New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-28
GREAT OR LIITLEt

Even The Washington Union coafesses at last
yhst for cearly two yeais has been IN tee msasss
of everybody else-tbst tue Snsm Den )cracy u
tally add bopeIessly dsoreanized and dem0rsllz-d.
Even that journal con'esses that nothing caa savs
it from vanishing as totally from the fscs Of tie
earth as the old Wig party hes, except it be cat
In pieces and rejuvensted after the manner in
which the witch Medes undertook to deal wi;h her
o father The UHiyn standing ready Ia this case,
knife IN hand, TO exact the wltcA's part.
We entirely agree with The Upios Is to the
present hopeless couoition OF the Snam Democratic
party, doubling no Reyer, whether the proposed
experiment upon il will, even IN the sdroit haads
Of The Union, be any more successful than wss
that of Medea. Bat we are b. no meas aele to
agree with that journal a, to what the source OF
the difficulty is Tse Union thinks il is sl owing
to the Sham Democracy having in If too ms'T
great men-the sam. difficulty, by the way the
existence of which st Athens caused the prsctce
Of osrracism to be Introduced there's of waioa
practice some e1per mens have Of late been tined
in the Sham Democratic party, though not ~ yet
with very marked success. To tnis statement we
are entirely unable to sccede; but if The Usion
will amerd 1t by introducing the word " little"
either before or after the word "grea"-wo
care not which we shall then be abe to
agree that a superabuudsnce of little great
men, or great little men - h'casoovcr
version TAe Union msy prefef-nss boen a
chief source of decrepltude and decline to the
Sham Democracy. IL was this very thlsg that
pisyed a great part in killing OF tue late Wing
party, and the Sham Democracy is nov last gons
by the same road.
Isiss curious fact ard strongly corroborstive Of
our vie Of the case tbst the Wig party WI oh
has gone, and the Siam Democracy whca 10 gc,as.
have seldom made any use OF their great mea ia
deed OF late years this Snan Democracy has hsd
be fortune have to any, VII CD Is more tesa 80
'houd DO ready 10 answer Tor. The hest esss
Presidents were ali great men-yery diverse 10
heir gift, and cbarssters but su were born to
be chiefs. Duripg that p-rod scarcely any
body was thought OF as candidate escn Tor
the Proficiency who was not great nan, though II
is worthy Of note that the downfall OF the old
Federal party vas signsIIzed BY the pulling fsr-
ward, to jdstle John Adams out of his scat
of Thomas Plnckney, very good MA,
no doubt, but certainly not great ose.
AL these Presidents, too, and this is
proof of their greatness were made 50 by theie
own qualities and services They all waiaod
into the White House through toe front DOR
which opened at their approach IS though the
master had come. They wanted 40 caucus a@
An, body else to hoist them IN over some bresca N
the wall or smuggle them 10 pnvlly through sons
window, left accidentally open, some back gate Or
cellar dO)r.
TIE lines of the little men who have since had It
pretty much their own way, began VITA Martin
Van Barren. lie looms up low to BE- sure IN CON
garrison with 8 successors but be seemed at she
tine Of his election, which some Of US stll recosct
rs compared with his predecessors, no more than
pigmy He was carried i1tO the Prendenc, eotiV
Oh TIE shoulders Of General Jackson who not osy
was nominated, and chosen and re-chosea ~ ais
own ain strength but was able also 10 designate
bis successor ard 10 elect bim 10 spite OF too sort
of rebels 20 troublesome ist now to our frieads
Of The Cnlon- foe since III. Union hss t,ksa 70
demolseing the Sham Democracy we csnnos eN
say friend. Stree then tbiogs have gone on ffon
small 10 less The Only two Of rhe succeolios
Presidents who had the slightest spsrs o.
command in them. unfortunately died in Off V.
Tier and Fillmore killed Of the Wig patty
pretty efectualy. Even hr. Webster seeIsg
no otter possible chance Of getting oomiaatsd Tor
the Presidency, was driven 10 play very snaa
part one 90 ,nall that the modification Of Il killed
him. Az 70 chow the utter vanity Of human
greatness and that caucus Presidents may DO 80
co.,emp. bic as hereditary Kings, tee Sham Demo
cratic party must needs proceed TO elect hf@
Franklin cree, and then James Buchanan. Tho
patty Is dying, no d,ubt; it Is deathly 'ick Of
gsloping consuu ptiOn; bat 10 cay that It is dying
Cf great men, Is 90 appeal to human credai'y
Which we should not have expected even OF he
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