The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-18
The National Period
of American
Literature

BY LORENZO SEARS, LIT, D.,
Professor Of Amcrioau Lnera{ure N
BfOtru University.

Professor 1mgf,pn Euur. Wear @ocr thr ne Of century
and" and heqa,s a c m b % g t p OF
the ruts Of thought and expression in which they haa been ] W.
continued to literature the Mon g bad dnn The & g4 & " WAS @
could be expected when opava was much divided about the ofn 81 Govern
rne Decoron Of Independence passed win dmeuy te
geiag iscif adlastei to provincial notions
This process political inevitable Men
these e fireplace ana returned their desks Many who had IN these
believing rnt ali the made would be lost with the roiee
Of political literature whose Importance udns the now nation over danger
The principally
% and point to the writings OF all discussing the question Of changing the
neasrsey to % union o. states na leaders g IN TN @ G great u oe e
se ssmS oTarnch nernn n' Henry ana D tn"
hamilton John
Madison as leaders Of the party for the adoption Of the constitution Win
h & 1 % f 9 ma aI tb @ ieding collection of rI @ writ
re headed monster and as deep and wicked conspiracy as ever was
Hamilton undertook this
peaden Gazetteer Of New York in ISIS Of which Hamilton himself wrote
81 they d for the adon of the constitution what Pnnes ESSAYS did for
the declaration or Indendn The writer's did not have the creation Of
literature IN mind 50 much as Of new Incidentally they accom-
not only the most profound and suggestive eee government that has
liberty guided literary
ing sentences declare unmisahe terms the purpose Of the writer and the
the nedcy
you are called gpn to deliberate on new for the
aeGans "a ~, % nc 1ns less tna @ aea @ o. the union m & the
the interesting the world 1t has been frequently
example aporan question
- a ~ ~, S"', So s
political constitutions on accident and force The crisis at which arrived
2 ag % % ply @ % % % m ,, @ era era IN NV wSn S ena decision 10
knowledge the times sufficient that the critical
side and anarchy the other His aim call
from the aram and ndduasm which had been bred and from
n the rgts which o new state desired ~ See Iie %
nothing hin % the unio or an new Which ns Sa. 70 brgb & th Suh % recent
pers He frankly admits that he the side of this
considered
Imperialism Accordingly Hamilton
to show the utility Of union the suency OF the confederation
the necessity the conformity constitution
republican principles the additional security will afford liberty
property ana ne hat "Oud loo" reeeuoh OF
mpraccable of course to follow the discussion of these vital topics
@ @ % % % IN SS @ m %s Oe rs1d to appreciate @ the wisdom Of its views
be argued for the good Of whom
could o addressed win the expectation that they would be carefully read
continuation through numbers and their
pose established by the fact that the
declared would not do and the people Of New York
between itself the
than provineaa They were statesmen and foremost thnb % t,
called Tor profound and earnest reelection on questions Of immense
this collection is preeninent among
Aeeordng has seemed imperative to can particular attention
as partisan view Of question that has long since been setd That these
articles repeated reproduction to the
nt & m s % @ Fact 9 @ 'ty S are m teag S @ %ore than WING doe9
and purposes which the builders of the nation had when they framed the
understood without the ontemporry The Federal
both agents bringing
spea. ln % ~ as ru soumnous writer's When the few books
accumulation their creative resources are remarkable They dill
continuously
These have not been eused often consulted the
history
original documents be
to OF
the nature republican
they may take both
delight aud pride this which nrst in
England because the loss
continent Of Europe because Of widespread sympathy with the
stated and ably defended
OF
Adams Quincy Marshall aud
Of Of publest
hoff anafon