The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-11-28
Rcccher en- the President. Sew
ord mud Mcclellan.

The editor OF the INDEPENDENT IN a,
leading article, gives full length portrait
Of three conspicuous men;
The same fetal influence At the center
paralyzcd tho Cabinet, tied ~ the presi-
dent, aud laid spell upon the army -
What that influence was, and by whom
welded, IL will BE- the business Of the fn-
turc to search out. Another chapter 10 to
bc added 10 the history oi rsnow ned folly
aud illustrious weakness,
SECRETARY SEWARD.
Thcu, II may be, some McAulcy will
leave TO us such portrait as this: Chief
in latent influence was man Of ideas
who had no physical consequence. An
oplimist; not without sagaeity in merely
intellectual problems, hut foolish in al
iairs. He had the very coneeit of hope.
So certain was he of the favorable tcn-
dencies OF great natural oNsses, that ho
| scarcely deemed Il necdful to exert spe-
oial volitions under them. lie was wise
in ideas but foolish in things. Whatever
could be settled by thinking he managed
skilllully. But was his nia,uaion TO
suppose that all things could be managed
by thinking. lie was an ldcNlist--rich
in the tgp of his brain; lean aud feeble
In the bottom. So, all matters that lay
upon the earth he treated as IL they were
shadows, that came and went without
human vOliticn, by the movements of the
sun. His realities began where common
mcn's ended, in the realm OF mere idcuf,
He was utterly devoid Of the instincts OF
ply forces. He could hate but cod
not fight. Without wisdom, such acute
ness, ingenuity and mind force, that hit
, criticisms aud judgments weighed much
: in the shaping OF other mcu's practica
J policies. flis in,rdinple hopolulncss III
; up the future with pcrpctua u righ,ness
aud led him to frequent prophecies. AnC
like all uninspirod prophets, the filur,
! OF his predictions obAied no jot OF conf
, dence in his provision, aud he still cover
! cd old disuppUiniments with new proph
, ecies. He was at once the zealUt aud tho
! coward of the Administration.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
By the side Of such u man was place,
{ a man remarkable in not few rcspectf
> Genial, kind to fuult, but, above al
+. with strong instincts Of justice, will
. strong but homcly sense; and with rca
3 soning faculty unusual in its methods
= slow and odd, yet at length rcachin,
: broad results, aud generally sound ones
!, Well vcrsed in local politics. but untrain
= ed in National Administration, he bCcam,
j the President of the United States divi
/ d d, at time that required the utmos
e human sagacity joined To Rrmness an
|. decision. lie was both firm and fuel,
|, obstinate yet changca1le. Resisting pei
suasion aud rens n'ugs with singular cor
IN siancy, he was liable in certain moods /
r. sccept sudden and unripe advice, aud
precipitate rash action. Mistakes arisin
D, from these causes, serv, d not so muc
y through experience, Ia produce sngacit
y ns 10 render him fearful Of other m stnk kc,
e aud no, of following any counsel. Upo
such mind the constant counscls Of a
optimist, whose future was oil brigb
who was lnscnsible TO physical rehllt,
= who found little difficulty In the adm n /
tration OF mere ideas, could not iai to b
great. When, N perilCus times, Prss
dent is slow from conscientious timidity
Is one, who, from excess of hope, tell
him there is no need of action, and thu
: waiting is wisdonii While caution an
is conccit were maintaining ieebleness Il
the center, there might have yet bee
}, much progress, had the armies of tn
n U Union been led by enterprising Gene
q ruls.
IS IL lie one of the extraordinary event
u OF the times, to whose hands, chiefly tn
ii campaign yeur was committed, were b
r nature aud sympathy fitted to comman
- under an administration where irresolUt
4 honesty took counsel Of indolcnt hope
a fulntss