The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-28
New YORK CRY, Feb. ., 1870.
TnE COUNTS REPLY.

MADAME: ]. | am favored by your comuli-
mentaty and graceful letter. which claims my
grateful thanks and the EXPRESSION Of my hirn
appreciation OF tho distinguished honor con-
ierfed upon me Oy you and the other ladies Of
phmcntary from the fact that vour lettcr Is
founded cp N my public lie, being personally
a stranger to YOU all.
II. Your mental Invitation suggests noble
md pttrtuti' theme. and worthy OF Shakespeare
himself. could lac tie arsin incarnated upon tho
earth "a he IL IN snirt with Us. No pen could
trace I'm language nObler letter than your own
10 inname even tue prince Of poets with tie
q" = cted Ire neces. airy To achieve the intellect
ual victory unun the mcui cradle occasion.
III. You are depu ed by your lady associates
willing to compose drama upon the Genius OF
American liberty appcrtgining to our Ccnten-
nial. aus~er-most willing at least to ATTEMPT
tiff my pfrfc. -inuai duties. a. to time. will
permit, and 4 have had tnc idea floating In NV
ntsin. as upon a." a tide. which taken AZ the food
Toe Tnteocdents OF my public life give me COM
pletc knowledge of the practical character OF m
acting drama, as well AZ the poetic and oratori-
~. some years ago l wrote the tragedy OF
west" which WAS several times successfully
acted, aud Dir. Edwin Forrest told me, after
raAdin- D.. that tie would have given $4,000 lor
II IN preference to " Metanora," but that lie
could not study a new part. IL was issued by
Nessis. llugman Co., London. the publishers
Of my "Orginal liistory OF Ancient America"
The late Lord LSttun, then Sir Edward l.. Bul-
wcr, had % copy Of " locumseh," and wrote "A
letter to me highly prai.ing il. This was after
had acted his Claude Mtll.Ottc and t0rdiglt
Richotu, / having uocn the original imper-
son tor OF those characters IN the united siatei
V. When IN PRS the venerable Prince Adam
Czmi prysld tking e Poland 10 right of place.
Invited uie 70 nie mansion, aud after partAk ng
cumaeh," COPY Of which | had pres nted fol
lowing my INTRODUCTION TO the FRINGE by Lord
Dudley stuart. lie solicited aud requested that
l would compose and write siullsr heroic
drama upon the histors Of Poland. The Prince
selected tue period W., tue llio OF kiag Joon
5000 Turkmen at Vienna 4. ID. 1853, saved
Europe IRON the Crescent and nrnly established
thi II Oily C.oss. suggested a later period, viz.
thu ,i,e Of IhgddeGs kosclnszko, IN which drama
could be narrated the heroic deeds 81 King So
b!csGl, aud enable Ia TO bring the history down
to the fatal tihts POi1ndc Of tue later hero. wbo
was slao the Adjutant Aide-de-Camp to Wash
ington.
"lone for season haae the world farewell.
Ana freedom salloAel when hosciu,zso feili"
NV suggestion was conceded by tiic Prince 20
he far better than his own, anu have as my
book and volume Il my brsin ifcss. and nade
h'.toTic rc'c lrch required ov The thcwe.
VI. IhWefJrc. and Witn my public crsuons
upon Ine Ma. nd indeusndence''. -.ld
pOleou," &c, have Tor years prepared my men
IA p ,wcr t. he a competitor IN the urena of Ora
~ atlc authors IN regard o. the Ctntrnui Il, apart
from heilg inNi cd - public orator for tine one
hundrsdih .nblIcr- ~ % tuc wunuer Of nations.
il u recorded - 80 'hOclts, the classic crainR-
tist of Athens, INST he wrote tue chief II his
trsg,cl.s ia "a r,Ck cave o. SAlamis. similar
solitude or e;iroment Ia required for the pr
e.i SUBJ c.. l. Is nisturcliiY appropriate that
TINS iuNiid iNu Should Originate Nitu lhc Ifhef
pvt OF creation, heca's' To woman hylons
many memorable events In the history OF this
4 II iNs,. -NYomen-Q Queen Isabella Of Spain
even pleoeed hrr jewels 10 furnish money Tor
the frst 70. AZ Il Columbus, Tuich Henry VII.
oil Engisnd and King Ferdinand OF Spain lad
4. u. idie.- woman.-Pocahon,a saved tho
English colony IA Virginia lrOui Indian massacre
A. d. iG,J Woman First landed on Ply
mourn Rock, viz, the wife Of the pilgrim Rev.
A. u. I7i5- woman.-Marthn Wa 'hlncton OF
Nusiuil, Ike & rIelia OF ancient Rome, and
ktu2 Altred's motner, educated herson George,
NOR lis, 10 be worthy Of every honorable fame,
even the Father OF his Country"
a. u. ltib " o1lan.-In ne mAtron Mary Daw-
the battles of Lexington aud Concord. viz, at
SalcuI, Moss, Oh a SUNDAY In March, l115, who,
Back, saobath breakerl Only over my dead
body shall you and your soldiers take the can
non gwen for defence" Thcy retreated back
10 Boston, and In the next month, April 10, l715,
were the battles OF Lexington aud Concord,
on -inatng tor the CAPTURE vi reOel cannon, and
Resulting In another defeat.
VII. lIe plot for tho Centennial national
drama is IN the history of the United States;
II cannot be altered to suit caprice or fiction.
The skil! OF tLe author Will ne 10 pnilosoDnicd
Is arrange and cOndenss into thee hours, q II
SnHA espelre, the chief events OF many years,
and IN dignity OF language suited to the great
occasion. He mus make the characters In the
drama speak, move, and have a eImllitude OF
vitality, ass II tie ORIGINALS were before us.
TIE gicgt principle Of religion and 90 cOhserva-
tivl human itoerty, IN opposition 10 despotic
tyranny, should lernaato every lure, until
cruel upprv asiOu and Injustice shall be, as tGey
now are, u nk Godi dcrachatod from the
oarlh Wherever our language - spoken, and as
bra!l an example Tor oil 9th naltJDsl
Ireindh yours respectfully, ~,
GGORGE, lHs COUNT JOAsHre,
or me sew lorn fuprl me Court, sc.
NEW York CITY, Feb. H. 1916, % Chambers