Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-04
CIR Star aab Cbroaitle.
M0NDty. ArUEE 80, 1850.
Our Great Hen, not all Dead.

We frequently hear lamentations over
the supposed loss Of all truly noble, tai,
en.ed, virtuOus Americans. "Adams,
jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Wright, Webster,
and Benton" it is said, "have left not
their equals" Oar glorious names are
asserted to be, like the true greatness OF
Virginia, all beneath the sod. Bat tits
is useless aud unjust view. 1t is true,
that when most men die, they are looked
upon with more consideration, and their
faults are buried with them. 'Ie build
the tombs of the prophets and yet ye
maligned them while living, robbed them
of their Just dues by your blind aud cause
less hatred, and perhaps prosecuted them
to the death
Although there are not, now, as marked
occasions for testing and calling out emf
nent characters as in some previous years,
there are living among US as honorable
statesmen, warriors and orators as adorn
the pages of our counry's history. Fu-
ture days will look upon the era Of Seward,
of Fremont, of Scott, of VI Lean, Of Cor
win, and others, as most fortunate in its
men of mind, and Of patriotism. They
NAV not reach the highest positions, but
their transcendent worth and merits will
be felt and appreciated. Probably the
most honest and accomplished Of our states
men (the younger Adams was hunted out
of the Presidential chair By the most in
sane and wicked antagonism; Clay, Web
stes, Writ, Wright and Calhoun never
reached that position; and yet they will
all be remembered and revered for their
personal eminencc, generations after their
more successful rivals may be known only
in dull official records.
Brightest among the Statesmen of the
day-recognized throughout the civilized
world as the first and most illus;ri5us of
Americans-is WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
Wherever the English language is spoken
and wherever the generous impulses of
Liberty aud Law animate the hearts Of
men-he is hailed as one Of the most gift
ed, learned, and practica! Of legislators.
Were the selection Of President in 1850
to be decided, not by party or local preju
dices, but By an unbiased recognition of
the adaptation and worihiness Of the man,
Mr. Seward would be chosen almost by
acclamation. Men Of all parties, every
where, acknowledge his worth and his fit
ness to discharge the weighty responsibil-
tiles of the Presidency. Cool, calm, re-
fectirg, dispassiona,e, mild, canciliatory,
forgiviDg, generous, yet firm, uutiriug, de-
cided and infexible, he wouI challenge
universal respect and Animation. HIS
large and intimate acquaintance with home
and foreign afairs-his extensive practical
knowledge of law, of business, Of legisla-
tion, aud of all the details Of administra-
tion itself, were never better combined,
except perhaps in the person of j. q.
Adams. With the purity Of Washing
ton, the fervor of Jefferson, the personal
attractiveness of Clay, the constitutional
learning of a Webster, the tenacity of
Calhoun, the energy of Jackson, the in-
dustry Of Benton, and the suayi,y of
Van Buren,, he stands coufessedy head
aud shoulders above all his Presidential
competitors. Ga the great issues of per
soaai liberty to a.! =2a, under the jus; re-