New-York tribune., 1876-04-22

,,,ry and obpse Three months later in psmpAlei
did 10y bett TO secure FOR tie inamy o. MI haHah
action lasting remembrance; ana you viii ma 'ua1 o
nearly every leading journal, reviewing me- expressly
surrcd over extenuatea defended the deed oI t"e
Secretary There are two three exceptions, bur my
Fe0u,d scra-book shows that the general feeling o:
INDIGNATION" expressed in tho literary and other jour
uas OF the time was not by any means laVshed Oh ar
Harlan Who indeed had every reason to feel very COM
fort1be until the rolling wave OF European rcbu6e
taught him and lis supporters that thtre was htei"J
honor and conscience outside Of America
VII add here that thc advance IN prices since 1851
made tie pay Mr. whitman received, like all our salaries
IN this eity small affair; but lie always lycd rHgaiy
aud hoatccd narrow in the service OF the neg
lected and forgotten. and the surplus you apear 70 hane
hG Tor DotaccGnnaiDg ne - en-, loi otacis NUN ii ~ -
malt sums constantly -.t 4" i " 80. ,,..,t e,d
or their families different parts ~ tue country, anu
much IH Ire hospitas Wich TeihAneJ mere , "' ~ ~
MAI aud in which the very last he conDttu hle Pa
tnerie and immortal walks Of comfort ana charity
,nitd nv ur srcrctiry harlan there WAS ringing
article from tie Ieu ~ Hcniy j.. aNnoHu; nDpTf
editorial me Boston Commonwealth, written n3reA
NAV properly say 10y lr Frank .. Sauboiu, ana Naah'
letters ia three or our Journals ny Cvi L. D.
or nearly all 90 sn0~ TO- tae credit % our tr%i
in lhs connection. The anr, ia iSc suihcitnty NIT
Gates IN outline the aiiluce heid heioe ana s'no0 ~ o
literary class toward the poet
mat class you sssail Ar. Buchanan for censuring.
want 10 put in word acre Or MT Buctina. S.nte
every Land inst appears 10 De raised sa'hsI u'
let advance the fact, which see sisted IN neWS"
er that before ne published IN Is London heS tHe s'-
yer Yer o sI5 i66 90 Vn y arc sirennousiy d,uouncing
his opinions and deridiug hs metaphors, forgive IN. II
thnS this manly action, Ike Tue dfuis nr'st % yo oy
Socrates, will prevent or Us from hearing WLaIyou
rsy Few VIII care Tor mere naws the rhetoric oi
young poet whose scottis heart AT inc VI
a good mans distress, 0uteaped his words IN sIch
deed 1 infer from what you tell Of his etiei-ehlch
YOU don't pIiu-that IL was pea Tor suecoI Wnivh
showed undue literary feryor and It TPesrs t" thls
Was owing 10 the fact that lie Thought the
man and poet whom ho loved Was stay,
record OF him a fault proId thnu this in which
recognize, rs in the recent letter oi Joon S@h"' ,e
sprt stout in good c'use one imhvI'I, Jay
belnnd the pixies aud hGrtss-the sO"u io, ploJu a'1
gallant perfume OF Bnnorkburn! FOR an vac res, !
have Only 10 cay TO ban, II me words 9 ui' % r a. II
rial legend stand fast Craig Luaemc! lol u.,,h -
mere recMessnesS" ia ann to cieiSe that .c n.cr"S
Class OF America I~rsfcute our poet ,,',ior.
facts 10 sustain that charge Amsrlcan aut"Drs &
viii 1t TO the Eioenanimity OF an "ltnS @ ,ii
GirSracc tney to-day Me ciiihSHl lfy lhs :" u,'V @
come out with torrent fumes in names aud dates ana
spgccalops ,,,eg2Sv You SLOW a |p'Wh Wh,ss. % tura
but We can show Mr.. buchanan Cambridge dhner
autnor ther host TO persun EASsh gentleman not
to present tne letter OF introduction no Dcro from ah
Whitman 10 wnOm addressed. was no. hing 0ui
low New-Iork rOwdy '-' common stte .oae SH''u
W6ch slSo foras nne Illustration Of Caesefde, has
been .uficeuty pondered you can perhaps d"yde Zoe
eonsidcrcd persecution - 10 insolcnuy modde win
private letters To intercept ones foreign visitors.
character ths el't1ets ana HJecuVca nave ci.e1
aoOye as instance {. tne way the msh h"' beeh
treated. may like TO sec 81 cimcn o1 tie cShdn ued
ulent given the mans book; and beg TO shO" MIN S
other distinguished American author, fsvoiNOly, II
ieebiy, reviewing Leaves OF Grase III me Norm Amo
ican even linking it vita GreeA poetry IN hs ahcsl ne
nut tnis long ago. before the storm beSsl; and
after. several times, notably IN 9 recent haTrs rr
when the wind is ucr'-nor'-vest, and be no iohScr
a hawk from Eernshaw, rcvivihs me hnc Gam
bridge IMAGE OF Ihe D1oy @ha pFH,.hs ayois 80 ' "a
being cleaned lie VINO hAd sa o. .eore ne =.
