New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11

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Those Of his readers VINO have since visited familiar
nlaces have found the realities tame indeed compareu
with tie realistic pictures impressed upon their in's
nations By this master word-panter
The critical analyses Of current literature by ueorsc
p,ncv were worthy equal recognition with the Des'
of the Edinburgh reviewers while the historical oo
lbutons of Richard Hlldreth and the rch dic'loh am
ripe scholarship Of Hassard elevated the sahoau anu
diculaed the position Of American Journalism Tap
plau,cJ Ripley gave thrty-one years OF MS leafn'hs
And ability 10 The Tribune. lie founded the American
school Of literary criticism. II catholic, but Just
liberal but severe II its punishment only couid i VT
cure The enthusiastic love for his fcliowneh' ahu Or
any movement which could elevate mankind, made MN
sacrifice brilliant opportunities In the pulpit 10 Dc
come the president OF tho famous Brook Farm ASso
citation, which collected many ingenious mlnds'
and when Il failed released to the country so many
noble spirits who have made an indeIDie impress
mon their ago. This same superb unselishness, we'd
ded to his unalllng judgment and universal acquire
ment gave to the Literature OF our country censor
and a friend (Cheers.) He prcbed its faults, curbed
its exuberance, and put authoritative stamp ana ap-
| nroya upon the efforts which have commanded for
American genius the recognition OF the world Cheers
HIGH PLANE OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM.
What Ripley did so supcrby for The Tribune Of
| Greeley. and he and Hassard for The Tribune Of
Reid In the field Of literary review, has been repeated
under the present management OF the paper in dramatic
criticism. Vltlated tastes and depraved appcttes,
ephemcral applause and unstned praise for anything
from nudity 10 inanity which crowded the house, have
| all tended to demoraze managers and degrade the
| stage (Appause) Hero again The Tribune had Its
| own and purely original and sturdily American
| standard OF art. II it was pervaded by Puritan
| flavor 1t was the Puritansm of Milton modified by
the traditions Of Shakespeare and Sheridan. 1t de-
manded purity of purpose, elegance Of expression,
visible touch Of genius. and an Interpretation upon the
models and close to the best ideals of the stage The
| undlspued chief Of this school Is William Winter
| (Cheers)
william E. Robinson and James S. Pike, william II.
Fry and George Alfred Townsend. Charles Nodhof ana
John Hay regularly occasionally corresponding with
Tho Tribune have given to that department distinction
and popularity But the telegraph and cable have either
narrowed the sphere utterly obterated the CORE
spondent as We knew and loved him in earlier days
one writer however, by his conspicuous ability, his
unequalled grasp OF the motives OF statesmen ana the
| movement OF parties, and his commanding intimacy
with the leaders I'm Parliament IN literature in science
in art and In ciey has ercome tho conditions OF MS
| environments and stayed the decree of fate The
Tribune holds undisputed the palm and supremacy OF
foreign correspondence through the masteriul pen OF
George W. Smalley. (Cheers)
SHAPING MIGHTY EVENTS.
To have lived during these wonderful fifty years just
closed Is provldenal privilege; to have done any
thing in shaping the mighty events which separate this
half century from the rest Of recorded time is decor
ton That The Tribune has done much Is the inspira-
| ton OF our gathering tonight (Cheers) That Henry
j. Raymond should have worked upon the paper at Its
beginning eight dollars week. and died In the prime
of life statesman OF national fame, ;ournallstS0t
great reputation and the founder OF powerful news
paper; that Charles A. Dana should have been Its
| managing editor under Horace Greeley In its YOUTH
on the pay Of fourteen dollars a week. and to-day be
the Nestor OF his profession full OF well won honors
and well earned prosperity the creator the head, the
heart and the controller OF of the greatest Of AmeH
can Journals, Is evidence OF The Tribune spirit and OF
the progress of the century and an object lesson to the
young men of the land Of the opportunities and posi-
blltie in this country for energy and brains Cheers
| II IS not by its Inventions marvellous as they are
and magical as are the results which they have pro-
duced not by its material progress and accumulation
of wealth. though both surpass the widest dreams OF
the statesmen and economists of the past that this
period will be known in future ages. 1t is the ex-
mansion of the liberties Of mankind, and the emancpa-
ton Of the people from the bondage Of laws OF caste
and of custom, 1t is the freedom Of the slave, which
will mark this era. (Cheers) No advocate has been
moro nearly right all these great issues than The
| Tribune. (Applause 1t requires courage Of high
order and principle which no peril can shake, for an
enterprise which Is In sense business 10 be nght
| when IL is both unpopular and Improbable. 1t
ereves me 10 confess that, grand New-York Is In
| most Of the elements which make great metropolis,
she has In those critical years been laggard FOX I'D
| erty She mobbed Wendell Phillips and Lloyd Gar
rson when speaking for the slave She hunted negroes
| TO their death when the life OF the Nation was al
stake and rioters have tried to murder Horace greeley
and destroy The Tribune property: But Gu
by the threats against Its prosperity from the Phlis
humanity, ennterrifed by angry mobs ana raging sn
rioters. The Tribune Numbered day by day for Tree
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| SWakened the conscience OF the Nation and aroused
| the patriotism Of the people CCheers)
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TINE.
| The birth of q butterfly has commanded the genius
| of Darwin and the brush OF F0rtuny the Story OF
the building OF State taxed the powers OF the best
minds OF the centuries from Aristotle to Macaua' o
Hume to Bancroft But the origin, influence and worA
of great journal, properly told would be the photo
graph OF its time The limits Of this occasion do not
hermit the effort, and the task belongs TO worther
hands few landmarks indicate the character OF q
continent The financial crash Of 1887, which involved
the country in common ruin was brought on by inc it
authors. and carried nearly stace for General
Harrison in 1s4O. The pressure OF debt and bank
in the new administration and its party in Congress
when suddenly in the forefront Of the hottest pattT ap
neared The Tribune IL came TO voice the seniinleh
and drive home the argument for the pr9@1eetons o
American ndnste Cheers c The aTa revived S
trade was quickened the thrill of new NE was fei
In farm and workshop, In mill ana MINE ~ Ma uS
beginning OF era OF National ueNeIophiohV "'"
General prosperity. loud cheers0 -
Flushed with the triumph In which II had DOTn
On fcnnSnIeuous n mart the young journal grew Wit
the growth OF the Republic The old press %i no
crealted and grOaned for six hours 10 threw on ooV
comics has ev0luted into the marvellous machine which
rejoicing In It's strength and eager Tor the ,d LaS
forth papers printed pasted saG iO T
Tribune was carried by newsboys from the small an
|, dizzy rooms I'm ls4l, or loads express wagons an
| railway cars from the tall tower In loOl, IL was am
is and has always consistently been inc recognize
Champion OF the policy OF Protection Cheers. Ther
have been many defeats and frequent setbacks drln
this half century OF continuous struggle with theorst
without data and reformers whose restless nature
mistook change for progress. Others nave desPalre
or fallen faintlng by the wayslde but the nnShakao
| sath o, The Tribune has ever kept sure its conrag
and cor hdence (Cheers) The floods OF mlsrepresenta
tion swept over the land after the legislation 10
protect by the last Congress, but this Journal no
oniy kept up the tight through its columns-t sen
missionaries into the field, whose speeches, lecture
the people through the ablest professors, the benefit
of university extension. loud cheers
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