Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-27
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THE ABoLIrIoxur LIAD11s.
VIEW OF THEM.
We do not speak Of the subordinate Gen.
ersls, whose sphere 10 the newspaper Office
the Greeleys. Weeds, Dsnas or Bigelows
nor OF the guerillss who have done yco-
men'swork in the contest, such as the Tap
pans, Garrisons and Smiths, but OF the re-
cocnized commanders who have taken their
seats among The rulers Of the land and act
ually planted their banner staff on the door
Of Congress itself.
In the first rank stands VIM. II. Seward
OF New York. We dare say the time is gone
by when his talents or his perseverance
can be denied either in the north OF in The
south He is the most skillful and unre-
lentny enemy Of the slave interest, and,
whether sincere, or irsincere, must be re-
garded as q formidable antagonist.--For
ourselves, we regard him as fanatic, whose
sincerity is a. deep as the root OF bis life,
and who believes that, in advancing his po-
li,icsl ambition, he is assisting the cause Of
humanity also. He is man Of fne and ex-
iensive attainments--a graceful and captr-
ating writer, a subtle aud Machiaveiian or
ganizer, and an orator whose full, Ciceronisn,
aud somewhat f'orid style must always at
tract popular attention in a nation which
loves eloquence as dearly as the United
States. To those qualifications he adds Z
deep political prescience which is rarely
deceived; patience which nothing disturbs
and an adapt sbihty which, in these times
of change and Inconsistency, is the most
valuable gift of the thorough politician.
The rise snd progress OF Seward, from his
first beginning as an obscure lawyer, to h's
present remarkable exal,ation, is one OF the
most curious phenomena Of modern politcai
history. II does not require mach insight
to see that he is no casual waif, borne to
an elevated place by the tide OF party, but
the artificer of his own fortune, in the con-
struction of witch he has display ed the most
plant subiety, the most reckless daring,
and an amount of genuine ability which
cannot be mistaken for moment. We are
no, writing puff OF Mr.. Seward. but simply
:ibne the formost enemy OF the south
as he really is, and not as the vulgar agi-
ta,or which too many people mistake him
for. Is this the man TO be eespised or dis
regardedt Is il wise to lie abed and dream
OF utter security, while such an engine er is
mining under our outposts. with the full
determination To spring the mine at his con-
Yenience.
Then next in rank comes Sumner of Mas
sactusetts. No person, even the most pre-
JUDGED, will mistake han for a common
man. He was distinguished as juris-con.
suit OF high order before he became noted
as an incendisry. His standing amongst the
scholars Of his State, so prolific in fanatical
men Of letters, has been conlessedly high
for many years, and to considerable schoi-
as,ic attsinments he untes many popular
accomplishments, which are equivalent to
credentials of success in an era Of agitation
and revolutionary signs. Without the eau
ton and long foresight of Seward, he pos
Sc sses an equal hardy position, as his
bearing in Congress proves, and acknow-
lodges no laws so binding as those Of his
own stern will 1t is true that Sumner is
a poor and fallacious logician; but few will
deny the charms Of his brilliant rhetoric.
As Seward is the Robert Peel of Adolf
ton, Sumner is the Macaulay. His want
Of correct logic is compensated for By an
excellent imitation of true dilecticism, and
the minds Of the people are swayed oitener
by the slittering appearance of argument
than BY argumen; itself The poorest fall
lacies become facts amongst excited masses.
as we learn from the records of '42, when
the splendid paradoxes Of Lamartins were
mistaken for the profound utterance of an
oracle of statesmanship.-Ther are days
when the populace willingly accepts phrase
for politics.
Passing by Wilson, "the false Achito-
phel" of the movement, We come to Hale OF
New Hampshire. In him we find a remark
able combination OF popular qualities with
IN inexhaustible fund Of fanaticism. The
granite hills oil his native State are not more
stern and unyielding than his nature, and
yet he possesses as playful, treIchant
wit as Richard Brinsley Sheridan. He can
always relieve solemn subject by good
humored joke, and compel even his oppo-
nents to Join in responsive laugh. He
thinks in 81 llogisms and speaks in epigrams.
Very few men in the Senate Of the United
States can match him in debate. for he is
lays ready, caustic and well.informed.
II his facts are sometimes metaphors, his
metaphors are as often facts. 1t is true,
that he has been in minority Of one before
now, but Intellectually, at least, it was
"Une with two nsughts after it, II Sew
ard is the Robert Peel as we have sand, and
Sumner the Macaulay Of Abolition, Hale
may be fairly ranked as the DIsraeli. Re-
cent events show that his influence is any
thing but decreasing in New Hampshire.
And such are the leaders whom the South
has hence forward TO meet, foot TO foot, and
from whom she can expect no quarter, and
to whom she should give none.
An eastern tourist rec, ntly passed over
the Rock Island railroad, and records bis