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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
HOPKINSON SMITHS
YER SATILITY AN INHERITANCE
The Three Great satirists of the American Revolution.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Of the three leading satirists on the Wing
side Of the American Revolution. Francis
Hopkinson, John Trumbull. and Philip
Freneau. p~resent-day readers have an ac-
tive interest in one of them. Francis Hop
kinson. in another way than for his place
in history.
F. Hopkinson Smith. the author. artist.
architect and lighthouse builder. who is 30
we'll known to modern readers az the
writer OF Colonel Carter Of Carriers
Vile" Caleb West" and many other sto-
ries and sketches. doubtless inherited much
Of his unusual versatility from an I'M
usually versatile ancestor.
Francis Hopkinson. a signer Of the Dec
laration Of Independence. and author Of
some fine verses. is especially remembered
because Of mis- ~satirical writings in the
Revolution. He wrote The Pretty Story"
and THE Battle of the Kegs" both of
them directed against England's abuse of
power. John Adams wrote of him to Mrs.
Adams from Philadelphia in 176. The
Massachusetts, patriot. then 4 member OF
the Continental Congress in session at
Philadelphia. visited the studio of the por-
trait painter. Charles Wilson Peale, on a
certain day in August Of the historic year
of LIS. Writing to his wife John Adams
said:
this shop I met Mr.. Francis Hop
hLASohs AoAo q uAASA VA
New Jersey. now a member Of the Cont
mental Congress, who. 1t seems. is a native
Of Philadelphia =. was literally edu-
Gated. and is a painter and poet.
A Specimen of "Natural History
II have a certain curiosity to penetrate a
little deeper into the bosom Of this curious
gentleman. and may possibly give you some
particulars concerning him. He is one or
your pretty, little, curious. ingenious men.
His head is not bigger than a large apple.
less than our friend Pemberton. or Doctor
Simon Tufts. I have not met with anything
in natural history more amusing and enter
tanning than his personal appearance-yet
he is genteel and we'll bred. and is very
social
The unconscious humor Of his final con-
~cession. writes a biographer Of Francis
Hopkinson, fingers on into the words Of the
next sentence, revealing. as the entire let
ter does. the mind of a practical. aspiring
New England lawyer and politician Of that
period. just waking to the perception of a
form of culture with which. up to that
time, he had had no contact; Of which. in
deed, he could not help speaking with a
sort Of condescension: and yet to the ac-
Of which even he could almost
be willing betimes to let himself down. Il
WISH" he adds. IT had leisure and tran
guilty Of mind to amuse myself with those
elegant and ingenious arts OF painting.
sculpture. statuary. architecture and music.
But I q v not"
But this queer little Congressman whom
John Adams thus met in Peale's studio.
and who seemed to the New Englander to
be ~ amusing . specimen OF natural his
tory as he had ever met with-who and
what was he? The range Of the little
mans versatility was by no means fully
indicated In the remark that he had been
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sThese arc the times that try mems
souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine
patriot will. in this crisis. shrink from the
service OF his country: but he that stands
It now deserves the love and thanks of man
and woman. Tyranny. like hell, is not easily
conquered; yet We have this consolation
with US. that the harder the conflict the
more glorious the triumph"
As he passes from paragraph to para
graph Of this tremendous %harangue. he
touches with unfailing skill. with matchless
power. the springs of anxiety. contempt.
love Of home. love Of country, fortitude,
cool elaboration. and passionate resolve:
and he closes with such a battle call as
might almost rave startled slain patriots
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ten: III every nerve Is not strained to
recruit the new army with all possible ex-
petition, I think the game Is pretty nearly
up"
It was under circumstances such as these
that the first number OF THE Crisis" bear
ing the ~resounding signature Of Common
Sense" greeted the American people with
words hat were electrical, and that soon
became classic:
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Plagiarism From Freneau's Poem.

