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~ Our GOV. Lawrence has been
making himself more than ridiculous, in
the Senate, during the last few days
We have been fearful of this, all along;
we were confiden. that us soon as he
passed hey ond our restraining influence,
he would, 10 speak vulgarly, drcadiully
slop over, and fail into murky ditch,
from which we could not extrica,e him.
He has got there already, and that, too,
before the General Assembly had been
in session two weeks. AS we have Of -
ell stated before, he has such an unac-
couniable itching TO be great man,
when he is lamcntably deficient even in
the raw material, that he does not know
enough tn keep his mouth Shut, and thus
secrete his ignorance his vanity and
ambition have run mad, and they are
precipitating him into all manner oi ter
rble dllcmmas. Why in the world
does not our friend OF the journal take
charge of him, and keep him Ittlc
straight; the Post is evidently wiling
that he should commit political suicide.
But we have some pride about the mat
ter, and since this New York iounding
has fastened himself upon US, we are
desirous that he shall not disgrace the
Stale too much.
Il, .,,I.oh ,xhi,h hn. fntp1ar.l |
him, was an attack, in the Senate, on
Friday last. upon The political character
and acts OF tie venerable, honorcd aud
beloved Stephen Cahoonc, Esq, of this
Town, the late General Treasurer. He
attacked the political character and acts
of Mr.. Cahoone, with NAL gul,y which
we supposed could only exist in the
bosom of a fend. Gov. Lawrence SAID
that he did not intend 20 repruach the
moral character of MIR. Cahoone. No,
and it is we'll for him that lie did not
The venerable and patriarchal Stephen
Cahoone Is known, respected and below
cd all over this State and every one
who is at all acquainted with the man or
his character, perfectly well knows that
during u long life, he would sooner have
died than heen guilty Of a moral or po-
litical wrong. He is still alive, bot he
10 on the verge Of the grave, aud we
SPEAK of him and about hlm as we would
OF one who had been "garhrred 70 his
fathers" for he is beyond the reach ol
fattery or praise,-but We do not re-
mMk abou, him, in this light-wc sim
ply speak the stern truth and il VII
liam Beach Lawrence can 30 into the
presence oil Gcd with as clear a oIn-
science and as pure lite, in all res
pects, although it is hut little moe Than
halt as Tong as that ol Stephen Cahoonc,
he is by far u better man than we be-
lieve him TO, or than il is the lot ol many
men TO be. We know Of 10 man, for
whose acts, public and private, we en-
tcrta in "A more profound respect than
those of Stephen Cahoone he as long
been our model, and when he goes
hence, we shall feel that IL profoundly
good man has departed from the earth -
but we shall not mourn, on his ac-
count, because we shalt feel the fullest
confidence that he has been trans
lated 10 heaven. And if William
Beach Lawrence, instead of tradu-
cling the political character and acts Of
this honored sage, will only take his life
as an example Tor imitation, he will
speedily become IA better man.
We would az soon rob u corpse Of its
vestal robe OF uTity, as 10 attack the
character ol Stephen Cahoone, in any
light, pure and uularnishcd as it is,
now that ac is totlering oil the very
verge OF the grave, after well-spent
life ofnearIy ninety years. and that,
too, for political effect And man who
would do this, is hopelcssly lost to all
the better feelings OF our nature and
greatly requires the prayers of all en-
lightcned beings.