, 1876-06-23
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
The Vnso-rrcsrntntiun In tfunnr nf tho SOtll
Anniversary of Ills ltIrth.

The INSTRUMENTATION In tfonnr ut tho SOtll
Anniversary ut Ills ltlrth.
NFlr lnrk !fHn JHnf II.
IL thousand prrsonc participated In tho pre-
Bchtat!tn ot the commemorative rhse tU Mr..
Bryant, IN Chckcrinr Hall last evening, III lnn-
Or Of tho goth anniversary Of Ills birth. The
Rcy; nr. ,osgood, on taking tho ehair, rcad g.
wllitll tue venerable poet, VIM snt OH the front
Of Tho PLATFORM, listened with upcast NIL tear
III. !: II. whltc1ouac, the Designer Of the
work of love, md TINT all who had taken part
IN IT were praud Of having tlolc 10. The eight
artnccrs whose united labor produced the vase,
stnsNl sl np IN a group on thu ktngo while Mr.
cealcl tho rnar, standing In tho eentre OF thu
platform, WIS about to bo ratsed, DR.. Osgootl,
throwing out both arms, and sEcakflg nrcr Ills
shoulder TO thu audience, sai1, "Noboay
all dying to SEQ It." Then everybody lcane!
forward md waited brcnthlessly. as Tho cloth
was thrown backward ant| tho great vase on ita
beautiful pedestal was rcyculel, shining In the
m mantl while tic organ WIS playing NJ. Bryaut
lookcd ut It md spoke in low tones to Mr.. Os-
Dr. Osgpotl tlien thanked Mr.. Whlelouse aud
tho work,e'. for what thcy ad DONE aud sas
Of American letters, William Cntcn Bryant,
who IN his purpose md his thought wore the
mni,tle vi Adam Smith and Ben latnn Franklin
Afttr mors inuste, DR.. 0sgooa. presented the
LontI clnpping Of lands gTcctvtl every utter
arco of tie i,ntEc Of tho poet, who s.uod with
lily whltc lead half bowed tn silence.
+ When Mr. Bryant stepped forward to rep ",
the hall, anil whom he icgan to speak In clrlr
ringing voice, tlicru wis husl.. liz thanked
Ills friends, md said that lle would have pre-
fcrrctl to bo silent, but tint II fe wero to keep
I'm {rt,$ In
Captain Of n militia company In England, to
whom the Sergeant, as spokesman for tho COM
pany presoatcda Il silver pitcher. sall tic Ser
geant; .Capa!n hero fs tllc t,'g;" sad the Car-
bryant aided TINT Il hs supposed lhc git wns
lnlrly earned, md It he Wis deserving oi tic
coInNImcnts paid to lin, then it would follow
Tint thosc WHO had prepared and presented It
lad simply performed duty and patti debt
4 very ordinary and common thing to dt,
[Laugi,tcr.] Therefore he would choose to re-
gard its presentation us an net uf gcncrosity
ot prlnroly muncellce-a. munlcte'co like
s~cct .sunshnu alike on the just and the un-
juat. The wonder was TINT tlc artists aa1 becl,
able tn evolve 80 1nuclI innngcry as the ynso cx-
p5ssse out of !lte 70 p'a3p s tlat q l!, ~, t.
ynse was iiHcatruetihle. while language changed
and hooks grow obsolete, so that q future agu
might say of tho vase, "Tlts work 'yaa ,t,nlo III
honor OF an American poet whoscswrltings haye
In RESPONSE to calls, a1r. Joseph II. Choatc
spoke briefly In praise VI tho poet, anil then Dr..
Osgood announced that tho WISE ~ to be ac,lt
to tho Centennial Exhibition, anil asked the
audience to tlo atross the platform, cxn1ninc IT,
nnl shak1 tho hand of thu poet.
The yaso IL of silver, anl Is intended to sym.
bolizo hfr. Eryant's l!fc. It Ia Crock yase ell
tsinctl with An,ericon flowers. The apple
branches on It suggest the fruitf,lncaB as well
rs bca,!ty Of Mr.. bryant's poetry; the egluntInc
symbolzcs poetry; tho primrose, early youth ;
scries III 6as fc1lcis rcpreacns the poet as aehlll
looking to Homer IA his model, aud as a man
| reclining under trees as student OF naturc. A
| purtruit Ut the poet crowned with lnuge! Ia be.
tween the me.lalllons. Ahuvo It Ii Tyre, altl
below IL q pfisltlng-press.. Another medallion
| represents the watesfnwl, Mr.. Brynnt'a eInltctn
| OF faith. Indian cnrn and cotton luAycs ure TN
| twiucl around tic bottom of the v,,sc. Nu.
mcrtus other allcgorfcal representations cover
| the vase, Mud tho words, AIruth crushed te
earth shall rise ugaln, :, arc worked Into Ill orna
| ,nn.tf u1 h1ry1pr