The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19


because these Who have pre- ,sed tas ne. theory,
heve done it on. the ground # enfEeeipg South
efn Rights" and thereby gisen it e sec onal as
pect, Mr.. Everett and . class of g atlemen
yith whom he is identified, have :" NO heart to
inter into that dreary and pro6tlaes eg tation,"
nor do they class the subject in their category
Of statesmanship. They ere wise, beyond not
only their OWE generations, bat ell ;hose that
aavs preceded them, or tbsy ard poet sssed of
greater in6rmity.
The country has not beer Stationery srom the
younger days" of Mr.. Everett, sn,, if the
.,ontroverted questions in vhich be sook part
. the dew of his youth hspe been eisl osed of,
be progress of events has brought OF lers, not
sss interesting and imporsnt, besors tne Gov
s,rnment and people. Or these kvisg ques-
tons, living men have , duty to sreform.
There is something besides the dsAt, past to
animate the American mid. BAN a>century
isgo, the foreign relations commence; public
fttention, for between British oreees n Coun
81 and French DEGREES our commsr,e vas des-
ioiled, and the rights of i-sutrals vera to be
10 years, discoursing to B sston Ciue, &c would
have had no heart to enter" on tie question
q the embargo, or the fonintsrc 1rse laws,
fIor counted them among It's studies 4 states
.aanship, as understood IN his you zee days.
ghen the system of high taxes af Urge ex'
,enditures by the Fedora Governesest on in
lsrnal improvements was in vogue at later
period, the same argument might sish equal
igopriety have been used Or 81 Z siill later
period, when the public mSney Vas r. hdrswn
from the custody of the bt AXIS, sad tbs Treas
lry was made Independent of corp Fations,
dr. Everett could have exc aimed, and perhaps
id, that this was not "ttatesmansht3, as 1t
,sas understood in his youtger days.". Never
heless, craftsmanship wal involved "a those
ssues, as in the present, concerning tie Terri:
sorial policy of the Government. statesman
hip is not limited to the fes topics enrimerated
y the Boston orator on the 9th July, nor was
Il exhausted by the topics that agitated 9snd con
eulsed the country fifty years ago. Age may
lie pardoned for timidity, aud it is no; novelty
T. witness veteran trimT err censuring better
rlen for faithfully dischsrg ng duty t ey have
not the courage to perform :.
After all, Mr.. Everett his an opiuien as to
tae Territorial policy ofthe AdminSsrstso on, and,
when taking upon hims If TO inst, let the
Young Mems Democratic Clubep Of Boston,
and those there assembled, it would rot have
been inappropriate for him 20 hsveSSov ed those
opinions. He is, or he is lot, ba lever in the
Doctrine of Matchmaking Slavery. he &C.
aowledges Or denies Territorial sovereignty.
lie does, or he does not, Subscribe to She doc
time that the Constitut n car les Slavery
throughout the Republic, kept s,aen ppohib-
ed by positive State laws. 1t is :Sght- or it is
trong, to sustain the A6minisb aioH in its
treasures, and ell good citizsos have duty to dis
large in this matter. But .shere is Mr.. Edward
-verett 2 An earnest hon6st, and iuc9re man
is to be pardoned, even if j error, ar b., speaks
end acts according to hil convk tiots. But
that is to be said of him who t,lly :1ompre-
ends the case, and understands IL meFits, yet
quivocates and evsdes tie expr .aio, of his
pinions, and does nothineto pref mt che con.
summation of what he knows to VIZ ,rg-of-
ering as an excuse for his derelicf on, that this
,,as not an issue in his younger dayf tb st states
aanship, as understood ard studf bf him at
former period, had very Unite range, and
: id not embrace the government # the Terri
sories, and the right of the-people frame and
stsblish their organic Nv, or yopditution,
hen emerging from their !erritof II condition.
hese are present issues, snd bee uae they are
ates of the new theory hare impe itlcly made
heir dsmsnds in the same "southern
tights rights unknown to ouj Constitution
ad laws-Mr. Everett has no hes It t, oppose
fem, nor to sustain others VIII de- oppose
hem, but meets with political eli b, composed
If his old opponents, who Ere com nitttd to the
new sectional Territorial policy, to celebrate the
anniversary of Independence. II els of this
there is an object and Purpose.
There is class of polit ians in the country
few in numbers, and feebe and :ndeeisive in
action, who have lost heitSposition, cid whose
hopes as well as memories dwell an tle glories
of the unforgotten past. They were captains
and subslterns of "that oil Wing art !" whose
mission is ended without tae fruit On 70 them
selves that was anticipated in the 'srn,l days o.
promise and expectancy, But i !, I'll service
they devoted their manly energies, ape! the rec
election of the zeal and yigor thsy fen is min
gled with disappointed aspirations. wJch they
cannot dismiss. New parties, new isaues, ant
new organizations, have supplar ed Sthose il
which they expended their vigor, 8. I'd .hey have
netsuficient vital energy aad powe, remaining tt
enlist in further efforts to advance or .-naintair
principles that they are too intelll3ert to con
trovert. Other and more ssctive Dli,fs occupy
positions which they deeus their aeri age snt
right-they consider then selves osastt scholar
in craftsmanship; and a lingering, Is any fancy
that something may turP up" to- ~ the dis
organized fragments of aeir desa end liter
ally extinct party hannts t,eir imfsn tion.
There were, for many years sitse4uent t.
the Revolution, remnants of the ory elemen
scattered through the counas y, who adelged anc
deceived themselves with he vain sxeectatior
that Independence would 20 faiEStef and tina
they should live to see TIM supre 1acg of N,
Crown and British rule egain az ncwledeed
Some of them refused to vote or isti5ipats il
public affairs, because il might eorspronis,
their claims to honorable sromotith Jhen Al,
wheels of revolution shouli be reskesei. 1t va
beneath their dignity, nun-ebliDg to thtir pride
and would mar their prospects, to be- mingled
up with the vulgar Republican, WAC ver
managing public affairs. They b d : no hear
to enter " upon the work { it was not stsses
manship, as it was unders God in 3eh younge