The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-13

di5sult 10 conceive oI '
w., a., lied, after notable literary
a",' ~. Il, that Of Bryant's speech a lew
a., T." ,,o,. The unvtiIiDg Of the statue oil
S!','si, q, Who VS., 4 writer for the press
A e.. wear. sgO. And yet strange
",Ig =, ~, ...m, William Cullen Bryant
W sar ., born in November 1894, during
,.I-i,i.tr,tion W. Of the first President
u ,I,t. T'nit.I SlAtes, wrote contributions
s,S "a, heal pte.. Of Hampshire county
S.,,ba..tu, IS early as 1904, and in
~ ,,o,. tro poems that in the follow
~ =, "a, p...eI to second edition, so
I'D "a. the fsyOr with which they
:. ,.,,irsd. Men who are now gray
j ,.oopipg rscitel the poem Of Thana,
~, chen they we're boys, at the school
,,Sibitioo. lhit we're current hall a cen
NJ, 40. and 20 often has it been de-
Ind ircs that uucOn'ciOusly we think
dapI.dsetiou from the moss covered
hso!tbs EOglish clls'ics'
i.B U, Ii, author Of thst remarkable
~. OILY died yesterday, and less than
r., ,,.t, ago be was go full Of physical
Ja,ul,I vigor that he stood in Central
prk .ud delivered beautiful tribute,
lid ), hYi slabOrateIy prepared from
pdeh store house Of learning, to the
-.ssg Of the srea, Italian liberatOr.
Son ripe .oOu decayed" is a saying
aG did not apply to Bryant. He was
stliuly prscOciOus "a a poetic writer,
,dv. While he accomplished his chef
txars At % year, Of age, he has writ.
np ol.u since, and leE. behind him 90
nd lhl, i. excellent, that no one can
nylAl. be hr not gone steadily forward
i, b. dsV.IoPement Of his rich poetic
r,is.. so. alone, nor even chiefly, we
nay almost say, ia Bryant known as a
pat Crest a. is his fame a. the author
d ItlniIOp.i', yet to the busy world Of
pEiu lpd bu,iness he has been long and
rtrty known IS the editor Of the lead
a,Irse trade Journal Of the country, the
XY.Etaiay Pda,With which paper he has
ea connected since 1926, most Of the
dH,T principal editor and proprietor.
3. d also known a. great traveller,
IhRTsll times visited foreign lands
ID ErOte charming and instructive let
Rril,O u The delightful spirit at liters-
TnuliOus in New York, where he never
tilAtO ny something better than any
hdy el.s; also as the translator OF Homer,
SsIOrk OI bis old day,; in short, as the
II, PIt excellence, OI letter', politics
ID iuIrcsi ma genial and pure spirit,
ThArE around his pen originality,
h!irsu, refinement, and above all devo-
donto principle.
AEiy. Democratic 10 his proclivi,ies
u ftsrd. tariff, improvements and
rtia construction views Of the Constitu.
hsa, Bryant turned The columns OF bis
aPs, tstuing with the patronage Of the
taasrAaVe, even pro.slavery, mer.
sAAie OI New York, against slavery, and
~'as oi the fathers Of the Republican
Fry. He could not be a partisan, but
Al'iH powerfully supported the Re.
FAi4n PAriyiu every vital struggle Of
isart.
AA''sb, IL We have said, Bryant'3
H,as lane v" cOnspicuously identified
"a iAii''opsis, yet all aIongihis patty
hLsi'i' down to the close, beautil lll
Hea' '.'e streWn like roses. Ttey
si1 a.i' lPPearance at intervals inhhe
oI'a" ol h, PaPer, and were taxed up
=. ~ asltsi 90 the round. Of the pref by
A. ''ni'iHg cOtemPOraries. In IlS72
ne a',' poems we're collected into a Modest
a'a' ''Iaae-a much smaller yJlume
Ai' Ail required for the effusjbns Of
any .ritsn Of verse who hId not
su''sd bali hi. years-and dyen to
S''''ld. And now after a lid full Of
iea 'oFi' and good works, he las gone
,a's: yea" ago, in the mornilr Of his
S's lie, 'roie the memorabI, Earpipp
s , aasli and all hi. fellow MIN, to 80
We Sii when their summons. came to
pa he innau.rlbIe caravan ,bkt moves
. hat mysterious realm wblrs each
'Ill' u at' his chamber in the silen. hall,
q d'l'A, that they should 20, rlot a. the
la''r1 ,'rs at night, .courrtd to hi.
s'aa :. Ss but sustained and sJothed by
.,,,s slI''I'ting trust, approach their
Al, n. 'Aa zap, the dnpery Of hi, couch
I'd lies down to Pets,nI dreams"