New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-23

and relations of the citizen to his country and oi
those moral principles which are essential to the
which docs not include mankind said his friend,
| NOR consent 10 daily with his muse when he can
invoke her a I IN the cause of the Oppressed and
one,n fntme1 ' was the Just pcTcePt0n Of aztec
but patriotic Inspiration and consequent political in
Lowes mind Milton s. as in the spirit Tt" Of the
great Dutc9 revolt asain,t spain Of the later Germa
words Of sir Philip sidney to Hubert Iangnc pres
pose should thought be directcd to various kinds
of Knowledge unless room be afforded for putting it
into practice 50 that public ADVANTAGE may he the
result y 1t was not a Puritan nor Republican who
wrote the words, but they contain the essential
| spirit OF Puritan craftsmanship and scholarship on
| both sides OF the ocean.
The happy Young scholar at Elmwood devoted to
literature ana love and unhecdinC the great movement
Of public affairs showed from time to time that beneath
and moral vrlity that give public eject to genius and
ACCOMPLISHMENT. Lowers DEVELOPMENT as a literary
force in public affairs Is uncon -clouSy and eXquisitc
portrayed in the prelude 10 Sir Launfil in Is4s:
| over bis keys the musing organst
| Beginning doubtfully and far awey,
| First lets his fingers wander they list.
| And builds bridge from Drcamand for MS lay;
| Then as the touch Of his loved instrument
| Gives hope and fcrvor. nearer draws his theme.
| First guessed by faint auroral Pushes sent
Along the wavcrng vista Of his dream
THE ANTI-sLAvERY CAUSE.
| In 1S4445. his theme no longer doubtful or
| far away Although Mr.. Garrison and the early abo
litionists refused 10 vote act sanctonng Gov
eminent which connved at slavery. vet the slavery
question had already mastered American politics. In
1874 the Texas controversy absorbed public attcn-
| ton. aud in that and the following year Lowelfs
poems Garrison. Philips, GiddingS, Palfrey. and
| the capture OF fugitive slaves near Washington like
keen flashes lcaping suddenly from kindlInC pyre,
| announced that the antslavery cause had gained
powerful and unanticipacd ally In literature 1heSe
poems. especially that The Present Crisis have
Tyrean resonance, stately rhetorical RHYTHM that
| and picturesque imagery. .uperby effective ~ reel
| taton. They sang thcmscvc, on every antslavcH
| platform Wendell Phillips winged with tieir music
| AND tipped with their fame the darts OF his iervi
pP "f e %"n % his A he 2GS@ fnS TH
lg voice g white r%mS G d the Tcii t
The last great Grafton of Phillips wa the disGonrse
Kappa II was not the least memorable In that long
series of memorable oratons al Harvard Of which the
fist in Significance was Buctminsters in 90, agd
tho familiar Edward Evcretts in l-2i. IT.
stately sentences eliminating in the magnificent WI
| time that phillips had been asked by his Alma Mater
speak al Of her festivals. and he rightly CON
| pIchended the OCCASION lie was never more himself
| and he held an audience culed from many colleges
and predisposed to admir-, in shuddcnng delight
b. the classic charm Of his nmnner ana the DlIiancy
II his un~pa1ng censure OF educated men rs fccr@nt
to political progress The orator was nearly seventy
years Old. lie was conscious that he should never
| speak again upon greater occasion nor to morr
distinguished audience ard as ms discourse ended,
life and OF the cause 10 which II had been devoted
future of his country If il 10 justify the hope Of
her children. he repeated the words OF Lowell:
New bring duties, time makes ancient good
uncouth.
| They upward still and onward who would 1tcp
abreast OF truth.
Io before CLEAN her camp fires. we ourselves must
pilgrims be.
Launch our Mayhower ana steer ooiuy through the uc
pcrate wntrr sea
Nor attempt the futures portal with the pasts blood
rIste1 key"
HIS VOCATION TIE MAKING OF VERSE.
