The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-14
MODERN srArssmAnsHfp.,

The productions Of american genius III lnera.
',rc mud mt begin 10 command the admiration Of
all civilized nations In nctry, sculpture, music
nnd painting, the mnstcts Of the old world recop.
n'ko the gitted Of this as no unworthy cUinpeets.
longtcilow is more populur In England thun
Trnnyson, and Powers has left u fame that will
grow brighter rs his noble statues are made an.
tique by the progress of years.
hut while artists aud writer's, scholars and in.
reutors are shedding n Iustre around the Ameri
can fane, can the bonst Of possessing an unin.
terruptcd line Of great statesmen be Honestly
madef The time WINS when we had fdielE,ctuaI
giants i'll our councils. The foundations of our
republic were then lain broad and deep and the
supers:ructurc slowly grew up with classc SYM
metry commanding universal admiration for
those who usc1 the plummct and the line, who
developed these grand conceptions into living
| reh!Ity, had no circumscrbcd or narrow views
and lived above the atmosphere Of local prejudice,
OF the influence Of technical niceIies of1egal con.
struction. But with Clay, and Webster. and
| Calhoun, the line of great Statesmen seems to
have become almost extinct, and 10 their places
have succeeded new generation who cannot he
estimated by their noble standard The present
time may emphatically be called the era Of small
| satcsmanship.
AS the New York Tribune, which, notwth-
standing IFS wild alteration, sometimes perpe.
trates good thing says in regard to the prover-
bal philosophy of Caleb Cushing, the leading.
maxim Of nine tcnths of the public men of theI
present day seems to be that which suggests ,oj
piscntory tradcsmcn the propricty of winding
Their mellow horns even although their so:.ar::::t
performances may not result in the smallest
commercial transaction. This is stating the saw
III elegant Johiis"ncsc hut, angficr, it may be
| shortly rendered thus: BLOW your horn, fyo
DO not sell "a ID fish :" and II is in this form
that this It'd bit Of wisdom is usually commune
Gated by ancient mariners To culow monrcrs q
| The scaiy commodity. The knob of the ndvict
Is, that whether one he up or down in the worldk
| 1t Is his duty, by making great iiosc and n fusY
generally I" announce Enthusiastically to h3
compatriots that he ia living and kicking" 4
Hence, we have an intinitude of letters am
speeches the gist of which is, to keep the conmd4
mass from forgetting the existence and a,plity>
their whilomc public servants, and to Jake
public exhibition of their ndriotncss i'll III use
mere technical constitutional constructor, b1
find very few exhibitions of the highest iunlitH
OF the true statesman such as onco ectrIfs
scna,es and directed the policy of tho tate.
Not only great natural abilities, bu'long
percnce in public life and protracteJ study
The principles that underlic the fuundjuns of,
social fabric, are essentially necessary 10 anyT
cldcd success in statcsnanshp. Thbest reau
sites arc now not often cninvcd AZ the trtI
| great men who were thus trained for
| and distinction are with their gcn.r
disappearing, displaced by ,hos, Wv yaausi sssi
snowy Qualities for day and thcnf, Ssrh;6p
,nrm I",, "n,, n,i" some t new popular Appear,
might be expected, general aPeeni, ''M :
lie debates of those clear aude, ,esut n,
tons OF great priEciplcs-of fe iro'L ...
such wide and enlarged vicwsiftfcd byI nt ,ec. |
tional predictions and tlisG 's'bv NO e ta.
| tlonal lrcjudces, which nsineT n brusl,pS "
all bubbles of adrot casusSi ose all sisr- 81
vIcncy to mere Temporarily p at, and liIS T.
conviction to the inteyE' iurers 1 Me
whole nation. fH
The frequent changes inf; .present,tion of
the people in Congress hal btlcss c,ntribu.
| lea III no small degree, p" clttleink of the
| character of that tonncrfb. ust bmT and to
the fearful intensity of of gent cLonal diff
fcuIt'es. The vacati@Q the popular mind
are hence intensified in bt, ,nilicts Of each sue.
ceeh,ng Congress. Thif, al council Of the ia
ton begins to feel sens all the little excite
| mcht OF Tie country, bfU $ means. AZ it were,
concentrated in Wash{, II City rs burning.
glass concentrates thf tied rays in its little
| focus. j.;
| The choice which E., ms to the South of ex.
erc'S'hg commamti9' siuence in Congress de-
| pcnds upon It's tcnsf, resisting the present
| tendency To repacsf; md tried representative
! ny new and incxpc1'eicd ones. From the fact
| tiat large porth1 'is representation at the
| present time has n II considerable period
| III public life, whit"l Delegates from tho North
have before been H. 81 unknown III Congress,
| il now wel!s pf and commands u RESPECT
| beyond that to hen' iine, from mrre numerical
| strength. II wcrj' ie, under the existing cond
ton of affairs tuj cavOr to revive the almost
| extinct line of ri statesmen by close adhe.
| renee to the poll thicl has been successful
| in securing grc:s, ent III public service, and en-
| downg 1t with} nerve aud vigor only obtained
| by long expcifR "a and intense study-N. o.
f'e"y""e.
Now yan1| o ,tions uas taken M--A .hoo-
sicr" corresf} mt Of the Western Undiana)
| Herald, tclsl rIhc following good one how
Yankee mfYI pedlar was taken in by The
| SpenoervilIPIof SpcncervlIc, in that State:
Notions 3{f INTO town and commenced trade
when mSn'nt stepped up and selected goods
to the amFV Of one dollar, and carried them
into his 81 1aad returned with coon skin, and
says: Is 7,erc Is your pay for the goods."-
"Rut, hoef," says Notions, 81 don't take coon
skins forY goods Cant help it now," says
the merdIt, "thc trade is nude, and a coon
skin is af4llar hcre-lega tender" "Well,"I
says Nfp(s' If them are your laws here, l
guess Itf stand it" and at once concocn a
plan toy h's coon skin into something avaija.
able. letting the coon skin into rs small q
comps as possible, he makes for saloon, and
there bncludcs to spend n quarter. Holding
one hid under his coat, with the other he beck
ons U three or four suckers, and after drinking
all uhnid, throws down the coon skin, and de.
mani scventy.ive cents in change. "Yes"
sayfonIace, "thut is II good dollar" and hand.
ed ln out three muskrat SKINS and says:-
"IFe Sir, is your change" Notions took his
chigc and started. ---. s.,
peaM from S'dkcphobia.-Th Tampa (Fla)
H,insular, Of the 10Th ult, AVS q .at mis- Sealv
that vicinity, died under the following rxtra.
ffnary circumstances: About two weeks pre-.
4 fYus t9 her death, small garter snake made i,s
Bay through the floor OF the residence, and
SEfaPped itself around the ankle, of the unforu.
hste 3. woman who was frightened into spasms
stYp weekss she was confined to her bed in
ransibility, and her actions partook Of
Htks small ehfYre-twistng her body into all
Lids Of shay, sticking her head up in a snake
4Ss manner,kc. At the expiration of this ,pe-
ss4od, sdeath ltervened and relieved the sufferer
Y tom earthl troubles, -, q. ss.ss.
II ssGlorioustneertotntylo OF, the .Law-A the re-.
i cent term ~ the Circuit Court Of Tazewell,
81 Tenn, fPw was arraigned for stealing raw
iEhidS.s Hdlleged that he had purchasedsit from
ii aFegro fhe Attorney for the commonwe wealth
fadmitted|is statement, and he was acquitted