Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-23
-The IIIness OF general eanu.
Retrospective 0ieao Of His Litezanl Public
iSerUices-His Personal Peeul;ar;tiss


SeTUices-His -Personal Peeutiarities
WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 16, '6s.
The illness of General Cass Of course excites
alarm. The seyenty.seventh years. mortal
snemy to all mankind. Few politicians survive
his attacks. On the first rumor thatthe vener-
able Secretary of State was unable to attend to
business at the Departments, paralysis was in
the mouths of an anxious crowd; minority
were disposed to compromise on apoplexy.-
The Generals illness does seem to- have been
serious.
Mr.. Buchanan does thehard work of the De.
partments, except Mr.. Gobb's, the heayiness Of
which he admits to be too much for him bv
letting it alone. Yet the loss of the Premier
would be severe blow to the President
Goethes mother, who was but seventeen at his
birth, used to say of him, I'VE have been
young together Their mutual youth was
bondof sympathy between them. And so of
these old statesmen-their age is ligament
which upites them.
Gen. Cass is a wonderful oman. He has
not survived hisimmmortality. He was born
soldier, became pedagogue, and graduated as
q backW oodSman. Taking to politics as his
natural element, and to Office as his inheritance,
he emerged from frontier life as Cabinet Min
lister, and in due course of progression became
courtier. Through his varied experiences eau
ton, dmldlty, the middle safe course, have been
guiding stars to Gen. CasS and his chosen path
way. Adulation has always been the stepping
stone to. his ambition. While quietly voyaging
about the northern lakes, making treaties with
the Indians, Gen. Cas- was writing private
! letters to MIR. Clay, congratulating him upon
\ his Vindication from Mr.. Bnchanans charges of
corruption. / have been told by his companions
! IN these excursions among the dreary wilds of
the northwest, that never did word escape
him in those exciting times Indicating prefer
lence Tor man or party. lnprivate he congrat-
ulated Mr.. Clay, because Mr.. Clay had the actual
ipower; but he knew that jackson was the man
+ of the coming time, and reserved himself
TTde to the an medic tutissimus, when Jack
son removed the deposities, Secretary Cass pa
ced the floor of his private Office in agony of
1doubt The thunders of the opposition and the
teTr0rS OF impeachment were around and before
/ him. He dared say neither yea nor nay. Jack
son knew his man, and sent General Cass to
| Paris Here was another instance of his unEail-
ing luck and tact jackson would have crush
ed topowder another man who had hesitated in
that emergency. but he only introduced General
Cass to Louis Philippe.
i His whole life has been luck. When he left
Detroit to take the War Department, he gave
orders to his agent to.Sell large tract of land
adjoining the town. Hewas to sellit for $50,
1000. After some time, the agent wrote that
he had been offered $50, 900. Gen. Cass instant
i ly replied ''Dont sell till further orders" He
j would have quickly taken his own fixed price,
4 but being offered more, he must look further
4 The property is now covered by the best part
lofa furnishing city and is worth So, 000,000.-
Gen.. Cass is a millionaire While Governor
and Indian Agent, enjoying an excellent salary,
he so managed his accounts as to strike a bal
4 ancc against the Government of $67, 600. He
j patiently waited nearly twenty years, and one
fine morning during the halcyon days Of John
i Tyler, walked up to the Treasury, presented his
claim. and brought away the $67, 900 in gold.
I Studious and scholarly, he writes well, and
has a taste for classical and elegant things. In
Paris, he turned diplomacy over to his secreta-
/ rieS, and wrote book of elaborate eulogy on
/ Louis Philippe, which is really very fine bio
graphical memoir. 10 further EMPLOY his leis-
4 Qre he took possession of: the flagship of the
American squadron in the Mediterranean, and
with his family, explored the blue Rgean, and
meditated amidst the ruins Of Greece, Italy, and
i lonia. He exploded, by protest, the Quintu-
/ pile Frcaty,an returned home to quarrel with Mr..
Webster, enter the Senate, invent non interven-
ton, and run for the Presidency. In this last
enterprise, Gen. Cass' luck failed for the first
and only time in his life. His star paled before
/ the meteor of Buena Vista Yet, is was char
tacteristic of the canny thrift of this veteran.
politician, that pending the contest with Gen.
4 Taylor, he had appointed a tocuns tencns to keep
his seat in the Senate warm, and when he wish.
ed to return to it he had this old conVeniency
4 appointed to the care of Lighthouse on Lake
II Michigan. 0bedient to his will, the Michigan
Legislature promptly returned him to hisSol
position.
i +. personally Gen. CasS IS an. exemplary man of
the world. He is very rich, and is careful Of
I his own. No man looks better after his own
Z household. Politically, he is an infidel He
believes nothing; that is, he has no convictions
In his lukewartn, languid way, he doubtless.
regards the Democratic party as best able to
govern the country, but he adheres to.it only
because he feels it to be safe and profitable to
belong to the strong side.
Without Intending it have indited an ante
mQrtQaIy memorial upon the Secretary of State.
Itsmay stand; and should it live ill he dies, 1
believe impartial men will pronounce it candid
and just. A.
+ ALI ABOUT WnrsKy-Does ono P4rSy Loos &c
6stteT than 'tother'-The Ohio Statesusaa re.
views with decided raciness letter from the
Ohio White Sulphur Springs, printed inthe Gin
cinnatf Gazstts The Gazette letter said that
! when the Democrat were there in mass meet.
ing assembled the other day, they wanted
something to drink besides sulphur water. The
I tStztesHaa wouldn't own them if they didn't.-l
The Gasettoletter said there was no whisky for
sale at the Springs The Statesmen says:
That's lie! There is whisky there for sale;
bat the Black Republicans who frequent that
resort sneak behind the doors to drink it. Now
I fhA AnInOeracv are honest drinEarc EThoS, I;l,o