When Lowell wrote the limos he was twenty -hve years
DID lie was thoroughly stirred by the cause which
Edmund Quincy in reply TO Motlcy's question. What
uhc career does America Oficrl" had declared 10 b"
the noblest in the world Bat Lowell felt that he
was before all poet. When he was twcnty-seven he
wrote: II have any vocation, 1t l. me making q"
ee,f uncrndctngly before ne: everything seems clear
and casy a, Il seem, sinking 10 the bot ON "onld hc
A. one lean, the edge Of his 6at IN ore oil mos
dear coves at Fresh Pond. ut when d. pro- J,
invita- Minerva. feel rs II were W9annP -, %,c
Inc ci,c n, pot 1Lrn nv heart leap broir me ll'g
me conflict" Already tre mH,us HIinn,' ntu IN
Strange md unexpected key and with force to which
The public conscience would }hi ~ aiaETr There f.
Lowell an lnlrh-t Ne" ''lH'..Iu''' ,r,, ~
no finer figure Of the higher Puritan TYP. me Ne"
tpanT fhe o Yc i Enean lend the Nc~-Engnd
cuage. New England character ana ncicTShcm iG
adequately dcpict the Yankee ever knew MN n Ly"c
knew him for h" AT heart TIE Vance UNA, hc
nc m n,lHeo II j. the rncle >an of comedy and carl
catnrc Even the sweet ouled irving cond not rei y,
portrait Of ichabod Cram" Those VINO plecfr,n y tne
cavalier and oouriier ~ nt'nd Sniycing ssnctmo
Nous and crafty zealots Of Crom~crs Iarnh'",n a
Jack Downing ana sam Sich' Wv ov and n, 'mr
great controversy Of the century the anu-saV'rg n"h
fsDatlcm Of the New England childn Of 1rbuatlon
Wholesome and Zealmhe land BUSY: whOm inc yull-
rrm sons Of galnni cavalier and gentlemen would ttnch
hottie nd n
bye-word of -corn and !d"ntcd WIN nStlIrr ~ ,
chant in New York and Ioson and pladGlpta many
n learned divine. whose honor II was that thcy were
Yankees felt hanheart"d shame In the name nln
riudred she part play by their ncs"; in the c%mver
sation. They seemed psrpetnaly To near Vo'Vc u
contempt saving. "Thy nose bewr'yeth thee
THE REPRESENTATIVES, YANKEE FIGURE.
This was the figure which, with the instinct OF
genius with New England pride ana the JOY %
| conscious power Lowell made the representative o'
liberty loving generous. humane, upright WISE CON
scienhous, indignant America. lie dd not aDhDs t"'
YANKEE lot or n little. lie macnlGed his Character
,et,c drpw his good natured simplicity his p'OVihchI
,,exncrience But he revealed his unloading princi
nile his supreme good sense, his lofty phtriousn' MS
unoailng courage He scattered the clouds OF hatlcn
and ignornce that dcformed ard cai.chturcd him. ana
bo,red him IN his daily habit he lived. the true ana
worthy representative OF America with mother VII
preaching the gospel Of Christ, aud In PLAIN ha'Vc
phrase applying it 20 a tremendous puuic cAiseh'N
| Christian America. The Yankee dialect OF -,c"
England. like the Yankee himself, had become .cst
| - 1arce and extravaganza. But thoroughly arou'ca,
len eraspcd IL as lightly Hercules his CLUB ana
Struck deadly blow at the Hydra UNI threaf f,,s
the national lie Bnrns did not give TO bae se2uisn
tnncne a nobcr Immortality than Lowcl 10 The oiaie''
| of New Ell gland. 49, - Va, ,,, {, q
Vi IN lime 1916 the first Biglow Paper, which, IN u
s,t,r written at the time, Lowell called "a +qnD oi
w,ne was published IN "Thc loston i0nrlcr lhat
nnih WAS a great Incident both In the history vi
American literature and politics The serious iQc
a. orr literature from lts grave c0ioln pcglnn'nf
mad been almost unbroken me roiichlng sy air
w"cLrrbocker was a solitary sound III Our inc'hrS III
NH the poy note OF Holmes returned merry ecno.
u.' h"n,or AZ n literary force IN political discussion
,r"s sill more unknown. and III me hcicc siNc.. ,
WE ~. 10 he nlticipat 81. Eant|r III