The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-10-28

bis energies been d.zsipalfd aAd distracted, M
J tue variety u aims. Yet walk where he would
: nc pursled uis way, like a c0ngUerer and hat
Il we'll nigh established himself ss the hifh-prea
Tor eloquence ID Aner.cs. Il Is tine that u,
tear down the uTiEl AM lsHsaliisI from sbreast
n 1ie i 4 pcndous reasoner bat aat yol
would not readily believe u oGe, 50 character
ized by solidity and strength, be u passionaiely
load " ornament ald "a s4alon.
tie s great General but, IN tie middle 81
a campaign you may enLcs him iron lis en-
treaclments by rocket Bring aim IN contact
with ITALY poetIcal mind, under much excite
ment, aud hss arguncnt resembles battery oi
cOlouFea hre gsOrks-giving out inceSsani bright
ness end reyerbeFaiioH. And yet, .dr. Piukaey
has 0nly good taEte--a good Mel0ry--and q
4 IA ge eoiieCl0B Of sac1 ready made pictures,
! they are not manufacturers insthe heat and aur-
4 ~ u the blood :--tae ii5hf that they give out
Is not that Of Spontaneous combustion but ra-
theF that which i formerly pFepared-kindlec
by attritioH--when the material j. heated a.
transparency in a slow heat He has not the
faculty Of coming and imprvssiag beautiful im-
agery of hand and bis pFoflsiol is that of one,
who in bis EXTREMIST prodigality, keeps an eye
al the bottom Of his purse. / have heard him
often enough to anticipate whole classes 81 ilils-
trauon, and ornament; Tor they are, often, 50
strangely linked togethe-; probably by their w.
rangement IN the toy-shOp Of bis melory--tlLt
one who has been long familiar with him and his
dongs, win trsHbie at the first glitter, ~ u he
had lald forbidden hand upon some key-bay-
onet OF the Tower; and were about u b.lng
down the whole armory about his ears.
have heard Air Pinkney begin, by dividing
bis subject into three parts, and the FIRST division
exhausted IT, THIS he was fully sensible 81 but
ne is great lover Of arrangement and he per-
sisted in giving Us the three parts, nevertheless,
I'D the way OF /" reorganization, &C. SSc- &c y
Aar Plnkney has the power, il he had the
manhood and self denial, to use X, to make
every stepping stone Of his argument, a luminous
spos-and to storm the works of his enemy,
whenever he would. But he IS eternally divert
ed from his object. He ~ thinking Of himself
q the mob. RE cannot forget that he is Will
an Pnkney-'' Minister Plenip0tentialy - and
that all eyes are upon him and be win turn
aside, Il any time, TO answer paitry witticism
or 10 quote Gil Bias, OF Shakespeare or scuf5e
With some Poetical apparition Of his adversary
-of TO tell about the Orders iD Council, in
tie negotiation OF which matter, he bad the
honor, Il the court please, Of being az huIRble inv
trument'-Or, what is worse yet, to compli-
meat the court with the most downright and
lubberly sdulatiOn--or--OF- sheer AL
some younger man, who may not have tue spir-
It to retOrt-t0 the giants heart-upon the spot
Aye-and say what YOU win OF Mr. Piukneys
argument, never saw him yet no never,--pur-
sue his argument, steadily, for ten minutes at
time lie i always dashing abroad-loTaEingI
SInt 81 IeafTilg {, which serves mccarthy purpose
but to show how wei be remembers, what he
mas oAen said before, and what has nothing TO-
do, and never can be made to have any thing
to do, with the case. These interludes and
episodes are forgiven in him, in compassion to
MS greatness; and because Of his earnestness
aid vehemence but they ought to be put stop
to. Ii is a reproach to any court of justice, to
permit any man, even William Pinkney, to re-
learse his old arguments, in forgotten cases, for
the astonIshment of rabblc and, were | al
judge, | would as soon permit him to rsnsack
the literature Of China--or explode, IN a pane
syric upon steam boats, as to ramble in the way
he will sometimes do, when he has large audi
tory.
Let me tell you one or two anecdotes OF him.
he is fond Of quotations-and scatters Latin
about, without particular emphasis. These are,
IA generals pretty well dove-tsiled into the body
OF the subject but they sometimes puzzle me
lconfouRdedly to discover their applicaticn--or
| place--till he has made both, for them.
One day, be was quite in q tempest-to what
amount, would not undertake to say--but the
lee must have been pretty respectable. While
in heat, be used the words outer dGTsHeSs-sim-
pie andcomm0n words enough one wouldthink,
without any authority; but Mr.. Pinkney lets no
opportunity escape OF manitesiing his turbulent
familiarity with the classics. lie drew long
breath-and added, with deep emphasis, as
ShukSpe1re says -
| Who would not have smiled Mr.. Pinkney
had probably encountered the phrase some
where but aChere, II was not easy 70 tell. In
such case, no better name could possibly occur,
Tor doubtful progeny, than that Of Shakespeare.
True, il was rather unlucky for there were
some persons In all probability, that heard him,
who had read the Bible, and remembered the
phrase and more than one, who kHslg that,
whatever else might be in Shakespeare, the
| words euler darkness were not. But Mr.. Pink
Euey was either ashamed to quote the BIble--or
| ignorant OF the authority.
| He wants magnsnimity. he Is not the friend
lof the powerful and ambitious, II they approx
nate az all to the limits OF his dominion and l
nave known him to play of palty stFatagem,
TO delude MS associate counsel, lead him dellbeF-
ately aStray, assist him in thickening his error,
and then, as be rose turn deadly pale with the
sense Of his own unworthiness- But let me leave
this anecd0te. Itwas one Of treachery and le-
gerdemain, utterly beneath the manhood Of
William Pinkney's nature and one tor which
he ought to have been shot
u The physical powers Of Mr. Pinkney are, 70
H@AoAf aGt~AAy F1AAN~N NNAAA Ata AIA"A
lectuai ones Both are solid, strong, and sub
stantal but without grace, dignity, or holiness
and both have dash Of fat English dandyism
lie affects to be courtly and conciiatory, AZ times
but nothing can be more ridiculous. All the
training in the world would not make gentle.
man Of him. BE neither looks, acts speaks, sits
y uOr talks, ike one He dresses TOO iashionably
and too much, ms II il were a serious matter with
him. Some years ago, he was notorious sloFen
land have seen him when the extreme genblty
OF his coat wouldnOt permit him 10 carry p0cke
} handkerehief-on a hot day, al Am sweat ans
I actually fOaming a TIE mOuth-yes, i, myself
have seen him, at such time, wiPirg his nose
( and lips on the sleeve Of his coati and the mex
= moment, il NAV be, while declining g Il III
would rupture all his arteries, stand and pick hi
nose, with his finger, in the judges lace have
J heard these things coHtradicted-bgt have see
r them, and hold myself answesable for what say
His manner, have already told you, Is a.
lceediugiy rrrnrant and unurDuifiatsuv nia efyi