Eastern times., 1853-04-14
Whig Leaders,

sMr0 Clay, was once the head and idol OF
the ewhig party. Now the wings are broken up
into two great factions or more, and there are
as many leaders. The national wings are un-
der the leadership of Edward Everett the sec
tional wings, making the great mass, they being
notoriously a sectional party, are under com
nand Of William H. Seward. The power OF
both divisions or factions is waning fast under
the victorious march Of the sterling national de-
rnocracy. The following description of the two
great leaders, from the Washington Union, is
interesting and we doubt not drawn to the
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Mr.. Everett is deficient in all the essential
qualities Of party lea,ler. He is a man OF
varied and elegant rather than profound or
solid culIure-of much skill in rhetoric, re-
fined taste for artistic beauty, sufficiently
familiar acquaintance with classical Iiiera-
ture, and a select rather than wide range of
reading in the literature OF the English lam
guage; with but little originality or force of
thought, or resoluteness of will or earnest
ness of character; with no command over
men, and no genius for political combna-
ton in short, a man of the closet rather
than of the world, and adapted for contetn>
plative rather than active life. His letter on
the annexation Of Cuba displays his best
qualities to the best effect Being mere
rhetorical essay on given thesis, it was this
very labor in which his genius delights and
exceIs; but il exhibited no originality either
ofphiIosophy or of argument, and was moth
ing more than an elegant and eloquent expo
siiion of fundamental and familiar doctrine
ofdemocratc faith. It's effect upon the coun-
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which the unexpected issue OF one paper from
such source could not fail TO produce
People were amazed that whig could utter
such sentiment, and they applauded the mir.
acle. 'Fi -7t fH, H'f 9t.' ifHi .a'H
Far superior in all the elements essential
to the successful leadership Of a party is
William H. Seward. He, too, is scholar,
wellversed in ancient aud modern learning
"a rhel0Tician-- expert in the, use of his
tools. But he issomeIhing more than a man
ofacademic attainment and ornamental cul-
tllre. He is a man Of Infinite ambitions; OF
resolute purpose, which nothing can daunt
or seduce from its path; Of deep meditation :
OF a penetrating sagaclty; OF much practical
wisdom and great skill in warping the wills
of men; of excessive craft and cunning in
a word, he is man in whom are united all
the qualities and atIainrfenis which best fit
apolitcian for building up and welding
party to his own ends Fertile in expedients,
and unscrupuous in the use of means, Will
lam HI. Seward will enlist in his cause all
those elements Of discomfort, ratiicaIism, and
aggression which have already threatened
the permanence of the Union and which,
when moulded into compact mass, aud di-
rected TO given end, the utmost resistance
of the patriotism of the country will hardly
be competent TO counteract and defeat.
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sANoTHER 'GALPHIN Our. Hon. Thomas Cor
win is particularly unfortunate in his Gaiphin
connections. Another case of his has just
come to light. WIZ
It appears, says the Boston Post, from the
report Of the committee Of tho US. Senate ap-
pointed to investigate cases Of alleged fraud !,
that Thomas Corwin, while secretary of state,
gave to John McGinns private contract to
build eight light houses on the Pacific for the
sum of $l36,OO0, on condition that he should
take man named Delano as an associate
Delano then introduced into the concern Rob-
ert G. Corwin, a near relative of the secretary !;
and McGinnis, with 7. Corwin's knowledge,
sold the contract for bonus of $4,000, which
was paid to Delano, who gave McGinnis $4,000
as his share, and kept $4,000 to divide with
Robert G.. Corwin. The new parties to the
contract were accepted by the treasury depart
ment, and Delano afterwards obtained for them
a.modifcation Of il. which was worth TO them
$500, and for which they paid Delano 5000.
All this was very pretty piece of jobbing.--
And while it was going on, Secretary 'Corwin
was humbugging congress by pretending that
the contract could not be negotiated, nor the
work done at all, without additional appropri-
tiOns! The people ought to be thankful that
they are rid of the Galphins. -i
Our Mississippi correspondent, from whom
we have another interesting letter this week,
we were in hopes, had dropped his old politics,
and become democrat. But in the judgment
of charity. we suppose he calls himself "a
Whig," more from the effects of earlv nol;t;cal