Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-14
EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON:

MONDAY. FEBRUARY ii. 1873.

now IN suhS country, has lnduiSeu himself
in some bitter and violent rem'rks on the
equestrian statue of Gen. Andrew jackson,
one of the Presidents Of the United Stntes.
MIR. Thackeray, We are Informed. was in.
vted to pass around the Lafayette Square,
in Washington, where Milis's statue of Jack
SIN is erected. lie took OCCASION, as we are
told, to express the most decided disaPproIa-
tion of the statue, as work Of art There
appeared to be nothing. Or SC .rcely amy thing
about it, that pie ssed him. The horse was
out of proportion. The tail was too large
The posture was not classical. The AM ri
can uniform of Jackson (perhaps reminding
MIR. Thackeray Of a certain battle fought
near certain place called, we believe, New
5 Oflears,) was very objectionable very.
Tie noble head of the old hero was too erect.
His attitude was too defiant. The mouth
of the horse was too wide open In short.
the entire work was not foreign, not artistic
not Nalian-and, therefore, in the opinion
of MIR. Pendennis Thackeray. Of the little
island of Britain, MlLLs's AMERICAN EoUEs-
TRAN STATUE OF PRESIDENT JACKSON is
FAILURE!
Well, perhaps it is. 1t would seem that
MIR. Thackeray, who visits us a book
making expedition all the way from the
"niother country" is Of that opinion. Pro-
bably certain Gen. Puckenhdm (of whom
Mr.. Thackeray may POSSIBLY have heard
would agree with him precisely. if he were
alive, and in Washington to-day. But dead
MN tell no tales"
We state the above facts with regard to
Mr.. Thackeray from 10 personal dislike Of
the man, his writings, or bis mission. We
lever read line of his works, nor heard one
OF his lectures-although we have no fault
t. ind with his readers and lsteners-be
they many or few-be they pa,rician or pie
bean. His tour through portions of our
country is undoubtedly dictated by an hon
orAble desire OIL his part, lard also OH the
part of certain branches of the bouk trade, J
to turn an honest penny. His feelings, as
to our republican institutions, are probably
not materially different fron those enter
,aiued by Mr.. Dickens, and so gracisusly
expressed by that gentleman in his 8 Incl
dsnts of Tfauel," soon after his epicui III a,
bacchanalian American ovations. Mr.. TIL ,ck-
cray PROFESSIONALLY feels toward Americ,
just as every real Epglishman fecls-just as
he has ali undoubted right to feel-whether
at home on his small patch in the Atlantic
ocean, or whether quietly fobbiug the cash
which he earns by bis pen and his tongue
from the American people. We have not
the slightest allusion to make to the learned
aud witty English gentleman on tina; account.
lie understands his business; and we think,
also, that We understand ours. Our object
is merely to call attention to the fact TIA ed
to US by highly respectable fellow citizen.
The people Of this country will of course
make their own comments upon it,
Nor is it cur intention to appear as the
special defender Of this great national work
of our countryman. Mr.. Mills may say Of
that work as Webster said of New England
-"There ii stands! Look at n,'
The EQUESTRIAN STATUE TO JACKSON, BY
CLARK Mills, needs no defence. 1t is al
ready immortal-and he who made it will
never he forgotten.
It is true MIR. Mills is only an American.
He lis nothing but New Yorker born. lie first
developed his genius in the small State OF
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