New-York tribune., 1872-02-26

Forney'e last night, though tney thjs morning.
We have some idea of the fine arts y =, a,,s vortS
were believe, earlier and better pntors et prodyced
ANYTHING like Tbe Iine and don't think we are 10 DO
blamed for IT, don't believe that @ nonI n,cd in
country i'm the world and now when to this high arts
tca excellence there are added te SraCes an" ,0 %
ties of the perfect editorship OF man %noso hao wi
he honored when mine some OF ours Will be forgottc
when sue such o w0T Tace Of soddSrd we may STpcc
for IL n brilliant success beg leave only 10 nahe
rug whose services in art and literature we have
come here TO commemorate this evening, X, Dir" 40"
The Atdine. think IL should be called " Al-Dlno'
The Rev. t. Dewitt Talnage spoke as follows Gen
temen: Times have very much changed, ana ho"' "non
men are getting up good time, they ask the "
come and enjoy 10 with them The most awIuly SoIou I'M
looking man that ever knew borrower S Ol @ 20 G sotIc
ont OF pure decacy OF feeling, never fe.Incu ~ sov
tbc AM when i see a man going along with very
dolcful countenance, and ascrlhs the Sos a, M
contenanop TO his peculiar attanmcnts ana SoouhCss'
tee like putting my hand my pocketbook think
is grand thing for gentlemen OF one proies9n ~ % eeU
gonilemen of another profession. am glad TO know
flat the Press and the Pulpit are uniting hands
I'm This GREAT work OF trying TO make the world better
and greet Tie Aldine as one OF the mlghtiest agGh
cies in this century in the warfare against polluted pe
Oral literature, which Is now so S9mon @ IN His u.s. Gun Jun
through life. What shall they bef the gentlemen OF
The Adtne come forth and say they snail DC pure Pio
lures; they shall be well executed pictures they s DC
educating pictures, and we have such llustratlohs III
edition T of m The P2p and s T I Id
burn and all the back numbers should be desroycd ana
them very easily for those pictures hanging Ia stu
diOs, in nurseries, and IN hospitals
Mr. Bayard Taylor spoke az follows let me say that
clam Older right than any present 10 joi in this
recognition OF Mr.. StOddaTd's abilities scholar and
poet. have known him longer, and perhaps more In
tmately, than any one here. The beginning OF my
knowledge years ago. and we ere then Doih so
necessities, that whenever met in front OF Tammany
Hail. each usually shared his peanuts with the other,
happened to get a dollar in advance OF his
expenditures he treated the other to oysters and ale
which took place about once IN three mohths-and those
banquets always accompanied with profound dsqu
stons the poets of all the ages We knew great deal
more then than We have ever known since Ihe spirits
Of Homer and Shakespeare stood behind our chairs and
waited in breathtess suspense for the verdict which
should recognize them or c0nsgn then 10 the shades
The Aidine which was model OF typographical art,
ought to bayeits recognized place II literature The
symmetry Of the statue must possess the Informing soul
Authors and readers are suffering now, In the United
states for the want OF pure ana lofty ideal OF achieve
nent in literature We are passing through stage OF
confusion and uncertainty. Books are judged by their
political faith OF the author rather than by his power OF
expression or Timagnaton-in short by anything rather
than purely aesthetic standard Ii Is enough that our
festival has literary sgUihcancethat making no In
vGuOus comparisons we who are here, recognize the
Importance OF setting up higher standards everywhere
ana that we also IecOgmle III le inoI6seu pl9speiIy
OF The Atdine, an evidence that Gil effort In the true
direction, viii be supported by the American people.
therefore close with the wish May The Aidne grow in
symmetry and beauty in soul, as III bodyl
Mr.. Clemens ozark Twain, who next called upon,
excused himself from making a speech by felicitous
peculiar to himself.
Mr. stedman spoke as follows: Mr. President and gen
tlemen We here tonight TO try certain publishing
house of this city under indctment-an indictment
similar that framed by Jack Cade in the time OF Henry
the Sixth, who claimed that certain man who was
brought before him had caused printing to be used and
moreover contrary 70 the King his country and his ber
ty, had employed a paper mill; and lie would prove
that they had men around them who commonly used
such words and verb, and other words which
Christian ear could endure TO hear Now, gentlemen.
this q very grave and serious charge and member
Of this jury Of experts may say as they say of jury OF
women, sometimes summoned I'D cases OF an exceptional
nature-l move that We paSs aNelHSt Oh guilty Dut
that in consideration Of the viands OF bread and meat
that they have set before the jury, limit their
the decree that they shall run the circulation Of
The Adine 10 100000 copies and when that amount has
reached they shall give repetition Of this dinner to
would deprccae the so-caled mechanical arts. believe
wherever there Is attempt to wed beauty to
funess positive value is gained am afraid of an
iron pillar or freize, or cOrnce. am not afraid that
will be injured in the least am not afraid of chrOmOs
OF Of photo graphs. believe that the ideas of beauty
sc02e them fhe vrRe Of an indydGa artist
IN the fact that he adds his own character to the
sion OF his own character is added to the expires
mechanical arts cannot interfere with the legitimate
work of the original artist 1T also seems to me that
applies himself to them cOnscienOusly with view OF
| bringing them up TO the highest excellence of which
| they are capable, adds TO them something Of his
own character and in that way makes them noble and
holy things that say even OF the art OF printing
that by the combination OF types, and paper and en-
Cravings this is Aldine, this is a Bradsreet, this
ia Riverside this is University And now
as TO the connection of my DID, my lifelong
friend that true poet and noble English scholar Richard
Henry StOddard. to the ranks Of The AtdHe hold that
this eminent instance of the right man In the night
place have known hin during space OF II yeats.
Twelve years ago went 10 him as humble ncOpbytc,
and his feet Paul sat at the feet OF Gamael
and received my first ideas OF the truth in regard 60 art
His ambition has been not only TO excel writer but
in every way ennOble the profession Of letters. He
has never been subject TO the charge OF bOOkmakug,
though ever since have known him he has been
faithful lover Of extreme beauty i'll the production Of
literary works, and hope that The Aldge VIII
| furnish him a vent for his enthusiasm IN that
particular that he may add to the works with which
he has enriched human literature. am led TO think OF
the early condition OF New York literature remember
that ten twelve years ago, before the war-and the
war Kind Of apOcrOpha between the old and new
teStanents OF New York teratureI remember that he
the the literary circle Of NeWYOrk City
kind Of eanglia they not Ike those of Boston In
Boston there concentration OF intellect and har-
mOniOus action and organization worth everything in
literature remember that the literary men OF New
York City did not come together ana IL rarely
you found the best thought the best talent the best
art OF NewYOrk City collected in place. The fact OF
that literature in impecuniOus and Iansl-
ton state Since the authors have been paid papers
have been conducted with view 10 culture aud there
has been better atmosphere here. And in the
future a glorious prospect Tor American literature.
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