Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-03-23


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thar office, and the " 6asg hum II ,t;s -1.'e' y
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! IN the National IntelEgencer ftbe roL
INST. the following compliment i MI - -
Mr. Lincoln, BY writer under the S.
tuFe OF " Curuus. -" The short period d,'
rng which ne held his seat lin Conc
had not admitted Of Z deveiobe7nezt " III. .J
e'itS, but he entered the body with Inc re,'-
taton Of eminent talents We should
glad to know with what reputation NJ u
II The truth is, that, La entered ~
OoGy with the reputation Of being one If M
writers III Worcester paper, called ~
opy, ana was supposed 20 be one Of the ~
orS q series Of essays, called the Far
mer's Letters - this was the ONLY evidence
which the public had received of his taIar4.
and with TINS reputation Ne entered WI
house, and with this reputation only Re LEFT
Al II IS true, that I farther -ereyots,
7'fs4f " his talente' did not take place dunn.
ms STA ll' Congress but it IS not true thst
Il was owing N ''tne short period" 10 which
II was con4hed. lie remained stlfirirn+Iv
. long 10 nave developed MS talents on the
( many important and Interesting TONES
which were each day the subject III di,cu,
sion. AWed BY the splendour which sur.
/ rounded Linn, TIA dared not expose His pirate
70 the Keen animadverSi0n III Iis coRtemno-
Faly opponents. Having Just sense enough
~ practise the maxim III vir SALT oaura \,
qaftRr,' he shielded himself IL stupid i.
fence, and sat scOwliur at the eminenee
winch he had not the power " resist He
therefore went out Of Congress "a he came
n, with tie reputation Of being a very weak
spoke IN the wheel UT government
Mr. Lincoln was now appointed Attor
ney General Of the United States, and dur.
lng the long Ferod III which he has held, we
Will not say discharged that Office, he has
permitted farther 4evelope7ueat II his t7i.
fits, BY making one speech and 4 half III the
Supreme Court.
Ihe first speech was a sufficient develope.
ment OF his talents, 10 induce the admins
traton to believe that in any future deyeI.
opement, Il might be necessary for the III
terests Of the country, that he should beas.
sisted by other counsel and therefore. IN
the celebrated case Of the Sugar Fefrgy,
Mr. Dallas was employed, at the expense
OF several hundred dollars, to render this
assistance. The cause was tired AZ the
capitol, in Washington. during the sitting
OF Congress, before Chief Justice Marshall.
and Judges Chase and Washington. The
nah OF the courts was crowded with specta.
tors, among whom were observed MANY
foreigners OF distinction, and members nf
Congress. The honorable Levi Lincoln
arose-one hand was rested on a large pile
Of law books, which il would seem he iD.
tended to use, the other contained roll Of
manuscript notes Cf the case. Ia which il
would seem Le intended 10 Y fer Hc Meth.
er used the one nor referred 10 the other
de was on the floor about ttn minutes. when
having concluded lis predatory remarks, he
sad, | will now inform this lorourable
court, q The first point which have taken
IN tlls case. he paused" I say, may Il
please your honOrs," Continued he, aftera
Ltue hesitauon) and paused apan-The
Court listened with tie utmost attention
the spectators who where little distance
from the bar, anxious to witness The event
wiuch th.s lllustriCus instance IF the 4HoH-
fes Pdtl1iHHt, seemed to promise, closed up
I'D seInIcWcle around The baIustrade Of the
forum " As was SAYING (sald Mr. Linz
ron) have made point" He had 50,
TIC had reached one which lie could not sur
mount. He told the Court that he begged
thelr kind indulgence that liz felt exceed
ingl embarrassed and wished few min
utes for recollection. The Court bowed
assent, ard Mr.. Lincoln sat down.
After pause Of fifteen minutes, during
which there was a most solemn Stiffness
Mr. Lincoln rose again He contmuedto
speak about ten minutes more. His man
ner was wild, incoherent, and unargurneut-
atlve, and sctmed To be an unconnected,pr0-
mscuous,aud irregular assemblaee Of words
without the smallest attention 10 Al o-do GER
10rH71. lave now come (said he) may
II please honors, to the second point propo.
cd say the second point which I have ta-
Ken Is this-l have got tsaid he) To the Sc
como point" He, however. was never able
~ get any farther, and the Court remain yet
70 be informed what that second point was.
Mr. Lincoln, was obi ged once more TO APP
oioglze ~ the Court for being unable 20
proceed. He said, be felt Az embarrassment
which he cculd not conquer, and that Mr.
Dallas would 20 on with the cause "a con-
fused murmur was heard throughout the
hall it was the hum of vexation, disap-
Pointment, and keen remark Some # the
auditory felt chagrined at this dcbasement
OF our national dignity some felt disap- H
r,nyn-pA thot FbIC a-ar-sDv, W. III
quence should have terminated in such .
Notifying develobenleHt et the talents Of thef
Attorney General and others laughed ~
the impotencY which they had predicted
whilst the poor Mr.. Lincoln sat down At tbs