, 1879-07-05

oEeieIuIy ol GLnlCt tuCn GsLeefncu LNc Htkt
pltre In tile Cnb!nott and tho natural ateppiug-
stone TO tho White lionsc. Owing 10 a cabat
composed Of friends Of another candidate, tho
lnteat!on Of Madison III this respect wna .1o-
fcntcti, though he offered 10 Join iatatc With
iao Senate on It, and TO determine o'ee
for nll whether the Frraticnt had tho right to
elioosc his constitutional adylscrs or not. ~ tlln
req,lcat OF tihIat.D himself, VIM sllrank from
tlle humiliation uf 4 rejection, this n'at WAS
abandoned. tiallatin wan retained "a secfetofy
att the Treasury, and 1tobert Smith Nns .na:!e
Secretary of Statc. The chofca proved 70 10
unfortunate smith Ind becu Secretary ol the
Nnvy uulier Jefferson, but hail nut been seTere.
y r!e in t4t pos'o liz % w"' IT, o,,nrre,. Ht ~
Violently, or as violently ns anY man could.
With iinilatin. Ills oniy policy one historian
saws, seemed To- he opposition To- every lncaa'lre
rropo'ed by tlIe Secretary r. q ths Ii!eas,fy: i!yy:
last became itltrac.aslc, nnt Madison ATTEMPTED
10 duuoso him IN ns kind Il 1safuer aA possible
by mnkI,Ig him Minister to Russia. He tndlE-
llant'y declined. nlnl rel!rrd into private lite
Mallsoi 10 tic best Of lis ability III the Treasury
Department. The financial situation wns per-
p1t1lur., The denlAtid for funds wns lInpera.
live. whi'c the 'freas,lry was exhausted, and
tho credit Of the Government was Mt tic iuHcst
cub. tinllatn did the hest he could. f1c stran-
ed every rc8ol,rcc, st0npctl all tic Eaps t]ms
could be reached, mud rniact1 money by cyery
means that seemed to him available. lie ~aa
not an ontln,!st N ilnance. lie believed In no
approved BIZ expesienee. llo uas opposed 10
pnpcr.currcnry, usnt to any loans tint would my
4 heavy burden on posteritY. HI carried the
Treasury through tlis critical perio.l with less
injury tllan might llaEo brrn expected. lie was
doubtless glad, nevertheless, Of ut opportunity
to leave It, when the tten,aftls rlatlg upon hlIn
wcru moro thai, he or nnr 1nan could meet; and
ho accordingly accepted peace sBfts"ii to hl;9-
1IA fIy,Ii fktkf
Power. With ulacrity. Tho Senate refused
to AUTHORIZE tic retautaon III ptaec IN the Ca1f-
net anl tp!on,atic otllcu BY onc man. Ills MI.
pointmcnt as Peace Commissioner was lctcetett,
prcstdcnt wnH obliged to nominnto another See
retary OF the Treasury. But Gnllat!h Wns after
war.l made one Ut tIc Commissioners 10 ncgu-
tiatc the rrenty Of Ghcnt, ain! under tnhr,,c-
OF peace thni tllr United States were obliged 10
accent. Galiatln was Minister 10 France under
Monroe, n,ld candidate for the pite-Prcsilency
on tlu ticket with Crawford. lie withdrew Ills
name wtcn It wns represented tu hItH tint no
might strel,gsllcn Crawlord's chances by offer
Ing no opposition to Calhoun. llc wns after
,rard Envoy Extraordinary to Grent Dritoin. and
held other diplomatic appointments. But with
ths t!eteat OF tho CrawtoId wing of the marty
an,l the supremacy Of Jaekson thu political III
fucnce aud public life OF GalIatin ca,nc to nm
end.
The character Of Gailatln has been drawn In
yarEous colors. The car!y part OF llis rareer,
particularly Its share IN tue Pennsylvania tsHf
goate. When ho wns IN Congress lin proposed
.he withholding Of appropriations for tho Mint
with vlew to exercising duEesa on the Prcst-
dent, precisely a* the Democrats IN nc late ses
sion ot Congress attempted 10 do. Ills conduct
in this matter was hatshly cotnincutcd'on Mt tho
time, and dcecrvchy 80. But as he grew older
lie took bruatlcr Hnd mora statoslnan!ikc views
Of public questions. !le wns mt only Civil
hrf hAr tN1
to thc core. lie differed from his
party on tlc Bauk question when 10
10 do SO nns to cndangcr Ills political future;
and he maintained h.s views to tE1e end " his
made opposition u tie Uahk fundamental
nrtivIe in its creed. t;nliattn said tint he had
int1nd the itani very useful to thy Treasury III
bis own experience lle had no doubt OF ts
tic Goyern,ncnt 10 maintain anl carry on n
ttnanciu q stcn. Ills Slcws as 10 thu ennstltii,
tIonal nhcstIons !nyolrcd wero long aEn adopted
by the bcst authorities. II he Ind lived to SEQ
might pertnps haya liollfe.l Ills opinion as
to thc. expcdteucy OF a bank. Some OF tile Inst
lottrrs printed iu this collection express the
satisfaction Of tho aged writer with Ills Sub
Treasury asisr ns tie pinn, aa 1e e,'la Goo INTO
strosc.l by lis adhcalon y tl'c Bank, bis par-
tcipnt.tu In the Treaty Of Uhent, anu his strong
l'sGpp1ovgi Of the element III Ills party which
tri1tNDilG&l i'll EbCELlOF Hi AuuTtH
His error in regard TO the Bank, II It was al,
error, was shared by some vi the best minus in
the country at that time: his signature 10 tle
Treaty OF tihcnt was merely Ucstunctory, III
consequence OF Its Instructions from honr, nsltl
| !,ia distflsss vi the Jackeonfan ideas Of GOV.
erpncnt has been fully Justified IN history.
The writings 0f Albert tialntin, edited by
Mr. Henry Adams, arc embraced IN three vol
rtucs. They include many letters to Jefferson,
afnsltson, and Others, n1,d The rcnlics In tile
Anmc, extracted from the nrchvcs Of tse Guycrn:
/ rnent at Washington; cite or Two Important
| apeeches; the ''aketch ul thu Fnauces {l1t4j}
tic "rreatiso OIL links mud Currency"; an artt
clio Oh 'lhn Oregon Question II; plea fo1
"rcncc With Mcxtco"; aud other tntcrcstai.
matter not before published tn my permanent
toru1. Tho most valuable part Ut thr prcscnt wor
| Is the tTn volumes Ut correspondence, Whtct
throw light not on1y u. tho life Of Gallatn. hu
Tint .: jefferson, ant! other ntrmpornsics, nn'
| Illustrate II period Of history as yet 1ittlt
understood We regret th4t Sir. Alams has
| not prcil1cd sufficient mc.no!r Ut 0allatfn t
Ills Wor!ss:: With ti1s exception, thu work Is II
/ MI respects .what We Should expect 10 tnu H.
| 1t has htcn executed at the expense Of lntct
labor and lnnney, anu We hop" 1t will meet will
the appreciation among tlle ncoplc which Il IL
fully observes r"The Writings VI Albcr
f3aIlatiu." Edited BY Henry Adatng. Tnfe.
voi,lt,cs, large 5yo. Cloth. Philadelphia; j
Is. Lippllrott i: Co. 6l5.)