New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-16

be Of god but they lacked the pictures OF silver
sc them Off
IfMr. Everett's refusal to speak in Fane1il Hall
bad any latent Southsde views, which we by no
me ans affirm, (siDce be has defnitvey retired from
public life,) his Taunton prologue disper'ed any
chance Of help from that quarter toward the
dwelling out Of an imperial theme" The slave
holders will endure no divided duty. They suffer
no man TO serve any other master than themselves,
and even to their most faithful servants they often
give stripes for their rewards Pierce and Doug
las know TO their cost. However early man
msy have sbouldered bis musket and buckled on
his knspssck in their service, he is always treated
as deserter the moment be holds back from i'm
plict obedience TO their latest orders. We all re-
member the ovation which Mr.. Everett received
at Richmond, four little months sgo-the speeches
of Governor Wise and Of John Tyler-;he uni AMI
nous batteries of the Richmond press. The tigers
paws were all velvet aud more gentle, harmless
animals could hardly be imagined But no sooner
doe the cockered orator utter the words, an set
"of lawless violence has stained the floor of the
Senate Chamber with the blood of an unarmed,
"defenseless man, and he Senator Of Massa,hu-
"se.ts, than the cruel instinct OF the trescherous
savage starts to life, the claws are unsheahed in an
instant and aimed at the throat Of him they were
c.ressing but just before. Read what The Richmond
Enqurer has to say of Mr.. Everett now:
There is no circumstance Of this affair which 80
mortfes humiiats. respectable people as the CON
duct of Edward Everett. And TO think that all this
hypocrisy is attached as an e1ordium 10 euogy on
the character of George Washington, The tongue
that wall over the PROSTATE body Of an infamous
Abotonist is not worthy to name the SINE of George
Washington. Mr. Everett should accept the offer of
tie profs sona rhe,oricisn and henceforth have his
polished periods acclaimed by a substitute. de Ii IN.
fit to speak in the name of the ladies OF Virginia, and
we trust the managers Of the Mount Vernon enterprise
will dispense with his services. Everett mourner at
Sumner fictitious funeral In the end, the most pom
pOus Probabilities will be stripped Of their disguise,
and exposed TO the contempt and rdicule Of the
world"
And this is all the thanks Mr.. Everett gets
for remembering to forget that Washington h,d
ever been STAKEHOLDER, and for forgetting to re-
member that he emancipated his slaves BY his will
Truly, the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel
Mr. Everett has been conspicuous figure in the
public eye for more than forty years. But his
life has been brilliant failure-a success full Of
disappointment. After youthful successes at school
and the university which caused him to be saluted
as Punops Jurentntis he stepped from college at
pineeen years of age into Of the chief prizes OF
the profession he had chosen-the pulpit of Brattle
street Church. firing of this in year or two, the
proftssorshlp he desiderates lie given to him, and
he is allowed two years in Europe for preparation.
The two years are extended to five, whch he spends
with every advantage for improvement aud gratIh-
cation. He returns to light duties for three years
or so, and then is elected to Congress, where he
remains ten years. Thence he is carried TO the
chair of the Governor Of Massachusetts,, aud keeps
it for four years. The Wing triumph OF 1910
sent him to the Court Of 81. james for four
years more The Presidency OF Harvard Uni.
versity drops for him just q. he returns
and when he is sweary Of that the Seuste Of TIE
United States and brief Premiership under Mr..
Fillmore, wind up q career Of singular good for
tune. His path bhs been bright with fo~ers,
bat o,ef them hhs flowed the ama1 altquid the
drop u bitter which In. tufnsd tsem into tbOrns.
The palace Of his prosperity. one would think, was
complete in it, perfection and in its refnements
M that the Genie buldcd for Aladdin but, alas, like
that, the ROc's Egg is wanting to give the lsst
grace to les dome, and without 1t all the rest is
vanity. Like other men of parts and ambition,
like his great master, Webster he will be con-
demLed TO see Others enter into the kingdom, while
be is sent empty away. In vain was bis early
homage to the Fountain of our Honors; in vain his
allegiance to the Fugitive Slave Law and the
Compromises; in vain his Anti Slavery geographical
d, monstratOn about Kansas in vain his felicities
Of foreetiuness as to Washington: the first word
he ut'ers in reproof of a murdcrous slaveholdng
bully and all is az If 1t had never been and he is
unto the South Sumner, as Parker, or even as
Garrison! And when he dies, after this long
course Of outward success and inward disappoint-
mcnt, whit will he leave behind him An example
for the warning Of ambitious sefshncss in his life,
aid in his worLSa few truly admirable passages for
the defamation of school boys.