New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-19

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statue Of Washington having been. BY s'me Intel
lectual refinement. profoundly impressed upon us
mind Z" He paid mer ted compliment to the
SEX" however as The Boston Journal hastens 70
inform Us. Sly Mr. Winthrop! He had bis joke
at the patent pettcoats but he did not fail to mshs
bis peace afterwaid
We cannot follow Mr.. Winthrop through the
charming intrcscee of his Grafton. But We must
not fail 10 notice that he triumphautly pcoved. per-
fecty to our satisfaction at lesst, that the Bos-
tonisn people sre in no dsHger of l,psing into hab
it. Of luxury and cnervatg pursuits in consequence
Of their recently developed passion for art There
msy be something dangerous about the Venus
Of Mr. Psge; it may be SIMPLY prudent to put
trowsers upon the chief works of the chisel 10 the
Boston Atteneum, and, perhaps, the speedier the
habita,ion the better; but that there csa be any
thing Of an erotc tendency in marble statue of
Gen. Washington in full regimentals. We emphati-
cslly deny. And as Demosthenes quoted by Mr..
Wnthrop) and THE TRIBUNE are upon this ques-
tiop cf the same mind, il may DO assumed that the
multiplication of Washingtons in stone OF bronze
will be unattended by danger to the morals OF
sculptors should take it into their heads to repre-
sent him as an Amazon or as Count D'Orsay.
Mr.. Winthrop concluded this part of his address
by calling upon the artists Of America to produce
no more hcentous and eorruptipg' works We
second his appeal. Nothing can be more licen-
"a tious and corrupting" than many of the land
scspes which have been recently painted.
Bat we must content ourselves with seconding
only one more of Mr. Winthrop's numerous recon-
mendations; which is that in every city, town and
village statue of Washington shall be erected.
As the artists are all good fellows, we hope that
this suggestion will meet with unmstakable favor;
and that our friends, who are now sadly smoking
their pipes in the solitude Of their studios, without
orders enough to pay for peck of gypsum will be
set to work directly. We have thought that this
most salutary end might be accomplished by the
passage of an act OF Congress, compelling every
town in the Union TO obtain and preserve at least
one statue of Washington. One should be the
minimum. Very large cities should be Obliged TO
order Washingtons BY wholesale, and asserted
half horse and half foot We are not quite ready
to recommend that every voter should be compelled
10 keep ana MAINTAIN one Oust, as quhliuCatIoh
for the right of suffrage; but We have this also un-
der consideration. 1t would stimulate the industry
not only of our artists but of the Italian vendors
who carry their rail commodities upon their heads
And how would our general plan excite the inge-
nuity of our gifted scuptors' In what novel posi-
tons would the 7. p be placed, in the rage for
originality Statue of Washington retiring to his
couch-getting up-shaying-pulling on bis boots
saying his prayers-ordering his horse-puttug
his foot into the stirrup before mounting-mount-
ing-mounted! And, in order to coniound the
gentlemen Of the maul-stck, why may We not have
a statue of Washington Crossing the Delaware"
in colossal, nay, in super-coossal style' We see
him now, with this jack-boot upon one shore and
that upon the other while the raging river rolls
between his august legs. We suppose that we
might copyright this design, but we present it
freely TO the World of Art. Ii might be carved
out at the national expense, and the work after
ward rafiied for by the States.