American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-17

y cation Dy Llttcli o. DIOWu, OF NauDfiukc. Inc
d first two volumes, Of i've or six hundred pages
r each, are printed, and are to be followed by
! three volumes of Mr.. Webster's speeches in
: Congress, and these again by three volumes of
. diplomatic correspondence, and other matter.
All these volumes are accompanied by notes,
some by Mr. Webster and some by Mr.. Everett !;
u and they will make work alike credtable to
the politics, the literature, and the history of
q the Government, during the thirty-fve or forty
5 years in which Mr. Webster has been in public
, life. These seven volumes will be published at
the same time, and probably at about the close
Of the year"
These volumes will live as long as our coun-
try or the English language shall live, and they
will ever be regarded as the majestic products
of giant mind. Daniel Webster's is, in our
opinion, the greatest intellect of the age in
which he lives, and his speeches breathe forth
o patriotism as ardent and elevated Us ever
inspired the breast of man. The higher attri-
butes of humanity, such MS manifest mans
noble origin and destiny, mark all his intellec-
tual emanations The baser propensities, such
as most strongly identify him with the creatures
Of time and sense, characterize the motives and
actions OF his life Proud, ambitious, eminently
aristocratic, selfish, ungrateful- naughty and
arrogant yet poor and stipendiary-he is adj
mired by many, yet loved by few At his fall
there will be tears shed, yet only such as are
wept when the giant oak of ages is stricken to
the ground, or when the greatest edifce Of hui
man skill is overthrow. Departed greatness
and power, and grace, and beauty, will be
mourned; but the soul of sensibility and the
heart of sympathetic pulsations will be remem-
bered never, never.
PUBLIC PARKs.-In Boston, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, great efforts are being made to
extend these most desirable city adornments
The day will come in which the "magnifcence"
of our distances will not be so great a wonder,
and in which the wish will be breathed that
| still greater space had been allowed for parks
| and promenades. We think that at this very
moment grounds should be purchased beyond
our city limits and converted into gardens,
from which the expenses might be betrayed,
and beautiful trees at the same time cultivated
for which the children of the present day will
yet be thankful. The expansion Of the city
| within twenty-five years to come will be such
as few men are now prepared to contemplate.
Whether the corporation, the General Govern
ment, or individuals, shall make these pur-
chases and improvements, the investments will
prove wise, and great public benefits will result
Political Prescription.
81 have not looked whether o man was Wing
| or Democrat-when he was honest capable and
faithful, have retained him without reference
| to his political principles" IN
Mr.. Secretary Stuart at Richmond.
We well remember that this was the avowed
policy Of the Administration of the second
Adams; that it was proclaimed in a beautiful
letter written by the then Secretary of State Mr..
Clay; and we believe that Administration
Of the best our country has ever seen ACTED
upon this policy or principle. Whether it is or
is not the most polite course of action for polit
cal aspirants to observe, is altogether another
question.
In the present instance the Democratic party
has no right to find fault with the rule Mr..
Stuart has laid down for himself Although it
is worthy their study and emulation, they are
by no means bound to follow it, but may, as did
their great leader in 1929, turn out of office
every one of the enemy who has not great
merits, and still greater friends, to keep him in
That they will do so we by no means assert for
s'the times change, and men change with them"
But that there is somewhat of likelihood Of its
being done again under these circumstances is
altogether probable. Still none can be sure
and Mr.. Stuart is entirely too conscientious q
man to act, like Iago, "as if for surety" 81,
The Wings are supposed to have some inter
est in the matter and we know many of the
more enlightened among them who approve the
declaration of Mr.. Stuart. This is highly hon
orable to them, and it shows very plainly that
they are moved by more exalted sentiment
than mere selfshness, and that they possess
q magnanimity the mere partizan has never
known. s.t
While such men, such principles, and such
motives are found to influence the government
of our national affairs, we need never despair
of the Republic--unless indeed the reelection
of these men might possibly be thus put in
jeopardy And yet that wicked curse rises to
remembrance-tha curse of Queen Margaret,
who said to the Duke of Gloster-
"Thy friends suspect for traitors whilst thou v'st
And take deep traitors for thy dearest friendsp'
That Mr. Stuart is destined to realize the
meaning of this malediction in its bitterest sig
nifcance, is as sure as that he shall ever leave
the post he now adorns. We profess 10 be
neither oracular nor prophetic, but can judge
with tolerable accuracy the effects of certain
causes AND HERE WE KNOW THE CAUSES HAVE
ExIsTENcEl We shall see.
PENssYLvASIA.-The canvass for Governor,
&c., is progressing with much warmth. The
newspapers are violent and what harsh lam
guage they do use! Each days issue would be
sufficient, "down South" to call forth the