New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-26
THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 20, 10
HOW EDW.4RD EVERETT.

Among
who occupy high and acknowledged positions,
who.s names are national and whose regulations
are unquestioned, we know of none who, at this
present time, can compete tn Edward Everett.
Although he mas not mingled so much in polit
cal controversies as most, or been so prominently
in public life as many, he has, nevertheless, &C.
cupiei stations of Importance, filled posts OF
honor, and at one time another, for longer or
shorter periods, held all of those Offices which
are deemed next to the Office that is neither to
be sought for nor refused. At this present mo-
ment we esteem him and believe him generally
to be esteemed as foremost among American
scholars and statesmen, and undoubtedly the
most brilliant light and most reliable leader Il
the whig,party.
But if Mr. Everett has not mingled So much
in the uproar AMI excitement of party politics
as others who at the present time occupy larg'
portion Of the public eye, he has enjoyed great
political experience, and has, in the higher
walks OF politics, filled many prominent positions.
He was for ten years member of Congress
from Middlesex county, in Massachusetts, and
distinguished himself during his term of Office
for the soundness of his views and the depth OF
his learning He was subsequently, for -four
years Governor of the State of Massachusetts,,
and afterwards, for similar period, he repre-
scented the United States at the Court Of st
James 1t is in the memory of all that he filled
and how he filled, the secretaryship Of State
after the decease of Daniel Webster. He is now
Senator for the ensuing six years.
Mr. Everett is scholar of great ability and
remarkable attanments If he is not equal to
Mr.. Webster in legal lore, or to Mr.. Calhoun il
metaphy scal keenness, or to MIR. Clay in tervid
eloquence, he is superior to Clay in general
learning, to Calhoun in statistical information
and to Webster in varied and elegant literature
1t may be doubted whether in political economy
and International law the country has ever pro.
duced man who was more than his equal. In
Europe, these qualities won for him the regard
and friendship of such as Macintosh,
Jeffrey, Davy, Romilly, and a great number o.
other distinguished savans, and secured for hin
the honorary degrees of both Cambridge and
Oxford Universities.
1t may perhaps be judged from what is here
written that we look upon Mr.. Everett more az
ripe scholar and a learned man than as al
able politician or profound statesman; and it
may be deemed that all the merits we have emu
merated give. him no claims to popular and Off
cial distinction. MIR. Everett is undoubtedly
more ignorant of the details of party politics
and the small minutia of party warfare, than
any Of the great men who have filled the Office
he has filled, or won the reputation he has
earned. But we look upon this ignorance as .
gain, and rather to be complimented than re
GREETED. Nor, even acknowledging it to be y
loss, should we for an instant feel ready to con
cede that there is any Statesman now living il
this country more able, more profound, nor
American, than he is. The learning he possesse
is not dryan abstract, consisting only Of sta
tistics and clippings from old formulas o
opinion, but the rather fresh, clear and practi-
cal, admirably adapted to the times, the coun.
try, and the highest place in the country. Tit
exposition which he made Of American policy
and American belief in his famous letter to Eng.
land with regard to a Cuban alliance, prove
this in remarkable degree Valuable as many
of the documents emanating from the office
the Secretary Of State have at various time
been, there had been none, TO our knowledge, 81
markedly national and popular, SO strong, 50
true and so decisive, excepting only the Iluls
mann letter of Mr. Webster. And the dipl :
matte dispatch addressed by him to he Der \
Administration, and lately published, defend ne
Mr.. webster's views of the Fishery question and
the stand taken by our late Administration
upon that subject, is in p similar tone and O
similar force. Indeed, the strongest point il
Mr.. Everett's character is is Amercansm-a
vivid and almost burning nationality, lit ul
with no dreams Of false destiny, but olearl,
impressed with that sense of future greatness
and sovereignty which is disseminated through.
out the whole country 1t may perhaps he PEI
tinently mentioned here that the North Amer,.
can Review, under his editorshp, first assaiIed
the character and conclusions Of those fOregI
critics, the Trollopes and Dickenses, who made
. business of ridiculing the model republican,
30 assailed the as to wiring more than on
apology from the English magazines.
Mr.. Everett is an American, and he is also
whig--a wing of the old style and school.
Constitutional whig, National wing, a Com
promise whig On all important topics Their,
was perfect unanimity of sentiment between
him and Mr. Webster; and now that the las
Statesman is gone, we believe that his mantl
will be found to rest on the shoulders Of hi
friend aud former pupil
We look upon Mr. Everett as the strong mai
OF the National Wing Party, and believe tina
under his auspices, and under the auspices Q
those who think and believe with him, the part
will be reorganized and renewed, and press fol-
vard nj I,