Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-27
August "a. 1873

..us expressed. We hear good ceaI OF
Ii, admiration Of and longing for states
Lex for President. Now it would be
pretty hard TO define to anybody full
satisfaction Jus: what a statesman is.
OF course there is the semi-supsrnatural
Icing which. like the poets light. ''never
vas on sea or land. passes muster be-
far. the Imagination as a statesman"
The conception is of something grand,
majestic, profound. wise and sUprenely
Eure and just and lofty. To be a poll
:!cian, or to be 50 called isto be the OBJ
&c, Of that shrinking and detestation
which are 50 completely at the command
II the Mentors o. the Independent Press
IL evoke. But TO be q statesman is to
ae another and differen: kind OF being
"a magnificent creature before whose
tremendous presence the ordinary world
ling covers and slrivels up like charity
scholar il presence Of the dignity and
Consequence of = parochial beadle. We
have frequent quotations OF Webster,
.av and Calhoun, as the triune god
lead Of American craftsmanship and
re. Webster's fame and courses went to
pieces before the searching analysis of
Theodore Parker: John Randolph de-
..oIuced Henry Clay as a blending OF
the puritan and blackleg. and the Demo
cratic party denounced lin and his
bank notions and his American policy
= wo,~e than absurd and Calhoun's
memory is b=clouded with the sin OF
Qualification and the iniquitv of the doc
thine OF secession. To-day, and since
lie FIRST Presidential election, Washing
toi. : name is ravereJ above any other
and vet he was uneducated i'll the arts
70: craftsmanship and was only civil
ra3:cecr before lie was q Continental
older Old Hickory was taken from
tie field and set in the Presidential
q Ian, and yet his administrations are
made to cast IL the shade those which
lie before and after his own-tLose of
John Quincy Adams and Martin Van
iiusen. A. compared with Harrison,
i:.auy people thought John Tyler "a
vtat.sElan. Het the Presidential adj !
ilinistration which begun with the /
''Iylcr gip" aid ended with the cleo !
lion Cf Polk, saw the chief executive re |
t.re into IN iuslorious obsc:lEity. Mil /
lard FilIin"fe, another statesman. fol- !
lowed Old I .ck Taylor. What did he 10 .
that any American feels particularly .
f.Iuud of. AID what of James Buchan- |
a., headlight Of Democratic states |
:..a,,shir- What glory of aim Or achieve
,el.t is linked with his name: Lincoln |
u.s. :. i,ackwccdsran whom the Demo- |
Gratis derided ana laughed ut and OF |
whom .line-tenths CT the Eepublicansr
were half ashamed. And We. whose
craftsmanship Is grander than Lincoln S: .
Andrew Johnson had had thirty odd |
ears Of training as "a statesman and |
who viii venture 20 compare My !
Foley with Grants administration: |
ELNtEI, Will SS.III, NAoGA u A-4OiS
faithful man could be placed in the Ez-
ecU.Ivc clair than Grant? Our Ameri- |
can statesmen are men with hobbies i'll
their heads. Webster led the Bank
CLAW led Protection; Calhoun conjured
up the Devils of Notification and Sc
ces>ion. And SO the statesmen go. 1t
should be remembered that the Presi-
,!eLcy is an executive office. The man
il! the White House is put there to exc
cute the laws, command subalterns and
keep the country and its machinery in
running order. II We must have states
Iaeu, let them be placed where they can
do the work of state-cratt-on the floor
If Congress. And even at best there
are statesmen and statesmen. Compare
Charles Sumner with Aaron Sargent.
~ comes the smile Of derision and out
bursts the laugh of mockery. But pause
aud examine. Sumner was the fountain
Lead OF elaborate oratorical efforts in
behalf of Lalf Utopian Freedom. But
what man ever went to him to procure the
assistance necessary to get an account al
lowed by the Postmaster General Or pen
son for an arnputated leg? In the COM
,,srisorl of such men as Sargent who is