Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-21
{ -Fsomshe Eaiubareh Review Cor Aasa
skntesulaslshiD-Past ana Present

stAaesmanshfp-Past ana Present.
IL is q common complaint among the lauda- |
torres tsslporis aeEi,-thal the race Of great
I REaaesuAsn has died o6t--that their modern
representatives aredw dwarfed. and dwindied, and
that ssalesmauship itself has become low,
tine-servng andmediocre The sentiment is no
new one As lie men Of our DAYS look upon Pitt
1 = and Fox, and Burkethe men their times look
q ed back on Bolinebroka and Chatham; these
in their turn on Halifax and Clarendon; and
lsthese Arainon Walsngham and Burleigh-l
But ehe truth is that tho statesmen of one
ace 81 country are unsuited 70 the require
11,sents of another; and Is is from failing to
Ss bear this 10 mind that we are so generally un-
lust to1hennen Of our own day, needless dos-
: vinohdinaabout our fcrtune.and So apt undulv
$50 extol the great leader Of the pask Our age
demands very different qualification in il pub
lie men from those which made men eminent
and nerpicenble in the times Of our fcreiathers
,sfFhe statement Of an autocras governmental ike
Austria or Russia would scarcely be more
ont 81 Tie place il constitutional govern
snenA like ours. thrn the statesmen Of Elisa
7. beth Of Charles. or Anne wo=.a find them
selves in the reign Of Queen Victoria The
s.ma9nilcenl powers 81 Sully and Richeleu,
st&Fen of Slsin and Hardenberg would be mis-
placed ia ihe latitude Of London Marlborough
and Gadolphin would be impeached for cor
Tupton The domineering genius Of Lord
= eatham would cause him 10 be-=helEed as an
Saimpsarticable rnan, with whom ID was inn
possible 70 acts the innperous temper Of Hyde
and ShaHod would be much more spromp-
4ly fatal % them in our day than they AZ last
O. became even in their own; and Cecil could
scarcely manage 70 govern with reformed
q pafliamenk as Ticeroy over them The very
qualities which made men great in public
lite formerly would bar them out from pub
lie life now. Avast change has tAkep place in
$ she nature Of the craftsmanship required; and
lsit Is sill ia progress The craftsmanship re-
g qdirsd now IS tar less initiative and more ad-
minissFative than formerly. A public man in
the present day cannot decide upon his prin-
la cinles and puFp and carry shem out by
sdthe mere force Of the high position to which
his sovereign may have raised him. He is
debarred from the glorious power which be-
longs 10 she rule Of aulocrat states, of decid
inr Il bis own mind on The measures suited
70 ensure bis country's grandeur or weil-being
and enacting and enforcing them regardless
Of ihe opposition Of parties less farseeng, less
profound less patriotic than himself He
cannot place before him an object and say,
This my position aa prime minister enables
me % attain. and will disregard present. t.hos-
tiliay and blame. and trust 20 future results to
justify and vindieaie my wisdom He IS de-
MED that mobiles privilege Of the wise and
mighty-thai Viii ch gives 10 craftsmanship
4, ils rasisiless fascination for the Tipened mind
s-s-lhs right % elabrase, in the quietness Of
thought, 81 stem Of policy. solid in its Eoun-
daticns impartial IN its justice. far-reaching,
fertilizing. bene6eenl IN its operation, and 70
pursue il with answering and imperturable
resolve. He cannot. like Peter, systematic
she civilization OF baEbarous empires; he can
not Ike hchlleu ~ the Union Of high oHice
and indomltaole will -aundue ann paralyze a
naughty and ancient aristocracy; he cannot,
= nike Colbert reconstruct the finances and
commerce ot the grea kingdom; ne cannot
Ike STEM hy an over p0weTing hat raise a
= whele uaeion Of prolstasres ont Of serfdom To-
80 ciEa possession and civil rights.
He X. .powerless except d, as Ear as he can
induce others 70 agree with him. He has no,
y only 10 conceive and mature wise schemes, but
be has 70 undergo the far more painful and
vexationc labor Of persuading others Of their
= axcellence. Of instraetinp the npnorance ol
some Of convincing the understandings Of
others Of counbaaine the honest ureiudiees of
ono party. cf nertralizinr the interested Oh.
posifion 81 another. BE rs q Gin. 70 modify
"a enaascsIate lis measures. to enfeeble them
bv some vi,.l emission II order % eopciliate
s. s6is antaponislt to clog tbep witl some per;Iou,
burden IN order % saiisfv thai rival tii he 1
fain 10 doubt whether eompromise has moi
robbed victory ot IL urofie AZ well as Of ID
charms.
these ave anma or he d;f;cuit;as wb;ct
sisfssen have = ovarc,r,e = ,o,,n,rv
whare Parlian,spt S oroninotent and vbsrs
ever citizen Z : do,T,aI;e and self.con,nIac-
ena nolitieian. Thossqh modern .s.atesl.a0.
sb;n nav ali .f,,r o,ber a,,al;,;as than tboss
rasded Is lorrner lays tl,a s,ual;t;es ara sss,,r.
ediv neither fewer. Iess Iol.1' nor less rare
a shoroaoh s,aaseerv of facis : clear nurnose
s : parisnt feuapgr. aperseyerinc win: g,ro.
fonntl i.nowleeIos of men.of the motives wbicb
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