

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Her first appearance here, at Met on Wednesday evening, June 23d, attended, though the season for passed, and the evening was sult. seen and heard ber, and derived a y substantial pleasure thereby. Her

NOTE.-Several pages of book 1 Speeches, Trescot's Diplomacy of the

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ERICAN WHIG REVIEW.

No. XCIII.

SEPTEMBER, 1852.

MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY.

form adopted by the rump of body of political jobbers, has continued to ratic Convention of June, after separate itself more and more from the "ght homeward of the "tainted people; until now, without so much as askdegations, as it is the elegant ing leave of its constituents, "and considfern politicians to name them;-ering no imposture too enormous for the sty flight, we say, of the putres- popular credulity," it sets aside the popular ions, this Platform opens with candidates, and nominates a person of no Ton, that "the American Demo- influence or reputation for the Presidency. their trust in the intelligence, , and the discriminating justice PICAN PEOPLE."

ction is just. The self-styled "are not "the people;" and ze it in their Platform. They of men who propose to defeat and purposes of "the people;" ty, of the substantial, responsithe farmers, mechanics, traders, nited States.

1 article of the "Platform" is recognition, namely, that a full the virtue and good sense of in contrast with the creed and "Federalism, under whatever , which seeks to palsy the nstituent, and conceives no imConstrous for popular credulity." time when Mr. Buchanan and he old Federalists moved into the neral Jackson, of which movede our readers a full account in 49,-that party, considered as a

--NO. III.

"Entertaining these views," we quote, and then proceed to resolution third: the rump, after giving full time for the escape of the "tainted" delegations, goes on to present itself in all its fair proportions.

First, it declares, "that the Federal Government, [being] one of limited powers derived solely from the Constitution, it is inexpedient and dangerous [for it] to exercise doubtful constitutional powers." The prudence of the Free-soilers and Abolitionists, in escaping before this plank of the platform was laid down, is obvious; but, in our humble opinion, the Annexationists and Nullifiers ought to have fled out at one door while the Western and Northern delegations made their escape at the other; the Convention, rump and all, should have made its exit, never to return. There is not a Whig in the Union who would object to the resolution, as there is not one who does not maintain the integrity of the Constitution, not only in the letter, but equally in the spirit. It is not necessary to say that

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