The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-02-11

WIZ auatHs ue knew less VI mahklnC tnan
Mr.. Crawford nothing OF the management,
or discipline Of party. But he had more in.
,slleet-more Acknowledgements concen.
lrativeness-more enthusiasm--a higher and
pnrer appreciation OF truth, than either Of
them, or any other statesman our country
has produced.
MIR. WHIT, the Attorney General, was OF
large statute aud heavy cas-, Of features
with ln,le. AT that period, 10 indicate the
vivid imagination tina, colord and exaseera.
ted his political productions. He was either
too forij OF too jeinne, always too elaborate.
He was an excellent man; little too saint
ly, perhaps, in after life, in a,ouement for
early indiscre,ions, as the ieudal barons
founded monasieries in compensation for
their crimes a delightful ompauion--very
susceptible Of fauery-very didaclic--vety
credulons and ve,y ambitious, as his accep.
tanse Of The Anti Masonic nomination for the
Presidency, at AT advanced period of his
life, demonslratcs--a nomination truly great
man would have sconed to accept, even
though certain Of success; and which ended
AS II deserved to do-in di.graceful abor.
tion--a complete eclipse OF Mr.. WINS poli-
cal sun, and soon afIer died of vexaion and
disappointment.
This Cabinet, il may readily be inferred,
was the Government. They made OF Mr..
Monros a mers pageant. He travelled from
city 10 city, aud from State 10 State, while
his ministers conducted affairs. In this re-
srect they angicised our Government, for
the lime being. The sI lendid diplomatic
correspondence of Mr. Adams, elaborate,
highly finished, aud full Of national spirit
the luminous treasury reports Of Mr.. Ctaw-
iotd and The powerful impetus svan to for
utiralions, internal improvemsuI. and manu-
iacmres ry Mr.. Calhoun, Withdrew public
attention entirely from President Monroe.-
The Ca5iuet was everything. The game
was for the Presidency, aud each Of the tri-
umvirale played bold hand for ii. Mr..
Calhoun, the noldesl aud most hazardous.
full of promise for himself, In; Prolific of
EVIL 10 the Republic. His policy favored
cen'ralism. He pushed the constructive pow
efs Of The Government to the farthsst boun-
daty, but lived 10 atone for the fundamental
error Ny consccra,iuS his Intellect, in lis me.
redian glory, uud his unlring energies, even
TO the closing scene, to the defence of Safes
Rights.
The Cabinet Of John Quincy Adams was
only remarkable because MIR. Clay conduc;
Ell the Department Of SAFE. Mr.. Adams.
ave sirg from the frs, his intention to stand
for a second term. Of course shaped the pol
icy Of the administration sometimes, no
doubt, against the advice CT his iI!uslrous
premier; aud shaped il 10 his own defenl
aud he exclusion of Mr.. Clay. Had their
positions been reversed had MIR. Clay been
the Chief Magistrate, aud Mr.. Adams the
Minister, Gen. ] kson, in all probab lily,
would not have been elected Our country,
at this moment might occupy n very !iner-
ent attitude. What was called the "Ameri.
can Sys'em'-ihe rapid development OF
home manufactures, by schedule of exhor-
bi,anl aud, in some instances, prohibiting
duties, concentrating vast capital in few
hands; National Banking, in close connec.
lion with the Federal treasury; the Federal
Government penetrating the States, and con.
trolling their legislatures and popular suf.
frase, by Internal Improvements, involving
lar.e OUTLAWS OF public money and close.
f,tei policy in relation 10 The public lands,
holding them al fixed prices, refusing the
right of pre.emrtion, and impending, as
much as possible, the flow of immigration
from the manutaclurins TO the agricultural
States. This vast machinery would, doubt.
less, been engrafed upon the national pol
icy, had the chic: magistrate been really
great man, Of popular attributes, like Mr..
Clay, instead Of political enthusiast who,
obstinate as his distinguished sire, never
knew when 10 retreat, and regarded Fabus
as historical coward. Under This policy we
should have grown comp act, formidable,
very arstocralic, very English. The four
great events most memorable in our annals
since the Revoluton--lhe separation of bank
aud Sla,e-,he metallic currency--,he an.
lIexalon OF Texas ard the Conquest of Cali.
lornia-would YET have been in the womb of
time. A scholar aud not stalesman-a
creature OF passion, not OF purposs--a man
of intense aud unqnenchable ambition, VINO
nevertheless lived IN an atmosphere of ice
consumed by his own fire, but chillrs and
repellng sympa by and confLenc e-was
Chief, aud The Government, by popula. forms
but ty wha, was, morally, u revolution, pas
sed into the hands of HE Democracy. A
democracy, no, contingent upon tho mere
,riumphs Of its leader, or the duration of his
official term, but, 10 all intenls and puipose
democracy under every Administration, and
by whatever name the prevailing parry hap
pens {, he called.
andrew Jsckson, though he knew lirs OF
books, still less of national law, and nothing
of diplomacy, had less need for CaLinet
than any Of hIs predecessors. Chiefs of Bu.
reau, or lew competent clerks, would have
been enough for him, Nature stamped him
GREAT, and lhs '.nest sasacious in his coun.
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