, 1866-08-07

grade rs that Of Mr. Bates to appreciate hlm
as lie deserves. Hcrrcy and Morse, and
Newton were men, who In their day endured
the SCOTS OF prejudice and ignornnce. Isit
surprising that Mr.. Batcs, whose mode of
bcncilttug his race BY constantly spreading
before them the productions OF his own intel
lcct, shonld provoke the dtsrlcasurc Of men
who think Everett was an orator and schol-
ar, that Marshall was ju7ist, Lincoln q
model President and Webster StatesmanY
The multitude who have minds constituted
differently from that Of Mr.. Bates, seek In
one individual, but one mark of greatness.
They hare been led into this by the rxpc-
ricncc Of the past, There arc but few indi-
ylduals who would expect to find ono man,
uniting within himself, the peculiar distinc-
tions which, us VIC have said, they readily
discovered In Everett. Marshall, Lincoln and
Nebster-ana fewer still who would expect
10 find tAat ,nan In tue person OF our vcncra-
bic aud accomplished fellow-c!tizen, Mr..
Bates. We have used this illustration In Or
der that those people who speak Of Mr.. Bates
for the purpose Of encering at him, can take
In at one glance the vast difference between
the capacity Of Ills mind and that Of the un-
apprcciative multitude.
Nr. Bates. before he honosed illinois with
his citizenship, had become distinguished for
his eminent abilities, and particularly for
that absence Of selishncss which Is one of
his peculiaritics, and for which he so frc.
4lently las to apologize. lie lived in Mich
issan, and be lived in California, md he has
lived here, and The best proof TINT hc las
always been unscif}sl Is iu the fact, that in
neither State has any person ever found hin.
holding an Office but once. It is ridiculous
for his enemies TO say that he could not get
Office; his legal attainments which have
made him celebrated on both oceans, and his
vast intellectual and oratorica1 greatness,
paved, as with gold, his pathway to any sta
tion he might want. Once, when there was
IN Office vacant in Michigan which no one
else would accept, and there was danger that
the State would suffer In consequence, he ac-
ccptcl the p1arc and held it until compc-
tent man was found 10 take it. That is the
only occasion when his skirts were tainted
with the udor Of official rank. Judgeshfps,
Scnatorships, Congress-all have been pre-
sentcd before his vision by the people, but
liz has reso1utcly closed lis cycs until some
other and more ambitious man has graspcd
the prizc.
MIR Bntcs is the head and front Of the JOHN
son party in Illinois. Tie Is the right man In
the right place. II any one can make sub
etnncc out Of Il shadow, or stadow out Of q
substance. lie can, and any doubt upon this
point will be removed by reading one Of his
speeches. lie goes to Philadelphia as the
representative Of this Statr. He will be q
great man there, and that is saying great
deal, for man must be truly great tn he con-
sIicuuns i'll n crowd where a1l nrc OF thc same
type We predict for him d greatness exceed
inE that which now so Justly udorns his brow,
md future generations when they read Of
that Convention, will wonder whether il was
a convention Of Batcscs, or whether 1t WAS Ii
convention in which there was but one dele
t,,itr, aud liis na1nc was Bates.