New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

IN saying INA, the phrase never had an,
meaning in England as Otis proposed !,
It in America, just as he was Ugh, 4,
talning that the inadequacy and in,us...
English Parliamentary representation a.,
bar TO freedom and justice In the colo,,,.
force Of the conservative argument va, -
in the bitter feeling which IL aroused
Absorbed in this conflict. literature b.,,-
America, as 1t had never been IN history 81
an index Of the turmoil II there yers
and essayists with a wider psy Geological ~
than that which circumscriye1 the Reyol,.'I
they we're practically silent There wa A.,
10 hear them. no eye 20 catch heir ,s,,.
from the printed page. This vas a ms,,rt,l
From that day to this one ~ the ie,.,,, Il
American life has been rs tendency 70 49,.
ton in the strongest interest u The DAY :. ~
intolerant exclusion q less lively bg, -,
permanent topics Now that 80 i00k back u..
that ancient time ~ see hat We could al
spare sOrne Of Freneau's savage sa.lres =,
could have in place q them more q those gr,..
ful interludes with which his car.y verse ii,
varied. We care more now Tor the pags,
musings Of CreyecPur and for the record,
sylvan adventure than FOR the har!ha,,
polemic. TIE after has had Us LAP and ssr.
its purpose. the former all Interest the y.o,s
America as long a. the continent stands a.,
soa-leyel. There Is ono - The writers On pl..
cal and momentary topics. however. Whose .s.,
est essay is likely 10 be read So long a. an !,
terest is taken in American literature. nar.t
Franklin. He was a fresh aai novel ,h.ale
whatever view is taken NJ him IL the m..g 1
a philosophical and theoipglca. atm sphere prev
alenty stoical and Calyinstlc he grew !,
Epicurean in the ancient sense. Sith his "a
fixed on nature rather than on anything Ei.s
Or behind nature. on the external world II
not on the distractions Of the spiritual Eot.
In the midst Of a multitude % idealls,s be ~
a genial wording who demonstrated ma, .'s
materialism had It's deal aspects Protssu
Tyler makes neat contrast between the SsH
biographies Of Woolman and Franklin. 1t .,
notable fact" he writes, that while these ~
masterpieces in the same form ~ Literature u
products u the same period. they are IN ressea
OF personal quality very nearly antpoti .
each other; for. as Frank.in's account O, hnss
delin.ates a career Of shrewl and some~ha s.;
lSn gem llity, OF lIlrl 80. az ~ Hy"N'NN
kindly systematic AMI most successful wors
ness, so the autobiography ~ Wo'.man "a
forth a career which turns out 10 be- ne d li-
unworldliness. OF entire self-effa cement a.
obedience 70 an unseen leadership and IN N,
and most tender devotion % th- happiness
others especially slaves, poor tolins s.'
people. and speeches. creatures unable
defend themselves against the .nhuTanv
man."
II follows that the lesson u Woomans
was Of interest 70 choice spirits Ike Lamb 30
William Ellery Claiming. and. above a.
whittier. while Franklin speaks word 10
most everybody--to the man OF the word As w
as the reciuse. to the scientist and ne pa'l's
pher. to the politician and the preacher to y
humorist. the cynic and the optimist lie ula
himself by the most laborious methods as
writer. because it is his lnmost chafaeiers'
to labor strenuously and cheerfuAy' ye'
looks upon his writings as of only moineh'N'
value He takes as little pains as sHn' 10 p'e
serve them Yet somehow he puts some'H'N
permanent into every one OF them dc ANU "
how to say the mos, disagreeaole 'hinss WIN
out giving offence He sheathes the shHp0
and most polished wit in a rustic scaooa1a' ~
argues in q parable or an apologize or 0"
downright fiction Ike his feigned aeoie
Frederick the Great against England ah' ~
brings people to his way OF thinking oe.o'e
occurs TO them that they have aoahdohe" ~
own In an age when protesting Christians -
quite forgotten the injunction about De'Ns
wise as serpents and as harmless as d0'eS' -
amiabie apostle OF indirerentism SNOWY -.
that the maxim could be taken as 'ne ''''
lifetime. Old age brought no bitterness y -,
His genialty grew with his mastery
minds OF others. and they took d CUT -,
ing pride in being overcome by MN i"'
were Englishmen. even. who comio'V'u '"'-
selves with the thought that the heVo's"oD
all his work. There was some creoN D" -
beaten by a cosmopolitan scientis' anu "''''
letters who had drawn the lightning "'