The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31


tho rhythmical reminlscence Of Mozart. but
there are also signs Of the power and grandeur
the earlier verses OF Bryant. as In Byron's
Hours OF Ideness." there is no presage OF his
senrSSs mo D,slsae e bis fs hsr doso,,.a
as the hrst adequate poetic voice ofthe solemn
New England spirit and without a trace Of tho
tho time T6anntopsis was written. in liter.
airy splsndor o. Europe and America seemed to
s was % Ths German epoch Of Goethe
Enslsnd %erdswcrth. coicfidss. s9athsv,
etlc Prssiden, Dwight had said that TrumBnll's
who would speak for President Dwight and
what courage was equal to saying that hts
MtSnns Mn9'S Paradise i% iost Ys, TrumbSil M sui and
Dwight. Barlow and Freneau. were our chief
names In poetry, and BarIow's 9urlesque "Hnsty
we match Joel BARLOW" sxclainsd Fisher Amss.
Paine contend against Plato. or could Findlay''s
history OF his own lwhlskeyl insurrection vlo
apt to say that the conditions OF colonial settle.
mont are not favorable TO literary and artistic
dhosel4pmepi h T But Il u Is easy 70 \,
the genius. not tho circumstance. that controls.
Gan99ya used TO say that II Plu and Fox had
we must not therefore conclude that Ell Whit
ney WAS. Dante under new conditions, and that
1
Rome he would probably have come down 20 us
as the poet Virgil II s precisely the intellectual
ST fore and indspendenee tho namsless and mys,
poem 50 purely original and unexpected. that
Dana at once said that Il could not have been
national literature. and which placed the poem
atnnce and forever In the literature o. the world.
Mr., Curtis claimed that before 1921 Bryant
had been acknowledged to be tho first Of our
poets. and about this time Bryant dated IA the
sTn 4vne 81 S5a'"TS DanS
and Miss Sedgwick's =. Hope Leslie" had Just
appeared. perciyo Halloek; and Drake wseTe
hone. his conscious power secretly solicited
him and wcanel him more and more from tho
law" Mr. Curtis retold the story. cnlvened by
traditions Of Bryants final closing of his law
books and settlement in New York.
The S.~ yGyA 70 ThcG Srys@t es%s g live by ,srs
,sntS hs pleasant city Of which rsgldinz says IN his
aeu must cNtend his wak elond thr northwest corner
yoni cSnsi street snd line o. houses .,rssslcG Gp as r
a. foHrin street in5c wete hS;c who SUI remenctsd
-,ret which was the iAveriie walk of Jonathan HI
w ~S@ r, n srS VA Tor ., ne Es ~ 1s G,in 10
rambling along the wooded shore, Of The Hudson above
sister catherine already famous the resort OF
f faSs s wv; Sos,, i TTj i ca caas '
kn bm .r ps k. Jacob sTty pSfanS
Henry James Aner-on. aud from III. chained circle
ws;hinstog Hall The year Of Btyants srrvAl in New
tie foSSd Of she Saaona aSSdems Of Design TO To Sis
| Academy he ALWAYS loyal and he writes proudly
Academy II so nothing m i TO asioni.h who has
| sign N New York
Sketching tho early liio OF Bryant In New
| York. his literary work, and his assumption Of
| dwet at some length upon Bryant's devotion to
| the principles Of Free Trade. and OF the greater
| question which really was supreme-the uues-
| ton which hung like u huge storm cloud In tho
| summer sky. its lightning sheathcd. its thun-
der silent but gathering with every. moment
| quesion with whose final and tremendous set
| tleincnt the land still heayes; IL had apparently
| the Missouri struggle but the first penetrating
and signifc cant note OF a tempest not to be- stayed
movnl 10 New York, in tho moral anti-slavcry
| appeal OF Lundy and Garrison. Bryant seemed
| 70 the ardent Leaders OF that great agitation as
| the multitude OF editors and politicians seemed
| 10 them. indifferent and hestating. too cold and
| reluctant for their own generous wrath and
But Mr.. Curtis insisted that through all the
great slavery contest Bryants course was de-
| trrmined by his 1wn love OF liberty and Justice
| Bryant was warm purity man. an ardent Dem
| ocrAt. but his Democracy never meant n rAhble
nor u mob but a constitutiunally sci f. restrained
people. During all tho great unti-slavcry Agita-
| ton Mr. Bryant. the sturdy political editor WAS
the chief literary figure Of the city. and he
mover mingled his two vocations.
During all thcse busy ,car, he had become man Of
ss he e soos sd 10 S. s F pssH s my s as, he snsm
s'f" Sna ,a n Ss9SsS S6. Ss @ s Ta u aS ~SS S
written the tfs memorable inercan oeni. Aid whose
fsuc part Of the niunna glory ihe editor who with
pounded and Defended great undamcuia principle, c
our mentor our mo-, con,r,ca6us citizen Every move
ment OF art and literature OF bcne, ,oenee AMI goo eat
cncc was the grace Of every festival aud although he
& s yss to S iTs 29 2 M rSn% RSs
70 his Other distinctions added that OF the occasional
In closing an address that occupied over an
| hour in delivery. Mr.. Curtis said:
M us NOR NOR, than than time that my voice were 81, bus
Las, iorinsI q our poet VIII lave endsd
,: a EAR 9T 70 n:' @ S S9 fGGS e TS
Bui how especially the characteristic aspeetso Of Amer
memorials OF Bryant The primeVal woods. Gods fr.
nc .pssdof q oreGsrI. ihs 6IsG. June SUI.
| whoss part in all the romp that MI,
| The circuit ol the sumnsr hills.
r water is "a, a. ~. sY.a sIa,1 n i a
solitary strain
Old Oceans grAy and melancholy waste"
| nnrmurs his name forever along the shorcswe love
the atier o our song with graicu hgage 10 he spop
les snd faithful cinken. WIN af'ctomie admiration
and we've 20 forward refreshed, strengthened inspired
| unsuisiabe,
| FLAMES in the forehead of our morning ,k,."
| A vote OF thanks WIS then passed to Mr. Cur
| tis. and Bishop Potter pronounced the bcnedic-
Following tho commemorative address was a
| reception at the house Of Frederic dc pryetrr.
| in University place nj which the officers OF the
| society and many others were present. Among
| them were Mr. H. Is. Hayes aud hi- wife w. NJ.
| Lvarts and wife ana Gen. w, I. sherman and
| Mr. DeVens. Mr., Hayes stood In the front par
| lor with his buck toward maute mirror. and
| shook hands with people after they had been IN 70
| troduced 10 Mrs Hayes who stood nt his left
| While Mr.. Hayes was shaking hands, Gen.
| william 4. sherman circulated freely among
| the company, and Gen. Charles DcVcns re-
| mHinel in a corner Of tho rear pnrlor urcserv-
| ing the military attitude Ot soldier The
| evening was well advanced when the guests be-
| gun 10 arrive and tho reception wus i.ecussulily
| Uriet
KATE VI. COHBS TRIfL.
| a Probable Limo of Defence Similar 10 that
| of Pastor Vosburgh.
| NORWICH, Conn. Dec. 30.--Ihc trial Of Mrs
Kuto NJ. Cobb for tho murder OF her husband