Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

clear, whether at Its highest key or low.
est whisper-rich, musical, csptiva.in
His action is the spontaneous offspring oi
the passing thought. He gesticulates
AL OYER. The nodding OF his head
hung on long neck--his arms, hands,
fingers, feet, and even his spectacle and
pocket handkerchief, aid him in debate.
lie steps forward and backward, and
from the right to the left, with effect
Every feature speaks. The whole bo-
dy has its story to tell.
"Tbat is Forsyth with his aims a
kimbo, head thrown back, spectacles on,
laughing nt what somebody has to say =,
who is speaking over the way. ! cannot
describe hisaigure. but it is handsome
one. lie is all ease and composure ; is
never thrown off his guard. He is ever
ready and the less prepared the better,
for the fight. He eludes with the utmost
skill all manner Of weapons. No men,
Der Of Congress is better at the recon
noiterlDg and skirinishing Of debate.
"That tall red headed man, with
large manly figure and full face is Pres
ton, the new member from South Caro-
lima. lie looks as if he had long lived
under the rays of southern sun. Pres
ton is SUI generis. He talks poetry, and
IN rich array and gorgeous sentences.-I
When there is storm in the senate, they
hang him out as rainbow and although
the rough clouds often darken his gilt
tering hues before the storm is hushed,
yet tempered are cooled and spirits are
softened by the dazzling arch and the
rich interlacings Of its bow. He Is un-
premeditated eloquence. He does not,
like Sheridan, mark in his orations the
place to introduce Good God Mr.
Speaker The incidents of debate sug-
gest all his fine sentences. His gestures
are admirable. No American orator is
more graceiul-few have more art and
yet few understand so well the ars ceidre
artem. Such man was necessary in the
senate. All the kinds Of eloquence that
Cicero describes, are now exemplified
and illustrated in that body, and no two
are formed on the same model. IL
"Felix Grundy is happy man.
There is not a more jovial, benevolent
face in christendom than he wears. He
was an actor upon the stage Of public life
long before my remembrance. His head
is now all gray, and his step begins to
falter and bear the marks Of age, but his {
mind has lost nothing of its vigour, and {
he none Of his humor. He is happy alta t
retort, skilful at thrust, and good humor- S
ed even in the angriest debate. He has O
a mind happily tempered for political is
warfare. "
"Leigh is new comer from Virginia; [
a round, thick built man, with little II
sharp eye, that snaps at times like spark u
of fire. He is something of lion in the A
national mcnagerie. Perhaps my meta "
phors might seems Objectionable, were u
it not that we republicans have a right q
to talk Of our Servants as we please. O
"Wright has a fine person and coun- b
tenance. No one exhibits more calm Il
ness and dignity, or more narrowly p
watches the progress Of debate. tr
81 would tarry hero, had time and
space, to serve up the stout framed Ben
Ton, and give you touch Of his manner
Of speaking, so odd to the northern eye
and ear but doubtless the mode in his al
own Missouri, where his heart unques- Ii,
ionably is. ] would have something to CO
'ay of Senator Smith, who, in his dress, N
connects this age with the days Of our -,
athers and grandlathers-of Porter with =
lis Irish face and Irish eloquence, a wi
worthy son Of the green isle Of Erin no
nd Of Wilkins, too, who never hates no
oke but l must pause. ,;1
"And let me here remark, that should ''e
ike the senate better, if it were not such rei
prodigious snuff box, and the snuff ta- ma
ers were less numerous. Give me
our snuff box says Clay to Prentice
nd yours and 'yours. and thus a
huff box runs a journey for n day, from
enator to senator, without ten minutes me
est And, by the way, in long days sol
ession, let me add, the hungry represen- US
ltves bring in crackers and cheese and the
ingerbread in the house, and spread Al
lem out as for dinner upon their ma SUI
ogany desks If / had the pen of a the
'rollope, how l would lash them And, fro
ldeed, why, may l not undertake the an
,form, before some Hamilton comes in she
nong US and murders us all for the sins ref
the few, who, having been but recent sla
caught, we have not had any time to tim
vlize SO well as we shall by the time lmr
lother session comes round of she
ith your legs, then, gentlemen, not from NIT
bur bodies, but from your desks Off his
ith your gingerbread, your crackers car
ID cheese Cease your snoring and in
seping in your seats Up from the So diff
s, and no longer repose there sprawIed dw'
1t like leviathans Men will talk, GO,
hisper, tramp, rustic their papers, and the
lwn; this you are permitted to do but hist
insist upon it you shall not sleep, you ten
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