The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-31

JONATHAN WORTH.
How Grcnt .,,.n Irrut Small One

JONATHAN WORTH.
How Grcnf ~ lr~st Small Ones.
The editor oi the Washington
CtlpnicAr treats Mr.. Stewards Alil,uru
speech with Il lofty ;tn,i contrmptuoUs
scorn. calculated to Give the world 4
new idea of the exalted station from
which that romplaccnt putentute
issues his high drcrccS. Compiling
the President and the Secretary Of
State together, in order to make one
job OF the whole "tl:tir, the editorial
clerh OF the oc..;ttc thus di,lnisscs
both to everlasting nothingnrSs:
The Auburn philusorhcr. Ike the
Nashville prophet. has lived to endure
that s"Vrrcot Of all experiences 20 :,n
ambitious public man 4 II iZing
sense tl;;t he is without honor among,
his partiSans, and has lost the atlrc-
ilun of his nearest friends L Andrew
Johnson and William II. Seward
should pass from public into private
litc to-m"rrow. tilry w"uid bcaS little
mournrI IL II they had never tower
ed above tlir rank OF common men.
or had never been th,. objects Of
public cn:liilcncr Their speeches
produce 40 more impression than the
proclamation of Santa Anna or thu,
messages of President 'Mahunv."
If anything cuulI give i.npnrtallce
to such puel'ilc ailcctation of gran
drur such 4 ludicrous illustration of
the rori."n; effort uf the frog to
initiate the swelling proportions of
no
IL Elections upon the essentially base
and mean spirited View of pul,lic lucn
and public affairs taken l,y Col. For
nry aHl men OF kindred kidney.
There arr mo two men of this age WHO
have pL:yrd more conspicuous u!
more honorable parts in the transrvn-
dent drama OF the past five wears than
President Johnson and NJ. Seward.
NO two names are more widely known
on both continents, or more closely
connected, in tn" judgement Of the
world, with the most striking and
important events OF the age. Men
may approve on 'oMdcmn their acts,
but no one can hesitate to trace t.
Their action tn, decision OF some OF
the most important questions that
have ever engaged the attention Of
the worli. S:lcil record ul ne i,ity
gives to their opinion on "lrrnt
topics 4 corresponding interest ii. the
public mind; and Whrn one is the
President of the l'n!t.,i States and the
other III CHARGE of the diplomatic
relations OF this lopuh.ic with al other
nations. n Is not quite easy to dismiss
them semi IntntS; anal h;,iNi,n. ~. az
no consequence whatever.
Yet Col. F"rMry does it. and it is
only just t" him 10 say that we DO
not know another individual citizen
Of the United Sta!~s who could 40 il
He 's probably the only person in
the country whose conception of his
own talents, public services. and
exalted rank among the powers and
potentatcs of the political world,
warrants him in IislnissiM@ President
Johnson and Mr.. Seward to utter
n"thin%nc>s and oblivion. II j. Il
splendid spectacle admirably caicu-
l:ttrl 10 till the mind with new ideas
OF self ronpiaccncv AMI self i,npur-
tancr. Hnt it also lwakcms irrrAis-
tlblr sympathy with the victims Of
such lofty and cnnIcsrrulin@ scurl..
Docs i: never occur to Col. Iulncv
that President Johnson auI Mr.
Seward are only men and tll.,t thcir
snil'r'n%s under lis coutrmJ,; lui!st
he som"lIiu~ terrible?
Ntr Eutl I.o,ss.
The l:y~s from the interior Of