The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-15


Pa. ihs Nstioesl Iasslascnesr.
AvAnABHITr OF CANDIDATES.
The usssI slsss Of sspirsnn 70 the
Presidency. and their pariissns, Affect OK.
irene eonIempl for what 10 called lhe g.
sGs!abilify Of military shisfisins."
Nov, whence that dsspissd quail. y,
Availability. or poprlarity in . success.
ipI commander
II We Ion& behind lhs fact. We shall
end sDailablity 10 rspssssni--ss in the
case Of Washington, Jackson. 10. &c.
mighty deeds of vslor snd psirio,isn. per.
foruea in periods Of deep rloom snj peril,
whsn Only Ihs great in soui ssd The sresl
in The ability 10 command esn
-Rids sA ths wkiiwinl and lissss ~ s,ss. !"
men vha, "in The los harses. of lhs
Geld" knov how 10 sonqner . psace, I"
and, Lrosgh The restoration of hal blsss-
ing.
sTs seailss plsniy rosnd snlEns lad,
Aad rssd hsr hislory IN aAu0n's sysAD
Such is lils missi.a u . PATRIOTS Isad,
81 OF armies . mission requiring . con,
binaiioa VI rare virtues, giiis. and nIsn.s
4 rsceui British historian, (Roebuek !
N reIsrsnce 70 Wellington. has said:
no man can bs great soldier unlsss
he possesses CREST administrative talsn,
and dus talent is more likely 10 10 brought
forth and ioslsred BY lLs business ol Val
ihas By The management of assss a nisi
prssl,a ysl kscsuss oi The habit " spsak.
ing. Ne lawyer is deemed sapstls q
governing, whiIe The soldier. whose life
u spezi in action and moi in talk, 10 con.
sidered unvsrssd u what are sLlsd hs
aGairs Of Slsis.s
Tbs same thougbt 10 desel0psd and
powerfully sdorrsd in . speech ION The
hoor of he House Of Represenulsss) By
lbe laie Juhn Randolph, in The session q
laa7-'78, IN sappoH Of Grs. Jackson
hen candilsle l0r The Presidency
al deny. cir. lsaid Mr.. r. ,hss there
. any instance in history af nan no
having military capacity being Vi shs heas
Of any Government with sdvun.sss 10 lha
Government and with credit % himself
] here 10 great mistake on this subject
II u Hos those talents hiSh enable N u
70 wriis bouks aud make speeches ,Ls
qualify him y preside over . Govern,
neni."
And then. after referring 10 . lhs Hii.
dshsAnds," &c, he eon,inesd
These men (saii The orslorl we're
brought up in the cloisier. perhaps, bul
they were endowed with that highest oi
all gifis of Heaven. the capacity 10 iea1
men. whelher N The Sensis or The Geld
Sire, il il enc aud ths same faculty, and
ils successful display has always secsiv
ed. and always will receive. .hs highes
hon0rs tha, man can hsslow and ihia
will be The ease. 10 wha, yos will. can
what you may. about mjliisry ehieitaina
and military domlislion. So hong a. uar
is man. The vis,o,ious defender Of hi.
souniry will. and ought 10. receive ,ha
eounuy's outrage foi all ,la, the forms
of her Govesnmen, allowed her 10 give.
A frisnd said 70 me, no, long slnes. swhy,
Gen. Jackson caut wSits.' Admitted
. Sir. lhe Duke Of Msrlbo.
rough. shs CREATES, captain and neso,iaiol
Of hls age, (which was the age Of Louis The
FourseenIh.) and who may rank with The
greatest men Of any age whose irresis.
tlble manners and address Hinmphed osel
every obstacle in the council, a. his mill.
tary pIowess and conduct did in the Geld;
this grsa, man could mot spell. =
To judge men by their books or spesche,
is deceptive. ] no, only consider ,b,
want Of what il called learning no. to b1
. disqualification for the Commander in
Chief IN civil or military life, but | d.
consider the possession Of too much learn
ing 10 be oi m0st mischiesous eonse
quencs 70 such . character. Who 10 /,
draw from the cabinet Of his own saga
cious mind. aud TO make The Learning O
others, or whatever quslilies they NAL
possess, subjecs to his own enlarged AM
vigorous views. Such man was Crom.
well such man was Washington; no
learned, but wise. A maj
may be capable oI making an able or in
genlous argumenion any subject within .h
sphere Of bis knowledge.
But the talent which enables q man 4
write book or make a speech has n,
more relation to the leading of an arm,
or Senate than j, has TO the dressing Q
dinner. The talent which Cts q MAJ
for either Office is The ,slen, for the gov
ernmenf Of men," &c.
Mr. Randolph's leading ideas. in ths
effective speech. fall within the views Q
Plu.arch in his Demosthenes and Cicer
Compared:
| "Demoslhenes, (says the great biogr