Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-17

C"ngress; and, considering the source where tlis
sketches first appear, may be considered as,osrabfy
cOrrcci:--
~ g., ...., WAsHINGToN, Jan. 20, 1881.
1 have now heard the four great orators
Cp0r excellence ofthe nation, viz. M'Duffie.
Webster, Hayne, and Writ, and YOU will,
Of course, ask me which is the greatest B.
All! that is a question which might puzzle
even the Incompatible tact aud critical ac-
nmen of FraEcis Jeffrey himself. Twill,
however. venture to tell you what think.
1. II wanted an experienced advocate,
familiar with the springs of human action,
70 plead me a knotty case--an advocate,
cool, collected vigorous 10 intellect and
fn'caL in. diction; deeply read in legal
lore, and fond of extracting virtue from
ats cob-webs; neat, methodicaI, and grace
nj IN his ciocu'iun-tieing down every
point, IN his bold and onward march, 10 tho
| exactmeasire Of precedents and forcgone
concldsions'-capable of tracing princi-
pie, with surprising skill, through all its
| sinuoSites up to the fountain head in Fleta
or the Year Book, and religiously believing
the law, in all its Gothic vagaries, to be
as nice as new laid egg'-I would choose
Mr.. Writ.
2. iii were prosecuted or indicted for
libel, or oppressed by petty tyrant,
drest IN a little. brief authority under the
forms OF law, and wanted an advocate.
who, spnrning the tones Of numbering
ZONES of British Jurisprudence, as inappli-
cable to the unsophistocated administration
otjustice in commonwealth Of democrats.
would ground his argument mainly upon
thu cnnNtf,,fS,,n ~ ..c a..
who, looking rather to the temper and the
habits OF the people, and the genius Of their
government than to the antiquatcd, unpop-
ular, aud preposterous doctrines Of trams-
atlanic judges, would appeal with jeal-
Gus zeal to the modern principles Of Amer
acan Liberty and Equality; in word, ana
WHO, feeling in his very. soul a burning love
: for the freedom Of speech aud OF the
press, instead Of building up hissargument
in bland, formal, and captivating man
ner, would burst forth like mountaiAfOr-
rent, and bear down all before him 81 The
power Of Ills eloquence-I would choose
Mr.. M'Dufie.
8. If wanted a shrewd, circumspect,
and effective debater--cold as 81 block of
granite, and steady in his outpourings as
northeast storm-more expert in warding
offthan in inflicting DEMONSTRATING his bah
with apparent ease through the boundIess
r. =.
sionally, planting a flower by its side
ever on the alert, and never at loss
holding the listening crowd hour after hour
in suspense, and pourtraying the convic-
tions Of his mind in language concise, SEM
tentious, forcible, and sometimes severe
one, who, leaning rather to things rs they
scere than to things as they arc, could vim
dictate with surprising energy, error ofo-
pinion,' long after reason had combatlcd il,
and make even victory ruffie its plumes--
I would choose Mr.. Webster.
a. III wanted swect-spoken pleader
to smooth the sharp angles Of my case with
melliAuous accents--to shade off It's merits
in lively,colors and display them in regular
sparklcs of wit, and anon stirring their
hearts with indignant declamation--one,
ardent, artless, aud con6ding. steering his
course like skiltul pilot amid shoals and
! qucksands on ii reacherous coast, intent
only upon the performance Of l,is duty and
reckless of danger--always ready TO guard
with vigilance, the citadel of freedom, and
to question with rigaur tho encroachnents
of authority would choose Mr.. Hayne.
I AS debaters, M'Duffis is superior to
Haync, and Webster 10 Wirt-but. as a
writer, Writ is far superior 70 them all.
Puncsuality.---NosIIing begcts conf.
dence sooner than pnnctnality. In busi-
nessor religion il is the true path to honor
aud respect, while il procDres felicity TO
| the mind unknown TO those who make
promises only to break them, or suffer
themselves TO be so entangled in their own
concerns as to be incapable Of being their
own masters. Whoever wishes 10 advance
his own interest, and TO secure the appro-
baton of others, must be punctual. n
II is very much in the style OF italian
Enesse 10 let a disease work ia its own way.
An English gentleman at Florence, had o
fall from his horse, besides some slight
bruises; he felt great pain in ono OF his
thumbs the pain was soon attended with
Inflammation the surgeon continued TO
dress his thumb after the other hurts were
cured One day, he being obliged 10 be
absent, his son attended. Have you WIS.,
tied the Signor IpgIese = said the father
to the son in the evening. Yes said tho
|sxnn have drawn nut the thorn. and--.s