Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-09-06
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Daniel D'Conneil has srclt advantages Of per-
sen==hc has that appearance Of power winch
height and robust pfopot ons invariably give 10 the
orator @thou, beng tha least oorpulen; on heshy,
wtdoal comm" under ficesos anathemn against
the Vnstus' lie has great einh of ches,---
stands firm as rock his gestures arc free bold,
aud warm his connlenance plays with all he uitcrs
his mouth IN particular indicates with graf fell
city The passion Of the iuomcut-fiank IN conca
uon. bitter III scorn lnlecd, the shape Of the lips
IS rnther contradiction TO the manllcr fruits Of the
orators hnc athletic person, II Is SO plabc IN cha.
iaatrrt - delicate III outline. II indicates, oclor.
dinS 10 The science oiphyslognomy, quick, and
even over quick Susceptibility. Eyes light, full
| clear the dark BtatRS the throat nervous and
| finely shapcd-alMays left .iee IL the lbosencd
| ueeheloh Y small nnsc, bat with deep set rcso#
! lute no5trIs, complete very striking aud cha
rlcletistc tont ea,fm5L'. Wei, then, fnucy the
I orator on his legs--and now for the voice, The
irsh accent IN ifsisofo polished dhlect, does not
'etfac' tom II voice ~ Gar the mos, clear, flexible,
and In ltly distinct you ever heard You cant
escape into Corner Of that illbullt house to avoid
/ it Shnt yo'n a,slt Will creep INTO them Yet
! he Speaks IN a much lower tone ,han most other
! speakers, arid IN II much melowct hey. rs To
! matter be throws himself at once on the strong
bearing Of the subleet--hc sci2es the question by
, rs common SENSE. Unlike other lawyers, you ne
yer find him prylng INTO the lule holes aud corners,
nigslne his soul INTO the Granny of question A.
was said Of Lord Chathnmi It is the one broad view
which he takes and insists upon and that that view
should allow hun 10 be 60 popular IN the House OF
| Commons, Is II striking proof how democrats III at
Assembly has become. 4 week or two ago, on
| Alr Rnxtons motion fn the emancipation of slaves,
! Nit oConntll made I'm cxcccn, speech vet IN
Parliament some ten years ago, IL would have been
called sad stuff, VIZ he insisted more on Justice
than expedlcncy did not handy words about the
interests of the planter thousands but went at once
to the marrow OF the mattcr-the interests of the
enssvcd millions ten years ago, we say this
would 4avc iwen Irish dcclalnaiion--Dow it Is
| Catholic truth.
What is visionary to-day Is only dccamatory
| tomorrow, scDsblc the next day unans W cradle
the day after, aud tu,lsm at last. Blu, while talk.
ins tins broad popular view OF question, nervous
and often ford III language, OConnell is mo-, II
decamatory- IN irlsh speaker in the Englisl
: HOUSE The burning n,ghts of that astonishing
elolaehse lac exercises the multitude he seems
always ANXIOUS To repress in the lIousc-hc rather
| figures us ncbater than an Orator-curbs his al.
dour, and puts his. s7nuis under restraint lie has
scnsbly improved IN Parliamentary spcakns-hc
improves daily From confidence in his power, he
Is now advancing Ia certainty ofhls superiority
Ills Parliamentary fame Is Lothlng 10 what il will
he bY hS occasional outings tbrth, we may
ladse et what he odaid be ip reply crushing as Il
mlilstonc. lis answer, some time since, to Sin
Aarles Wctherell, when that very whimsical, bu
shguny clever speaker lecturcd him on tn,
cruces, WIS, to use an expressive vulgarlsm
thoroughly SmdSRiRg : SO casy---so good-nature,
aud such u blow. II reminded one OF the dcscrin
ton OF Ulysses itn. lrus, when the hero
Checked hal, his might yetrSlng to the srok
His 1a1c5onc dashed, the crashing jair6one BROKE
Down dropped he stupid isom the stunnin,
wound Nc
No man can combine in perfection, at the sam
moment, the cool, refining legislator and the VIVID
popular orator Commonplace is the most popula
style oteloQucnce in the House of Commons an,
10 be popular, commonplace you must use to b
refined, or philosophical or speculative, Is to empt,
the House IN an instant. Ii is impossible TO roa,
Bukcs speeches and not to feel that they could no
have been lnrllai--not 10 he convinced that h,
rast have been called the Dinner Bell Blu
Bhko 5 speeches printed are not entirely as the,
| were spokcn-No Tor if they had been, he wou
/
resembling them must have panic struck the squares
but Tie speeches themselves, verbatim ct ltera,n
/ II would have been moral lmpossbl,y to hav
? delivered IN the House you might MS well fame,
Coniucl"s lcctarng IN Chinese. So with O'Con
hei-thouSh You May see at once HAT he could re
hnc II he would-,housh his mind as his great law
o knowledge proves Is peculiarly searching, MS wei
as comprehensive; yet lie knows too well the TEN
per OF his audience to try in any ubs,ruser specu
d la'lon And hence his main fault in the House, i
that of clinging often too much to the more hack
med as well as the broatcr view of subject
e oconncl's popularity prove that his general sent
: ments arc congenal with those Of the majority, W
J. must no, forget that he also consuts their darlin
+ passion---an aversion to lonsucurs he speaks a
i least tw'cc every night on an average, but neye
c seems long. Short speeches and frequent speechc
are the best mode OF obtaining parliamentary SUI
n cess.
In taking OConncl, as a personifca,ion of n
lpres;nt state Of the general body Of the House