An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

High-Handed Outrage [from the Scranton (Pa.) Herald of the Union]

"High-Handed Outrage [from the Scranton (Pa.) Herald of the Union]." New York Saturday Press. (1859-6-11).
Type
newspaper
Genre
journalism
Abstract

In the wake of Republican celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday in Massachusetts, a letter by William Cullen Bryant, which strongly praises Jefferson, is contrasted with a poem that ridicules him, also written by Bryant.