New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-20
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hs lhonBHis ferhaps 1t would not be fair faas a.
aadFes5, winch 10 SO obviously the FsYFt III gsTssy
gotten wounds and diste1persd sefiiros sfssss
pc held mp 10 critical notice. had il rot b4ess ,
nonnced that it is TO be gratuitonsiy circnEases ~
ca,npalgn cocnment BY the largest of orr exs
the charity which Is due to Mr.. guuner n1, sssss
sonal grounds, would withhold the expressiosss w
an impartial Judgment on the merits Of tifs exses
svety vfulcnt performance.
| Nobody mas right to demand that szsxv sfssazss
| man who, for any cause, has been brought esgs~
| spicnonsly before the public, shall be Taorsyiv
| great Magnanlmty, like genius, ia ID the Original
organization OF the soul that ia happy to peses
j.; no man can be blamed because Nature las Qpa
cast him in her diyinest mould. Bat II Mr. SSr,,y.
ner had inherited the generous elevation sf aeuss-
ment which il native to the few choice spfyfss AZ
our race, hsstensc of personal iBiary would u;ss i
any degree heeloud his Judgment or interfere with
that fruthinBess Of perception and expression
WlthoHt which 2 mans opinions are entitled t.
hltle weight Even judged by Tie lower standard
OF taste, DIR. Samnsr wGnld iaye made a mora fs-
vorable impression had bis speech been more sess
| perate. "Tameness, be says, g is surrender, ana
chafisy s,f may be nlsappea-1 Though Entirnatiug
| that he has forgiven those who have trsspasse&
against him, he Immediately shows that the Et,zs
ing cihders OF his resentment have ast vet esak-
cred ashes 10 cover them. 3,
He proceeds to repndiate The doctrine III forg;ye-
ness in climax which il one OF tie most nxsxIsx
able passages Of his speech and which Ii cAupt;
by the assertion that he does not kno. thai We rs
called finally, to forgive those Who 1resnass
against God.s This infuriate zeal which cast
aside charity abinres forgiveness and forgeas fbas
vengeance is the prerogasFe Of q higher power
ineessantly breaks out in the course Of the Speech
IN the most violent aspersions OF the character cf
Shareholders. He alludes to the q barbaraus inch
dents which have helped to arouse vet TOO feebYe
indignaton;n = he speaks Of Z. the glimpses which
| have come to us from this mighty Bl,ae Beayd,s
chamber ~ he tells of e bunted moral senses au
clouded perceptions'' of the shareholder I'd shat
when he does something intrinsicaiy barbarctss fl
mean, be does not blush to find it faTne.s He saya
td.VfE
ont society, enters into efieial conduct and even
mounts into Congress, where for a long time 1t has
exercised a vulgar dominaiion.r
He refers to the roasting Of slaves at the stake
he calls slavery 8 this fye-headed wrong, AMI
strnging together epthets, he speaks of its E an
dacity. its immortality, its cruelty ts robbery ifs
meanness, its ignorance, its barDarous disregard
OF human rights, and its barbarons disregard os
hnman obligations" !" apparently stopping more foa
want Of breath to continue the sentence than from
lack of will. The soul siekens,t he AYERS, e In
contemplating the acts OF dishonest tyranny Hhfcfx
have been perpetrated by this iomireerine porserf
Those who attempt 70 lind any support for the DOC
trines of the slave oligarchy" In the Constitution
gather ASS wool" He predicts the downfall OF
slavery it must Diet may ben-this Is the
figure he uses as poisoned 1at dies oil rage ia
its holel ~ S F
Mr.. Seward is accounted O pretty staunch ap-
ponent of slavery but there is no parallel to these
passages n all that statesman writings. He never
desceuds to vituper alton. He Is too cool ana too
enlightened an observer of human affairs not to
know that great cause is always injured bY snel4
exhibitions OF diseased and unhappy feeling.
