Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-22
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by cot. -. II. CLsiBoRsE.
Arlrew jackson, though he knew Ii,
4 tie - booss, suli lees oi national law
and nothing Of dip ON icy, had lees need
ior . Cabinet than any OF his predeces-
-.rs. Chiefs Of Bureau, or = few com
pe,co. clerks, would have been enough
! Ter him. Nature stamped him Great,
( AMI tho mote esgacious IN he council N
/ - PASS current bad " bc rec .ihed frosl
tbs Same 40. 4 TRANSMISSION OF ideas
lowed from I,m To them. lie astoundcd
experienced politicians aud jurisis oy his
! iotuitive perception. an masculine grasp
Of tho most complicated subjects. Hs
! converted men 10 his views 70 much BY
/ his gre. 4, faculty as BY 40 incomisable
val, The umid felt his Inspiration,
and tho powerful and fscuous we're sub
.!uei by u sublime constancv very difitr-
! en-, from the insane obsuDacy OF the
Ai.mscs, or the logged courage OF Zen.
4 ravlor lie, however surrounded him
sell a..h ..ba men, hu. he N owed them
.bout ike figures on chess board,
tran.:cIribg them TO other spheres q!
! duty, or Kicking them, unceremoniously
overheard, to rise no more. Van Buren,
Forsyth, Cas-, Livingston, Berrien,
} MclA,ne, fancy. Barry, Duane, Wood
burr. aat1t.. DiGseI-on. lngsam. Branch
All Butter, were h,s Cabinet ~ different
posloi,
Mr.. Van buren, hal played mastefly
roi. in ~. political frame. Regarding
. 4 ant u a.
~ = ctimr the cards. HIS peculiar
;rait was caution. properly termed non
commit Iii-m. II WA something more
comrrehenslvc .Usecaste an -agacity.
tuder tho nass .! grc.; moderation,
mad with something OF tho air Of porls
mai,r. there Turk - vauluns an bit,on.
iIis fncG.ty for governing men, hl- IN
tsring energy ani imrerturbab'e cool.
ness. enabled hun 10 ahieve great re-
sults, without apparent effort. Thus lh,s
accomplished tactician, while Adobising
! before bis looking gla.r, ADD toying
With ID. square-rlgged bellies of Albany,
Or the NOR voluptous beauties ~ Wash
! ington, was dethroning Dewitt Clinton,
! olpckma,i ne Clay, Webster and Calhoun,
! iDl scattering roses In hue pathway 10
The Presidency. When new- OF the AL
vance Of Napoleon upon Waterloo reach
Ell tho Duke Of Wclhngtou, hs WAS 10
The bail room of the butraess ~ Rich
m9nt, At Brussels, and with undIstnrt.ed
dcnpusurr. cseor 81! her grace Ia supper.
TIN, whiie ,Eo grca tribune. 81 the >su
ot MAS hU>lint!js lbuniet6o,ts ~ ' ca
/ Presidents hnn Barren. ihreaicolng ms
/ ! IL -.
! gentleman sat o,t,. aqalet smile upon
; hie face, ART with inImi;able sang froid
sert hisrnui, byx 30 NJ {, tho men
! he resumed hi scat Tue goo1 hnmor
! OF ,p- Senaie w4s fretore'!, nndihe great
orttor hia-rlG perceived tia, h,s 10 ghty
eucft bad -sen ruthless. ihs ii.tie mo
KIci1n WIS up /, snuff.
The late John FORSYTH ~as one OF 10
N ct accomplish. j men II ;s;iDe. As
IN imlromp,u ,;sbater, 10 bring On nn
action or To cover n retreat, no never hS 1
bls superior. He vac acute witty. full
OF resources AMI eve. promp.--inpeiu-
Gus n, Mnrat IN :, charge, abroii rs soul,
when oct i,aase.i and on; numbered. He
was baughlv IN ,hr rre.eucc II enemies,
afaifie end winning among Trends. HIS
manner. were aurt,v aud diplomatic.
10 the Tune. d. Louis XIV. - would
have rivaiei tho most celeh'n,ei cour-
there; under tho dynasty OF Napoleon hs
would have won the tston Of + atc..
lie never fsaied To command The conf
tence Of bis party. he never feared any
odds nrravco against :, aud q one cr,-
-, was almost liz soils support ~ tho
oenat. against the most hrillaD. AMI
Formidable opposition ever organized
against an administration. With the la
dies he was Irresistible. During h's dip
. matte residence IA Spain, the demand
TOR duenna's could scraceiy BE supplied,
and even Royalty smiled more induigen,-
IS than he wished. This saian. aud
high spirited seutleman DIED, suddenly,
IN the enjoyment OF great popularity.
ten. Cass, have. on y former occais.
on, deliberately sketchej. Ills massipa
intellect, his highly cultivated tastes his
consistent political carer; the innimarks
be has left on our foreign and domestic
rolicy-sre all matters Of history. lie
was prom!nen, feature Of tho .Iac xson
adm Distrauon, and by q single but mas.
terIy article in the North American Re-
slew, brought TO satisfactory conclu-
ton tho Indian Question, tho great par.
W and m 1ral excitement Of that period
-an exciteneur which, up to the sp-
pearance OF that article, had marshaled
the press and pulpit of the South, sgains.
tho Administration. Subsequently no
he went to Fradce, and tho influence no
cxerted there upon momeptons is.ues,
has never been eqceeded in tho history
81 diplomacy, His career thence!or,h
is u household word to the nation.
Mr.. Berrien and Mr.. Livingston were
both very prominent at the bar. The
one was an able lawyer merely the lat
ter q great juris,. Tho one had tho
sharpness, tho plsusibiiity, and the 40
ute, bui contracted grasp Of tho ,eobical
eloquent. and learned. NJ. Berrien
could split bairs like Mv. Tssewell
Livingston grsppled with eenerslitiss
nike Lord Brcugham. The mind Of one
sesembled dictionary the other code
nefrien Wasa considerations man, Who
e!wsss meant to do right, bns By On IN.
fortunate process OF ratioinstio6 ususllv
GOT wrong. Livingston was uuecrupul.
Gus, bot from policy generally did What
his discriminating judgment decided
would be right. He We easp,lv and
insincors, prone to intrigue, With no axed
psioeiplss, political or moral and the
stain Of Official defalcAsion will ever
shadow the lu.tro Of bis Tame.
Both Mr.. Mo Lane and Mr.. Tansy had
belonged TO tina ancient FEDERAL party
but einee lie txtiocsion hsd acted with
the Democracy. In oss ssspsos their
sorsunss we're not the sane. The for
msr. ct every period Of bic career, has
oess siogalarly exempt from political
,visapsealioa, while the latter. before he
eeesne Chief Jussies, lilssaily vslksA
sssocRA the. derry tufaass-sa osdeal
nifty.
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