Litchfield enquirer., 1830-02-18

IHUCH stronger tnan ms. No one. what. ever might be his grade of intellect, ever heard him withour delight; and no good judge, without feeling that he had been listening to a gentleman, scholar, and d patriot, as well as an orator. He died in the prime of manhood :; and tue tears of his friends and political enemies, trickled together on his grave as tribute to the mighty dead.
 GoUvERNEUR MoRRIs.--Gouverneu Morris was splendid orator. His mind was prolific, his fancy excursive, and his information extensive. He had read books attentiveIy, but men more thoroughly He was we'll acquainted with French liter- aure and the Academicians, and had caught something of their animation and literary fervor. His figures were beattti- tul, his sentimental touches delicate and thrilling. No orator ever made more successful plunge at the heart than Morris. for he pierced at will. If Hamilton was the Acnophon among our intellectual lights, as he has been called, for the neat ness, purity, and peFspieuity of his produce tions, surely his friend, Gouverneur Mor- ris, ought to be called the lsocratcs among them. He had tho same splendor of ima- gination, and poised his sentences with the same art that is seen in the orations of " the old man eloquent" Morris's elo- quence was well suited to the deliberativo assembly, and to those occasions in which the heart is deeply interested. His ora- tion over the body of Hamilton is admira- ble. At that moment, when the bleeding corse was before tue eyes of his country men, and a nations moans were waited on every wind from north to south. from east to west through the country when almost any extravaganza would have been tolera- ted in this paroxysm of mind for at this l event the deep lamentations of the soul cration, and there is no wild fire like this yet then the pathos of the author was sub- dued, chastened, and harmonized to the mild and hallowed doctrines of Christiani- ty;-such exhibitions are the triumphs of the god-like art, of controlling tenn pers, and of conquering hearts.
 He lived in republican struggles; in the sunshine of loyalty in the uproar of pop- uIar fury; and then in the calm ofperson- al safety and national tranquility and from all drew lessons ofexPerience, and through all carried the sound discretion of high minded man.
 1 FISHER AMEs.-Fisher Ames has been. perhaps, more celebrated as an orator than any other American, except Patrick Hen ry; but it is not our subject to make com parisons between our distinguished men who have graced the annals of our elo- quence. The person of Ames was tall, thin, and interesting his face was not l what might be called handsome, but a. greeable, and full of soul. The style os his eloquence was flowing, warm and CO., pious, and certainly partook more of the Roman than of the Greek orator. His , manner was bland, but earnest, and Rits whole demeanor calculated to attract the attention of all eyes. His voice was mu- l sical, and he had the command of it from the highest to the lowest note,, and in all its variations, it was free from rsonotony or false tone; for sweet voice, he had less of sibilation than most of our orators, an evil that foreigners complain of in our language. His imagination was creative, and at his bidding new scenes arose, new
 beings lived, increased as he chose, and fa-
 ded away at his will. He struck his hands across the chords of the hearts of his au- dience, and all was harmonious to his touch. But the plaintive measures were most congcnial to his mind {; he had noth- ing dark or sullcn in lis constitution, but there was soft and gentle gloom that Of-. ten intermiDgled with the light of his mind, which gave the shade of the sanctuary to the outpourings of his heart. He mourned to think that he could not fully impress on the minds of others what he foreboded for his country, the common fault of sensi. tive patriot. The diseases of his coporeal frame entered deeply into his mind and amid troublesome times he mingled dark auguries for the nation. He saw, in his imagination, the myrmidons of France sweeping over his country with rapine, fire and dagger, and tho conAagration of cities ! filled his eyes, and the screams of ravish. cd virgins his ears.
 His country seemed to him in q state of amazing apathy and he grew almost fran- tic at tho thought; but he mistook their cool, brave and persevering character, for want of discernmcnt and feeling. His warning appeals, as he thought them, were all wasted on the four winds, although eve- ry one listened to him with profound re- spcct and admiration. His friends and neighbors fiocked around him as being of wonderful powers and superior sagaci-