Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-24

| GreenOugh the .7-stst The fame Of this gjft
ed American ~ now becoming the property d
his country. A statue OF Washington, mat vii
occupy five years in the completion, Is conlided
TO hi. skill aud genius. and We venture to pre-
dict that in all succeeding tunes, the artist will
lind the veneratiou and love which attach to the
subject Of his chlsel. will be accompanied with a
hlsh regard and esteem for the head aud hand
which shall perperuate ITS memory. The diff
culles that perplex the outset Of an artist or an
author, cannot at present be appreciated bv an
American public. We are as vet the creature ol
circumstances. The demands made upon the
time and the fortunes OF our citizens, are all
connected with utility, rather than Ornament.-
We appreciate at once the advantages Of a rail
road Or canal. the value of water or steam now.
en- the profits OF an Investment, the growth and
commercial prosperity of a town, but to talk OF
paintings and statues is to precede the taste OF
our country for at least so years.
Inc talent which therefore bursts through the
BARRIERS OF public opinion, which braves the ridi.
eule OF the cent men. while it cannot demnn-
s'ra(e to their senses the immediate srofit of its
outlay. must have the singular and sublime &C.
Compartments of Forttude in adyersity. and
Resolution amidst disasters. We have heard
NE lamentations OF the artist and The mao OF let.
I let over the fatality attending their Efforts
we nave seen them escape from their own neg.
sTuui country, to lands where merit Of this kind
- "e'u IN due estimation. If these live before
". e'a "nich, IN our country, is to be that of
s"sfs anu arts, 1t Is consoing circumstance
ni' "es Miii' IN after times, take greater rank
s"O"s 'ieir couhtrymen, and occupy a brighter
Pave 70 our annals, than those who will crowd
'S n'cses OF after times. HesioL Homer, Sbak-
'a' anu Milton, have not lost in the estimation
S'e" successors, because they were not val
p ~ u'ey should have been in their own times
N'a' suffering IS bad enough, and the ten
p'auu' o. Milton, received from his Paradise
T'' tne pittsnce bestowed on the blind Neon,
aie''or verses that will outlive all tie insti,u.
nus" men, certainly were but poor return
10 Tue oupOurines uf those ma,chis,s spiri,s
,.r.. "oNs nave been the support. the exis-
'ess millions.
.. oune'Ans within whispers. at the moment Of
,n PRESTON and regret. that there is somewhere
ny, ''.a'ent and reward, that there is to come.
TO-" VI meir day, then in after days-if not
s.r, ~, ".'ea''er' something to make up Tor pre-
,S,, "eSeet' and unrequited devotion, something
,esl..,, apply Its balm to the wounded spirit Of
cl,s, IS 1sen0n:h is happily an exception to that
in ,IS,. disappointed men, who feel themselves
non.v 'n " OF their times. The largest sum Of
il, =, ever appropriated by our public authori.
sal IA mere work Of art, is placed at his dispo-
nYs ;, ns republic does not think in this memo
Tor Gs n, that $4,000 dollars is too much
,,i0u, p'eser' alton Of the outlines of that illus.
seu,nr." an' sho' under God, achieved its indie
al t,Iso,, mr Greenough is man of splen-
e"'s' We do not doubt that his name