Philip Freneau. the second in the tri-
umvirate of revolutionary s~atirists of pow
er. has been plagairized from not a little.
In Thomas Campbelrs mystic and musical
love tale, "O'Connor's Child; or. The Flow
er of Love Lies Bleeding tina fastidious
poet thus sings of the dead warrior, Con-
nocht Moran. and Of the living lady who
still loved him:
Bright as the bow that spans the storm,
In Erin's yellow vestments clad,
4 son of light. q lcvely form.
He comes and makes her glad.
Now on the 8rass-srecn turf he sits,
His tasseled horn beside him laid:
Now DER the hills in CHASE he lifts
The hunter and the desr-a shade
The last line Of that exquisite passage.
peared in print several years before. in 4
little poem OF Freneau's. entitled 1.-The In
dian Burying Ground" and in this fine
stanza:
BY midnight moons. DER moistenias dews.
In vestments for the chase arrayed.
The hunter still the deer pursues.
The hunter and the deer-a shade.
A similar depreciation was %
q greater genius than Campbell. Sir Walter
Scott. The reader of '.Marmion" will have
to canto Ill. where he poet, in his apostro-
phe to the heroic Duke Of Brunswick. ex-
claims:
Lamented CHIEF. not thine the power
To save in that illustrious hour.
When Prussia hurried to the field
And suatched the spear. but left the shield.
Here again the last and best i.nc of the
passage II borrowed. without acknowledg-
ment. from q poem Of Freneau's. called TO
the Memory Of the Brave Americans Under
Green, who Fell In the Action Of September
Z. 17a1," . poem Of which Sir walter Scott
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from their new graves under me 1rozen
clods:
up and help Us; lay you shoulders to
the wheel: better have too much force
than too little. when so great an object is
at stake. Let it be told to the future
world that in the depth of winter. when
nothing but hope and virtue could sur
vtve. the city and country. alarmed at ono
common danger. came forth to meet and
repulse 1t. -" 1t matters not where
you live, or what rank of life you hold, the
evil or the blessing will reach you all.
80 The heart that feels not now Is
dead. The blood of his children will curse
his cowardice who shrinks back at a time
wnen a little might have saved the whole
and made them happy.
II love the man that can smile in trouble;
that can gather strength from distress, and
grow brave by reflection. IT'S the business
of little minds to shrink: but he whose
heart is firm. and whose conscience APP
proves his conduct. will pursue his princi-
pies unto death. 1t is the mad
ness of folly to expect mercy from those
who have refused to do Justice. BY
perseverance and fortitude. We have the
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prospect OF q glorious issue: BY cowardice
and submission the sad choice Of a variety
Of evils-a ravaged country. a depopulated
city. habitations without safety. and slavery
without hope. our homes turned into bar
racks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and
a future race to provide for whose fathers
We shall doubt of. Look on this picture and
weep over it: and il there yet remains one
thoughtless wretch who believes it now, let
him suffer 1t u~nlamented.'
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An English Edition.

It IS understood that the force n IN.
terest OF the new American political novel
'.Shacklett." by MIR. Walter Barr, have been
appreciated by London publishers, and an
offer has been made for English publIca-
ton. The book is said to be meeting with
a remarkably favorable reception in this
country. and 1t seems likely to prove an
other illustration of the success Of q. Ar.
pleton & Co. in discovering new writerat
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said that ie was .,as hne Q thing ~ there
Is Of the kind in the language"
An EnGltshwOmanse Theft.

