The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-28

and you are fatished while under the power of
his words, but the moment he concludes, the
imprefiion is gone, and you are ready TO difpute
hin. The reafon is, Pitts eloouence is the elo-
9uence of the head, and not the eloquence of
the heart. He is cold as the northern regions,
and dry as the deierts of Arabia. He is afraid
to tempt his feelings, LETT his heart Mould betr1y
his head. Hence, he is fparing OF ornament,
iuipicious of moral digreflion, and fearful of an
appeal to the paions.
Deftitute, al prefcnt, of the pioneers Of the
treafury bench, he ftands felf fupported, and
ieems 70 plant himfef in narrow defile, pre-
pared to oppofe all who may come that way {:
and though he fees his adveriaries from far,
iome, like Fox. approaching directly, others
occurring along the decivites, and few fubal-
tern partizans, who retreat the moment their
heads are diicovered over the hills, he maintains
his ground, although his accuitomed armour
renders him incapable OF varying his weapons,
| while his mechanical movements forbid him TO
purfue the enemy.
Fox appears in the Houfe of Commons under
the mef favorable impreiiions, which man,
ambitious of the orator, can delire. He COM
rnands the awe, ifnot admiration of the mini
fry, Reals into the affections of the different,
and carries with him the enthuGafm of his
| friends. How can it be otherwiie His heart
is iabouring, and full, before he RITES. Confift-
ent from the.begining, his 6ncerity is never
doubted, and thus is he always in pohefiion of
the foreground and though he frequently
breaks out in iudden abruptnefs, the beginning
of his lat fpeech forever feems the conclufion
OF his former. So that his whole political life
has been one connected flow OF cloquence, here
only narrow tIeam, and there fcarceiy flow
ing at all, bat on every great location, collect
ing lttelf to torrent, and wide ruihing in a
heightened volume, now breaking over rocks
and precipces, aud now making its own chan
mel through the Iaboured mounds, which his
bufy competitors had reared, weeping all a.
way, and, not unfrequently, overwhelming his
enemies, and leaving THEN dead bodies floating
far behind.
In vain will king of Great Britain draw
line over the name Of fuch man If no longer
pyiT,y eoan/siior, be is eounjfior of TIE nation
II is imPoiibie 20 opPrefs or humble fuch man;
wherever he trcadC, re mutt leave an indelibie
impreihon, whatever ne does, becomes part
OF his codntry's hfory, aud whatever he fays
mutt defend TO poterity.
Though floVenly in his appearance, unw;el-
cy IN his peIfon, and uneracious in his manners
though his voice is dfagreeably ihrill, his words
frequently lndiftinct, and his action generally
embarratled, yet he has fcarcely begun, before
you are iosicitou: TO approach nearer the man.
In the midf of PATTON which fometimes aeitates
him until he pants high, he difcovers 70 much
gentleheis of temper, and 70 little perfonal feel
ing, that ftranger might ealily imagine he faw
this man among the Gods, unincumbered with
any mortal affection, debating for the good of
mankind. So muchpure principle, natural IA
gaclty, itrong argument, noble feeling, adorned
with the choicet fetoons of ancient and mo-
dern literature, all theie ifiuing from fource,
hitherto ihexhauftible, never diftinguifheda man
like this-----If heaven did not render natl
oas mad before The deftroyed them, the voice
OF Fox, rafting itiefn the midft of corruption.
fa1e pohtics, and the abufes of full century,
would yet be heard.
With thete advantages of confiftencv, of inte
gritty, of political lagacity, of irreftible, length
ened argument, no wonder, if all thofe over
whom the influence of corruption has paffed,
hrlnk under his preience. They have nothing
TO tear. Fox never defends from the fnmmit
OF his reputation he feels himfelf in the nidf
OF Europe he knows he has long been fpec-
tacie both to his own and the neighbouring ma
tIons, and Handing in the mdf of Europe, he
isems TO hold in one hand the fcroll OF his paft
Ire, while his eye, accompanied with great
iook' Pierces do"n 70 potterity III pledge of fu-
ture conftancy.
Pitt you are willing TO hear until he isc.taun
ed. But Fox firit lays down an interefting DO
htion, fxes your earneit regard and attaches
you wholly to hinfelf then, by the rapidty
or his utterance, hurries you on, not to inme
date conviction, for he is fure the minds of all
are preiiinS forward, and thereby he is enabled,
fearicis OF Preinming on their patience, to give
looIe to his feelings, to his genius, to his
learning, all which united, and ningliny and
aiiitting each other, give force to his argn
ments irreiiftible, and would confound all dic-
tnctlon between his friends and enemies, did
not Pitt, at thele moments, the folc fiIpport Of
his party, riiing amidf the cain and Gience OF
the folemn impreflion, recall to new. copfil
the dubious feelings of hi; majority.
Fox, in one refpea, viii for ever be eReem-
ed above bis contemporaries. Though ne has
grown grey IN the oppoGtion, he la. never
made one perfonal enemy. At the end ola
twenty years contention, nc is fill confder-
ed mao of noble diipoiition, and fill main
tains the influence Of his former DAYS, both in
the moment of debate, and with the nation at
large.
nv. Windham is not an Orator of that com
rnanding preiencs which fixes confidence or at.
t1ches party. But though hardly an orator.
he vs. one of the mott fuccefsful partizaus who e.
yer entered on the warfare of debate.
His graceful perfon, his ferrous air, his bald
head, joined to his deliberate, diaiua utterlnce.
give him, at once, fenatoriaI dignity, indepcn-
dent OF bis yariousin intellectual forces.
I have fccn him only in purfuit of Mr.. ADD
dington. How he would appear on the treaGu-
ry benchI can onlyimagine. But in bis prcfert
ieat, he difcovers nothing but his talous and
with all the unfccing iuCtinct ofthe bird of prey.