Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-07
CULTURE ON THE COMSTOCk.

ance possible to be produced tia
our nation is to be pcrpetusted an'
our precious liberties guarded--th'
celebration in Virginia on the Fourtf
proved that, Notwithstanding mos
people go through life in this region
on the run, many find time to keel
fresh the culture of their yoath and
devote an hour occasionally to high
| literature. Those who lent an atten.
| tive ear 10 the Grafton of Mr.. DeLong
and the poem of Mr., Goodwin must
have been impressed with the liter
ary ability of these gentlemen. 1t
must have occurred to them also
whether any other city Of Nirginia's
size in all the Union offered 10 an
audience such fine intellectual
treat. Here in Nevada are gathered
together people from all the world,
inspired by burning ambition and
unfaultering courage, who have
Iesped the pale Of said society in
other localities to hew out fortune
or fame in broader field. l, is
natural tnen, that among them
should be many capable of shining
rs brilliant stars in q cloudy TRINA
ment when occasion should offer. 1t
is point greatly in their favor and
one which reflects the general equal
itv of men in a new country that they
are unassuming aud apparently rs
unaware of their attainments as
though they were nobodies in par
tieular. Such is the general charae-
ter OF genius in the West. We do
act state it as applying To any par
tiCuIar persons. Aside from this
dissemination of bright iutel,ects
amongst the harum-skarsm poFula-
tion that toll in this bleak country,
the professions are supplied with the
highest average of men to he found
almost anywhere beside. You want
an orator for q grand occasion, one
who will not borrow from the mas
ters but who will Ill the air with
original metaphor and finished
phrasa, and you cast about among
the awyers with a certainty NJ finding
aim. You want a poet 10 weave an
Inspiring song, worthy of place
among the gems of moderu literature
and YOU look toward the editorial
sanctum. nor look in VAIN. Who that
mas not dwcit on the borders and be-
come acquainted with the noble
character IF the people who push ont
and build cities on what seem great
wastes Of land would ever suppose
that such poetry and such orai fical
as were heard in Nirgini.
n Tuesday could be produced almost
impromptu in busy, reckless coun-
try like thisi Mr.. Goodwin's poem
is too long for publication III our col
umnS, Ii is worthy of being read
by all lovers Of pure literature. Even
those who heard il recited 10 an out
door audience should read it them
selves at their leisure, when they can
enter into the spirit of the author.
\ poem cannot be read effectively
10y the best elocutonist To great
audience. The one under notice j.
beautiful. What, for instance, could
ne better than the following, while
speaking Of the march of civilization
westward;
They and and pass Nisgara.
Down tbs Ohio glide;
They pause no; where, with volume grand.
Tbs Mississippi parts the asad
VITA her tremendous tide
We have read the poem over and
over and still feel almost incompe-
tent to point out ats greatest beauties
The following stanza We cannot re
frain from introducing as containing
beautiful conception as beautifully
expressed:
And If our fathers spirits,
Bending above "a here
Would question u "a hos the trust
They left when they returned to dust
Has fayets. need hot fear
To answer, all in chorus.
Upon this day Of days;
Behold continent made bright.
The wilds sahdued. each mountain height
beacon lii with living light
Where Freedoms watchdres blaze
NfarmS in tha Fast