The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-15

books. in which the utterly untruthful state
mont OF " Be virtuous and you will b. happy
o,curs in pr tty u'h the gums iaaltless chi-
Biography. In fat. We believe that all OF Hr.
Bryant's oIo might bo transferred TO tho copy
books of the public 'hools with manifest i'm
provcmont on the han WRITING OF the pupils
AMI W, are FREQ to add. without the slishtest
sho X to their morals or thoir tlstr.
The same night hc said OF Mr.. Whtticr's
hymn. II Ia $50 stri' tly 81 'lknEa hymn. AMI so
heavily IT, 'i,.ht vi VITA religious IN ~ns' ana u
sian tappeal 10 TIL D'ity that W. he's tate to
nt4s 10 wth that literature viii u on can read
~ itnrutur' an |. il u'',sslty, criiuisn. A. an
eNpr ,sslon Of Mr. Wnu,ors moral 'nt,mcnts
on the 10Th Vt May. 1876 il ,s admirable. Any
one who si,d to hear Mr. Winters RELIGIOUS
id,a of tn Expos ton can hav' it here. TnosH
who did not Immediately s. 'r the hand Of God in
the p"riornan ',s of G'n. Hiwl'y. will be con
tent 10 know that il waa sun by on" thousand
voices. ana will b. pleas N 10 hear that while 1t
begins with dirr"t sunplcaiion to thr CHRIS
tan God. il con .ludcs with the following Pagan
formula:
AMI frci-hcd with rove's Golden fleece
send back The Atsonhut- OF peace
A prayer which consid ring the average mo-
rnlity OF The companions of Jason We sincerely
trust Will not he answered.
Tho other poems of the volume are mainly
from Il via nss untimoly hnthcd by that over
resplcn lent sun OF the Cent nnial which Mr..
Taylor has spoken of. H,re an there. how
ever il familiar name. Mr. Alfred r. street
| Of Albany has appar sntly celebrated his own
AMI his n1tion's G mt 'nninl with q chnrnrter-
istic clnnt. Oar Southern hr'thrcn have not
come TO the for' rs ir5ely and ~ rythmicaly ~
| their emotional nature might hav" suggested.
Il d .at.
forward. honest. and brief uttrrnn"e OF Cob
Alfred r. Lamar OF Georgia On examining
the text carefully how Yer. W I'm that it s not
IN form a ponural cnusion. but is AN a tuni
pros address. Introducing the render Of Li"
Declaration Of Indop'nd,n'e. 1t ID 50 briei
that we venture to quote il entire.
Fellow citizens. Impallcd by causes not
necessary 90 u mention "a hero. tor munS yiltrs
! Tho b. ople of tbs cuuatry have .ui' Il g. -nt.or
! in thr Spirt Oi patriotic devotion around q
/ common altar. But to-day. from one end of tir
/ liant 90 the other. the p'ollc VIII renew tlrlf
I VOWS :, III" great rin pits which sny' h.rth
] % the American E"puhl" IN lfi6. ming IN
! the SHADOW OF dead century. and iring the
! dawn ol u coming on, the people Of > sinnah
have Diet 'rmincd TO Light again the torch az
| liberty. AMI " tn confident hop = to transmit il
| ~ their children AMI their chldr"nS children.
In order to give ~ table mark tD the Cnnt. nninl
| Day. they have selected a gentleman to road e.
| YOU tho Declaration OF Ind prnd-n'r-a do'u
| mcnt who's" vehement "lolu"n e. not only moved
u
set Europe abtzc IN revolution q hundred Years
| ago. | hnvr IN honor - inirrlu - 81 You Capt
! Npht. FailEant n gentleman. who in the lq-i
! siruggle Tor cpnstiiui onai liberty nphly Dis
tngu shed himself and illustrated Georgia. MS
native state.
And. really. we do not scr why this is not MS
fin" poem ~ any in the volume There is q
| noble frankness in It's cXprcSson-a nohl,
frankn"ss in ia rotironce. There ia pathcti,
t'uch in the last 'nirn 20 which. IL seems 10 US
thus far Northern poets have been unable to ny.
| prcoiatc Why " should be- content to AWAY.
recognize the io,al pride OF Masaa 'hus its ii
American history. an look upon the state pride
~ any other 'pmmonw Hlth n troasonihl". is
du 'stion viii "a tle Massachusetts, ports. wit
all their 0u"nry Of expression. have never W.
satisfactorily demonstrated AnIit il Just posi-
bic that Col. Lamar oi q ,orgia has voiced luit
uncuns 'iously in pro. the true poetic utter
ance Of the American Centennial.