New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-13

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just realized an extraordinary occurrence. A
man who was but yesterday driven from the
council-hall of the nation, in which it was his
boast he had stood for thirty years a Senator,
returns again to Legislative labors, and returns
under circumstances of the most extraordinary
md triumphant character.
He is elected by democratic, slave-holding
constituency, and elected by remarkably
large popular vote, when his theoretical opinion
ions md senatorial votes have VIGOROUSLY made
him obnoxious to the entire slaye-holding sec
tion Of the Union He is elected from popu-
lous district against the opposition of we'll.
Organized and enthusiastic body of wings, when
his own party was split up into two irreconcilia-
BILE factions, and when the wings knew that the
whole Of long life had been devoted to the bit
terest, most vindictive and yituperative warfare
upon their cardinal principles and most eminent
leaders. He is elected from district, in which
his violence of temper and haughtiness of will
had bred countless feuds, and as it were petri-
fled them into implaeable enmities:
Before all this immense array Of opposition,
he neqer faltered for a moment. The host of
his enemies was fully and resolutely arrayed
before him the force of his own supporters, un-
certain in numbers, wavering in organization,
was scarcely visible to the far-off watcher OF
this singular battle. But one colossal figure,
of his enemies and challenging them to the
struggle, was to be seen. Bold, rude, defiant,
an Achilles of political battle, when his friends
turned and fed from the disasters Of 1850, it
seemed as though he advanced to meet and re-
pei his conquering foes, naughty in his rude
self confidence, and even scorning to appeal to
his flying friends to rally to his aid.
Nor, did Benton even attempt to conciliate.
Cancellation is not in his rough and stubborn
nature. It must be rare thing, rare as
the blow of the wand of Moses upon the, de-
sert rock, which can draw from him, in hispub-
lie course, one gush of companionable, generous
and friendly humanity ,whilstin such men as Clay
and jackson, violent and even naughty as they
were in the moment of contest, forgiveness was
an irrepressible impulse upon the least circum-
stance of invitation. But Benton scorns the
very entertainment, much more the expression,
Of such sentiment. He is a. thorough foe,
gives an open defiance, offers fierce and power
full struggle, and his foe once down tramples him
relentlessly and remorseless into the earth,
Throughout the whole of the recent tremendous
contest, from which he has just emerged trium-
plant, he spared no public or personal denun-
citation. He exhausted every expletive of abuse.
He ransacked the entire range of the English
language for terms of seorn and derision He
spared no character. He wavered in no con-
test. He struck at every thing and every body,
fercely, powerfully, and with a rude grandeur
of gigantic rage and hate. He was an angry
Vulcan, forging and launching thunderbolts of
hate.
And strange to say, outraging every Gus
tomary propriety Of language, flaming in hot
hate, towering and wrestling in fierce yindic-
tiveness of passion, rushing forward, with blind
fury, upon every obstacle, like his type, the
huge, wild buffalo of the Missouri prairies-
this strange, powerful, hateful spiteful, remorse
less man treads his enemies down under his feet
in his angry rush, and comes out before the
country victorious, defantly challenging further
opposition from democrats, and finding an an
swer only in welcoming huzzas!
Defeated, he would have been thing of scorn
and derision victorious, he is cheered and gar
landed as one of the democratic idols of the
hour. What democratic organ will now speak
Of the hated free soilism of Thos. H. Benton
What democrat remembers the treason pro-
claimed but yesterday What democrat dare
lift up against him the hctors rods or the
herdsman's axe
So, victor, demanding an ovation from his
democratic friends, Benton returns to the scene
Of his legislative labors When he re- enters
Washington, when he treads again the hall OF
Congress--what thoughts must sweep tumultu
ously over the mind of this strange old man
His stern conflict with the iron-willed jackson
in early life-his calumnious defamation of the
high hearted Clay-his unmanly assaults upou
the dying Calhoun-his many, long, violent
ontroversies--must all rise up in memory, and
call up strange, and solemn, and restless
thoughts.
He will not find Calhoun there; the great
South Carolinian sleeps in everlasting peace.
He will not find Clay there; the chivalrous
Richard Occur de Lion of debate, the American
Pacifcator, the matchless orator, sleeps where
the whisper of SANDER or the howl of hate from
his grey headed old foe cannot wake him to i'm
pulsive retort One of his Senatorial compeers
may, perhaps, meet him there; and standing
face to face, and remembering how they are left
alone with new generation, and how ambition
is finding necessary goal in LIES close, how
solemnly will they look upon one another'
Can Benton's triumph of hate and passion be
subdued and chilled by the memories of such
an hour Will he learn how to forget and for
give--to control his fiery passion-to spare a
PROSTATE foe--to leave unsoiled an opponents
character? Will he sadly think " superfuous
lags the veteran on the stage" and gathering
around him the calm dignity Of age, walk his
last march upon the path of politics in thu
kindlier temper, the chastened ambition ans
the noble and patriotic ambition, which fllet
the last hours Of Clay with glory unspeakabl,
bright and beautiful We know not how t
answer. His is character with which we hay
no sympathy his an impotent and slanderou
hate which yet misses above the dark moul'
which hides all that was mortal of the grea
Kentuckian, The man of iron heart, we know
not what can melt him into generous admira
ton, or generous human sympathies.
The MAlLs-There total failure of the Faster
mails from beyond Mobile yesterday
We are indebted to the Clerk of the steamer Post Boz
for river fayors