The Washington union., 1857-09-26
WEEKLY MISCELLANY OF LITERATURE AND ART


WEEKLY MISCELLANY OF LITERATURE AND ART
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The following Ad,lce 10 ms Gntry by James Madison
the original manuscript of which the possession
Of gentleman in this city, found many years after
his decease, among mass of old papers 1t win be new
most readers and would, it u.s. form singu-
LARRY appropriate inscription for monument whenever
his State, the country by whom his memory viii
always be cherished and reyered shall to him
AT present, the grae of Madison is unmarked by
His remains lie in a Of the burial place at
Montpeiera quadranguar plot Of ground enclosed by
low pang not far distant from the mansion
pied by the lustrous statesman. The writer of this who
visited the spot few years since in company with
friend had pointed out to him. by faithful servant who
present at his masters interment two mounds lying
side by SIDE and completely ovegrown with wild myrtle,
Of which, colored guide informed us, the
grave Madison He ssdsremenbered xacty rfGs heap
it was but ONE of EN- ole massa s, he was surei
And is this aIs 1 thought; 0 rip
veil Of immortality, an
what of honor and Of light
Through unborn ages, 70 endure this blightg'
" What's hallowed ground r. might pertnenfy be
asked by those who have the graves of of
great mcn-the grave of Franklin for instance in Phil
adepiia not to mention that of our beloved Wash
ington, which dsgraoeully forlorn and neg
ected aspect Some has said that he who needs
monument does mot deserve nnd writing this,
do in full view OF certain unfinished structure far
from the shore Of the Potomac tempted to wish
that the sentiment universal in this country and
that our practice accorded with it, We should then at
least be spared the ant conveyed in Johnsons we'll
known couplet
Soc nations slowly wise and mesnly just
To buried merit raise the tardy bust
But are keeping the reader from the manuscript Of
Madison. Here it Is:
drir 10 my CaztryAs this advice If it ever the
light win not do it till am more, it may be consd
cred issuing from the tomb, where truth alone be
respected and the happiness Of man alone consulted 1t
will be entitled therefore, to whatever weight can be de-
rived from good Intentions and from the experience OF
who has served his country in various stations
through period of forty years who espoused in his
YOUTH and adhered through his life to the OF its
liberty and who has borne part IN most OF the great
transactions which will constitute epochs OF its destiny
The advice nearest my heart and deepest in my
voons is that the Union Of the States be cherished and
pepetuated Let the open enemy to il be regarded
Pandora with the box opened and the disguised
the serpent creeping with his deadly wilcs into Paradise
CnuRcHs PIcr4RE or NIAGARA AGAIN remarkable
work of art which is still theme of admiration, has in
spired the following humorous notice from correspond
en Who not having tho fear of DR. johnson before his
eyes is the reader will perceive nveerste punser
II he wandered into the store OF Mess Williams
Stevens, in New York and having, like Hoods butcher
around the his attention arrested and rvetd
by Church's marvellous landscape, Of which he thus
writes
III wish You could this painting 1t does justice to
the subject The genius of the cataract must have in
Ercd the artist ii it did not actually guide his hand and
mix the coors As for the iris that not painted at all
it is part of the original that has spanned the
waters from the dawn of creation till this adventurous
Yankee Church. borrowing steeple mounting TO the
top of his reputation by way Of ladder with jack
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See II the visitors at the falls do discover the grand
larceny See If the Gca HIND Courier and Pol Gazcrs
docs not offer reward for the recovery OF about yard OF
rainbow lost strayed stolen, supposed to have been
annexed bv buster from the States, named Church
tall artist with cataract in his eye, having probably
lost his iris in attempting to paint one Shouldnt
wonder bit. =
Bayard Taylor who lately paid flying visit to Lon
don thus writes of Church1s picture in paragraph
touching American artists and English art
Church picture OF Niagara has just arrived and has
been by few oonnosseurs, though there has yet
been no public exhibition Of it i have heard but one
opinion in regard it. The exhibitor told that Rus
kin had Just it, and that he had found effects
IN ii which he had been waiting for years 10 find am
sorry that il is shown by gashght in darkened room
Churcs pictures will all bear the daylight he needs
artificial trickeries of this kind Some English artists
had been few days previous questioning me about land
sape art in America, and delighted at being able
TO point TO such noble example in justihcation OF my
assertions Croysy who is now living here has very
fine autumnnl picture in the exhibition Of the Royal
Academy believe he is doing very well Hart, the
sculptor has been settled here for than year past
and his admirable busts beginning to excite attention
wish had time 10 speak of Milsis's Sir lsumbras
about which hears the most conflicting opinions and
Rosa Bonheurs wonderful picture of The Horse Fair
But as the latter Is owned by American you viii see
IL some day other have nothing Of Isndseers
which at all approaches it,
The last-naned picture The Horse Fair, !" BY Rosa
Bonheur hear has arrived in this country and is now in
the possession Of its owner, Mr. Wright, Of New Jersey
lt exhibition win doubt excite good dead Of curl
osity concerning the fair artist portrait Of whom by