, 1879-06-07

political cncmfcs ~as bound to come:
jackson was not dcmagosus. and had @ nuycr
st sssn 9,Ssnss assR sr pptnspea wss .son
tint suddenly transformed tic has'Itoal good Gus.
tnn hitherto into tho evil which, to tlls day. u orc
n,,tned the eateh which had lung ,,aHlnlsd the
dond; ho opcnc. them ~ t'lo representative Q! ts
pa,tcat ienaeney which wiz. ~ eycsS. ~, ~
energy which was peculiarly by uwn. ElsuwhMers M
onr author safs: When cor1s llaa these The
crfail arc struck by the Aands. Of d mere lclna-
Rosut. danger ia never entirely ahscnt, II struck
real q The ps1p T a. WI enfss a.S
lulo faith IN, hEn,sslf powerful 'cao ID al~aYs
ccrlsim 10 1o1low.
PROT. Won Hoist donlcs also that Calhoun was
dcmaIogho:
Calhoun chung truly and warmly to the Union.
And pvrn now nothing was farther from him than
it, ,sery foundations. ~ W. dsenly ta,pEss.sa
aggregate, but nl the separate statc: as shcl owed
g ths dr. and psEestnl unon. Is woala pays
shssn 1 @ III III vi, ~ aSs s
euro. Ierond this be dsd not 70 9Ise tnsh; but nc
went al far ~ this With snnat!ca rcgatdlcsah@ess ~
that through oyery stuEe oE The HtrHEgle, md even
10 his death. he can claim tho saa reputation n1
having perceived nney more , .eiGa5!y tnsa n any
neccseatlly 20.
The demngogsm Of Van Burcn, on the other
hnnj. he does not tor moment question. Tho
cunning uud dcxterity III political management
of this typIcal New York statesman arc awarded
Their full importance BY Prof. Won Hoist. We
have not space for many other characterlzatsons
which nre as ptquant us they are Ccncrally apt.
That Of Buchanan must suilco 40 ! specimen Oh
them ali:
Jnmcs Duchansn, The third candidate. wsa q
dangerous rtva. Tor tho reason moro particularly
that ho wns tho tav9sn son Of tho s'ato u Penn;
Motr Tnt hia nHfNnnAl HUA1ttinb give CCCdbiOu
10 fear him mnre than Johnaun and Gass. lie wns
uet lttto Of Statesman " these, hus ho was an
ind empty as can wel be imauincd: ,m htcl, sound.
Ing ph.a.ss awss ss s s9w y" 9 e5ss 1sri
reliable party man. unless 's wan ob!lgea 10 ecpa'
1.te hnss! t:em the passy Ia osSss mt t. gntsr
the nuTfucc Of every question with lucAt and
ready tongue; a mahtcr tn the nft Of 20 arranging
words tint he might not hc unde;at"oa ~ my pat.
The use OF all email means. but too wise to engage
CARLY In dangerous ntrigacs, ur to underestimate
eessv sH,os o. tne WI IL tho
tlcal atmosufesc, but iHscns!blc to tho Efcat cur.
rents Of tc tine; entirely clear only On o1e point
eourae 70 the, White iIoufe; hungry for regard Ia.
uence. and honor but too dn,in'ltvc In intellect
m sn mas, So - to ' rposk, 70 BE- neither loved moi
mrod, intended to play IN influential purt IN tle
nEnmerrea II viii the dead bssauss ii ai lis do,nas
there was not singla deed; . man to whom fnto
could do nothing worse than place him Mt tho helm
tn an ovcutful psrlod'
Stephen 4. Douglas Prof. Won Hoist spaaka
Of a. "a great detnagogup." Ilo admires es-
pectally john Quincy Admins, to whose "pow.
cFful mind, unsurpassed logic, biting sarcasm,
aud high moral nobility" llc more than once
refers. In tho way Of description no other patts
Of tie book eaual the account Of the "trial" F."
OF Adams by the House Of Representatives; and
the narrative Of tho egor-nemorabla Log Cabin
Campaign of $50.
The second volume Is worthy combustion
Of this great work, which promises 10 he in Its
own peculiar department ssat'tlard publication
for uore than ols generation; Tsle Translation
great humber OF prooi.rcauer's crrors which wc
have noticed In the advance sheets will, 1t Is to
ho hoped. oe corrected bcfoto the p'atss arc
taken o. l"Constttrlonal M HistGTy nfI., Of pn t1e
fessor ] 1T the univsrsisy d FrelIurg: Trans-
iatctl bY Jo!,n J. Lalor. 1Se,s-1s48. "Jaekson's
| Admiutstrattou-Thc Annexation Of Texna."
| Advance sheets. Chicago: Cnllaghan u Co.,
1s7pj
n SuEAr or DIOGRAPHIES.
Biography is Il specia. literary fashion Of our
times. II Is q part Of the prcscut rage for
! "rcal!sm y In art aud literature ns opposed to
"romanticism." Tire public wants to know
whut ts or VIVA, not what might, could. would, OF
should bc: the ind!catiyo, not tic subjunc.iyo or
| potential, ia tic mood III tho hour. A painter
| who represents canpalgn-nelde1t must silow
tic mud that cloga tue soldtcre' boots mud drips
from thu horses bellies, Us we'll as tho elcpms OF
| light on howftzer and bayonct. To our writer's
We say: "Tell us facts; tell us what has actually
happened 10 youraclf or to auy QUO clsr, ai,d we
Win listen. See that you uaueht extcnnatc, nor
set down aught In malice, but never mind what
| deductions you make, Or What inosnf YOU draw
frotn those facts: we gan supply such conclusions
ouftelves.r
Iu other words, the essay.is not In demand;
| tho biography, the book Of travels, the uarra
tlvo OF ereuts, has taken its place. Even ilcti-
t.oue narrative Will lu,-opin!oua aid sngges,
| tions are what wo cannot abide. An eesay from
| M0ntntGnc, Offered to my magazine to.any
would be certainly rejected: not BECAUSE tho
theft would b. detec;cd,-tlat is rather uu'
lkoly,-but because the matter Is not Of tho
kind now called for. The reporter Is erowdtnH
o ut tie autboF.
Therefore biographies abound. Now liges OF
old characters nro vcnturcd upon with woader'
ful boltlucsa a.ll still ,norc wonderful success
| A fuw years. ago one would as eoon have
thought Of writing new lilo ot Noah as new
| life OF johnson: Boswell was supposed to hays
exhausted the one subject 81 SIoses had tho
] other. But tn tho "Euglisl Mon q! Letters II
series, to which thc4c lives OF Spcnses and 15uraa
belong, Jonosou, Gibbon, Scott, Shelley, Hume
| Goldsmith, and Dutoc, haye already been
written Of anow. with very great acceptatnn
| and nunyan atiu dozen or moro Of Others are
| announced to follow.
First In tinlo (autl last in interesting qualify
| ct the ulemotrs before us Is that Of Muntagnc.
| It IL une Of series Ut 'FOrcign Classics fOl