Another tribute to the poetic worth Of
Philip Freneau was made furtively by a Sis
ter of Sir Everard Home. one Mistress Anne
Hunter. who. in 1902, published a volume Of
poems where she gave prominence to a
plaintive ballad called "The Death Song"
and which. putting 1t forward as her own.
she described as having been written for
and adapted to an original Indian air." In
an ingenious note the good lady sweetly
tells just how the idea OF writing the poem
had first occurred to her and just what her
artistic purpose in writing it. namely. ito
give something of the characteristic spirit
and sentiment Of those brave savages"
Twenty-Five years afterwards among the
verses chosen by Alexander Dyce to repre-
sent her. work in his Specimens OF British
Poetesses.' a place was given to THE
Death Song" and the foremost critics Sc
lected 1t as the best of all her poems. Ex-
cept for q few mutilations THE Death
Song was not Mrs. Hunters at all, but
Philip Freneau's. by whom it had been pub
lished in 1.-THE American Museum many
years before. over his own name and un-
der the title Of THE Death Song OF a
Cherokee Indian"
The Author of M'Fingal.
John TrumbulI. the third Of the company
Of early satirists. was the author Of that
famous work. "MFingaL" There Is a pic
turesGue tradition about the origin Of the
name Trumbull:
1t seems that 1t was the coinage Of an
English King. who wed his life to the
valor OF the ancestor of this family. As
Kin H%cnry-the tradition very properly
avoids the vulgarity Of being too specific |
was one day walking in the park. a mad
bull. which had escaped from Smithfield:
and was filled with a diabolical spirit of
murder. made at his Majesty and was about |
to gore his sacred person. when n yeoman |
of his guard. at the peril OF his own life. |
saved that of the King. For this good deed
the King gave his yeoman Il pension OF 100
marks a year: also the expressive name of |
Some time afterwards this name !
was converted into Trum6rll.
Besides his political writings. John Trum- !
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a mandamus councillor. and was at that
time a member of Congress. a painter and
a poet.
Even in these days Francis Hopkinson
would be regarded as a man Of unusual
cultivation. He was a distinguished prac-
titioner of the law: he became an eminent
judge: he was a statesman rained by much
study and experience: he was a mathema-
tician. a chemist. a physicist. a mechan-
ician, an inventor. a musician and a COM
poser of music. a man of literary knowledge
and practice. a writer of airy and dainty
songs. a clever artist with pencil and brush.
and a humorist of un~mistakable power. He
was a patriot and n statesman. and a wit
and satirist-the edge of his sarcasm cut
ting into the enemy as keenly as any sword.
Even in the grim and angry times Of the
Revolution, when fortitude and courage
were so necessary. Francis Hopkinson
found occasion for the expression of the
lyric mood in a dainty. defiant little love
song. a stanza Of which runs thus:
sly generous heart disd1ins
The slave of love to he:
scorn his servile chains.
And boast my liberty.
THIS whining
And pining
And wasting with care.
Are NOT 20 my taste be she ever 10 fair.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
JAIL AND LIBEL
SUITS FOR VICE
BILL URGED TO PROTECT RE-
SPECTACLE PEOPLE IN NEW
YORK-PLAN OF ACTION.

New York, March 5.-William H. Bald
win, Jr.. chairman of the committee of
fifteen, has announced that war will be
waged on the social evil along lines
which will rid supposedly respectable
tenements and fiat houses of vicious per-
sons and force them to take refuge in
houses about whose character there is
no doubt.
1.-THE committee said Mr.. Baldwin,
twill urge the legislature to enact law
in accordance with the findings of the
tenement house commission. All that is
necessary to prove under the proposed
law is the presence of bad women in the
houses. The women will be sent to jail
for long term, and the house itself
will be libelled just as we now libel
ship. A penalty of $1,000 will be i'm
posed upon the landlord and that pen
atty Is to be lien upon the property.
''The new law will only apply to tene-
ments and apartment houses occupied
by respectable persons"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
NO ATTACK ON
MISS ROGERS
KELLOGG DEFENSE MUST LET
HER ALONE.
ATTRACTS MUCH INTEREST
CASE MAY RUN SEVERAL DAYS
LoNGER-GOv. TooLE's PRO-
TEST FOR INGRAM.
Special to Inter Mountain

