The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-02-11
From The Nstg Orlecns Delft.
THE CABIN ET.-.PASr AND PIsESENr 4.
by COL. J. =. n. cLAiBoRsI.

ing Cabinet may be improbable, but is hot
unpleasant. |, gives every one an opporlu.
my TO have his "say," or his fling at this or
that man.
The importance attached to the Cabinet is
very much exaggerated. Those who are Gu.
rious as 10 The origin Of the departments may
refer to Laws of the U. s. Vol, l., Bioren s.
Duare's edition. In England the Cabinet is
everything aud the Clown symbol, an ei.
fay. In this county, with great man for
Chief Magistrate, Cabinets are mere conve.
nieuces for administration.
Gen. Washington was firm, safe ptudeui
man, aud with jefferson. Hamilton, Picker.
ing, Wolcolt and Knox IN his Csbine,--in
spite of the Jealousy and counter -in,risues of
The two firsl-ihe early and trying stages Of
new government, were passed in safety
John Adams was a sefwied, crotche,y,
suspicious, :mpulsve, esols,ocsl aud ambi.
tious man, but full of stuff of which patriots
are made. He wus "never," as he said of
himself in 1878, "much of John Bull.' 81
was John Yankee, and as such shall live
aud die" This bold, hish-spirIed, bu, pig.
headed man, go, on badly with his Cabinet.
HIS Jealousy oi Hamilton made him disrus;.
iul OF every one about him.
Thomas jefferson threw his Cabinet tito
deem shadow. There were very able men
in it. bu, his views not theirs, xere stamped
upou the Administration.
a.. II.
phIlosophe but limiI 10 infrmhy-ig,
norant of meu--unsusrlcious aud coutiding.
He required bold, energetic advisers 10 coun-
,eract his idiosyncralic tendency 10 hesitate.
For The most rar his ministers were, il this
respect, "a deficient as himself, aut hence
the biun,'ers that occurred during his admin.
i>r.lInu, holh in our financial policy and IN
the war with Great Britain.
President Moutoe was u dull, weak mat
sin.uls;Iy SO: Inan OF piraseology aud cere.
monial; elevated by the Traditional ascent
deucy OF Virginia, and combination Of !ac
,lous comprising The highest lslcul of the ia.
ton, all jealous of each other, but willing to
put him i" power as one easily moulded TO
their own personal views aud aspirations.
The consequence Of this state oi thugs was
Cabinet of malchless ability. john Quincy
Adams, WIN II Crawford, JOHN c. Calhoun:
William Witl, wefe members OF it-aIl siruy-
Cling for The Presidency. There was but
one pnin, in witch those distinguished men
tesempled each ulhef--;u-uiable ambition.
In every thing else -fisurs, countenance,
manners, temperament, opinions, tastes
they differed
The litst was low, swarl, cold and rerul-
si,e, irritable aud eccentric; more deeply
read than his father, ye, knowing even lees
of mankind. A splendid writer, master Of
rhe, ,oric, defiant iG his opinions, easily in-
famed, brave TO mar,yrdom, yet so frisid,
formal aud saturne that few could approach,
and none could love him. His political opin.
ions were cratic and variable, aud were, all
hls life conIoed, more or less by personal
rsseutments. His first great apostacy may
be Traced 10 this source, and 10 the same
feeling may be justly attributed the war thai,
he wased against domestic servilude in his
later days-a war utterly al varlcnce with
his recorded and deliberate opinions when
Secretary of State.
Nlr Crawford was a man Of colossal stat
ure, and of massive intellect. In astronomy
OF mathematics he would be prs.emineni.-
No man in this or any other country had
more thorough and orthodox knowledge Of
political economy, and especially of fiuance.
He spoke with great cosencv, and welded
luminous pen. A Virginian by birth tnd ed.
uca,ion. He carried the political opinion Of
the renowned Commonwealth into Georgia,
and, until he was stricken down by paralysis
on the Ereshhold OF The Presidency, she
never wavered from the true JefTersonian
faith. Her subsequent career has been one
of inconsistency aud error, nniil lately she
has taken her stand n the empire state of
Democracy--sreat in her resources, great in
her moral and physical development, great
in the ability aud reputation Of her sons.
The third on the lisl-the prund aud sensi-
tive Carolinian-was tall, but not stately !;
rather with The slight sioop OF a student than
the presence of soldier with slrousl, lined
intellectual fea'urps, aud manners simple and
winning AS a chilJs. THO yonng loved him
most, for his noble heart and generous afec-
lions were fenced in BY no corventIoualI,ies,
bur were freely, aud often iIjnd,cion.Iy be.
sowpd Few public mel have suffered
more from ill-limed confi lences, or paid,
withoa, flirching, heavier penalties for the
ndiScrelions of others. A man of purer SELL
timenls--ot simpler habits, or more ire
proachable morsls never lived. The a,mos-
phere of The metropolis, lis syrens and seduc.
lions, had for him no laul. Caumny itself,
never imputed 10 him, eurins a lifetime Of
temptation, single lapse from virue. Yet
he viewed with NO asce:ic eye the infrmi
lies of others, and never pursued error as
crime. His most intimate friend--lhe late
Warren r. Davis--one of ths most gifted
men OF The day-was proverbal for his fral
ties and indiscreiions. Mr.. Calhoun was
fixed, rigid and immoveable in his notions Of
,;oht aud ,.raou H.. aarI,, auo ,tod .a,ta.n