Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-10
cRssvvELL.

Mr.. Cresw ell retired from the Cabinet almost q
week ago. Astounding as the fact must haze
appeared TO his old acquaintance, the cor res
pondence shows that the step was voluntary, and
altogether he makes a civil bow aud dec ent
exit. Chorpennng had nothing to do with IL OF
course. and he is net to renew his partnership
with Earle. What is it, then? The mystery
must be unravelied. Too many are wondering
over it to let it pass withsut u solution. When
Creswel leaves an office with no visible boot Ia
the rear, his motive is worth knowing. And IL
Is not tar to find.
Creswell Is a rat, with an abnormal develop
ment Of that rodents proverbial instinct. He
loves sound ship, well provisioned, aud when lie
has found one to his mind in these essential par
ticulars, he creeps aboard with step SO steaiby
that she is frequently s0oat long time without
notice of the sleek passenger in the hold. But
with the least gurgle OF water, the slightest
creak OF the timbcrs. this wise creature suspends
his feast, and upon the first opportunity deserts
Since his entrance into politics, Mr.. Creswell
has been on both sides OF every important issue,
and " whenever there was third side he managed
to take that also on his way around. lie was
Whg until lS42, when Pierce swept the coun-
try. lie was at cincinnati for Buchanan, and,
Maryland being a strong Democratic State, he
actually ntinued Tor the whole space OF four
years ardent pro-slavery man. winding up his
service in that capacity by vote for Bieckin
ridge. Then, in 1861, he was Chnrman OF
committee which reported series of nltraseces-
sion resolutions to public meeting at Eihton,
and be became captain OF militia company
which he never led into action, simply because
he considered 1t expedieut TO jou the enemy be-
fore the action began. lie opposed and de-
nounced Winter Davis with indecent acrimony,
and spent the rest of his days i'll urging all I'M
Fortunate claim for credit the friend and coad-
Tutor of Davis. He slipped into Congress by
fraud, force and personal treaohery, over polil.
cal associate for whom he had implored the people
to vote at that very election. lie stigniatized
negro suffra2 as the crime OF the age, and sup
ported it IN sycophantic and disgusting speech,
protesting that from his earliest youth he had
entertained no higher ambition than to get -"
chance" of voting alongside Of a negIo' lie
was war aud anti-war, DAVIS and auti DAVIS,
emancipation and anti-emanelpaton, negro
suffiage and anti.ncgro suffrage, negro equahty
aud anti-negro eqnality-anything, III short, that
promised reasonable returns.
1t is very remarkable, aud creditable TO the
instinct by which he Is guided, that ia all this
long and Checkered career he has never made
mistake, aud never left rising party TO join
falling one. HIS numerous passages between
them were never ill-timed, and always bounti-
fully rewarded Possessed OF none but the most
ordinary abilities, politician Of very low
grade, known TO be constitutional renegade
and thoroughly unscrupulous, be has managed
TO plumber every camp IN It's turn, ana comfort
ed himself with the spoil. Never in at the bat
tie, he was invariable high at the feast: and
when the table was cleared he took himself oil
to another.
The Grant ship is sinking Cresweli thinks
1t time 10 get ga Character trcm the master
and leave. He has no taste tor wrecks and
no stomach for storms. The old thing is doom
ed, and Creswel would not be Ores well if he
failed TO slip over the side IN time.-N J. Su',