Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-16
LEWIS CASS.
Secretary ofthe Uar Department.

We copy, with great pleasure, the fol-
lowing article from Pennsylvania paper,
which bestows high encomiums, upon the
present Secretary of War. Such men as
he IS, are the pride and boast Of the coun-
TRY. alexandria Gazette.
Among the few distinguished individuals
of the nation. who have escaped the mis-
siles of party during the recent political
conflict, the present secretary Of War
stands conspicuous. His brilliant and
comm anding taients-his unspotted integ-
rity and eminent national services. all
combined, seemed to have raised for him a
shield Of defence, alike potent against the
bitterness Of party and the reckless spirit
Of rivalry and ambition Indeed, very
respectable portion Of the party opposed to
the aansinist ration of which he is an orna-
ment, have 'een forced publicly to con-
cede that their opposition extends not to
him. This high tribute to alents and pub
lie virturc, is in the present instance am
ply deserved; as hasty and brief recur-
renee to some Distinguishing events in his
past life ,aay serve to illustrate.
Gov. Cass is emphatically scif-maae
man. He was born, we believe, in the
State Of New Hampshire, enigrated soon
after completing his educ alton, to the then
mart Of youthful enterprise and ambition,
the new State of Ohio. Here, for several
years, he pursued with eminent success
and marked ability, the profession Of the
law; and gave early presage of those pow
Of mind which eventually raised him to
his present elevated position In the public
view as a profound jurist and accomplish
ed statesman. The same genius and in
dustry, readily enabled him to extend his
intellectual grasp to those great topics Of
general interest, involving the principles,
the policy, and the rights Of nations.
After filling several important stations
to which he was called by the people Of
Ohio and ~ the General Government. at
the declaration Of war in 1912, he enrolled
hin self under the banner Of his country,
and received a Colonel's commission in the
North Western army, under Gen. Hull -
In view Of their comparative results in the
sur of human happiness, the civic glory of
the sta esnan is much to re preferred to
the GRIN son fame Of the warrior; but those
brave spirits who, like Gov. Cas-, at the
period to which we have referred, volun-
tarilv relinquished home and its endear-
ments, the pursuit Of wealth and its con-
comitant blessings, to suffer, and per-
chance TO bleed in defence of their insult
ed country, deserve,-richly deserve, the
honor and everlasting gratitude of that
country. and all its well-wishers.
From the period Of his entering the ar
nv to the present the career Of Gov. Cass
has been one of uncommon usefulness and
He it was, though subordin-
ate officer, who struck the first btotos a
rainst the aggressors of this country; and
with the troops under his command, a
rbieyed the first of that glorious series Of
lrsumphs. so nobly crowned by Gen. Jack
son at New Orleans. which shed new lus .
re upon the American character. aud ele-
rated our country in the eyes of the world.
y ad his counsels been adhered to, his spir-
t predominated, the Amurican people new
r would have had occasion to blush at the
lisgraceful surrender at Detroit. The
,rave and honorable part which he after
Yards bore In the struggle, upon the from
iers, and especially in the defeat of Cen
raj Proctor and Tecumseh, at the river
Thames. are matters Of history, and need
lot be repeated here. i
His subsequent appointment as Govern
r of Michigan. though far below his in
rInsIc deserts. was most fortunate for that
erritory. Under his judicious and efficient :
it has risen to a state of un-
xampled prosperity, and Is soon to take {
IS place as sovereign member of the I'm
IN. In the selection of Gov. Cass to Gil {
he important place in his cabinet Of Sec.
etary of the War Department. President
ackson has afforded another proof of that I
sacrament and discretion which his en- {
mics have uniformly affected to deny him.
Rigid and punctual in his business han.