popular 10 pandsr, tnat it contained nothinS srssef
than some passaZes IN HsIneI ahd hot "9.I ne"s
now thinks nOmer also should be cleauod' fr'n
hundred similar instances OF such epsnsl-inqnisiuon
oandor anu goodwill, Ar Buchanan may lso 20 ,ufh %
lower class in this ceutennsl exposition ana "e "hI
snow him for example, LHtetfs Ltcnr9 Age In wilch
he will never fhd any Of tas nle roYieWs
OF Walt Whitman which star the european
minds snch this periodical prctcnds 10 cater 70; Out
Uny Instead pu, 10 do the poet hal a. tho du insns
OF Peter ync-PctCr 6ayne, the pHhind deVotee ~
, Sen Hrts ne snrcrs al Tie radiant taou Sn;s and
truths of made literary people cuIi ihcir hps
unul tleir hsts on, EHd wGO sun is INST d'io
teir cnsdsraon by showing n-t il he could under
st,ud Wat Whitman he cOuid deiElne nII. .. a dr
Buchanan wishes to 20 sui lower INTO Ae ehof o tle
our poet wcR trey wen performs aii me effects
OF persecution VIII diedko Tor Aln in the great shG
OF 20 yeas % newspaper Siu 'i,,S a.1 o1;'e ga, 80
neat hand IN Ihe Boston Irdnser'pt oi Apii WITHIN
iOr,ngnL LaRo nlaiac OF Deas. hc I" "hllIhshl hns
proved himself inospaCie OF oJs,fNnf NE commo-.st
resuec tn The modesty OF human nature 10 sA noting
Of conventional nianneis 8 ana IL IA" o' en- s4ny nit
sibe 10 have him aDVut!' lE4s - q h!IE!s D!h
Liant from ca.canst OF such-an excerpt hSin
April FOoPs-D"y article '.<tuAi5 5-iuh'io"s hs 10
may 5rru4-writtSu 10 rcDut hr. bdcLauAss chhiH
AN
wuoos&e and broadcast !. not " Pelsoi'yo -. IN, "A ~
CttereJ Of man wDose truth ana Uh.ic.-iisa Dser
y my @ WlIso h I1 NV an adr1al s,gscty pu.ty
and decorn never yet dcned by mo WoFrt cleEy oi s
nound,ry of lie; whom LncO.n adi.lred,
slJm Sumner reyered, WhoG Longieilo",
remember came To see IN th1 hospi'-tn i sIu
Copenhagen promulotes hiz Paris lands II "a IN Dab
i'm Unvsrst, Tyrreli ths cditor II Eul pdSs' iec-
tures him. IN ire University o. London h"fd msiea
for him tina Just and hangntJ claim tEst more thhh hh
poet contains cosmc emoton-tHe ieeus nsn.IeI ~
oi the lniinverse ahd inesh"Lle heIe &c Is
proclaimed vile, iawless that II inpossiple 70
him about! Inc grave Has Ht.! cio'o1 o,o' tis
nISt OF modcin dcihah POe.s, l.Sl-s'H.A n'iVn uo %
man ne coyer0u all with ardent eSlSgyi hHlAng
ms works as the doysPTns o. new own Srg calS a.
a maniac or Il bCast--:iud show me tho HiflTy
,I'a,uo9s sanieri Here MS days naye beon
suceoT and abroad his works glory; bat Icy lmp1Oh
wrlte nun down ia the eNSp&perI aud msAhzncs tLey
intrigue foreign subsaDodtois 10 belt,lo or TO
LndOn 10 Willy him; they have evoryvhero Jaloons OF
ssndslous tongues pouring voieys nto Nhnhg eais
.bOut nB; they use all the subtle and unseen niet0is
aud machinery Of the rlug tncJ make hin "~h ms eu
nysou says, with MS head la cloud OF POISONOUS os
Iry eulatrass einbitter. and 0akc life hard FOR MN;
hs2y a. foS bi,n lisxnst IA te hoEies snd Insults
streets; they make existence Tor him cave OF
tragic shadow freGzed with sht that resembles gloom
postcrvls TO charge that he noets with persecution
or sooril." Accept my sincere eompiiuoats-the
trophies VI Mitladea viii not lee YOU sep, ana Sof
win to emu ate as e master Of irony GOd
rid tat snOuld say OrdtO 4 scourage mat tate
reDentencc Mr KOssct rightly thinks the htelsTy pYr-
TON u Walt Whitman cOuntrym owe HIM Bul IL u
NOS u fault II the 9Jrn Ents journals reaching MI
Buchanan, do not convince ln ne ever dou1tu " y.
tne endIe tOuaDinty OF ais position, ana snow am Our
cits and scholars sustaining aud justyng IL thcr own
e.fOus nie nne of tine dying cage, Weafiy nJlhE,
| Iursttd by PHOSPHORUS rOok. and crows!
40 uot propose 81 discdss mere Leaves ci Grass
NV regard or the work anicdslcs by several years my
a-autfptencs with the author, and one can Justly
axilbe AZ 10 the bias OF personal friendship IL VAS
morning IN the world win when inst read those
mighty pdges ana felt my imncst soul the vast charm
Of ueir seake lines ana superb Inauguration; AMI To-
day after many years aavo passed. never open the
b10G Witaout receiving again that supreme .ssvu