The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-13

law. and politica economy, grid up their loins
and proceed ON a mission to promote their ends
And strangely enough, this country is selected asthe
field for the most extensive operations in this new
movement.
Formerly, when artists, or exiles, or unfortunate
individuals Of any European country, came to the
United States they represented themselves as COM
ing here for an asylum for the exercise OF their
prof,ssion or for their own advantage, or to make
living by their own industry. Of late years this has
been changed Persons Of any notorcty coming
here Of late rcpudiae the idea Of being actuatcdb by
selfish motives or the desire Of their mere Individual
Advancement Every of them now represents
himself as having some very important mission on
hand Ifs Kinke reaches our shores, he has mission
to fulfil in the country the aim Of which is to cstab-
lish republic in Germany ON his return there. OF
course, to facilitate the accomplishment of his
apostleship, he requires and demands immense con
tributions in money from his eountrymen here, and
from all Americans. This part of his mission full
filed TO the extent Of his desires, he returns rs
quietly as he came, and the first thing We hear of
him is that his collections invested in brewery
for the manufacture Of healthy beverages. So he
fullls his mission, and he returns to enjoy the
reward Of his labors.
Even artists cannot come here and exercise
their profession without having to tho same
dodge. They must represent themselves rs having
mission to fulfil, in morals, religion, politics, or
social laws. Barnum, one Of the greatest gcnuses
Of his profession in the present agc-himself mis-
sionary Of tcetotalismgave out, on the arrival Of
Jenny Lind in this city, that she came here on
EMISSION OF philanthropy-that the object Of her pro-
fcssional tour in America was to increase the fac-
ties of education among the poor of Sweden, snd that
all which she should receive from the proceeds of her
concerts in this country was to be appropriated to
the establishment Of free schools in her native land.
On the strength Of this great moral educational mis-
sion, the excitement was got up to the highest pitch,
and she was received with ovatons all over the
country She will close her mission in a few days,
and purposes giving series of concerts in this city
some Of her admirers saying even to the number
Of thirty-at three dollars ticket.
Immediately on the heels Of this angel Of goodness
and song, came in the vessel two renowned
ssonaries-kossuth and Lola Monies. II is need
less to state what the mission Of Kossuth was FOR nc
himself has endcavored to make it known, in five
hundred speeches. throughout the country His rival
and competitor in the same missionary line-Lola
Montes-also cndeavored to satisfy the American
| people, through p,onanciancnfos and manifcstocs,
expressed with equal eloluence, and published in
the journals that her mission here also one ofthe
greatest importance-nnmely, to rcvolutionize and
republicanizc Bavaria, redeem her confseated
estates, and expcl the Jcsuts from that unhappy
land. Not long ago, too, Ole Bull, with whom We
were formerly acquainted in this country, returned
on his second tour, and on reaching New York,
intmated that he had some important mission
on hand, with reference, Of course TO his own
Countrywide object of which either to fa-
| cilitate emigration from Norway to the United
States or for the resuscitaton of Norwegian
liberty. At all events, he had no idea of giving
| INV more concerts here which would be derogatory
to his POSITION. He was missionary, and nothing
less However, during his recent visit to Washing
ton he permitted himself to be dissualed from this
notion, and recommended -::..... concerts. He ia.
already proceeded far rs Philadelphia, his way
to this city, in the fulfment Of his new mission,
giving concerts for the purpose Of collecting funds
to advance the political interests Of his native
country, or for the social and religious cnlighten-
mcnt of his countrymen, both in Europe and in the
New World Fanny Elsslcr, too, in her day, rep
resented missionary Of the same stamp. She,
ALSO danced for patriotism, and thus acquired great
popularity.
Now, all these great orators, great artists and great
genuses of all kinds, might have very well relied
their individual claims to public attention, without
becoming great humbugs. An Ole Bull, or a Jenny
Lind, Fanny Elssler, Lola Monies,
| Kossuth, Kinkel, even Barnum, need not
have been under the necessity oftravcng out of the
record-as the lawyers say-and representing that
their intentions, and purposes, and missions were
| of some prodigiousy grand and incomprchcnsi-
bic character, in order to receive the attention
dollars Of the people of this country II would have
been much more crcditablc, simple, sensible, aud
appropriate, for every one of these missionaries
whether great artists or great hunbugs-to have
stated canddly and precisely their object in coming
| here was to make money, without cndeavoring to
envelope them in mystery, and to humbug the pso-
| pie by claiming sympathy upon extraordinary
| grounds, which probably would never have entered
their minds but for the successful tactics OF Barnun,
some such ingenious manager Of our time. Real mr.
tstsnevcr descend to any ofhcsc claptraps for catch
ing popular applause or dollars. Wchayc had yoca-
lists and artists Of all kinds visiting us from Europe,
| who claim nothing beyond the recognition Of their
professional talents, and ask sympathy for cxtrn
sic matters. Catherine Hayes is one of this stamp
| -Siyori was another-Madamc Malibran was an
/ other. and great one. She of the most
finished and exquisite Of artists; but dabblcd
| in schools, politics, or bumbug. Parodi is another
and so are Salyi and Stefanone. They, and all the
best Italian artists who have visited US claimed no
merit beyond their artistic talents and artistic
powers. They profcssed connection with pur-
poses foreign to their profession, affecting social,
religious political movements in Europe or
this country. The attempt of artists of real merit
such as Ole Bull, Jenny Lind, and othcrs--to eek
consideration beyond that due to their talents aud
to endcayor to attract the sympathy, applause and
support of the public, by protesting to be mission
aries, either educational, religious political, is
system too much like that which got up attention
to the Aztec children, Joyce Hcth, or the Fciee
mermaid, with all the certificates and aiidayis ne
cessary to humbug the people out of their dollars
Real artists should repudiate such schemes, and
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