Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-08
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
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TO AMERICAN POETIC
TALEWTi
$500 PREMIUM.

dressed as | am with the controlling influence
uich Is exercised by tie fine arts upon the direc-
N. destiny Of human affairs, it has giyen IN. in
+. measure 10 witaess the bOuntiful manner in
L. from time t. time, painting and statuary have
d sacolraged and rewarded by the Councils of the
In.
/. ahile this ackn 1wledgment is due to the dis
"a, aud worthy patrons OF these noble arts, it is
.,itl source of humi iatiou and sorrow to behold
,gg4rent apathy and indifferen e with which they
z = regard the incomparably more valuable Gre
:, If poetry.
ee them aiorn the walls of the Capitol with the
rl, revelations of the pencil, aod deco rate the
. crouuds with the costly chef d'oeuvres of the
i, an omen of good which will be hailed and
lIlel by all as cheering pledge of the progress
lIement. But, whilst they lavish their thous-
!, .yJn these immObiie products of canvass and
/ and bronze, they offer no reward for the more
I'll. more enduring and renowned ovations of he
No fostering hand from these high places has
\ ye invited the PrOmethan fire of poetry to ami
| he history OF our country, which, with all its
tlsay OF form and aonder OF proportion, lies asleep
al the humble vault or Mount Vernon, ready 10
into life and beauty at the first kindling touch
MAI inspiration.
,I,e.y were work of supererogation to Introduce
p Is that crowd the records OF the past to show
ac above all other stands the "divine ar" " of
WHAT are all the paintings, statues, and rega-
Versailles. of Fontainhleau. and the Tuileries,
scgi with the - Marseiiles Hymn What the
pinoply OF gold and gems heaped up in the
4 London; what the collections of the Royal
my, or even the time hallowed shrines of West
- Abbey, when compared with the songs of
:. AMI Dibien, and Campbell? Or what has the
tha; We would take in exchange for {" Hail Co
IL and the Star-Spanged Banner?" Well
:. the British statesman eXclaim, 'let me but
The ballads of a nation, and l care not who
,iti laws"
tr as the living. breathing man is above the cold
lsate marble that is made to represent him; as
tl- "a liant skies of summer are above the per-
1ie canvass to which the pai ter has transferred
feeble resemblance, SO far is poetry above all
arts that have their mission to console and ele-
4ai inspire the immortal mind OF man.
T.-s Of these facts, and considering the lament
Iaucity OF patriotic songs in my distinguished
eyTed country, and with the hope of being the
3s means of proper public feeling upon this in
slns subject, have been induced to offer, and
roy oftr, the sum of five hundred dollars as q
}E tie best National Poem, Ode, or Epic.
'leS which will govern the payment of this
le as follows:
have selected without consulting them the
- persons 70 act as judges or arblters of the
ildS offered. namely:
':gslde t of the United States.
y D. 2. Nicholson. of Tennessee.
Cnas sumner, OF U. s. Senate
X VI. I. Hunter, do
l-JdS. q. Jones, do
ar Chan i.er, of o.. House Representatives.
AbiisoG Whit, do do
o. hos IL Bayly, do do
ID. /. disney. do do
John ?. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy.
5lEn W. c. Evans, of New Jersey.
'4oS. Saunders
eEh Gales, :
Bailey, OF the press.
"-Sat0n,
',1' Henry. ofthe Smithsonian Institution.
s-.!en, late Treasurer of the United States.
u Butler, Episcopal Church.
d =. Gurle- Presbyterian Church.
:; :, : R'Szeu, Methodist Epis1opal Church.
~ ~. Doneian, Catholic Church.
- gentlemen, or any three of them, are
a''hoFlzed 10 meet at the Smithsonian Insti-
= ., -1 second Monday OF December next, at such
'.' may app' int, and there proceed to read
.-.'Ae The various poems which may have
..,ei: and to determine which of them is
~E."3rouS AMI deserving of the prize. And l
t1 myself to pay the sum aforementioned
~ "h'eyer they shall! present to me as the
mas ~ HIS written within the time prescribed the
~ ratrlotle Poem, and upon the represen-
49, u" II or she Is al American citizen.
.1iuiunlcatlons must be sent to me at
- ,'u post-paiD before re first Monday in De
" ~ with full and complete conveyance Of
- '''7A' 10 me and my heirs and assigns for
beoy bind and obligate myself to sell the
& - S'nt % me as soon as practicable, 1or the
mn Ig and to give the proceeds to the poor of
81 u Washington.
e nh I'm VIII be considered as subject to this
: H., snail not have been written subsequent
as-- - :, aud received before the first Monday in
.,gry-.~ z. w. LATHAM.
'.N' FEB TO- 1853. feb IL