The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-24
zHE GRRATBosToxsJUBI1EE.
A Review Of its motives and messss

"A Review OF its Motives and Meraes.
The philosophic waq who "did" the Boston
Jubilee for the New York Tribune thus sums
up his Impressions at it's close: -@.e...
When think upon what have gone through
this week. lihardly know whether am pleased
treat the Jubilee with entire seriousness, be-
cause Boston gets 50 very mad whenever it is
spoken Of with leyity. Fer indignation. ct the
hnlkiog ing Who wont be entnnses
absolutely spit In the frog pond has such q
comicai aspect that don't see how an ordi-
nary man can help laughing, Then the wil5 via
over 80 fearfully that I take warming by their
example and try to curb my pen whenever
ind it running into compliment But, in sober
there y IN ths
been done. The aggregation Of such miah,y
nunbers ts always imposing, and the appear
ancs ofthe Coliseum when the organ used to
rose to Its work with sort OF majestic undula-
tlon, like q field of wheat swept by the wind,
was superb beyond description. Think that
,ve ooo @ 90 00O people, including those who
day tor Q week to enjoy themselves; think that
they did thin with good humor and. good or
der;and femem ber how unfortunately rare y
viii aalae WITH. ne il raaine Patrick s: Gilmore
as pnhlic benefacfCr. There was something
grand Id the daring which conceived the plan
Of bfingihk people from the ren60test parts OF
America to tHke part in festival of such very
abstract Character as this celebration Of
peace which is four years old; and something
grand 10 the energy and business talent which
earned it to such q successful conelusson:N We
cannot help respecting the musical enthusi Ism
which inspired the great chorus, who came at
their own cost long days' journeys from the East
and tho far West. sang gratuitouely, and, sub
g saS Pss we're ps
exp expenses! rs Ana ansiiy tiers IS so$ethins 5 IL
spirit;ng tn the e1sslls1t order Nh,ca sss Pre-;
the aeopghl#l hospatehty wlth which the city
took care OF It's myriad guests. But before We
decide whether the jubilee was triumphant,
sm afraid was % al s afisrtSSsht S ii Il Ars sSs was
the chief matter involved, then the festival was
certainly failure. Very little Of the music
was really good. and the. things which
performing. I thought the Boston Trans
oript let; ont httle bit Of the truth
this afternoon when 1T said with chuokle
'hS @ Boon nad
the matter was probably only the result of pro
fessional instinct; we had heard or Boston be-.
fore. The whole thing was indeed q stupen-
Of the Boston houses to Improve the occasion
by q little dlckering was abominabe; but there
was better feeling than this at the bottom Of
the enterprise. suppose it was mainly -Arneri-
can spread-eagleism. We have the biggest
rivers, the biggest railroads, the biggest chains
Of lakes and mountains in all creation. Let us
have the biggest chorus that ever was got to-
gether. Let us put up the biggest concert
room the world over saw, play the biggest ma
tional cir with the biggest brass band, and
make p bigger noise than was ever before pro-
duced on Ave acres Of the earth's surface; and
then let ns brsg about it until we have some
thing bigger. That believe ie the sentiment
Of the Peace Jubilee. It ss not ignoble, 1t is
only grandiose.