Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-07
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
Or less. For fourteen lines or less
:yC0 TO AMERICAN POETIC
TALENT
$500 PRE- MUM.

$500 PREMIUM.
IMPRESSED as am with ths controlling influence
which Is exercised by tie fine arts upon the drec-
n and destiny of huma affairs it has given me in
III. pleasure To witness the boun,iful manuer in
ln from time t. time, painting aud statuary have
encouraged and rewarded by the Councils of the
,.-i)n
slt while this ackn 1wled-ment is due to the dis
uins aud worthy patrons OF these noble arts it is
equal source of huml iatiOn and sorrow to behold
apparent apathy and indifferen with which thew
N to regard the incomparably more valuable Gre
aoas Of poetry
10 them adorn the walls. OF the Capitol with the
owing revelations of the pencil and decorate the
lbie grounds with the costly chef doeuvres of the
lis.l, Is an of good which will be hailed and
lauiel by all cheering pledge of the progress
..iinement. But, whilst they lavish their thous-
nIs upon these immobie products of canvass and
lb.e and bronze they offer reward for the more
-ltled more enduring and renowned ovations Of he
IN. No fostering hand from these high places has
vet invited the Promethan fire of poetry to ami
the history OF our country, which, with all it's
-n0uy OF form and wonder Of proportion. lies asleep
4oInI the humble vault OF Mount Vernon, ready to
into life and beauty at the first kindling toucn
this 'nal inspiration
ltSurel were work of supererogation to introduce
proJf, that crowd the records OF the past to show
lx fer above all ether stands the 'divine art - of
9.,y What all the paintings, statues, and rega-
Of Versailles. of Fontainbeau, and the Tuileries,
impaired with the - Marseilles Hymn What the
aa,y ptnOply of gold and gems heaped up in the
lower Of London what the collections of the Roval
4ai5iny or even the time halowed shrines of West
muster Abbey, when compared with the songs of
Blrns, and bien, and Campbell? Or what has the
Eli that would take in exchange for - Hail Co.
4 anbuI" and the s. Star-SDangied Banner?" Well
might the British statesman eXcain, ''let me but
write the baIiaIs Of nation, and L care not who
u.kesit; laws
far The living, breathing man is above the cold
assIsAte marble that is made to represent him as
4 liant ipS nj al tbp
hioe Canvass to which the pal uter has transferred
er feeble moiance, so rar is poetry above all
ner arts that have their mission to console and ele-
'ie aud inspire the immortal mind of man.
In view OF these facts, and considering the lament
lAe pauci,y Of patriotic songs in my distinguished
li beloved country. and with the hope of being the
Inbe means of proper public feeling upon this in
testing subject, L have been induced to offer, and
hereby Offer, the sum of five hundred dollars as
NE for the best National Poem, ode, or Epic.
lae rules which will govern the payment of this
III aie as follows:
81 have selected without consulting them) the
owing persons to act as judges or arLiters of the
zs thus offered, namely:
ne Preside It of the United States.
Hon. 4 y. p. Nicholson. of Tennessee
Hon Chas Sumner, of U. s. Senate.
Aon X. VI. L. Hunter, do
h'a. Jas. Z. Jones, do
11n.J R Chandler, of US. House Representatives.
lou. Allison White, do do
a'n. Ihos. H. Bayly, do do
.l'd. u l. disney, DO do
i In John 2. Kennedy. Secretary of the Navy
w. John W. g. Evans, of New Jersey.
IT. IhOS. Saunders
!. 8 ! {; Lam; Arm; A1nstrons, Of the Press.
IN. ; .atOn.
l.li''Sor Henry, ofthe Smithsonian Institution.
'A S1len, late Treasurer of the United States.
~ III. Butler, Episcopal Church.
.s'. H. H. Gurle, Presbyterian Church.
rr'. g. Roszell, Methodist Episdopal Church.
~. Ar Donelan, Catholic Church
:" lheSe gentlemen, or any three of them, are
10y authorized to meet at the Smithsonian Insti.
~"'a The second Monday of December next, at such
'aey may appoint, and there proceed to read
eNlIne the various poems which may have
t'7eived, and to determine which of them is
"efltorlouS and deserving of the prize. And [
olnd myself to pay the sum aforementioned
~"'a, II whoever they shall present to me al the
~ ~ Who has written within the time prescribed the
NN3nal Patriotic Poem, and upon the represen-
- nat he or she is American citizen.
:, IL communications must be sent to me at
~ Aston tpost-p:id) before the first Monday in De-
'-' next, with full and complete conveyance of
22!rsht to and my heirs and assigns for
Fl - hereby bind and obiigate myself to sell the
81 = uHlS sent to me practicable, for the
Frlee, and to give the proceeds to the poor of
~! 0 Washington.
Np poem will be considered subject to this
II =: mich shall not have been written subsequent
a = 1aIe, aud received before the first Monday in
II -ltrr next r. W LATHAM
81 -NaNfT0S, FEE. 10, 1858. feb17-