The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-28
4rhmunn pispatth.
THURSDAY MORNING. :. NOV. Is, 1891

CaLEr Cusaise---We are delighted 70 rec
II stased that Caleb Cushing has at hast sue
ceeded in obtaining employ uent from the Lin
roln Government He WIS ore ot the Most
servid champions Of Southern Rights M 10
the period that Mr. Bach ansa administration
began TO give the South cold shoulder. He
was the President of TIE Secession Convel,
tion that splii IS from Charleston aad met ai
Baltimore. As soon IA Lincoln proclaimed
coercion, Caleb turned complete soinerses,
aad ali GIFTED al the feet of the Black Republi-
can Governor of M.ssschuset,s, humbiy peti
I. 'aing for pcs' in the army of sn' 1eation
The sepl. he received might ave abas' ed
more modest man II don't want to nJur
year character for INTEGRITY" said Gov. :
drews, and M lief Executive of Mts~a
ehuset;s. must exeri. ~ 1t li2i care over III.
fair, good pame Of her cilizeus. and hen self-
but few days aga, You were known to IL
hani aud glove with the Southern movement
80 sadien = reverse of posi,ion mi !tt awakei
some suspicious az irs. your highly ssisb
hshed character for honesty and integ riy, ~
i.tur'oas 10 you BE il woult be painful TO me
Taat Caleb sarv,ved this unkind cat, that b.
has 70 urned TO the Charge, and at last beer
successful, establishes the truth Of the 1anke,
poet description. written in til.
Mexican war;
"Gsaerai Cushiag's = drv !ful smart man,
ANA goes H. f1r ali pi.rc.s that YES plum
der or psli,
Ba,suIl. as consistency par, of his plan,
he never YET b IS forkoI.sa himself"
What we admire SO hugely in the astound
ins summers aalts of Cushing, as well ~ those
ot Fillmore, Oickius ~, Everett, aud all ia,
prominent Wni., Democratic, and conserva
tive politicians oi the North i, that it relieves
tie study O. The human nature OF politicians IL
general 81 everything that IS Intricate AM
complex, and enables - u :. bound 10 master
the whole sGtjoct
Iuat Gushing g. CO. should be for the Union,
tina, they sAoald DO Americans, Is just ls Iatu
fut and inevitable. as that they SHOULD b,
Northern men But tia. having exhibited
Ineir devotion TO tie Union by vehelnentl
Opposing and deAouDeing ii patty whose suc-
cvss they declared would and ought to divide
the Union, aud having a,erred over and ovel
again that coercion would only make ti.e ga!
between the North ana South hopeless ano
Irepnrah.e, then, upon the success o! Lincoln
10 behold Them Ia Que lnstunt tranefor,ne into
rasing coercion weiyes, bowling TOR the Jod
of the s1nth, which they LAO profeese, ras
as dear 10 them as The apple oT their { D., Is
tie Eiost astounding example OF poluca
ieiqulty that Tie HISTORY OF our lace afford
LIS. suy nul read The speeches Of Cushing
Everett, Dickinson n Co, for years-be fore
the period OF Observation-Disclosures them Will.
their present eondue., and then decide whether
ever before, III the history OF the world, men
who had character to lose, ever wrote them
selves down in more legible characters rascaIs
AMI reprob4t-si Such deprayity would be
ot.ouga To make Us lose our faith ia human.
nature, were il moi thar politicians, as class
are III sene'a'' ihe worst Of mankind. There
Is nothing III ey would not sacrifice for part,
and personal purposes; the lives Of their feI-
low men, the peace Of nations, their own sal
SaLlun-