Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-03-21
~. T"@ AMERICAN EPIGRAMs. ED9T ~
Good and Characteristic Utteranccs OF
T i.r't ~ Great Americana. H.J,GnET" .

II 1'.A IT Great Americaas. 1I-7-G1
Franklin said many things that have passed
into maxims, butnothing that is better known
and remembered than, ''He paid dear, very
dear, for his WHISTLE 3,'" } ~ En. ~
Washington made but very few epigram-
matte speeches. Here is one: ''To be pre-
pared for war Is the most effectual means of
| preserving peace" s"#- -'H 9t.u. T.
| Did you ever hear old John Dickinson ?
Well, he wrote of Americans in 1768. ''By
uniting we stand by dividing we fall"
Patrick Henry, as every schoolboy knows,
gave us, "Give me liberty or give me death, -
and III this be treason make the most of it. "
Thomas Paine had many quotable epigram-
matte sentences: "Rose like rocket, fell
| like stick" "Times that try mems souls -
Zone step from the sublime tothe Ridiculous y
| etc., ...--,
| Jefferson's writings are SO besprinkled that
1t is difficult to select. In despair we jump at
Few die and none resign" certainly as ap-
pllcable now to office-holders as in jefferson 8
| time
Henry Lee gave Washington his immortal
title, 'First in war; first in peace, and first in
the hearts of his countrymen. Gf...."
Charles Cotesworth Pickney declared in
favor of millions for defense, but not one
cent for tribute" -.'. .-'
'.Peaceably if we can, forceably if we
must, F" is from Josiah Quincy, 1911. T..
|" John Adams did not say '.Live or die. sur
vive or perish, I'm for the Constitution but
Daniel Webster said it for him.
The revolutionary age alone would fill our
article, had we time to gather the pearls
Coming down, we pass greater, but not more
famous men.
b Dayy Crockett was the ilustrious author of
f'Be sure you are right, then 60 ahead" 10
II Andrew Jackson gaye'us t'The Union-it
must be preserved."sTIf, 3-,,rr 7 t., l4rg.r
h Benton almost, lost his original identity in
HOld Bullion, !. from his ''hard money doc
'Scott's 'Hasty plate of soup" lasted his
life time. -. .l.....r .,. .r......
Taylors battle order, IA little more grape,
Capt. Bragg, will be quoted after he is for
gotten by "all the world and the rest of man
kind" ---..s .. -, , .. ,s-.,-
p Seward is known for the 'tirrepressible con-
spoken iz;. i'at'}'N> ~ LL@I 1'FI e'1sG
j. Rufus ChOate gives us ''tglittering generali-
, Tom Hcoqr7wyin's welcome, Cns,i@,i with bloody
hands to hospitable graves" gave him more
unenyiable criticism than any other saying of
/. Calhoun gave us estate rights as q most
pernicious and absurd equivalent for national
supremacy under the Constitution ..F 5'.
[ Stringfell6wwas the original ''Border Ruff
fam e.. -sg-.i ... s'...c, t..r..-., .
Douglas applied ''squatter sovereign"
though it is probably that Cass invented it
and Calhoun named 1t. '''~ @''. ..-" fs.t'
I War times gave us no end of epigrammatic'
utterances. Those of Lincoln alone would.
fill q volume; ;, chiefest of all these that noble.
god-like sentiment, with charity for all and
malace toward none" "'t #.t.+ E..'i H"} "
. McClelian's chief exploit was to make us.
acquainted with the phrase, ''Change of
base" .rv ..s', =
Grant gave Eight it out on this line;' Gun
conditional surrender;" II propose to move
Immediately upon your works. Bottled"
and hundred others. 1t seems to have es-
capped notice that Grant is responsible for
more of these characterizing elementary crys-
talizations of thought than any military leader
of modern times. lArll -. 10 i'furaz 81
Z Sherman once gave utterancc to the great
truth showing at once statesmanship and
military sagacity. ''The Confederacy Is q
shell, and he had the felicity of practically
demonstrating his own theorem by the '.March
TO the Sea. = guo Lur .a-.rr !girp,.r.T r rs1 !
/ Sheridan's character and his style of fight
ing are best expressed by "Sent them whirl-
ing up the valley - .'" ff-'@'' |''' III ~
; Pope's unfortunate orders from sHead-
quarters in the saddle" gave General Lee op-
portunity for the solitary joke of his lifetime.
"What can You expect of aGeneral who puts
his headquarters where his shindquarters ought
Butler more incisive with the pen than
with the sword, cut through one Of the knot
tiest problems of the war with the name
'"Contraband. n"5'na.I .a ,mtt.h. .i"i.
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