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proved disastrous ; and when at
length, there arose in the Frenc hem
isphrre anew star OF dazzling briiiancy,
but Of horrid portent, threatening, like
a comet, the destruction of " half the
nations, and" with fear OF change per-
picking lnonarchs !" yet, {" in an hour
SO rude" when stout hearts quail, and
bright faculties become troubled, if not
overpowered, the fortitude, valor, and
perseverance, of Pitt, were never more
triumphantly conspicuous. He not
only gazed steadfastly at all this array
OF terrors, but advanced TO meet, and
checked, if he did not wholly yanquish,
the enemy.
His cousummate eloquence has not
only been extoiled by his friends, but
admitted by lis foes. So sweet and
valuable was his discourse, that, if his
logic did not always convince, his rhe-
toric was sure to please. He was
powerful, artful, luminous. and correct
speaker. Ills impromptu orations were
wonderfully correct ans elegant. His
talent for explaining perplexed sub
iect, the precision Of bis periods, the
classical purity Of his style, and the
temper and address he displayed in de-
bate, are circumstances familiar to
every polite and every political reader.
For that energetic and majestic manner,
which in the late earl Of Chatham somq-
times approached towards haughsiness
and arrogance, the son was equally
| conspicuous. His voice was some
times terrible, and his satire acrimoDi-
Gus.
His reputation FOR integrity and dis
| interestedness was never sulhud BY the
slightest stain. On the cantrary, by
living on moderate income, and dying
in penurious, If not IN embarrassed,
| circumstances, he showed to alLrthe
world that the vile blot Of avaiice never
furnished his bright escutcheon. If he
were ever in servitude, it was under
the despodsm Of nobier passion. In
his immortal romance, Cervantes
makes one Of its personages remark,
when required to render an account Of
his brief administration of a govern
ment, that in Indulgence he assumed,
and in indulgence he abdicated, his Of
fee; that naked he Games and naked he
went away and concluds with logic
which none may deny, that this alone
was ample proof that he had governed
like an angel.
Ord -~---l--~I4 n may he ccarafsdeistiss
asserted, that, since the time Of Cecil
and Walsingham, the councils Of Eng
land have never been moulded bv
wiser or more dexterous statesman
and, since the time of Cardinal Kline
mes, perilous seasons have never been
faced by more intrepid minister He
has been arranged'with the Colberts and
the Galatians. Even Mr.. Sheridan,
at period of sharp animosity, has id
Of the man, by whom bis genius was
SO often rebuked, that he was formed
and fitted by Nature to 6eneft his cct1.-
try, and 10 giUe a lustre and when
Fox, IN mood Of the strongest dis
gust, had Quilted his parliamentary du-
tics, and visited Switzerland, Cibbon
records, that, in frank conversation.
Fox drew such portrait Of LIS antaeo-
mist, as one great MN should always
exhibit of another.
A volume, displaying the Biography
Of one so illusnious, Of poiiacs So
staunch and sound, Of eloquence u
commanding, and Of honor SO bright,
has enchanted our attention, and we be-
licvs viii captivate that Of the Ameri-
can public Amusing notes, replete
with information and anecdotc, have
been added by the sugg stion Of a luz
| dicious friend. Thee contain much
of the political history OF many Of the
| chief friends or rivals Of Mr.. Pitt.
The writer cannot conclude this
sketch without lamenting that. at i
period 50 eventfJI as The present, the
1corid should he deprived Of the talents
Of such statesman. IN political crises
OF the most terr4bie aspect, Il scents IL
if JahAstn, BHrkc, on piit, Is DO
tent 10 Charm away, OF de.eat, all the
| demons of the tempest. Such men,
with the might OF Shaksspeare's Pros
| psro, but with rp ic the most hallou-
| 81, cah always control the inebriated
madness Of the desperate cneqo, and
fame annazement among. the conlouns.
cd and the guilty.
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