Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-01

1 answer, some time since, to Sir Charles
 We.herell, when that. very whimsical. but singularly clever speaker lectured him 0ii
 the graces, was to use an expressive vul-
 garism, thoroughly sppashing 5--so easy--. :.
 so good-natufed; and yet such . blow. lt reminded one of the description Of Ulys- ses felling lrns, when the hero
 Checked halr hia night: yet rising ,o s,s psrokS HisjasDbcRe dashed, the crashNg jAWboNs broke; Down drOppedhe stupid from the stunning woend.W No man can cOm6ine in perfection, as the some time, the cool, refining legislator. and the vivid, popular orator. Common tpiace is the most popular s'e of eloqnence
 in the House of Commons. and'tO be pop-
 Glar, commonplace you must tlse to be
 refined, or philosophicalS or spec0Iatiyc.ls IS
 to empty the House in an instant. It is
 impossible to read Burke's speeches and
 not to feel that they could not have been
 popular--not to be convinced that he must have been called the Dinner Bell. But
 Burke's speeches printed are not entirely
 as they were written. No! for tt they
 had been, he would have had no auditor but the Speaker !--any thing resembling them must have panic-struck the Sqaires; but the speeches themselves verbatim ct |literalim, it would have been moral im7
 possibility to have delivered in the House you might as we'll fancy Confucius lecs
 turing in Chinese. So with O'Connell--- ] though you may see at once that lie could
 refine if he would--thoAgA his mind (as
 his great law-knowlcdge provesl is. .pecUl. iarly searching, as well as comprehensive,
 yet he knows too we'll tho temper of his
 audience t0 try 1t in any abstrGse specula-
 ton. And hence his main fault In tho House, that of clinging often too much to the more disclosed as well as the broader
 view of a subject. MT. O'Connell's pop.
 nlafity proves that his general sentiments
 are coiigenial with those of the majority:
 We must not forget that ho also consulss their darling passion--ah aversion to tOM-
 gaesrs he speaks at least twice every l night on an average, but never seems long. l Short speeches and frequent speeches are
 the best mode of obtaining parliamentary
 success. ye.s .t.,,
 In taking o,Connell as a personiaca.ioI
 of the present state of the general body of
 the House in public speaking, we must be
 struck with ono fact--the greatness ana variety of this mans powers. coming
 late in life into the English ParIiament--
 feared, dsliked--his very reputa!ion as rn
 orator almost enough to weigh him 10 the dust--(for how, ii an assembly where ofa-
 tory does not thrive, could he keep up to
 that reputation ut first l)--a Cptholic--ah
 Irishman---an Agitator-- Tho 4 gitatcr-=ssis
 suddenly obtruded into this chilling assem.
 bly,, where Grat,asl had Wi.kefed and Flood
 had sunk--every eye upon him, but not to
 admire---every lip apart but not to cheer
 every ear intent, but not to be soothed---
 was 1, surprising that he failed at first y---
 is 1t not wonderfully surprising that ha hSs succeeded so eminently at last tae s the only oak of mature age that ever boro , transplanting to St. Stepheh's What wrccks of names and regulations lie. around !, him Literally, he--the Irishman--the Catiolic--.ho Agiiator-the n,ob-orator :, ---is tho only niAh, entering tlie House pt ] |,hat periOd of life, who ever obtained nl- timate success. How muCA does that speak. not of power only, but of tact---of subtlsiy---of conciliatioK l IL is impossi. ble. indeed, to sec much of O'ConneIl
 without perceiving that he was formed for
 great and pre-en,inent positions in tho
 worlds Hye. With all powerA-such gene
 gen.lcness, such good humor, such ufbani- wl He could not load without being ioy- II ed by his followers, and in that lies onpI
 ereai secret of the unprecedented and dan-
 gerous (i0r all individual power is aaager%
 ous) personal ascendancy ha has ohlaiaeds tVkrt an asccndency l! Daniel OiCon. nell, tic simple counseIlor--the Privaae eentiemaR, on one hand--the moral King of Ireland on the other This difference between the station and the power, where is its equal !--LoHdon paper
 MAN. By Young Lady..
 ] Man is the creature of circutiistancss and unlsss hls Hisposition is naturally de- ] prayed, It is in the power of wife 70 rsnI ! der him perfect enjoyment. She must not abandon those little innocent artifces, which she 70 successfully exerted in win. ming heart, now that heart is entirely bef owS. tor when 1t finds the attraction gone. lis rebels Tho common way Of wives is to resign themselves to utter heodlassness ahd nselieencc. He secs ili his walks beautiful women, dressed and adorned wiih l choice attractions, and when h6 returns Ihosne, he jnds his wife sa diskabills !--- Then bis imaeinalicn institntes compari. sn.s has~raar Si,n nareliafiv AdOrned haali-