The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-21

Wednesday, Nov. FL. 1877.



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A GREAT MANS LITTLE SIDE
As q writer and an orator, Wendell
Phillips has no Superior in America;
but AZ a teacher of the true value Of
aesthetic cultivation. he falls below
mediocrity. As long - slavery east ito
bsneful shadow over the American
republic; as long - the hydra of REBEL
lion threatened the disint~grstion of
our common country. 80 long wss Phil
lips . power in the land. But with
the return of peace ct Appomattox, his
mission was ended and he began, in the
language of Mr.. Silss Wegg. to de
cline and fall" for while. During the
past Twelve years. for the want Of op
portunity, he has been compelled 70
lead quiet lite.
Of late be has again como before the
public with diatribes against ex-Prssi-
dent Grant. ex-Sscretsry Fish. aud the
late Senator Sumner and Minister Mot
Icy. In this matter no has been siDgu-
larly unfortunate. The better feelings
Of the American people have long
since forgotten the great AbolitiOnist's
tssty temper and remembered him only
- the masnanimous American gentle
man. who moved TO expange from the
national flasa the names of the great
battles Of the rebellion, a. bsiog fatal
to he very ground work Of reconstruc-
tion. A. for Motley, he had shown .
decided preference for English society
over that OF his own native land; but .
great people had kindly forgiven that
in their tears for the graceful historian
and polished gentleman.
Whatever Phillips chose to say Of
Grant or Fish, he might cay with pro.
priety it he liked. q they were alive
to refGts any inaccuracies be might
utter in the eruption Of 0 surchareed
liver. That Gen. Grants first term
was credit to. tho nation. nobody seeks
to deny; thst his second wss enough
to almost justify his impeachment.
nobody can dsny. Had Andrew John
son demanded ths removal Of the chair.
man Of any Committee 10 either branch
Of the National Assembly, hs could not
have counted upon what alone saved
him in his hour of trial-thc devoted
friendship Of Pitt Fessenden. With rs-
ference to Secretary Fish. our only
knowledge Of him 10 derived from what
Democratic members Of Congress have
told ~; and they spoke of him rs the
highest type Of An American gentle.
man.
But it was in execrable taste for Phil
lips to uncarth the bones Of Summer or
Motley, for the purpose Of self.ylorifi-
cation. We oil remember the thrill Vi
horror which pervsded the public mind
Of America. when Mrs. Harriet Scrsech-
or Blowe shouldsred her little shovel
and rssurreuted the Byron family. And,
to draw nearer home. less than week
ago. in our own Territory. the LegislA
turc, Of which eighteen out Of thirty
nine members were Democrats. without
single dissenting vote. passed rsso.
LUTON TO the elect that the death Of
Hon. Oliver p. Norton Was . public
calamity and irreparable loss to the
nation. The Democrats who voted for
that resolutio0 wsre men Of no super
fetal education. men whon the sxigsn.
cies Of growing and powsrfal terrific
ry had called from the * and pillow, 10
make laws that sAoald lass until eaz
Territory 10 admitted into he dsesr.
hood Il States. We commsnd the ex-
ample Of thsss conpAzAtivsly anleeaessd
men. 70 the polished orator whose grsos-
fully rousdsd perisds hare - oelsa
caused the corridors Of Fanuisl Hall to
rios with applause. Eloqnsncs = great,
but dsoency l. greater; nor hes ths
motto born OF pagan ers-ds ~erssis.
aa nisi bsssm--lsst any q its psssssy
BY the ninsssen esasasiss = CAslsaian-
ity which have slapssd dnee 4 was Arss
uttered aloud IN the tusum Of the Etee.
nal City.
TIE failure Of Calvin W. Kellogg. a
the old esfshlish~i liquor hoass q
wilasrdisg , Kellogg. San rtaneisea
= ssoshse sxsap,s u sAssvtls tAak 81
low n ths train Il sesek-gsnb,ing.
Three ysazs aoA b. was computed 70 b
worth half . million dollars outside Of
his inesssst b shs arn. Tsday Ash y
banksupsy With liAAihsiss sxsss1lae
his asssts By ovsr t9so.o0o. All sGurss
Of be parnsrs wsrs nnavailiag - sbsek
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