Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-30
ALEXANDRIA:
WEDyN'ESD.1K, APRIL so, 1917.
NR. GROSYENOR.

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On the character Of 4 person SO well
Known, We should think it unnecessary,
~ dlate, nor should we indeed mingie id
With the multitude Of those who receive
their first and Ouiy notice from the news
pager obituaries, If we did not consider
TIA debt, due to the nation in general, toI
uar subscribers in particular, aud above
AZ 10 our own hearts, on the separauDuI
from US ak OF this great and estlmable
nan, 10 illustrate our columns with HI,
rsme, AMI to make an effort, however
i.cblc, TO put OF pubic record the senti-
mon with which his virtues and his "a.
lsnts have impressed Us, and TO give vent
d, the pcolound sorrow with which his
l,uartu,e has hlled us, in common with
ne far greater part OF the people 81 the
Uqlted States.
The death of Mr.. GrosrenOr has lett a
r,nk IN our national councils which viii
MT tor a long time be filed, and in the
circle of private hfe a void which will not
cease to be regarded with homeless regret
iii he himself shall cease to be remember
ei.
Hi, cloquence may be sad I" have
amongst US, constituted species What
!. trae of him would not be true o. any
other orator, at least on this side oil
d.. ,.lsr,;. nor do we knOw OF one D.
comparisons with whom an adequate con.
r,,b,u Of GrOSvenor's esoii>ence oo"'"
Re conveyed. Its kind was the same as
.,t cr tne illustriuus Charles James FOX
:, Ierree alone its essential difference
.,rs,s,cd. The same ardent feeling, ear
res.ress and animaliou-the same over
to,,,oo Iuline.s of conception and tumu''
=, ,bonys.s which seemed as il they would
Lr,.t tbe bosom that contained them IN
their struggles for precedence--the same
.0D,rcntartlessness Of arrangement which
5i4nsed the glowing tint OF nature thr''
n, complexion OF every speech, and I'm,
,,rted TO II beauty and an effect Oeyon'
the skill of wroug6s-up rhetorlc'ans-'ne
cam. Jisdaiu of Fictitious vulgar logic
and useless gaudy drSpery-the SANE
constant intermixture Of matter OF iac',I
and plaia common sense with the most
,,rtc refined, & subtle reasoning which!
distinguished Mr.. Fox from all other ora
t,rs. constituted the preem,aent eharac-
.,r;,t;cs of Mr., Grosvenor;s eloquehce'
and gave it that singular, iehc''0us Su-
vantage so very seldom possessed oy 'na'i
which amongst US, courtesy calls e!0'
qren,e-namely the stamp OF sincerity
aud feeling. They were MOI equaS-
bu, they were both GREAT MEN @s'ea'I
mo, rf ,he same kiad.--SimIles non pa
rps-Eov far City thousand pounds ster'
Ing bestowed exclusively upon his eHu-I
r,tion-a set OF the most learned IN
s!ructors in Europe, and continual, everyl
dsv intercourse. from the cradle ~. With
tie most profound scholars and statesmen
Of the age, (tOr those Sir. Fox enjoyed
would have diminished the inequality, ri
aCuestiou which cannot now be deter'
miaed--but this may safely DC Affirmed
that the natural endowmeuts Of our Anne
rcan statesman were Of an order suih-
GENTLY elevated to render it doubtful
whether, with the aid Of similar adVanta-
ses. any nan has for long time existed,
o level with whom he might not have
.uccesIfully aspired.
1t is certain that no man OF discern
Rent could have seen much Of the great
British orator and of Mr.. GrOsvenor,
when figuring in their respective Senates.
Without pronouncing the latter to be The
Charles Fox Of the new world. That
2aicSaess of perception, that energy OF
thought and action, and that endless yer,
'a'jtit' OF genius which enabled Mr., Fox
to discern with the rapidity OF lightuingI
seJ advantage, and successfully TOT
nipple with an Herculean gripe every
,p'nt ard eyeyv onponent, and whichle