The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-30


great force oa tie absnfdily of setting such
men 10 inquire into this lnati,r, and dc
elarcd thai il would be amoekery.
Mr.. Brousllam 1--we feet nine inches
high. snare futm, nose turned up, head
thin and high, brown hair, and about Tor
~ seven years oldl spoke to The same II.
feet. H. was utterly asionished, thai The
Lord Chancellor should hesitate upon
very thing rise but should not hesitate a
nnment IA head and TO designate the com
niliee, which was 10 inquire into his Own
conduct
Dir Canning five feet eight or nine in
ches high, rather retrcatins forehead, nose
long aud slightly Roman, brown hair, and
about fifty years odd assured the house,
that the inquiry was Intended 10 be sincere
and beneficial. He would not, however,
consent to have the political aud Judicial
functions Of the Lord Chancellor separat
ed IN hieh was to be one of The points Of
the inquiry IL WAS Que Of the most beau
iiinl prcrogatives ofthe crown, that il could
take the inranrst mau--the meanest, not
in talents and cndowihents, but III birth aud
foriunr-fran the walks of Westminster
and place him al the head Of the peerage.
He saw in this transition from the court
piep0udeF 10 the noolsack and the pee
rag, the most beautiful illustration of The
mixed monsrchical aud democTaical pfin
cplcs Of the British constitution. There
was an eloquent feryobr in this part of his
remarks, which found very poorly pre-
served in the reports Of the London jour
mails IN the following day. The ,rath is,
that thcse journals report very badly, not
tI t,apf,st,,,,, ga bi.l,
IRE suppose them Ia have brought the AT.
haze sern one or two speeches of Mr.
Randolph, reported by the senior editor
ofthe National InteIligenccr, better than
any that haze met with in the journals Of
this country ; bat those were ON occasions,
when that expert tachyGrarhst made TX
erii1ns, which hc is seldom induced TO
make and which no one unassstrd iadi
sid nal w0nld often make If he could
help II. Accurate reporting is "A beside
ratnm in literature How Title has heen
preserved Of the many eloquent speeches
which have been made in the United
Statcs, nj the bar and in drlibera
tive and popular assemblies. If any
are preserved, or are pretended To br, they
are not genuine but are so mutilated, &
so dislSurrd, that the reputed authors
would not know nor acknowledge them.
Under The present system lin England ds
wen as with ns) the reporter reduces or
Raises every thing 10 the standard of his
own mind. If he happens IL BE- Intelligent
ana quick, and have good memory, he
may give toierahle abstract of Il speech.
catching occasionally, and preserving a
striking or characteristic expression bot
more than this none OF them do--fey do
so much. ! doubt very much whether
ANY of The &c ttmporc spcrches on record.
attributed To first rate orators, do then,
any thug like Justice. The most pcrfpc'
are those, which have been corrected or
subsequently written by themselves but
who does not know, that IA truly cloauenI
man speaks AT tlmrs better Than he can
write, or than any man can write. Til, re-
IS occasionally, in e.r tenpore debate. and
under the excitement produced by opposi
tI"n and sympathy,a pati"s, an Inspiration,
Il swelling Of the soul, an intensity of feel
ing, aud pnwer of language, an Gliquid i'm
mcnSum, that no closet composition can
rNer-i will not say rcach-b bat approach.
Pihkney is not only dead. but his well
earned fame as IN orator has died with him,
and Is gone forever. The same may be
said of Hamilton, Of r, II. Lee, and indeed
is more or less true Of all our orators.
The remedy, as il regards the fttttre, is
obvious. We have only Ia edtc0fe men for
tins arr, as we do for other arts much less
lahorions and dilit ult. Boys must be ear
~ initiated into the ystercs of crypt0grd
Pig, commence practice in childhnod, and
60 through rrgnla1 apprenticeship. No
iearnn" that they might acquire would