Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-03-10
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lines or less. For fourteen lines or less.
EyC0URAGEMENTT TO AMERICAN POETIC
TALENT.
$500 PRE- MUM.

9oUO III.
IMPRESSED as L am with the controlling influence
which rcisei by tie fine arts upon tn drec-
,rn and destiny Of human afFdTs il has uTen m in
init. pleasure wit the boun itul manner in
which, time t, time. painting and statu;t have
encouraged aud rewarded by tne Councils of the
Nation.
Bat while this ack 1wly dgm mt is due to the dis
cniI. aud worthy patrons OF these noble arts it is
an riuIl source of hunl ldtiOu and behold
transparent apdthV anu inditfercn with which they
t, regard the ilcom ably more valuable
al1ns OF poetry.
r see item alorn the walls IF the Capitol with the
,owug revelations OF the pencil an lie co ate the
gihi grounds with the costly chef dCeuyres Of the
-nei. Is Oneu of good whirh will he hailed and
appaldeI 10y all Cheering pledge of the progress
u i.,ement But, whilst they lavish their thous-
4nis upOn these lmmobiie p. oduCts of canvass and
msrbe and br'nzr, they offer no reward for the
-xi!tel, more enduring and enOwued ovatious If he
ei. No fostering hand frou these Iii 5h places has
Ter ict Invited the iromethan tire of poetry ami
The hlstJrg OF country. which, with all It's
rmOny OF form and ouder OF proporiiJn lies asleep
a9uu th, humble vault o. Mount Vernon ready TO
ariI- into life aud beauty ut the fs kidding touch
G.. his :, NAL ms iratOn.
Ii -urely work of supereroratioa to Introduce
the pro T. that crowd the records o. the past to show
hS Tar above all other stands the Iii ,ae art of
}o.y What all the paintings. statues and rega-
Of EerSal! !es of Fontainleali and the Tuilerit
Ompar, with the Marsei.ieS Ill Iymn - What the
aIag InOply of gold aud gems haaped up in the
Ipwrr of London; what the coIlec ions OF the Eoval
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nn>t:r Abbcy, when compared with the songs of
BIruS, AMI iGbieD, and Campbell Or what has the
wO'd that W. would take exchange for Iiail Co
umhia' and the = 'Star-Spangled Bannrr?" Well
mIsht the British st .teSnan exclaim, "et but
write tine baildls of nation, and L care not who
makes 1t, laws"
f,r thr living. breathing is above the cold
nstn>ate marble that is made to represent him; as
ftr IL tn ilnt skies of summer above the per-
lshtb!e 10 which the pa tr ,,lsferred
their fIle resemblance so far is poetry above all
other arts that have their mission to console and eie
yatc aud inspire the immorta mind o. man.
In we" OF these facts, an1 considering the lament
able paucity of patriotic songs in my distinguished
and beloved country and with the hope of being the
humble means Of proper public feel ng upon this in
ttcr,tn9 SUBJECT have lepn induced to Offer, and
DO hereby Of +, the sum of five hundr ed dollars
grhe tor tHe best National Poem, ode, or Epic.
Ihe rdeS which will gosern the payment Of this
4 e follows:
l>; have selected (without consulting thetn) the
fl""Tlis persons to act judges arbters of tie
p1r thus offered namely:
ia PrrSld; Of the United States.
HgLA - p N:holson OF TenncsS. &c.
l.n Chas. sumner, of U. 5. senate
a1i ~ 1. Hunter, do
l'a jas T.. Jones, do
Hon. ,o r Chan ier' of s. House Representatives
IiJn. TnoS II BIyly, do do
h'u ID. f. Disney DO do
Hon. John p. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy.
tr.John W. G. Evans, of New Jersey.
lr tho,. Saunders.
Joseph tales,
DEG. Bailey, Vi 'nc ffeSs'
W ". S-atpn,
Irtteor Henry of the smithsonian Institution.
mm S1den, late Treasurer of the United States.
"'F. Z VI. Butter, Episc pal Church.
Lev K Gure Presbyterian Church.
nv - sell. Me,hodi is,iopal Church.
"rF. Mr- DOnelan. Catholic Church
Il IheSh gentl men, any three Of them. are
roy authorized 10 met at he Smilhsoni, IN Inst
Ieon the second Monday of December next, ut such
'F as they may app int, and there !rJce 81 to read
'' examine the variOas poems which may have
III received. aud 10 determine which OF them is
-'+t htrnogiouS AMI deserving of the priZe And
10y bind myself to Fay the sum aforementioned
- nSlth, L VIII ever they shall present to the
Ton who has written within the time prescribed the
tNdtlonal Patriotic Poem, and upon the represen-
''lll tnat he or she is an American citizen
ii All communications must be to at
"''hIngton postpaid before first Monday in De
lt-r nsxt- with a full aud complete conveyance of
7" rPyright to me and my heirs and assigns for
cglr
N hereby bind and Obligate myself to sell the
slA' n IS sent u practicable, the
-hSt price, and to give the proceeds 10 the poor OF
Il 'oe rty Of Washington.
On No rOem will be considered AS subject to this
- which sh.ll not have been written subsequent
\ 'N date, and received before the first Monday in
4 neat II. ". LATHAM.
q "tSii'GF0N. FEB. 10. 1858. feb IL