The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-14

line tact. the intuitiyc power of com
mon sense, sharpcned within pc.
culiar circle, he has no superior and
perhaps no equal. lie never be.
trays anxiety in the crisis OF cause
but instantly decides among compli-
Gated difficulties, and is almost al
ways right. He can tread over n
nonsuit with insignificant facts. and
tread upon the gulf steadily but Wa
rily To It's end. What Johnson said
oil Burke's manner Of treating II sub
Ject. ~ true ofhis management of Il
cause " he winds himself into il
like a great serpent" He does not
take single view of it, or desert it
when ii begins to fail, but throws
himself into all its windings, and
struggles in it while it has life
There ~ a lucid arrangement aud
sometimes a light vein of pleasantly
and feeling in opening speeches ; but
his greatest visible triumph Is IN his
replies. These do not consist OF
series OF ingenious remarks on con
hlcting evidence. still less Of tire
some examination Of the testimony
of each witness singly but are
finely arranged on the instant, and
thrown into as noble and decisive
masses AZ it they had been prepared
in the study. BY vigorous grasp
Of thought he forms a plan and out
line, which he first distinctly marks,
and then proceeds to ill up with mas
teri y touches. When "A case has
been spread over half a day, and APP
parently shattered by the speech aud
witnesses of his adversary, he will
gather it up, Condcnse, concentrate
aud render it conclusive. He i'm
parts Il weight and soldity to all
that he touches. Vague suspicious
become Certaintics as he exhibits
them and circumstances light, va
lueless,& nnConnCCted till then, are IL
nited together, & come downin wedg-
es which drive conviction into the
mind. or this extraordinary power,
hlsrcply on thc first trial of'The King
V. Collins where he gained the tri-
al against evidence and Justice, wa9
a Wonderful specimen. If such Il
speech is not an c fort of genius, il Is
SO much more complete than many
works which have Il poltioE Of that
higher faculty, that we almost hest
tate to place it below them. Mi
Scarlet, in debate on the motion re-
latile to the Chancellor'S attack on
Mr.. AberCrombie, showed that lie has
felt it necessary to bend his mind
considerably to the routine OF his
practice. lie was then surprised
into his own original nature aud
forgetting the measured compass OF
his long adopted voice and manner,
spoke out in broad northern dia-
lect, and told daring truths which
astonishcd the house. 1t is not thus.
however, that he wins vcrdlcts, and
compels the court to grant rules to
show cause y
Mr.. Brougham, may at first, APP
pear to form an exception to the
doctrines We have attempted to es-
tablish but, on attentive consi-
dcration, will be found their most
striking example. True it is, that
this extraordinary man, who, with
out high birth, splendid fortune, or
aristocratiC connection, has, by IL
mere intellectual power, become the
parliamentary leader Of the wings Of
England, is at last beginning to sue
coed in the profession he has condo
seconded to follow. But stopendous
as his abilities, and various as his
acquisitions are, he does not possess
that one presiding faculty, imaSIna-
ton, which, as it concentrates all
others, chiefly renders them unatall-
ing for inferior uses. MIR. Brong-
hams powers are not thus united
and rendered unwicldy and prodi-
gious, bat remain apart, and neither
assist a. impede each other. The
same speech, indeed, may give scope
to several talents to lncid narra-
ton, to brilliant wit, to irresistible
reasoning, and even to heart touch
ing pathos but these will be found
in parcels, not blended and inteltn-
sed in one superhuman burst of pas
sionate eloquente. The single pow
CT in which he exCcls all others il
sarcasm, and his deepest inspiration
-scorn. Hence he can awake ter
ror and shame far better than he can
melt, agitatc, and raise. Animated
by this blasting spirit, he can bare
the mean hearts which Turk be-