New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-30
oh for a tongue to curse the save
Whose treason. ike deadly Dhsh''
Comes DER the councils OF the brave

And basts them In their hour OF HiiS"''
prt remarkable rs the coincidence was. II
,,.ou,d have been charitably regarded by the
nr,lic os an illustration OF unprcmeditated as-
s;milot;on Of poctical phrasing with when 'he
president was familiar in his youth, when ne
had more leisure for literary recreation 'i'"i' "'
NOW enjoys The explanation would nave o'''
.,,,us,,io hocausc he Is known To have remark
oblv rctentive memory. But lhe oun S'h'
=. .ho,,.r this pood-nat,ircd hypothesis by de-
.on,,rotipc with scientific accuracy the facility
with which this passage might nave oeeh ~"
Joined and readapted ut the freSiue". ".'N
Da,,ur,ro IN the index to "Bartetts Familiar
C,,a,a,,ons" under the heading Treason II
,.,.,., ., ugh, q number of lines which were
obviously unavailable for the fresluent iii
..,,,,,o ,urnosc and finally reveals Treason
ike q deadly blight" with the passage III i"''
on page 526. ,,,od
While II IL true that the usefulness or eooo
working library. as "'rhe Sun says WAS MUS
"trotcl I'm the memorable days when the Hlheri
.can Cyclopacdia furnished Mr. Clcveiahu WIN
"spccch after speech for delivery to the MaEo'S
"ond citizens OF Southwestern towhS' Wv "i'
not wholly satisfied with this glimpse oi 'nc
actual workings II massive nnu III i"i' IN"
collective operation" The evidence OF the muck
to Familiar Quotations Is, altcr AL o"'' VI
a.,,,,or,i,I. and mage 526 contains other pas
saces I'm close connection with 'Oh lor 'o!'s"'
+, curse the slave" which could hardly nav
escaped the Presidents eyes II ne hao CONSUME"
tina, valuable work while writing the 'at'hlhss
lettcr and which We are constrained 10 pei'''
would have been snapped up III pr'l'r'"'' w
the one apparently plaginrizch "bnt me 'r'''
If th, SERPENT Is over them all. obvlouSi! WIS
line which would have fascinated '''e
Presidents Imagination. since II d"ScriDeu Nv
curoiclv and effectively the machinatlohS I'll ''c
communism OF pclf." more famiIarW KNOW"
n fine Sugar Trust. In tempting ana corrup'"S
the Democratic senators. Then the following
massage rccics SO pathetically anu pictures4"''y
,h. sentiment with which the PRESIDENT must
rccord the loss of his deeply cherished poh's
~ Tariff Reform. that he could scarc''y ha'e
hal H.. strength II mind To- resist Incorporating
II entire In his letter with fun credit ana poId
quotation marks:
Oh ever thus. from ch!.dhoods hour'
I've seen my foniest hopes decay
never loved ire. Or HOVER,
Hu, twas the nrst 70 fade away
! never nursel dear gaz-le.
To glad me with It's soft back eye
nu, ~h-n ia know M wei
And .ov. me. II was sure 10 de.
Page go proves too much for The suns
ingenious purpose. The wealth of rhetoric anu
imagery which Is stored there would in"vltapiy
have offered superior attractions TO tine d'au'y
blight" for m earnest seeker after cohg'hiai
dction. Ind, ed the line following The "Dilshl
/ massage. "Bcholding heaven and feeling NELL
/ would have expressed so sympaih"'lcaiy me
| Presidents Utmost thought on the German Dill
| tina, II would have written itself 10 CA'ch'hss
/ IN letters large"