When Mr.. Sumner consented to be Senator he
mstook his vocation. Nature meant him for
rhetorician; the original bent Of his mind, his
tastes his training the aspirations and pursuits Of
his early manhood. marked ont for him the part he
was to play, and made him as incapable Of states
manship as Burke said a nisi p,.ias lawyer VAS
that IS, that he can no more comprehend it than
rabbit that breeds twelve times year can undeK-
stand the CESSATION of an elephant. Great fertlltF
in phrase making fecundity in figures OF speech,
allusions and classical quotations. long and labo-
rions search after some curious felicity Of dicaioH
which, though it may tickle the fancy, carries NC
conviction with it, are all very Hcli for Whe
wishes to shine in a literary coterie, lecture 10
| lycenms, and write pleasant review articles Bas
q sagacious and large. minded statesman will hoS7
these far-sought pettyisms extremely cheap.
MIR. Sumner shows his defective Judgment in mat
ters ont Of the rhetOricians province in the com
parison with which he begins his speech, Of Car
| houn and John Quincy Adams, from which il
appears that he considers the latter the greater
statesman of the two. Adams was 3 scholar, To-
be sure, and Calhoun was not. But who is there
to-day that looks into the writings of John QItsncv
Adams Who, that aims to understand American
politics, that does not study the writings Of J0hn
g. Calhoun : Adams, with all his requirements
did not produce any mark ed change in the public
opinion Of the country. Calhoun, on the contrary
has effected q greater revolution in tie political
thonght of onr public men, than any statesman
since Jefferson. He furnishes ideas for half the
speeches delivered in the two houses cf Congress
The opinions which he originated have taken pos
session Of our highest judicial tribunal. The IA
nous Dred Scott decision, which marks an era
alike in our Jurisprudence and orr politics, was
merely an authoritative annuneiation By the SH.
preme Court of its adoption Of Mr.. Galhounfa
views.
When Mr.. Sumner went to Washington, he car
ried with him reputation for letters and pleasant
social qualities, which won him courteous res
.ception from leading Southern Senators. Had he
possessed more tact, less egofisln, and greater
aptitude Tor affairs. he might have Haiutaiaed the
nlrato
to overcome an obstinate prendicefa acquire, hut
which ia spite of his position as the leader nf the
anti-savery party, he has kept 10 this dag. South
gentlemen of the highest position gfaiy accent
invitations TO Mr.. Stewards excellent dinners, and
go away pleased with their host Why ii is tAns
the New York free-soil Senator. going to Washing
ton with violent prejudice against him, and fhe
Massachusetts, free-soil Senator going TO Washing
ton with prepossessions in his favOr,in a little
while so completely reversed positions Ia Their pes
sonal relations with Southern members Ii is be-
cause Nh. Seward has the natural faculty OF ae-
quiring influence over men, which is one of the
qualifications of statesman, and Mr.. Summer from
excessive vanity and faults Of temper, has nots
We can hardly conceive the possibility 81 MI.
Seward 8 going through Mr.. Summers painfup
experience The Massachusetts rheeorician ii
more martyr to his inborn unftness for Senate
rial position, than to the antslavery cause which
he advocates.
The speech he delivered Wednesday night, at TIA,
Cooper Institute, like his recent speech in the
Senate, il calculated to exasperate the South. 70
fortify II in its predjudices, and prevent il from
listening to reason from any quarter. It's author
owed his reelection to the unfortunate occurrence
in the Senate chamber. 1t would be equally
public and private misfortune If another nnjnsti-
fable and brutal assault should furnish equally
Irresistible argument for returning him third time
to the scene Of this ousrage.-IN. Y. World.
Three Days Later fsolm the Kansas Mines
from the St, Jo tiazelte, July 1s.f
The Express which arrived in this city last might
from Denver City brought dates to the 7th inst
The news is of o similar character with that we
have been giving for months. A correspondent Of
the Daily Denver Herald, writing from Nevada,
June 2l, gives all the mining intelligence We fin0
in the papers. We extract the following
Large quantities of quartz are raised and ready
forscrushing in our mills. New and valuable dis
coveries are reported daily. but the richest and
most valuable discovery yet made in this portion
of the mines, was discovered June a., 1850, by
some yonng men who very recently came across.
the plains.
They call their Lode, the Grand Riyer lode
Names Wm Shnltz, George &. Shultgs Sidney A.
Shultz, and George u. Lofts.
| spent last and the present season IN these
mines, and have seen some of the richest fiis
coveries made. Yet in eandor, an willing to say
that the discovery spoken of has the appearance
of being the best yet made it abounds with ex
ceedingly rich quartz and fancy nuggets, and VIII
be exhibited to those interested, on making the re