New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-28
NEw-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY,

rlo,y with natrotc fcrvor: hr was leading spirit
in a popular uprising throughout ia" Ioti'n "i
Kcnn,tt: and when his brother Frederick Noluh-
tccrcd ne sold share in Tur TMHuNE ana d'-
voted thousand dollars of the proceeds ~ MS
contribution t. tho needs of the country
In 1862 Simon Cameron invited HIM
TO accompany him 10 RUSSIA "a Secretary Of Lcea-
ton cameron himself said 10 me- writes taylor
to the StolErls "' shall return in the fall, leay-
inc Won i'm charge of the legation acting charge
dag1y,s. with 10000 ycar and if should not
return can manage 20 give you my place. with
this understanding Taylor accepted tho appoint
mcnt Mr. Cameron remained only little WhIle III
Ru,sla and after his departure Taylor discharged
the duties of the mission with marked zeal and
efficiency during most critical period. lie did not
however. receive the promotion to which he was en-
titled on Mr. .Camcrous resignation, nor was tho
subsequent purpose Of orr Government. oi which he
received notice. TO send him on a special and conf
dental mission 10 Persia. carried INTO elect lie
made other journeys, in later years "a readers Of
this paper well remember but hcucciorh travel be-
came a much less important part of his life and had
not the same charm for him as before.
Taylors poctical faculty, as We have already re-
marked. was not dormant during the ten years We
have Just surveyed. but IT was oyerlmd 10y othcr
powers. II was quietly raining force and ndydu-
which we quote % passage which ia highly charac-
tcrstic Of his manner of ra,-.ng Judgment upon his
own intellect, and also illustrative of the habituIl
dignity of his ambition:
| have much changed during the past year hut
changed i'm a manner tuat brings me nearer ID N"u'
In spite OF all that you say, believe l'n arc
stronger than !. and because | have gained I'D
strength and will. feel more worthy oi your love,
though still far. far below the character You give
me. try 10 think well of my own efforts because
4. 1... Itfrt KVII ftl
the other day after long search, has diohcart'ncI
me moro than like TO confess II l. 50 FAR inferior
10 what anticipated; II is unworthy oi what !
hoped and still hope 70 do. but. thank llcaNen'
am young yet. and cJp1hl" oil better llngS WISH
| could see your last volume W y ana Aou not S''i
II here TO meet me Good tod. WIitl Noud h',I
give for a night with Won, How shall get through
this coming year without seeing You ], too, nave
changed in my IDEAS of poetry. nave been save
heretofore hut hcucctorth Will be free. MY AIMS
have never vet been ackUoV cd9cI. though nave
received far moro praise of one KIND oi othrr nan
living lallow. and did nest 10 nothing. But two
months ago, i'm Malta. picked up a volume OF ne
Uesfminster Hcrjcr wherein read i. !. has pub
lishcd Il VOiumeot IcnuY>Oulan limitations, etc. !
fired up i'm am instant Damn he reviewer" SAID to
myself BEFORE he dies he shall tel another
story" and in two days had conceived at least SIX
new poems This convinced mo that the faculty
was not dead. but only Sleeping and Shail meyer
doubt 1t more If God gives me me a;d health
shall prove that am something better than mere
trayclcr,-a rcputa on which the worid Is now Try
ing To force upon me. But enough OF tbs stun.
Four-ycars later he wrote to the same sympathetic
friend:
George. | have been undergoing n meDtal and
moral fermentation for the last four months. MN
it has subsidized / can't say what the result viii be.
IL is one of those transition periods Wllch are IN
cyItahlc i'm orr nature, which we can forcsee, hut
not prevent OF Ictard. believe u Will bring W ne
instead Of VINEGAR. new vitality, fresh force, and
sparkling cnervcscence OF checrulncSs and courage.
lou know what these periods are. how restless they
make one. yet not unhappy. how IAN OF Tn ue'iIe