The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-06

Everett, was coming Forward, after . collie
giate course in Germany, 10 the career Of
political ambition. 50 ripe scholar, and
man NJ such winning manners and 80 elo.
9uent 4 gift Of Iecturing, seemed formed
and trained for University life; and probably
no one mourns AZ Everett himself that he
did-not rest in peace in the Greek professor
ship at Harvard, and become the chief Of
University presidents in New England; and
therefore in the whole country. But low
or ambition took possession Of him; and he
sacrificed much more than his University in
terests to 20 to Washington. With all his
ability, he did not discern the true issues Of
the politics Of his day and with all his ten
denotes to irresolution. he did not shrink
from cohict to which he should have felt
himself unequal. The slavery question has
wrecked him, as so many others: and the
more painfully; because he had not the igno-
rance and andacity to propose course on
gressional career he said (being pressed, az
New England man, that in no case would
he more willingly buckle on his knapsack
and sh oulder his musket than in preserving
their slaves to the southern masters. When
governor Of Massachusetts,, he admonished
the citizens to keep silence on the subject of
to abolish it without human aid. When
ambassador in England, he spoke Of slavery
as Engishmen do; and when secretary Of
state, on his return, he wrote that extrsordi.
nary letter on the annexation policy Of his
own country which elected the well remem-
bered epistle Of rebuke from Lord John Rus
SELL February IL, 1879 After rising thus
far IN office, il not in honor, Everett missed
the great object Of his life, and instead Of
becoming president, began to sink; and now
he has sunk SO low that the barcst mention
OF the facts is all sufficient to indicate the
case. lie had not courage to take his par.
with either section of the commonwealth
and he mixed himself with both He advo-
Gated the great southern sham--the Coloni.
cation society-in public address in which
he wooed the North by descriptions of the
Developed abilities OF the negroes, which
alarmed and exasperated the Shareholders,
who do not consider the negro human He
propitiated tile south in 1874 by virtually |
unfolding the Nebraska bill on the ground |
that the climate would exclude slavery. tho |
the latitude is the same as that Of Virginia |
anu Missouri and ne eyaded voting, on the |
plea OF OF weakness from spinal complaint |
inducing him 10 retire early. The subject /
OF backbone has never been dropped and /
the Indignation Of his constituents was so
strong that he resigned his seat in the Sen
ate. On occasion of the assault on Mr. sum.
ner--his feIlow-citzen and friend. and the /
occupant OF his seat in the Senata-he seem
ed to be strengthened to feel as a citizen Of /
Massachusetts should; end he signed an ad
dress OF sympathy, together with most or all
other men OF mark in the state Presently
alter, he began his series Of deliveries of an
Grafton on Washington, designed to raise
funds for the purchase of Mount Vernon. the
Washington estate His oratorv not strenc
anu clear enough for Congress, is a popular
In the great country of lecturers
and Everett has been in the habit Of counting
the multitude, and gratifying his own thirst
tor piaudlts, by delivering his studied ora.
tlons in an itinerant fashion which makes
his old college comrades blush. On the re-
cent occasion he ventured South on the
strength OF the virtual support be had rem
iered to the Shareholders in Congress aud
they greeted him at first as the Cicero of |
ADMINISTRATORS, Sage, Priest ofthe Union,
l.andator OF Washington. and So forth. But ]
the signature IN the sumner case Some 3
thing must be done when that question was I
asked, or ali would be over, and the orator 9
~ peril so his most intimate friend pub I
ishes Mr.. Everetts own explanation {
nc signed the document when he was under
he confusing influence of an anodvne" Mr. 8
everett adds, that when he discovered the |
trength OF the language of reprobaton Of |
'reston Brooks, he wrote to friends in the (
onthern states to explain away his sigma !
nrc. Enough The same newspapers a
which give ms Tourgueneff letter of exhili- l
alton about freedom in Russia present us Il
.veretts dismal excuses for appearing to '
ountenance the same cause in America c
'erily, each has his reward :