The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-05-18

Kind generally. He who discovered the
uses that electricity could be put TO
g The construction Of our telegraphic wires
has accomplished much more good than
X Clay and Calhoun could accomplish were
4 they 10 live a thousand years. We know
young mechanic 10 this city, but lit-
tie more than 81 years old, who Is a far
or Clay. He has already added many
valuable Improvements TO the sciences
and arts. lie cannot equal Calhoun or
: Clay in oratory, but IN almost every
thing else which requires great intellec', !,
I or great genius, he is immeasurahly their
superior. We merely make these com.
, parisons for tho purpose of inducing men
to reflect before they pronounce this or
lhat msn great, merely because he ranks
: high as an orator. Even in the DISPLAY
Of tue eloqoeuce, or oratorical powers,
there are hundreds, appsre n ly in obscure
Ilfe, who are much superior to Clay or
Calhoun.
live regard Clay and Calhoun to be
great men, because they entertain cor.
rect opinions as regards the public polls
cy Of The country, then it becomes mere
matter Of political opinion, about which
every one W i'll judge for themselves. But
before they can be considered even grea,
politicians, il must be shown that they
have advocated, in advance of the great
mass, some truly important public meas
ure Of progress, otheFwise they are not
entitled to the appellate They have
been at one time for, aud al another
against, every important measure of pub"
lie policy that has agllated the minds OF
the people. lie whose mind grasps tie
truth al once, or after time for reaecs
tion, 10 a far greater man than Iio wAo is
under the oeoessity Of charging his opin
ion aud acknowledging his error. Both
Calhoun aud Clay have now lived many
years, have had great eXperier ce IN po,
htcal life, and ample time o reflect upon
the new measures of progress that are
now agitated. VIII either of these men
rise on the floor of the Senate and advo-
cate correct prnoi pies npon that greatest
Of all questions THE freedom fMe pudtc
tGHdS to those who are landless, and who
wish to cultivate the land! I'his is a
new question in Congress, aud neither
Calhoun NOT Clay wall be found right up,
on it,. They are both men of tho past
The one sincerely believing that the very
best possible condition Of society, the one
most favorable to liberty aud durability :
is TINT in which one race Of men owus
t he bodies Of another, and the other re
garding an United States Bank and a high :
Tariff tax. ss about all that is necessary :
TO make our country prosperous and our
people happy. II greatness consists i" II
having large number of admirers per- o.
sonal and political friends, then Clay and !,
enls are of commanding and attrac i've
order, and to this fact we may attribute &
he very general idea that they are two h
nen among the greatest ii not the great
,st ia the Union. A
In political life we regard him the great "
,st man who advocates with the greatest al
lbility important measures of prog ess "
ending to make men happier. lIopp,- n
iess being the onl} object OF citIlIzed 10
ocieiy, true greatness IN political life, 81
: best display ed 10 the sincere and able u
,dyocacy Of such measures as condnce to
I. Mrn having less developemeut OF
Intellectual power can be great ia the ir J.
oodness Washington is noble exams u,
pie of man mtde great by his goodness
Intellectually inferior to Jefferson, Frank
in, or John Adams, he was greater than ~
all of them 10 goodness. Yet thonsanas.
and tens of thousands Eave lived aud 1--we q,
now, possessing those qualities oi ihe :,
mind which constitute goodness in an
squal degree to any Of those we have nam I
ed.
None can fail to understand the differ /
ence between the greatness of jefferson h
aud Franklin, and that OF Clay aud Cal r.
loun. The two first were not more
Their minds grasped the sci G
snces, and they reasoned from cause to a
feet, AMI upon subj jeots that embraced "
he entire arcana Of nature. II was &C |,
,ideat that brought these men into pnlu e
cal life. Had they arrived at manhood n
after our Republic had been firmly ess q
n ahlished il is proha hle that thpir ~ hnle I
ives would have been spent in the inves.
tigation of the sciences. But what posi-
ton among great men would Clay and V
Calhoun occupy in any other field than u
hat of politics! very humble ono in u
Iced! AMI judging by the standard we y
,are adopted, even on that field there are N
greater men.
II greatness is to be judged of by sues