, 1874-01-19

" Statesman, Lawyer, .nd Soldier" 10 Was In
obtained wna Commandaut OF Ban Angel, which
h n vlllaae about Ii miles outside tho City Of
wortl talking about uhtil 1s5s, whom be was
made Justice Of Tho Supreme Court Of MnBsa-
cllusetts Boutwell,, bls patron, lad also offered
him tho Attorney Genorafship Of tho stato.
No man Of equai pre4onson has over been de-
foatad, repulscd, and rejected 80 often. Tho
orywas, Sol him up" aimost from tho Begin
pptns Of hts to but on ho made a philosophy et
Of tho Ohief-JuHtfcesiliD vii! discourage
him. Ho ran for Governor Of Massachusetts,
aud has once, In 1876. deternlned to move to
Alinncsota to try for tho Senate. 11o did 90
tloro, but found a number OF Democrats Of
oharactor and oandor, who appeared to 10 equal
to all tile Offices.
In Dir. Gushing career % Attorney General,
ho showed tho possibilities for dospotisn tfat
wore in him when tho tool Of atrongoF, mou and
tonHo which could DO invented for aggression
upon freedom, he stood ready to produce at
moments notlco and sonle OF tho contempt for
the Northern character which Davis and others
s.udy o. Calol, Ousiing. III that Administration
occurred most Of tito brutal aute-bollum nets
which arc still Remembered: tho ropoal Of tho
Missouri Compromise, quarrels in Gougross, tic
| lighting OH tho floor Of Congress, tho shooting
OK q waitor ut Wilarda Hotel by Congressman
uorbort, etc; Tho Union newspaper, edited by
Fornoy. which was often complained Of by
and uumauly continuation, written anopy-
aopy aovs4Smens lie s IN caieS ieS
Gushing for expressing mankind never bad a
| sualciont Arena, and it ia strengthening to our
institutions to apprehond now md then what
! DR.. FranciRs aud All Pashas exist amongst us,
who sometimes show their nature q 1itto.
REFLECTION AND REGRET.
| Had Caleb Cushing not heeu nominated for
Cllef Justice, he might have died deceived with
tho belief that luis name stood in tue honorable
roll Of eminent executive mon Of the Republic.
Tho illusion, by this time, must lavo passed
awhy. No raan WAS ever named for place Of
aucL lustro who undertook tho campaign for
confirmation with such for1orn nfmy. Ben.
Butler, Billy Chandler, md two or threo moro.
| took tho fold; while old Caleb began as aforo-
time, to indite his. own praises for two Of tho
tow1l-papers. Els hand seemed to have lost ita
| cunning, and he threw away tue pen, md started
out afoot to lobby his own CAUSE from man to
nm. Was there over Buch diyorBlty between
tho office aud tho way to it !? Every day-nay,
every hour,-tho country, roviying to tho mem-
n,anity, poured in dispatches, mall-bags, and
even perHounl remonBtrants. against tho selcc-
tionH. Then tho library beEau to Hpeak. and
book after book Eoomcd to opon Its mouth 30
thnt' as III tue poem:
1s aSsp az I sr rona h ~ a. f1p 1caf
i;a ;a1n nnn'nu cyes 10 ara: i tha arnn Snr
Made his cheof danle: ind the blind walls
Were fnli Of chinks md holes; while, overhead,
Fantastic gables, cEowding, stared: but lc
Not less, through all. bore up.
HOIST DY Hrs OWN rErAnD.
1T last, Bomo ono-porhaps Pickett hin1olf-
remembered that, IN the Confederate archives,
there was letter addressed TO Jefrcsson Davis
by Calob Gushing, dated March 81, 1861 nearly
throo 1nonthB after tho "btar Of the West" had
been d :ed upon long after eyory Southern State
but ono was out Of tho Union, and threo woc,s.
before tho fire opened on Fort Sumter. IheBe
archives were purchased from Col. Pickett. dur.
tho last Presidential campaign, for 1000, II
order to provide doot,monfs against Horacs
Grooloy. A1r. Flsh paid high price tor the po
tard which hoisted hia 3hcatotum: t