Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1829-01-03

come they from what lille Of the wide Ency-
c~lopedia they will, tie very essence Of them
is gwen, and most satisfactorily given in those
words. There seems to be some emo direction
in which they are all bent. and bent by a
mighty power but that power 10 as yet Wow
less as The wind, and. like tho spirit. you can
not tell whcnce il comeih or whittier 1t .goeth.
When, however, a sufficient number OF those
propositions have been enumerated = and the
enunciaiion is always such as 10 carry the de-
monstration with it when every auxiliary that
The range of human knowledge eau furnish for
the firm establishment of the ultimate conclu-
sion has boon pressed iato the service when
every ob;e ction TO its force has been eiisciually
turned inside by a single isuch--mben The
whole array Of political aud moral truth has
been put in order; il moves on towards the
conclusion. firm as the Macedonian plaIanx ;
and irresistible as a hayonet charge Of the
mountaineers Of The North.
One position being thus carried with the ap-
Pearancs VI weakness and want OF resolution,
but with q realiiy of power and determination
which make themselves 10 he felt IN the cer-
tainty with which il commands your assent,
tho orator rises upon j, both in body and mind.
and wins a second by a moro bold and brei at
tack. To q second succeeds a third ; 10 a
third a fourth ; and so on, till the whole firin-
cip!es. aud the whole philosophy of the ques-
ton have acknowledged thor conqucror-tWi
every man w.thln tas House. who has ears 10
hear or a heart To Understand, be as ,rres.s''bly
convinced of the abstract truth, rs he is OF his
own exist nee ; SO ttat il Brougham were 10
pause even here, he would be entitled 10 take
his station as the foremost master OF reason
within the Chapel Of ST. Stephens. Tie re-
sources Of ,hs man arc really astonishing ; and
one would almost imagine That he had realized
the ancient .Scythisn fable, Sy killing the fore
NEST man - every department. Of knowledgs,
and possessing himself Of ell their inhesiiances.
1t matters mol what the subject IT,, however
sublime or However omalon- place, however
abslruse or however practical. Bfougham
knows it -And knows it completely. Otheis
may rival him, and one or two may exceed
him, in the external beauties Of ancien: learn
ing but there is no man more thoroughly inn
bued with The glorious and glowing philosophy
which constitutes the most precious gem IN ell
those caskets, which have been bequeathcd 10
Us by them of the agcs long gono by
Btougham does not initiate the thasic and
correct, though somewhat courtier-lIko Ian
guage Of Tully /; neither does his %orations
(thoush they be somewhat more afer that
~fashiop) take the express form Of these Of the
Grecian orator but he wants not for the
c!oseucss Of Cicero's logic, nor for the terrible
invective OF the Greek. In addition to !i,is,
he turns the science of tho day to more at
count than any other Speaker, in or oui Of the
House Of Commons. aud taking away the
political bearing and their political value alto
gether, there are speeches OF BIougbam's
which are admirable as lectures upon phiioso-
ply. upon literature, and upon the arts.
1t is, however, utterl, impossible for you TO
Onalyse his character, white you are hearing
him speak that alUae, Trough one Of the
most gratifying, is ole Of The scvercst tasks
that you can possibly undertake.. Whom az
already mentioned, he has lid the foundation
in the utmost extent Of philosophy, and the
profoundest dap!h Of reason wien he has re-
turned to 1 again, applying The line and lie
plummet, 10 SEQ The erection ~ orderly, and
10 ling with the touch Of a giant to ascertain
| that Il is secure - whca lc has bound the I'M
derstandings of the III ,usc and the spectators
in the cords Of argument which they arc G
que!ly unIlsposed and unable TO breah-he
vaults upon the snbdned basis, rises in fig
urc and tone, calls forth the passions, fiom
their inmosi rccesses, ovcr:ops and shakes The
gaping members and tie echomg House. That
voice which! was a; first 50 low and unpictend-
ing, now assumes tho dcifeniDg roar aud the
determined swell of the ocean; that FORM
which ht the beginning seemed TO be sinking
| under is own " Weight, now LOCKS as ~ II were
ncrved with steel. s,rung with brass, ana M
mjvab!a and unp!an2e ibic as The irails "hicA
in his caimcr mood he uttered; that counle-
| nancc which asOretimc bore the hue and tho
| GOODNESS OF stone. is COW animated at every
point aud bea'ning in every feature, as though
the mighty ut;eraico ware all inadequate 10
| the migtitier spirit within; and those eyes,
which, when le began, turned their blue and
! Tranquil discs on you, as If suppiicatmg your
forbearance and your pardon, now shoot lo'th
their meteor ffcs, ill every enc upon whom
they beam be kihdicd into adinirat:on, and
men Of all parties wish in their ''cor's, -iil;
BrougI,am we've zone Of us." So cemeteries
tho second the impassionoc or dec'ama!oTy
part Of the spec h.
When h. has gained what you imagine TO DO
the acme OF powerful speaking, when, giving
not emphasis to hs words BY tho sounding box,
as the manner Of some is, but emphasis 10 that
box By his words--and when he appears to be
looking round as If TO see and 10 siiccr at the
alteration which he has commanded, his hSure
sncaks down aud recoils itself, aud his ,oicc
falls to the most extraordinary Whisper that ov-
er was uttered by man. THIS singular cadence,
rather dropping down, a. expression OF acton
and Of voice, which Bioughan possesses m
gre ,ier perfection than any other speaker that
ever heard, las a wonderful effect; and these
low, solcma ard r'niterod words, which aro
yet perfectly audible oven to tue whispor 'f a
syllable, have a power in them that you can
no, resist. even although yo' may be hearing
them for the first time, and be for that reason
ignorant Of tho object and the result. 1t is
not by any means that either The speaker or
the speech is exhausted. Those simple looks
and those subdued toaes, ure intended to ush-
q in anything but a peroration OF hiilery TO
his opponents, as though the orator Vas con.
scious that he had gone too far. BE assured
that that orouchIng of the body ~ no symptom
Of weakness, and that falling eli the voioe rs
no prelude either TO fenr or humility; II IS The !
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