The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-24
IL may not be with ut In crest and instruction to
dwell upon them awhile.
Roih of thtaa mon rara 0antIer m an nm hipth

and came the old ADgloSaxon race-that
law.lovlug, liberty.lovtng. educating aud con.
Quering race. Boz b OF them toUk part IN rebel.
lion against their lawful sovereign, which BY yir.
Neither OF Them was very conspl noug In the be-
ginning or earlier stages OF the controversy. huI
each oil them when the issue was finally joined,
became the foremost, perhaps the one indlspen.
sable man OF the limes. Washington sat In the
1rst Continental Congress, aud Patrick HeDry.
when asked who was the greatest man In that
body, said that for sCund judgment and sold In
formation, Colonel Washington was incontesa-
oily The greatest man, Cromwell sat 10 the long
Parliament which initiated the rebellion. and
when Lo'd Digby asked OF Hampden who that
tloVen was, he received Tor ans er from Hamp.
den. "If 1t comes to blows with the king tnat
sloven will be the greatest man In EngisId.u
Zach Of them was oil religious Iemper OF mind,
and took delight In the home affection and the
d mesEic charities or freside lie. There was no
orttoiy In either OF them; both were men OF
action. Each OF them conducted his cause 70
victorious ISSUE and came out Of II master Of the
situation. Each or them overthrow klngly rule,
and substituted commonwealth In It's pac'.
Zach OF them at the end Of Inc wsir had an army
at his baek greatly devoted To him. Eacn, OF
them ar er having been the nrst military CHIEF.
taiu n war, became the hgnest civil magistrate
IN peace. Both OF them have been called great.
and yet how different was their greatness. Be-
fore we can determine with any Boft OF s8tisfac.
tloa which was the greater, we nlost Settle some.
what our ideas OF what real greatness Ia. There
viz: that it cannot exist without morality, public
as we'll az private. The best ideal Of It ID IN the
combination OF virtue, with power display ed on
great occasions aud iE great historical txlgen-
latlons Of thlnga, and to degrade our conceptions
Of Gods government in the word. SU long as
men content 10 be caplivate'l oy brilliant ex.
hioitoos OF force intellectual or military, without
regard TO motives or ends. they must and VIII
fall short OF the true standard. IL is precisely
with these motives und ends that morality has TO
deal "a strons dariug man." Gays Carlyle; -
strong vlrtu0ns man" would 90 u mnca otttef
saying. The truth is that carly le seems TO take
small account Of this great element IN bis esti.
mate of kngship. To demolish shams and loE'
mulas; to bend or break the wills of mea and
make Them subserveLt TO one ruling VIII; TO
unexpected combinations In the field, aud 70
stride to power over the bodies and iioertles OF
human creatures; TO make brilliant cottps detdt;
70 bring order cut OF disorder, though II be the
order that reigus at Warsaw. enforced sL tho
plitteriug point Il the bay yonet; ITO Weo tne
Heavens lghtniag and say to 1t 'God-hke one, )"
these are tn Things tnat aeem TO strike LIS mag
ination with gredte5L force. -
In defending Cromwell against the onarle OF
ralsity or h, p piocrlsg, he exclaims 'Can great
soul be tssible without conscience IN IL, the
essence Of al real souls, great or small y
aud his re5p,nse 10 mis- own question u,
"Non and 30 will be tn re pUnse Of all true
men the world over. But 1t is clear that Carlyle
WAS more intent on vnd!caulg 9 CromWeu IMAM
Oh vindicatng conscience; for II consctence, mo-
raj sense. be really the essence OF q great so1l,
the one chief attribute that dominates al tho
est or gives them their highest place and top
most fulsa, cOD,d he ind o. the long nlstoric
roll, ancient aid m ,d.ri, no otner Eiugs. cpm.
mai, iers over men, soldiers aud sntesmen 10
sIaud az the embodiment and personlacatiOn OF
tnat thing Just less III IN DIVINE on earth. tnan
Nspo on Bonaparte and Ohver CromWelf Hero
W rshlp tuat stands on no better basis than thats
is neithsr aip nm more nor less than worship Of the
Idols U( ones own creation.
Cromwell mad q more brilliant.milltary genius
than Washington. He won more victories ana
mighlier ones; IL is taid he never lost battle.
The secret Of his great success as soalei ls
easily explained. He was q religious ian .lic MIN.
self, and in time OF inteose national reuglous
excitement, he conceived the idea OF lmpresslng
thl, great element OF power into the service OF
the civil war, and OF organizing an army OF re.
iolous fanatics II was mastery o0nceptlons
but q natural one for suoh maa. ODce make
men nelleve from the bottom OF their souls toat
lney are the soldiers OF God. and that tney are
doing Gods work, and they become inVinciole.