Special to Inter Mountain.
Helena, March 5.-The Nate won it's
point in the Kellogg trial before Judge
Smith this morning, when the court
ruled that evidence as to LStlra Rogers
chastity could not be introduced to i'm
peach her truth and veracity.
DR.. c. B. Miller gave expert testimony
as to the effect of various drugs, and
the causes of 1le condition in which
Adeline Bromley; body was found. Kel-
logg having denied the production at the
inquest of books in which he is alleged
to have made erasures. several jurors
at the inquest We're called to tell that he
used books in testifying. 7. p. Sterling
denied having had conversation with
kellogg about having the trial post
poned and also denied the charge made
by the county attorney that he had a
conversation last Friday with Charlie
Rogers, brother of Laura, about getting
his sister out of the state. He said he
overheard the boy say I'D be - -
if wouldn't cinch him. If l We're Judge
Smith Id send him to the pen for ten
years. Sterling said he simply repri-
manded the boy for using such Ian
guage.
Otsy Yaeger, a drug clerk, admitted
the correctness of his testimony at the
inquest that he sold Logan Smith, Adel-
inc Bromley's lover, tansy, cottonroot
and pennyroyal pills in January, 1900.
The state has claimed that these pills
We're furnished by Kellogg.
Governor Toole, referring to the re-
fusal of the senate to confirm the APP
pointment Of AL Ingram, Flathead coun-
ty. as one Of the commissioners of the
soldiers hime, says the senate acted un-
6ar q r1}cq If Ia nd 20 nto
It was alleged by Senator Geiger that
this appointment made the board solidly
democratic, when in fact Manchester,
department commander of the Grand
Army, who Is eX-officio member, and
DIR. z. B. Miller are republicans, while
e. B. Howell John L. Sloane and AL
Ingram are democrats. 1t was also
claimed Ingram is not eligible because
he is not a veteran of the civil war, but
the law does not require members to be
civil war veterans, simply saying: "No
less than three members shall be ex-
soldiers or sailors of the United States"
Ingram is veteran of the Spanish war;
and therefore eligible.
Kid Oglesby knocked out young Ope
in fifteen hot rounds at the opera house
last night Both men were rushing
when Oglesby got in heavy left on the
Jd" Oeio" lhe IiSlll ear ople zen ana
staggered to his feet after eight seconds,
but was Immediately sent down by a
left on the jaw, followed by a right
This time he was counted out, and Opie
was carried out semi-eonscious.
Mayor Edwards at the council meeting
last night recommended a special cleo
ton on refunding 100000 bonds in July,
unless the council wishes to pay them.
He advises paying part of the sum as
the city has funds.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
OLD TREATY is DEAD.
Speculation as to Outcome of Canal
Negotiations.

Washington, March 5.-The Hay
Pauncefote treaty, Intended to replace
the Clayton Bulwer treaty, relative to
the construction of isthlnian waterways,
died at noon yesterday. The death was
caused technically by the fact that the
last clause of the treaty allowed only
the period of time up to March for it's
ratification. Neither the government of
the United States nor of Great Britain
appeared to have made any formal ef-
fort to extend that period.
Though the treaty is dead from the
point of international law it may still
serve purpose. 1t is understood here
that the British government either has
prepared or is preparing communica-
tion to the United States government
based upon the same amendments,
analysing them carefully, pointed out
the probable effect upon the original
proposition as seen from the British side
and perhaps suggest some notifications.
While it is not possible to predict in
advance of the receipt of this communi-
cation just what attitude the state de-
partment will assume toward it, there
is reason to believe that it will be taken
In good part and that negotiations will
be resumed for the conclusion of a new
treaty with view to meeting. if pos
sible, the objections raised by the SEN
ate to- the original treaty.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
FIGHT The GREAT
STEEL COMBINE.
STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT WANT TO
LOSE THEIR IDENTITY IN
THE TRUST.

New York, March 5-The Herald says:
Stockholders of the National Tube COM
pany have taken steps to oppose the
Co. are projecting and which is designed
to absorb the tube concern, among
others. 1t is possible that an appeal to
the courts may be made for an injunc-
ton. Counsel for the new United States
Steel Corporation are, however, conf
dent of easily disposing of any legal
antagonism.
Through an advertisement by White &
Blackwell, a stock exchange house of
lower Broadway, the public obtained the
first evidence of an organized movement
to oppose the proposed steel combina-
ton. This firm advertised that it had
been requested by holders of 81, 500, 900 of
the National Tube company's stock to
organize protective committee on be-
half of those who were against the con-
solidation, and asked other shareholders
to join in the movement
What the dissatisfied stockholders
want, it is said, is the surplus in the
more than $S,67S, 900 on June 80, 1900, and
which, it is believed, has grown since.
There are moreover 100000 600 of pre-
ferred and $40,000,000 of common stock
outstanding.
Mr.. Morgan, however, Is unwilling, it
is reported, to let any of the concerns
he proposes to merge use it's surplus for
the stockholders as each surplus has
been reckoned as a part of the working
capital of the new concern.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
GREAT GATHERING OF CATTLE
GROWERS.
MAY START A GREAT FIGHT
THE sTOCKMEN's ASSOCIATION
WATCHING WITH JEALOUS.
ANGRY EYES.
A WAR IF 1T MEANS SECESSION.
Cattle Men Present From All Parts Of
the Country-Important For the
West,

