Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-18


the mud Is loosencd, seems FULL intellect; and
the continual play Of his feares justly IN
dicates The susceptibility Of the inner man
/ His voice is clear and fle1ibl although with
out great depth, or fullness oflone aud he
has IL under perfect control. ihen once IN the
foil flow OF nnefance. II goes on uninterrupted
/ by physical Deficiencies, aud ahout the slight
est harshness or irreVslency otltonatIOn His
manner ofspeakng is unusual ysf benenl and
rapid -somelInes perhaps, ton lueh So no
/ the quckness Of his enunciaio seldom pre-
vents his hearers from fully comreiendng bls
! language, which is clear and stlght forward.
! In Observing his face while sprsiug, ore Is IN
dnced 10 believe, from the rapii movements Of
| his lips, that M. Hayne speKs with much
greater than hrs real rSpIdliy. Ills gesicula.
tions are appropriate, but ralheabundapt; aud
| IN passages Of bigh excitement his gestures
corr spond IN their energy. lneed wher e1'
| cited by his subject Mr. Haynestems wholly
| absorbed. His lips aud voice ar not the mere
passive instruments through whse agency the
mind reveals itself. But iuto h wboe fran.
the feelings aud convictions ofls heart and
IN lad seem to haye been iniusedand very TAG
ulty TO be acting under the gnefa Impulse
| liz fancy IS chaste, but glowing His meta
! paois ar sonnet me remarkaOb happy, aud
| his lmagina' inn never outraRet c1muon sense.
| II he has a fault u is that his Hrd,r, OCCASION.
| ally, although not often, carrIes hm 90 far IN
| tn -peCulahons npt entirely rele5mi 10 his
subject, and that by the extension his digres.
sion, his hearers occasionally loss sight OF his
main obl"c I.
In some of his speeches he has deeply i'm
! nres--4 II. audieucr by power oil dtiiueatIug
-cenes aud sketGhhne "oturreuc.s, mOle espe
c"ny nose n winch 10" glory OF the ceunlry
has been involved His alnsions 10 the ssryi.
c's OF me Revolutionary "eroes, during the ses
sion of 1878. was one olive mos glowing
tnbdtes 10 patriotism and valor tnal Was even
listened to-and his appeal for the worn oa,
remnants Of that heroic band, o the gratitude
| aud justice OF he nation, was hli of pathetic
| beaniy lo bis speech also, III support Of the
| North Carolina militia claims, imlIar powers
| were exhibited. But few of his efforts have
b. enzm0Ie successful taan hi, advocacy Of the
Claims oil Commodore DeCatuI's family. His
! description oil the action on which these claims
| are founded possessed some Of the finest quail
| ties OF poetry HIS pAnegyIc On the charac-
| ter aud services Of Decatur was admirably
drawu and his summing up of tie cOnsidera-
lions, OF policy, national honor aud due re
gard for those whose lives bad been devoted Ia
their countrys gloIy, on which the appropIia
ton asked ought TO be made. were, with every
| e hti Gus near perfectly lrTeslSlIble
! II would, however. be doing great injustice 10
| Nr ilayne, we're 10 confne my nrice TO those
speeches alone in which his feelings o, his
fancy are developed. As an ndustrons and
| practical member Of the Senate, ne has h Oh
claims TO respect. His exerlions In carry
| through that body, bill for the establishment
of uniform system Of Bankruptcy throughout
| the United States. should not be forgotten The
| bll was introduced by him, aud was postponed
| from session 10 session until the second of the
| Nn'teenth Congress, when II came up for III {
last tune. aud through many weeks it was dis
Cussed with great animation. During a long
contest this bll was defended by M Hayue 4
hr. Berren, agalnst host OF opponents Lk,
the Warriors of old, they locked their shields
together and fought side by side. The clear.
| ness OF Mr. Haynes arguments & the strength
"i his POSITIONS were irresistible, and nothing
could Exceed The satisfactory manner in wheH
IN series of speeches, he defended general
system OF Bankruptcy, against the sophisu le ;
and subtle surmises Of Mr. lazewell the NJ
ShIntionai scruples, fears oil invading State
Rights aud dread OF increasing federal pptI on
age, expressed by Mir. Vpn Bren, and the de
term'ned although, rather nnintellglble oppo
sIUon OF Mr. Branch. Against these aud many
u hers he stood forth boldly and the trinm Dhant
manner IN which NJ Srut'~--.' - e..~..ios, III
e"s- "lac,ny WITH which he appMd himself
10 every eIlgency of the contest. prn ed, that
he WAS capable ot profound reasoning, and pos
seSscd OF an ALMOST endless versatili, Of pow
rrs
To Mr. Hayne the interests of our taval es.
adjustment haye always been particularly
dear. He has been either the Trainer, OF the
zealnn' advocate, OF many of the best measures
tor us Advancement IN responsibility, and the
tt,.t, R.t4., = ~. 4
| The Naval Committee in the Senate, hs report
ed the hiil for the gradual improvement of the
Navv, which passed Congress in the ession OF
Is26.7. The speech he pronounced m intro.
dncIng thai bill WAS replete with sound argu
ments IN tavorsof tho large and lIbeal plan
which II proposed, aud was declared Nv several
senators, IN the course of he subseqent de
pate, 10 be one of the Clearesi plut idatDns of u
measure 10 which they had ever listened "A
clause OF that bill provided toi the establishment
ota Naval School, Ca proposition whcl was H.
nally reJecied) and IN favor OF this pan ot the
plan Mr. Hayne commended most streluousl,
On this particular point, the opposition was
unusually powerful. aud no one opposed II with
greater pertInaclty than Mr.. Smith, Che col
league al Mr. Hayue) whose argnmens were
somewhat of the ante deluylan stanp.-He
looked upon science aud education as useless
~ e"'ht's anu sd0oISt CNihB 'hF Hhslf OF ne
roes who bad Distinguished themselves without
the advantage Of scientific prepare ion.
could not refrain from thinking Tint ole Ulysses
alluded 10 such men as MIR Smith, when he
spoke OF those who
" Count wisdom no member Of The war;
Forestall presrlenoe and esteem no ar
But thai on baud the still and mental parts
That do contIive bow many ha,ds shall
strike,
"When fitness calls them on
They call these. bee work, mappery, closet
war.
Il 50 that the ram that barters down the wall,
For the great swing and rudeness of hi:
pose.
They place before the hand thai made the en-
g'ne =
To tn" arguments of his colleague, Mr. Hayne
replied IN a very happy manner have never
heard speech in which pleasant irony and
1 rnf l. Al. II