Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-15
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THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING

orator ana statesman, Tor which are indebted the Al
ofo IS extracted as that paper informs work
Gently published. entitled Babylon Tic Great The author
whoever he may be, is maniteSy wtiter lie
handles the brush with the skill dcx;cy of master
TN the art of painting and has evidently enjoyed the most
ample means of studying his subject We have seldom
seen picture abounng in richness, vgor of TO-
touring or more rcplete with original and
touches Whether IT possesses the additional merit of be-
ing faithful portrait, those only who have opot ,un
'S OF seeing a" nearing the iutruds original can COR
recy Judge IL bears many marks of great truth to ma
trouble of perusaI: Ma, Joyr
AT The termination Of such display rs this Won
would be apt to imagine that thc business OF the house
would ind at once lis climax and its closo-that no
man could be found who would he able TO sh:-e the
reasoninSs remove the impression, and heal the wounds
that have been inflicted in the course of this tisoIov-
ou III ms as III many other OF your authorizations
pectIng tins unique and wonderful assembly, YOU are
rnfstakcn Tor there is IN the house power sufficient To
gloss over or turn in a direction somewhat different If
not 10 answer those arguments others can stir the pas
SONS, tho not So dccy, at least more delightfully."-: and
others cut, il with SO heavy wconon NJ ,ost
with one as keen, and much more polished. George
Sannng,-You would call him the Right Hon Ceoroc
canning did lie not make you feel that he is in himself
something moro noble honorable and more !eser-
FIng 10 be iIonorcd, than thing which can descend
BY inheritance, tie granted by patent or conferred h.,
olcc-has been listening all the While not only as onn
VINO perfectly understood the speech, but as enc who
iet conscious OF his own ability reply to it. There
Is moi man LIVING whose appearance is calculated 10
put you in better huuour with official men Will, narIia
ncn'arY orators, with Englishmen, with mankind in
general or even Saving, percauce, 4 tinge of cnvy)
with yourself than this anna be elegant eloquent
and, as the event has proved liberal ami truly English
Secretary NO mans appearance be more prepos
sessing than that Of Mr. Canning. You do not indeed
al once give Inn yonr heart, you do the Chancellor
oi the ExChequer--ghosc bearing is modestv and
whose oorIs candor Itself neither do You vicld M your
mind to him as you do 10 the calm profound and search
ing philosophy of Husl.ssoa; but taking him upon file
whole, as he looks, and he acts whether as 4 man mr.
Ii 6ol;o tc,,
uey. Without having single trace OF pedautry, OF
'cpPeFy, OF "iiect"tIon, about him. Mr. Canning has
more Oh The zeal art OF the orator than man in the
ionsc. La The range OF his powers, and III depth of
knowledge. more especially on philosophical subjects
he is inferior 10 Broughan; but in ali those cuate,
which are calculated t" dazzle and to win an enlirhen.
cd audience he IS decidedly superior. Cannina head
about the finest You can Iaeet with 1t docs not 90
oe sure, indicate that depth That power which arc in
dcated ny some others but there much symmetry
and grace. so perfect a balancing of a,I its faculties
and 50 total an absence of every thing harsh or laap
vulgar, that if he were not very able man tho an
ucipation Is SO great that his speeches womb apDesr TO
be fables. But his manner, and generally sDGalinoc
his matter are every way worthy of th. Sanarv $50 tn
speak, Of his el0qneucc. His voice i n,t so irrmc
dousiy IoTd when elevated, neither can il sink into t
curious Hnder0oe, which seems peculiar Broupan:
but II IS deep and musical, and accorls with his oDcn
ana manly expression; and though his action be some
what more theatrical than il would be safe for inferno,
men TO undertake, set knows better how TO suit
the action 10 the word. The language which Mr. Can
WtS e'ip!oEa is exceedingly snowy; and ms
though never tlresone, very elaborate One canno,
pronounce that ne Is the most acute aud close OF lori
cias bHt he as generally so clear, and ALWAYS so spe-
cous that enc follows him with pleasure. But though
he succeeds we'll in the establishment of his own noe
tons, has forte obviously lies in sacn" and dcmGs
ing these o! his antagonists He does this with = Wit
aud sprghiiIness which truly Ioratian and when
he lets loose the of his wit against any personare
that pcrsonaGe must have previously got far into y0ur
esteem, if he do not. the while appear an object of RI
d!cuc Tins poignant, and apparently pay fu wit is
more proVokiHg, and occasionally, more powerful
weapon, than even the inYective Of Brougham-
Brougham, too. deal in irony but his irony ALWAYS
goes so deep, that you disposed 10 dislike or
pity the object, than to laugh him; while the most
bitter things that are uttered by tie secretary arc ut
tered with perfect good nature, and in manner alto
%o:her gcLtomanIke, that none of that pity which
me!s tie soul TO love-, can be felt. Ever Brour
ain himself, protected he s by the impenetrable
mail Of his gravity and dangerous as il is to pro
woke him, lest be should fasten his iron claws upon the
aggTessOr when nc dreams not of it. Canning OCCASION
ally SO completely ios corfouDds by the very dexte
Tous use Of til5 Lighter weapon, that he finds it expcd
ent 10 bette hs vengeance and abide bis time: no
doubt, when that lime comes, it is time Of bitter re-
tnbutun for the secretary; aud what with the actual vi
OlCnCc OF the TRUSTS, and the papac and it may he
Pralseworthy scnsiby of lie secretary, there have
been times when he has been worked into hcjrht of
passion, and Orgetfuness not ONLY of official bu of
parliamentary decorum which would have exposed an
inferior man TO very reasonable share Of condcnDa
lion. There is that, however, abont Mr. Gamma,
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of that jealousy and persecution which ali truly great
men, not firmly rooted in party connexion are expo
sed renders every additional vigorous display of his ora
tory higher step in Tic ladder Of public usefulness and
public expectation.
"Broughau and Canning have as have limited, both
been The architects cf tcir fortunes and in their
progress toward that elevation which they now hold
they have often been compelled 10 make the bricks Of
those buildings without straw. Each Of them started
as literary man, AMI sought rlace--if indeed tley
did seek place. and place did not seek tIcn--uot by
lawnng upon and bending 70 those in power nor by Of
ierng Themselves in the humble capacity OF hewers of
wood or drawers OF water to The political priests and
Icvites Of the time, but By declaring each IN his par
cuiar path, that intellect hi. idoan idol OF which
no consI leTaon would make BIN fUrego the worshin
Canning, who came FIRST into play came at a time
when the of the adverse party shot keen and
pointed sticking all the flesh Of those in pow
err and il because the juvenile saIles Of this BRILL
ant parsonage took away the smart Of these and turned
the public attention to them, that he was decidedly
brought into notice At that time, il is plain that his
own party rather the party which he assisted knew
nothing Of the better bstatum Of his character which
those gttering qualities concealed. They did NOT
know that the man who was tapping the buzzing flies
of pretended Dafr;ofizr uvorlJ Ill a.