The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-09-05

Great leaders get along all the better
for great lieutenalts says a cores
pondcnt to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Had MaryHof Scotland been as we'll
advised as was her cousin of England;
had she taken counsel of her bastard
brother and been guided by his wis
dom and supported by his strength
what a different tale history would
have writ! Eugene was the compan-
ion in arms and the companion in
victory of Marlborough, and had that
extraordinary man not been the con-
Summatc commander he was, Eugene
would have supplied the genius to
complete him, and it must ever be
cause of regret among military men
that these two great captains came on
the stage little too late to be opposed
by the armies of France led by Conde |
and TurelMle. COllingwood was the |
right arm Of Nelson. and that hero !
shared victory with him. Stonewall |
jackson was the lieutenant who so |
brilliantly executed the conceptions of
Lee. In Il fine passage THEIRS laments |
that Davoust was not there to rescue
victory at Waterloo as he had at AIal-
ergo. and so tile devotee Of the Lost
Cause" may grieve that Jackson was
not at Gettysburg to seize OH the eve
of battle what Pickett was unable to
hold after a charge that must ever be
glorious for valor that was vain and
for heroism that is historic.
Ard in politics, no less than in war,
in the Cabinet as in the field. the lead
er has need of the coudjutor. Henry
of Navarro was as much indebted to
the wisdom of Sully ais he WAS to his
own brilliant valor for his crown. Will
liam of Orange leaned OH the counsel
of Bentinck. Colbert made France
the most opulent nntion of Europe. and
Louvois made her the most puiss;lnt
Riclelieu made illustrious the reign
of a weak king, and Bismarck turned
King William into Emperor William.
Bolingbroke had more brilliant satel-
lites than any other statesmen of his
or any other age. and yet he failed
Burke had Windham. Pitt had Cam
ming. Fox had Gray. The exquisite
element of craftsmanship is the genius
: to choose the ablest subordinates.
Mischance in this respect has wrecked
many administrations. .....
Many of our successful statesmen
have been fortunate in their counselors'
OF, ais it is frequently and forcibly
expressed, their Mark Hannas Ham
ilton and Marshall advised Washing,
ton. Jefferson had wisdom enough for
two or three Presidents, but he had the
counsel of Madison and breckenridge
Adams would not take counsel from
another; neither would his son. Monroe
was guided by John Q. Adams, and his
administration may as well lay claim
to the golden age of American states
neullship as any other. Had DE Witt
Clinton had Mark Hanna he would
have been President-that is. had he
lltIktlle(l W It'll, itIM tuitt Is ulIf- ~
doubtful Benton and Wright spoke
for jackson i'm Senatorial council. an'
Blair and Kendall advised the old hero
in kitchen ccnfab. To these we may
add his, s,hrewdest adviser ;plh success
sor. Martin VAN Buren,. Il man who
took counsel of Wright ard Tilden.
Clay had ten times ten thousand
friends. and he himself declared that il
there We're two Henry Clays one wOut
make the other President of the United
States 10 that end the two leading
newspaper editors of America. Horace
Greeley and George ID. Prentice. labor
ed for nearly IL score of years. Anon.
statesmen Crittenden was perhaps his
abest lieutenant. and Crittenden left
him to join the train of the victorious
TAYLOR in 1913. Geo. Evans and Ruff:
Choate were the disciples of Webster
The first grappled with the "Old Maj
Eloquent" for his masters sake. anG
in the same cause the second went
down before the lofty arrogance 81
Clay, as Webster himself had gone
down before IT some years earlier
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