New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-27
BIOGRAPHY A-BEGGTNG.


highly respectable old College of Dartmouth, visited
the City of Boston, in Massachusetts,, with big
roll of manuscript in bis carpet-bag, few days
since. Professor Brown, for some time past, has
devoted his intellectual and physical energies to
the manufacture of "The Life of Rufus ChOate,"
believing fondly that the said "Lfe would be
marketable article, and would bring to him the
reward of his researches in credit and In cash.
Professor Brown, to his utter astonishnent,
could not find publisher, aud has returned To
the classic retreats of Hanover with his neglected
manuscript still in his carpet-bag. We are very
much astonished at this luckless result. What,
then, must have been the emotions Of Professor
Brown!
We have always supposed the booksellers Of the
present period to be bolder than the TOnsons
and Millars of the last century; and remember
ing the courageous confidence SO often exhibited
by those of Boston, we are still more surprised
at the Professors discontinue. He was told,
if we may credit the account before us, that
{" the present moment is inopportune for the
publication" This is really bewilderirg! In
opportune We should very much like to know
that booksellers notion of an opportunity.
Here is the Dipbtheria raging, as we are sorry
to say. What do sogaciOus bibliOpolists do
Get out books on Diphtheria," to be sure
" Diphtheria and Drenches"-" Dphtheria and
" Globules"--" Diphthera and Cold Water
Diphthera in all possible shapes. This is proper.
The doctors read the books and then attack their
&, r.
Disuuion? And who has ever prescribed for the
disease of Dsunion as Mr.. ChOate did, Who
has ever written such wonderfully long prescrip-
tons with such O number of ingredients-em-
bracing if We may say so, the contents Of all the
drawers, jars, gallipots bottles, and boxes upon
one side of an apothecary's shop. Here was
man who loved the Federal Union and lived for
it-who kindled into blaze of rhetoric when
ever he spoke Of it-who was as mad as
Welsh bard whenever he sung of it--who scorned
all petty considerations of wind in defending it
who was regarded by the incest judges as the
finest champion of it--and now wheD though
dead, he should yet speak, now when the crack
has really come, and everybody is on the lookout
for some adhesive invention, some prepared glue
or infallble cement the Boston publishers cOClly
tell gs, and cruelty tell you, Professor Brown,
that 4" the present moment is inOppOrtune" for
the publication Of this biography of the very man
who invented the complaint and its remedies!
We never heard of such thing It is very
reprehensible!
Inopportanc, forsOoth Why, even the clergy
men who preach political sermons against political
preaching, and who ngitate on Sundays against
agitation, know better. LOCK at Rabbi Raphall
what honor aud glory he has achieved Look
at Brooklyn Van Dyke-has he not been feasted
upon the fat of CbarestOnl Look at the scores
upon scores Of pastors hurryiDg from their pul.
pits to the printers-look at them from the
Rev. DR.. Adams up! Hark, too, to the
lawyers-to Charles O'Conor, proving that the
constitutional election Of President is uncOnsti-
tutional-to the whole tag, rag, and bObtail of
Qurks, Gammons, and SnOps Are they not all
in full cryl And are they not run otter, AID
reported, and pulled
InoppORtune, indeed Why, we have been
charged with speaking too lightly of this effect
i've advocate and justly celebrated though wofully
mistaken man. But did we ever hold him in
such dishonor as TO say that the publication of
his biography would be "inoppOrtune Z" On the
contrary, we think the present the very best pos
slble moment for bringing forth the book-the best
for the Professor, whose griefs we feel as keenly
as if they were our own-the best for the public,
which needs enlightenment-th best for the pub
fishers, who may be sure Of a ready sale-the
best for ourselves, anxious as we are to peruse
the volume. We sincerely trust that the Profess
sor has not, in pique of disappointment, con-
signed the manuscript to the flames. If Boston
will not print the book why not try New-Yorkl
Perhaps our old friends, the Harpers, will be
willing"
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