New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-19

a,..-,,,;ur lie grave and aSlaiias II.s
nansl!, 81 that pure ard noble statesman ''''.
whose keea is'cGssiad cine.er and heavy o SD,
ing bate he fell often bruised, nai,-se.
- blinded with impo'eni ssss, do.s pss ~, rrbis
gts against that great man memory $50 b;n.s
open abasc-but by irequen; nuendoes .Ivly
and soDsl slight mIsrepresen'anos nc 80 Cia,
10 blacken his fame. lie does more than Jssuco
and ebsi,r but The memory Of the pufcst anu ip'
of the three g-ca. American statesmen he does az s
bat Justice eli Calhoun alone OF al OF Benton ooso
poraies, never deal. IN abuse and pesonaieS Elos =.
Diving 10 his assaults He invariably punished Ms -
enca as calmly and dspassiOnesly gentleman "ou",
cnes,se a BLACKBOARD Hcnce, Benton sharcd burns anu
Low a. intensely as It did ten years ago. Ihs ooa'ras'
betve en- Calhoun and himself IN the memory OF TIE Former
being honored and worshped WIN hoiI ,ls Ve9c's'',n
ard affection By the South while the latter oahoi eX-
strI md branded as traitor by his party ant section,
YVES TOO much even for til hypocrisy Il ntoa Hence
although he sheds crocodile tears pienleoa UPON ne
graves ~ many OF MS old political All personal cones
e ,esrs A the mask ofdecsn hypocrisy when seeAng "
Mr. Calhoun aid goes to work ne hyena.
As this work published ~ Mr. .'enIoh' i.e9e 10.
the qualification OF his 0wn personal VANITY tD"" -.
thing else i almost unnecessary % comment upon tn-
numerous exhibitions of nDrnae seif-ssteen win "hieii
the volume before us filed stranger deriving ms il-
pre-sons Of the history Of ts country from Denim
book would conclude thai 20 ~ author the people OF is
country ere indebted or All hat good ami valuable N
,o uraetcal operations of government Since S-O,
Thu ma Hart Benton il clearly proved 10 have been tae
A'pha anu Omega OF tho Democratic party. You are
taught % believe thar but for this mod IN Hercules,
Federalism Wouid ohs sht nave iu'i'oh uv ~
marty and that he the Ags upon whose bro.i shOUh
g. lack sons administration roasted IN Tranquil security
for cht years-In Bentons book he modosy proves
that To his speeches and exerii"ns the Democratic
marry owes its present. power aud strength. Evocywhore
NON have Bentons speeches, Berions letters Bentons
ESSAYS and Beutons reports. If We were uot familiar
Win tho authors ecegoas and insane sefcsteem and IL
ordinate vanity W. should conclude that for thirty years
Benton lowered in the OF the United states Coios
sns among Lii putians But the speeches, reports, ann
essays with which Benton lunbersh his volamo AFFORD tho
very best possible evidence Of his inierory III p0nt o
intellect and viyor Of thought 10 al OF his great oooo
,Iea5baro second baud learning and hs aec adon of
pathological and historical accuracy. "
THE extracts from his speeches with winch he nas
for tolmi was the result rather OF his bodnes ercity
and vigorous partisan defense OF ho principles OF Democ-
racy than of anything else.
few of his sketches OF public mon arc good and they
have long since been published IN the newspapers ani Pc
riodicals as unfair and dishonest advertisements OF the
merits OF the yolume