Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-10-13
From the New York Evening Post
A STATESMAN AND A POLI1ICIAN

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A STATESMAN AND A POLITICIAN.
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nn difi,,crt n,irr;,,lo. mad viii L;.,irn and
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sur,rv of thn rccuiiari,;n. of lie c,,,rtr, Ior
ueo,lc brr rrsourcrs bcr rclo,iors nrJ Lor
rroioble dnstip,s rr,r,n,c s,,,L n,o.s,,r,s -;
nnlicv nc will u,,c,r g., ,b., o.,,,,,,,,. sno,,ri,
NJ h,,,n and al,naJ Itn ,,;u ,', =. Jo,.,Ia.
its wrnl,b and nn,yn. In, M. viii tooorI ,,,,Ir
,irtpn ~ , u; Lrr ai,, ,.,, r;,tn, ,roo},t NV
povpr. lie v;ll ar, Win a ro,,, L,t o,l, sn
far ns the views uf thar nar,v arp CONDUCIVE to
the pcncruI yood Ilut ,br nnl;,;,;,n nn,or ba.
la,rc or general views, the bmilnm Of his mn
noses is The horiznn Of rnrt, .nrrcs. . and dvcr
that success, /, dear to him n, - means nfn,lnin-
iuy pcrsnual cuds rather ,bar nc r,aa,s nr
udynutiny The nrincimlns of im.,i,o or tru,L !,
may rpu,esrut.
I'VE have An cx,mrliGco,iou If ,bcse difcr.
cutcs ve think. in thn nr,,n,, u,ti,udns re.r,.c.
tively of two distinyui>bed senator's of The I'ri-
ted States one from New Yo,L and rho o,ber
from Illinois. Both of them are IN an orotori-
cal tour; both are making elnborate sueochps
to the urople, both are nroino the claims of
difiereu, political unrties to n,,blir confidence.
and vet the contrast bc,wepu ,Lon, il ohvious
as well as immense. Mr.. Seward if he cosul-
ted his private feelings alone. has many uprson-
al rsasons why he should remain idlr If ROT in
different, in the preSent controversv Ru, hc
does not allow that to rontro his r1hl;c nc,;o,
Superseded. rs the candidate of bis Marty for
the highest ofHrr in thc rift of ,bn raorla bv
the suprror fortune of another. he throws him
self into the cauvoss f,r ,ba, o,bcr viii Ill ,b.
ability and earne>turss thai he can command
Mr. Douplns. vbo is Il r,rditl,te md Who has
many reasons of honor and delicacv. therefore
viii, he should remain silent. tro,erses the land
from one end IN tho n,bcr ,rad,,ciug b;s o,mo-
nents and nlrodn" his own eonsa H. pp;H n,p;r
tor;c i bims.lf ,Td hi. so,,ice. ,o ,bo non,n,or
wealth.. Ills n,ircnni oli,ct ,bc fnrma,;nn nf
a Great marry nn wh;ch hc ,n.', ride ;n,o hi,,hor
uower hereafter. Srvurd smc,ls for caT,se
nour,1, sue,ks Gr D,u,l,s
I'm their intellectual n1rr,ts wo may ohscrve
in pu.Sinr. the ctfnr,, If thr.n q,n,i.m,n arc
no less S,,il ipol,. ron,r,.t,I Sc,ord hos r,,l,.
n balrIpler ,dir...p, -, tl,,.c,,,,In,f,Lo w.,
nl of rccr>.it, r,,.r ,bos,i,,,. ,o,,;,. Go, oo,b
varied from the o,b,r l., ,br Jsail.' ot ,3gc ,rI
rheinrc H., doc. M, r.,, -, NIi,n.,C, '',,,
,hr,..> which hors.l .r n.ir,;, r,r ot NIoE
Son the ,b,ns.. h, n.nd -, NIil,,anlee iTi.
mind iS IN If the .uIi,rt brt his ;rnn;ro,inn
,,Yycst. a. tbnu.,rd ,I,rre. or ,o,;c AMI NV.
,rrr,i,, n, vbicb y, ,,r,',, !, ron ;oa" c,,,',
10 lpbt AT ever, ncy n,.r. ,nv o,on,n"n,s an.
for,r I'm, r,ni,. ,r,rn.i, a,,l NO. 'Iln,;n,,s
historical. literary Or lnr.I l.rJ ,yacity ~ ,he
sl,L.. Douolns on rho ctbs, b.rl d;scou,.inc
of Dnunl,. omJ bis nrf,,r ~,
Ter >n,rr,inn,v alone ha. nnnni". and "ona,,sr
so,or.;.r,,, tnr hi. h,,i,.,1i,.,, ,,ddla All a,,J
The on1y ynri,,ions--Ek. ,he var;a,;ors of po
raniui ON the fddlo-,re of ons string A,
Conco,d his evordiur yas nnma,as a,,d h;s
nerorn,iou was sonn,ter sovern;S',y hn, -,
Newark tbe rxord;un, was so,o,inr sovoro;,' ou
ty. and the prrnrntion Dnnglni In tho oLsnTn-
,inn of his f,cul,ies IN ,bie s,b,;,ro ,bor,o to
cannot even unbrHd IN more than one ;nL.
Like his uryumont his finn i mono,oro,s Uo
/, worse ,bar Joe prn,lnnd ,bp clown Of tho
,itcuS. vhn has at least doyrn ,b;ngs ;r,n,dnd
to he witty. which he reneots in ali ,be c;,;ss
and ,il,res of the I'rion uorolas hn,,,n a,
Maine wont over ,be ,,,nnter n,,t of N,,, Eor
land. pcur>,lyu,io' N9w VAN and Zor,h ~.
olira. and /. now no;ng ovrr tho Wrst with ,Lo
>s,,, >nrech Anyhodv who bns be,rd nnn has
heard all the Others. with this s;u"Ie ax axcnn,;nn
that If there he in amy loc,liv any nscuiior local