The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-01-21

ooundantIy Justlfled In occeptlng THIS place.
for his mind was sound and his judgment
deliberate, while was too far gone Tor The
laborious work of pleading ~, -:'a 81. . a., ~,
As pleader; Stanton resigned powers to
none. His speeches in Grants Presidential
campaign were the ardent utterances of .
soldier, made almost 4 poet by Lts Theme
There were no speeches like these, for IN.
tique ring, challenge, and nerve, reminding
US of Sheridan Knowles rendition Of the
speeches of Ricnzi to the Romans. Stanton,
indeed, was q man of something of that
Roman n,ingling Of heather force and love
of the State which made tho representative
leader Of the time Of the republic. He was
not New England man, but scion Of the
border South, with North Carolina and Vir-
ginia suns burned into his temperament,
Quaker prejudices against slavery. and q
Western boyhood to give him sclf-reliancc
He showed all these dispositions in all Ills
life. He never Lost that Quaker bluntness
which speaks in ''Yea" and May" Meth.
er had hv the cold and cautious temperament
which is apt to distinguish the pure New
Englanders., His life was not etherial,zed
nor his noture subjugatcd by hsbitual self
restraint nor had he fixed ambitions, rs for
the Presidency, for literature, for travel, or
for the Chief Justiccship. He was man of
great occasion, who preciptated himself into
events an | mastered them. ~
STANTON As AN AUTocRAT. .
At this safe distance after the war, when
civilty and soft words are at q premium, we
find It easy to measure Stanton by the gen.
tleman's tape measure. applying the ,Lilli-
puts code to Guilliver. Such tailory critics
cannot appreciate this man by any Of their
little yardsticks and hooks of fashion plates
lie was man of ferocity. of despatch, of
instantaneous decision, confident of his
judgment. annihilating processes in conclu-
sions, restless Of considerable or timid advis.
crs, more anxious to be called man than q
gentleman. He had no politicalpurposcs to
follow the war, no party to organize. nothing
to consider hut the gigantic fact thai 1.c was
the responsible agent of half million Of
men bearing up in the bloody field the for.
tunes Of forty millions and the cause of
mankind. He was ridden down not only by
multitudcs of thieves, but by lettering on.
GERS, politicians sesking ,preferments and
commissions for their constituents, by tens
of thousands OF men and Of women Wishing
to go through the lines to visit their sons and
brothers, and many Of them, in the little
ness of their responsibility and, the great
ness Of their private sacrifices, were in that
frame Of mind To- I've quickly wounded at a
refusal. 1t was in that period that the State
possessed . man who above all Others had
the power to refuse, and the energy to say
"NoT
l was once In hisofiice when it WAS crowd.
ed with people of all sorts, alr seeking some.
thing or listening for some fancied purpose
or piece of 1infosmation, aud this was his
way Of disposing of them:
'What do you want ?'' 10 u woman.
II want pass ~ see my husband ii ca.np
Stanton"
"You CAN'T 60. Next ~ tE * %r
Il want permission 70 cory ths, Ipapers in
the Smith court. martial r
"What for?" ,,v T. l. ed re .tnrtsnoo I-"4
ITO make IN appeal ,nn .,..usr
"Come again tomorrow. III think about
"Comc tomorrow lin high key. ~ Pass
on! Next, ...-, Il ,,,.o,rc,-rr,
II want to pass to City Point, to find the
body of my son." u
Let me sec your letter Of rsoompacnda.
ton Yes! You will have it Stand aside
there What arc you doing here ~ Ito an
officer with star on his shoulder Gen
eral.),,, 81 ! g' - Ill = 10
"Why, Mr.. Secretary, I thought I'd look
in ( ~ .Y-sFz org
"Go to your brigade! If I find you in this
District within six hours I'll put you in the
Carroll Prison amongst the common desert
ers. Go. Next man." .beHei.dctc
The next man puts up paper, and says,
scntcntiously:
II wsnt,tha.!"f3 s~FF ~C+LTE
THAT you shall have Orderly. take him
10 General Towndscnd. Next!"
And 30 the endless lcvee went on, aggra:
waited by all manner Of episodes; and in the
whole erIi6e.revolution, In the agitaed and
tottering republic. there seemed to be but
one man aware that there was war in the
land, earnest and bloody iwar, to he grappled
with, driven back, and brought to ~. end,
The President jestcd. and the Secretary Of
State. gave dinners, the Secretary Of the
Treasury had ambition, the Secretary of the
Interior was for. himself. Stanton Was the
one man forever alive to the fact that bloody
rebellion vas to,be gashsd, stabbed. fosgAt. 4
Inundated, and, if need be, made dreadful
spectacle Of retribution. al Tl2gJJIT-l
g., Look now, at the peace, the good. the
freedom, the purity that has come 'sous who
survive, because this man was in earnest
The boiler and cnginethsti undeliasd III VIZ WI
WIS hq, sdrtvipsl under fun steaRday add:
night rcbukinc Sherman for granting polit-
caltefins 10 Joe johnson, compelling Lin
ed,uso 1ta,dfsw ilis pEsmitsre 'smhejl5 <s61
the rebel Le9islstpre Of Virginia, AID with
one hand on III palSs q tie dying rFssa.I
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