Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-19

that is also on his side. The great man is amen
able, with US. TO no conventional standard meas
! ure, As in England or Europe-only to public opin
ion Is that public opinion Is Controlled bv money
and numbers these are the two factors Of the
American product; the muItiplier and the multi.
I plicand millions Of money, millions of men.
Hence it is more important to study such great
men before they take onr heart, to know their qua!
( lty and quantity; for this is to measure one OF
the greatest popular forces for guiding the present
and shaping ihc future. 1t is needful. also. "a
/ to separate the real great seeming; and OF the
real great, the great good from the great evil
/ Washington changed men, ideas Of political
] greatness. II Napoleon the present goes unwhip-
/ ped Of Justice, he viii change those ideas again
not for the world but FOR the saloons of Paris for
its journals and its mob
great mind is like an elephant in the line of
an ancient battle the best ally if YOU can keep
Inn III the ranks, fronting the right way but if
he turns about, he is the tntalest foe and treads
his master under his feet. Great minds have Il
trick Of turning around
How different are different men to conspicuous
eyes! The city corporation of Tolouse has just
addressed this petition to Napoleon =
"Monscignieur The government of the world
. by Providence Is the most perfect France and
Europe style YOU the elect Of God for the accom-
pli-hmcnt cf his designs. 1t belong 70 no Con
>ritution whatever 10 assign term for the divine.
mission with which you are entrusted Inspire.
Yourself with this tho1-ht-to restore to the couu-
try those tuelar Institution, which form the sta
biiIty Of power and dignity of nations
That i, PRAYER addressed to the prince Prcsi-
dent OF France whose private vices are only equal
lei bv his public sins How different he looks to
different meul To me, he is Napoleon the little ;
to the mayor and alderman Of Toulouse, he is the
Elect Of God, with irresistible power to rule rs
tong and badly as likes him best. Well said
Sir Phillip Sidney, Spite of the auccnts, there is
not piece of wood in the world out of which a
Mercury may not be made
1t is this great importance of great men which
has led me TO speak of them so often not only Of
men great by nature, but great by posture, on
money Of Office, or by reputation; men su5stan-
italy great and men great bv accident Hence |
spoke OF DR.. Claiming, whose word went like
/ morning over the continents. Hence l spoke OF
! John Quincy Adams, and did not fear to point
/ out every error in the great mans track which
/ ended so proudly in the right Hence, l spoke OF
! General Taylor; yes even Of General Harrison,
a mere accidental great man You see why.
/ We are a young nation great man easily give,
Us the impression Of his hand we shall harden in
! the fire Of centuries and keep the mark. Stamp a
letter Chadcan clay,and how very fral it seems;
! but burn that clay in the fire, and though Nirevch
shall perish, and Babylon become a heap of ruins,
/ that brick keeps the arrow-hcaded letter to this
! day. As with bricks 50 with nations.
\ great man may do one of two things in inAu
encing men either he may extend himself at right
angles with the axis of the human march, latcra.
lie himself, spreading widely, and have great
power in his own age, putting his opinion into
mems heads, his will into their action, and yet
may never reach far onward into the future. lie
will have power, in his time, in America by hay
ing jhe common sentiments and ideas, an extra.
ordinary power to express and show their value
great power of comprehension, Of statement and
will Such man differs from mankind in guam
tity, not quality Where all mon have con,idera-
1 Bile, he has great deal His power might be rep
resented by two parallel lines, beginning one,
where his influence begins, the other where his in
huencc extends. His power will be measured by
the length Of the lines latcrally, and the distance
betwixt the parallels. That Is on thing.
Or great man may extend himself forward in
the line of the human march, himself prolonga-
ton Of the axis of mankind not reaching far side
ways in his own time, he reaches forward immcns-
ly, his Influence widening as it goes. He will Dc
this bv superiority in sentiments ideas and action,