Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-03-07
JOHN RANDOLPH.


The following spirited dcscr;p,ion II Mr.
Randolph Is given in letter from virginia
TO The Editor OF the New Hampshire Patrio,
"While speaking, he stands quite
Greer. His gestures are few, but never
tail OF their effect. lu some orators.
the rise To enthusiasm is indie afed by
On increase Of gesticulation, and =
more rapid and confused utterance.-
Not 40 with him. The eyes Of his audi.
tory are not diverted by any uneallcd
Tor gesture or osfentatious shifting of
attitudes. The light of his black eye
seems concentrated TO burning focus,
which IL is sometimes painful to en-.
counter, and yet il is impossible To get
away from the acknowledgement. Like
those IN love, his hearers ieel their
bonds, yet would not be free. "In the
very torrent and whirlwind Of his pas.
SON." his composure Is greatest. and
MS enunciation most deliberate and
distinct. have heard some orators.
whose words. in consequence Of a de
iect've movement Of the organs Of pro-
nuncIaiion. seemed Ia be obtruded and
lacerated in their delivery. But his
have free. full and iona fde dis.
charge. All that is musical IN modu
lation. distinct in utierance. appropri.
ate III emphasis, felicituus in though
energetic IN expression. pia ant his ord.
IN the ear with an effect that tl-iies the
power ct criticism; and they fall too
on the tympanum, with that sort of
ringing which,like new eagles from the
mint, shows the metal TO be sterling,
snd the coinage mastery. NhiIeus-
der the spell Of his enchantmcnt, so
completely is one satisfied, that all
idea oi any thing nearer to peri, ction
than himself, are either held in abey-
ance, or entirely expelled the mind
There Is this peculiarly about his shrill
and piercing voice. that his words can
be accurately distinguished as far as
their sound can be heard: and each
man IN the crowd conceives his own
proper ear TO be the target at which
is aimed the unerr.ng bullet Of his rhe
toric. La lighting. no matter what the
SIZE OF his antagonist, there is no adap.
tation at his bolts To the dimensions of
the object TO be demolished; but like
The lightning Of heaven which finds il
as easy To shatier an OAK as consume a
reed. the flash comes, burning i'm one
common grave the pigmy and the giant.
In witnessing encounters of this sort,
l have frequently wished, with the
love OF slaughter natural to some) tha,
some OF his victims possessed more
rccuperatiye energy. that the period Of
demolition might be longer protracted.
IL Is true, he has handled some. who
like Gaidsmith's village sohooimaster.
though conquered. could argue still,
but ihis reaction was Iittle more than
$40 suites fcnGimum Of expiring na
lure. lie soTTe times, how ever, by way
al good measure continues TO eore
them after they are utterly derunct;
but could never look with much sa
lisiaction upon his mang!in. Of a dead
body, or dragging dead Hector around
the walls of Tny.
In private iie there is no telling
what he i. lie is not subject for
ordinary speculation. lie is altogether
a splendid anomaly. an unique, a sv;
gcneTts, C;ssGT Guf nuiiuS, a iXsus ma
fur@, great man with many little
ncsses, of different natures, marvel.
i"usiy mixed connection, exquisite of
distant worlds lie il the vefriest rid.
die to has dearest friends. Sometimes
ne 20 fond OF men 81 parts. sometimes
he - ~ rapiures with thDseo! no parts. !
Somei'uaes he sees what is not 10 be (
seem; again, Cannot discover VIVA, i 4
ever so PLAIN. At one time he astounds
hts ifiends by rudeness, at another
surprises his enemy by kindness.
r sar;ug no one IN the world, he makes
III th" world fear him.
" lie - an ardent admircr of ladies
md d"Ss, but does not know TO which
he gives the preference, SO equally i.
us esteem divided Among them. In
us household he is plain bot neat TO
Eastern scrupu!osity-dfinks wine anu I,
;oliee. no milk-smokes segar-, aud
'"meiimes pipes--ohrws tea Ior tobac.
20. a, eihers snun, and dclests wins 4,
Key"
Tor optics sharp il iakes voen.
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