The cavaliers were men o; honor, ana they lougnt
well for their ancient honors sake. Alter tne
nrst batrie at Edgehlll. Cromwell. then only
Colonel, said to Hampdeu, They tthe Par Ia.
ment) will never get on with set OF p0of tsp:
sters and town appr nttce people againss men OF
| honor. TO oope lofth men or honor, tney mnst
hdus men or CTelt0tonn Puritan oi the strxlte9t
sect, he determined In the great day OF Pur1tan-
| lam to create an army OF Purttans. Re EAS:!
| that men IN deadly ear. eat would dare more aad
for religion tasl lot honoa saa % On aaI
| Rupert and his Lavallerd. "Iao notlUn II 80 .
one II it can oe executed" said Bampdan. AND
Cromwell did execute It. HIS troUps nreo py
disc!piue, became an army sucn a. Europe hed
never seen before. II nobody else could WIN
| battles, Cromwell coud win them: he Vas msoe
by arliataent generslin cnIel: nov couia ra.. a.:
| llameut have dune oLherwlhef be drove TIE
kiugs armies and the royal banner rom tne
| neld. What else could be expected in comoat
belwi On religion and honorf And after the great
of Became and
acknowledged TO be- master OF the resoudoa,
the one resi- man OF will and power IN England:
In the lsngu lge OF MilIoo, .Our Iniei OF nen:n en-
it was different sort OF WORK that washington
had 10 accomplish and with dlnerent means ana
weapons. He fought for freedom, NOT Ior rehglons
and mad to rely upon patriotism. Wmcn, In tlmee
aud relentless energy OF religious lapatic1m. His
q. ca OF action extended over thirteen ieeDe ana
dlsconnecied colonies OF immense territory ana
witt utterly disorgani1ed resources. tho govern.
ment from which he ,, neia c1is sios som 1l,Sous
executive head or JUDICIAL deparsment. ING
| historian. Bancroft. Speaking OF tne con-
d,tlon of Things at the ume, says ,oaH Sn' !.
Qress had no ABILITY whatsoever 10 enforce
decree OF their own; tney had NO reVeone ana no
auth ,rty to collect q revenue; they hao mono OF
The m al eriss OF war: they did not own cannon
nor pound OF powder, not tent nor mosto,.
Tney DeQ no cuIlbL6u nIuys ouo uao S'S. 49,
ousy OF forming en- army. AID depended upon Na
the zeal OF volunteers or OF mea to % enlisted lor
less tnan seyen m Juths There were no expert
euced olicers and no method prolected Tor oo-
timing them. washington Saw II Ai."-'I 10 tMs
IT, IL ay be ad led 1haL their Rntdgonlst Was onS OF
the lnost formid be nations u tue woiio. isS,
Washlr stsn ssw 1t all; but he had JUST Inc qoa1'
| ities OF s,u, necessary fer sucu An emergency.
He mad the comprehelsivencss css OF mlnd 70 .eRe ID
The whole leld Of operations, the 8agsc'ly 70 Ssee
| hat with extensive territory, uuulsc,Pu:iou
| trOops, limited resources and goVefnment u
capable OF enfurclug either men or money, ae.en.
ave strategy was the only safe line VI coaoucsi
and tne innovable steadfsstness OF purpose 20
adhere To his Well settled CO Vlctions aganht aii
| onnoslrion from whatever quar- er u ml4ns c0ms.
| No murmurs dscontenGs, suspicious OF capih
could shake his cousLancy or chabge us poIpJso
| UoUu proper OCCASION he cou q oe Oold ~ Wen w
| cautious, enterprialbg al well es circumspeos,
witness the dsasLruus ret eas into the Jerseys
| in I7;6-7. and { e sudGsnnes3 Wl.n Wnica ae
/ crrasrd the Delaware, mas :orced mALcn W
| ni0nI, struck brilliant blow stTfentuH IIAoWeo
| AZ nm by another at Princeton, ana III Iew oAJs
converted weak defensive posltion inso e sas .,
| asslnQ aggressive movem mt. For tnl1 sort OF
| warfare Washington had the science aoo stra.e-
ov which Cromwell wanted. or anecseo u Qe-
| sd.e IL ia CURIOUS, bat would De An unptons.
anle inquiry, whether Washington coult nave
| successfully conducted the English keDenioe. on
Cromwell could have successinuy conouo.ea u.s ~
| American KeUel ION. Great men seem aoepteo
| In Ihe exIpencies which they create or out OF
which theV spring. Iii. certain that washington
1 was equal to the work assigned him, ana prougn.
/ it TO a g ummatlon OF perfect success As tne
/ great Fabius. by prudent generalsnip ana EIos s
| endurance, saved the CommonWsslln ol hois ~. 5
| from the victorious advances Of Hannibal alssI
| lama 40 the greater Washington, by q IKE pol
| cv and with superior qualities rescued com
| Iyonweatn OF greater extent aui noolef promlse