Denver, Col, March 5.-About $50 dele,
gates We're present when the first annual
convention of the American Cattle Grow,
ers association was called to order in
1aoor opera house at II o'clock today
py II. II. Robinson, temporary president.
Inc entire territory west of the Missouri
river rs represented, the dargest delegas
tlons being those of Colorado, WYOMING.
Iesas New Mexica, Arizona and Nes
vada. A temporary organization was ef.
fected at Salt Lake City during the re.
cent conference of the National 1--we
stock association. 1t is not decided
whether the association will be independ.
ent Of the National association or wark
as subdivision Of it. The officers q
the National Association are watchind
the project jealously, ready to co-opesI
ate II 1t IS to be an auxiliary but to fghk
II II lt Is to be independent and a rival.
Welcome addresses We're made at tha
morning session of the convention bv
Governor Orman and Mayor Johnson.
responses We're made on behalf cf the
association by G. F. Lusk Of California
and J. G. Dora of New Mexico,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE
BUT GRIGGS MAY RESIGN-HIS
SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE NOT
YET NAMED.
ARE GOOD, SAFE MEN TO TRUST.
Bill to Abrogate Clayton-Bulwer Trea-
ty, and Start in On Nicaragua
Canal.

was,n,pton. March 5.-The president
TODAY sent the following nominations 10
the senate:
John Hay, of the District OF Coiumola'
to be secretary of state.
LYMAN j. Gage, of Illinois, to be Sec
retary of the treasury
Elihu Root, of New York, to be secre-
tarv Of war;
John w. Griggs, of New Jersey, to be
attorney general.
Charles Emory Smith OF PennsylVa-
MIA, to be postmaster general.
John D. Long. to be secretary OF the
navy.
Nathan Hitchcock, Of Missouri, to be
secretary Of the interior.
James Wilson, Of Iowa, to be secre-
tary Of agriculture.
It is understood that Attorney Cen
eral Griggs will remain in office until
the president has been able to select his
successor. 1t is expected that the presl-
dent will send in the nomination Of Rob-
ert Mccormick, formerly Of Illinois, but
not a resident of the District OF Colum-
bia. to be minister to Austria, vice Min
lister Harris, resigned.
The senate has confirmed all the cab
met nominations.
The president to-day issued a new call
to Mr. Cortelyou as secretary to the
president.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
ENGLISH COMMENT.
Say We Are Bound Up In the Expan-
sion Policy.

London, March Accommodating upon
th@ inaugural address of President Nc
kinley, the Daily Chronicle remarks
Time in its progress creates burdens
for us all. To ignore them is not to
aEnul them. America, definitely though
perhaps unconsciously embarked on an
eNpansionist policy when she declared
war on Spain. Today she only recog-
nized, through the mouth of her presi-
dent, the logical outcome of her own
ae'."
The Morning Post:
"The splendid commercial status
achieved during the last three years are
results memorable at any time; but the
more signal because they seem to- >prom-
ise still greater advantage for national
Industry in the near future.
If he succeeded in inducing the re-
publican party to regard the control Of
annexed regions like Porto Rico or pro-
tected lands like Cuba as something
outside the ordinary conflict of party he
Will have laid good foundation for the
exercise of that influence which natur-
ally belongs to nation so powerful and
so intelligent as the American republic.
The sonorous phrases in which this is
urged upon them is admirably chosen to
attract the popular support"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
MUST SURREN-
DER VERY SOON
ENGLAND HOPES FOR CLOSE or
THE WAR.
DEWET is PENNED IN AGAIN
COMMANDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED
ENOUGH FREEDOM OF ACTION
IN THE PURSUIT.

New York, March ,5.-Boer war news
continues favorable. says the Tribune's
London correspondent, and the spirits
Of the ministerial followers are rising.
Not only is Gen. French clearing the
eastern district of the Transvaal but
Gen. DeWet has been headed off in one
direction and is being closely followed
toward Fauresmith, SO his capture can
be effected. The surrender of Generals
Eotha and Delarey will follow speedily.
This, at least, is the opinion of the Lon
con military men, who are now more
confident in their forecasts than they
have been during the recent months. 1t
is rumored in parliament that Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach has two budgets
in preparation-one adapted for the
close of hositlities, and the other for an
indefinite continuance Of the present
condition of guerilla warfare. One is
believed to be much more favorable than
the other to the taxpayers, but each is
reported to involve considerable widen
ing Of the area of the indirect taxation.