The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-28

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hut Father that which Is formally prepa-
rd-kindled ky altrilion- whra the ma
trial IS heated 20 transparency in slow
| leat. lie has not the faculty of coming
nd innpr, ssieg l'ranifpl imagery, of hand
-and his praiasion is that al one who, in
i's EXTREMIST productivity, keeps an eye At
he botiem of his parse. have heard IfiH,
'l'en changh ia Anticipate whole cl1sses 81
liusiTa'ion-and ornament for they srP
- often, 5" strangely linked together, psO
@blt 10y tl.ir arrangement IN IKE tey shop
II his tuenn'r5. thai one who has heen dong
lhaillidr with him aud his doings, sill trrm-
Die al tile lrst glitter, rs il he had laid a
f"rbhlden hand upon sotne key hsyonet of
The Ja"er-aad were about 10 brlng doNa
the whole armory about his ears.
have heard Mr.. pinkney begin, by III.
Fidtng his subject into three parts, and the
! FIRST division exhausted it, This, be was
fully sensible of-bnt hr is great lover of
arrangement aud he persisted IN giving us
TIVE liV-ce parts, Desertheless--in the way
OF " rrcap;ulalion, &c. &c. &c"
Mr.. fInkuey has the power II he had
the manhood aud seIfaenial 10 use t--to
naheevery stepping stone Of his argument,
/ = ''fif'''pa7 IIUA-zill III SltlTHh TIE "UfkS
, flis enemy whenever he would But he
is externally diverted from his object. He
is thinking of himselc.-of the mob. He
cannot forget thst he is William Pinkney-
+" Minister Plen poteRiiary . and that all
eyes are upsn him; and he will turn aside,
at any time, 10 answer 4 paltry witticsm
or 10 quote th Bias or Shakspeare-or
scnflle with some poetical appariton of his
adversary; or ta tell about the orders in
c"uucn, in the negotiation of which mat
ter, he had the honor, lfthe court pleased,
Of being an humble Instrument or,
what ~ worse yet, 10 compliment the
ronn with the most downrsh lit aud lubber-
3 aduldtion ----or----or-t0 sneer at
some younger man, who may NOT have the
spirit TO retort to the giants heart-upon
the spot. Aye-and say what You viii of
Nr. Piukney's argument. never saw him
YET no, nevrr.--pursue his argument stc;,-
Oily for ten minutes al Il time. He is al
ways dashiug abroad--foragng among an-
iiquated docfrinrs--or fpisting Il kind of
learning which serves no earthly purpose
but to SHOW how well he remembers what
he has often said before, aud " hat has no
thug 10 do, and never can be made to have
any thing 10 do, with the case These in
trrlndrs and episodes are forgiven in him,
in compassion to his greatness and be
cause of his e1rnestness aud vehemence :
but they ought To- be put a stop To, it is
lreproach to any coart of Justice, 70 permit
| any man, even William Pmknev, To re
hearse his old arguments, in forgotten ca.
ses, for The establishment Of 4 rabblc aud
were il Judge, would AZ Soon permit ban
to ransack the literature Of China-nr ex-
pIodr, IN panrsyGc npon steam boats, as
To rambie in the way he will sometimes do,
when he has a large auditory.
! Let me tell you one or two anecdotes of
him. He is fond Of uot,tions-and scat
tiers Lain about with particular emphasis.
These are, in gcneral, pretty we'll dove.
tailed INTO the body Of the subject : but
they sometimes puzzle me conCnGndealy To
discover thor appication--cr place--tiA
he has made both for them.
| One day IL was quite in tempest to
what amount | would not undertake 10 say
but lhe fee must have been pretty resprc-
table, While in heat he used the words
outer ddrkHess---simple and common words
enough, one would think, without any an-
lthouty--bui Mr., Pnkncy lets M eppnrin
nlty escape ot manirestlng his hueM ia
'nlllirliy with the classics. lie drew Il long
breatl-and added, with deep emphasis
a" rs Shakespeare says"
Who would mol have smiled Mr. Pink.
ney had probably encountered tine phrase
someW hrre--hut irhe,e, ii was not So easy
10 teh Ia such case, no better name
could possibly occur, for doubtful proge-
ny, Than taat ot ShakspeaIr. Trne7-t was
rather unlucky--for there we're some per
Sons, IN all probability, who had read iht
Bible, y remembered the phrases more
thAn our, WIN knew thai, whatever els,
, might be III Shakespeare, thr woods QUIZ,
aHkne&s were not. Bat Mr. Pinknry WA,
either ashamed TO quote the BioIc--ar L.
norant of the authority.
5 lie wants magnaulmty. lie is not tip
ltlend oI the powerful and ambitious, i
9 they approximate at al, to the limits of hi,
. Dominion and have known him 10 pla,
= oil paltry stratagem, 10 dtlude his asSoci
ate counsel lead hlm deliberately astray
, assist HIM III thckenina his error ant
then, as ne rosc, turn deadly pale with IN,
SENSE OF his unworthintss. Bat let M
leave this anecdotr, 1t WAS one Of treach
cry aud ieserdemain, utterly beneath tn.
. manhood OF William Puhnry's Nature
, and one for which he ought to have been
hot.
The physical powers of Mr.. Pinkne,
are, To my notion, stfictly corresponds n
With his intellectual ones Both are su5d
strong and substantial hat without dignity
p crate or loit,aess aud bo,h have da,l
, Of fat English dandyism, BE affects Ia b.
courtly and coneilatory at incs-but no
thing can he more Ridiculous. All the tram
Z las Ia the world would not make a gentle
, man ot hlm. heneithcr looks, acts, speak,
., sits nor talks like one, lie dresses t,pu
, tashienably, and too much as if it were !
/ serious matter with him Same yeare ara