Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
WHOLE NO. 227.


fall, and the undulations, chequered with
sunlight and shadow, chasing one alter
the other, aiar over the wide eSpanse.-
And | have gone amid the storms Of
winter, over the high hill, upon the loud
cracking crust, amid the music Of tho
merry sleigh-bclls And here are the
representatives from all these regions;-
here in one grand council; all speaking
one language all impelled by one law
Oh, my country! my country! II our
destiny he always linked as one--jf the
same flag, with its glorious stars and
stripes, is always the flag Of our union;-
never uniurled or defended but by free
men; then poetry and prophecy, stretch
ing to their utmost, cannot pre-announce
that destiny.
"But to return from our digression.--
We have re-threaded the cork-screw
galleries, and are in the Senate-cham-
Iber. Here is different body from the
one we have Just left. The senators seem
older than the representatives.; but so
many of these bald seniors exchange
gray heads for black ones, that il is diff
cult to determine. They sit with their
hats ofT-that looks better. They hustle
about Tess-that is more agreeable, it
! you would hear a speaker. "Show me
the lions" said ] to my Cicerone;-
"where is Van Buren,-where is Clay
and Webster, and Calhoun - My first
query was answered by pointing TO the
, Vice Presidents chair. should havo
much to say of Mr.. Van Buren,; but they
have elevated him to a high Office,
IL .to dr. Iac
, and its disadvantages. "tle cannot fig
, ure," said my guide, Gin debate; his
1 mouth is shut, unless opened to say
"The ayes have it," or ",he memorial is
E REFERRED" or something Of the like
( His manner is calm and bland, and he
, presides with ease and dignity. And
f There he sits, with no opportunity for
display-thumping with his mallct, when
: the galleries are out of order, remarking
!; that 'the question is so and so," or some-
n thing of the like. The newspapers talk
,r of his shrinking, covering, blushing.-
IF This is all the veriest romance in the
s. world. He lives in the Senate like an
d embodied abstraction. He takes Clay's
2 ibes and Webster's thrusts as the ghost
+ of Creusn received the embraces Of
:. IEneas. lie heeds them not. He leans
j. back his head-piles one leg upon the
= othcr-and sits as if he were pleasant
d sculptured image, destined for that niche
At all his life.
1t "That massive forehead, those prodi-
4, gious eyes, those heavy shoulders, that
l. iron built frame, point out Webster
or How like Staten himself he can look
e. what malicious smile He talks as if
,g he were telling plain story; not enthu-
I'd siastic, bot concise and clear. His arm
Ik comes up as if lifted by spring. He
! speaks like one from the grave-so So
We cmn and so severe. Anon the lion is
,c reused. What a voice! The sentences
st leap into life; with well timed metaphor,
of skilfuly interwoven;-and all perfectly
I'd wrought out. Yet Webster is man OF
Of no imagination. He has well disci-
er plincd taste; and give him clue to
Tal figure, and he will trace it out with iorce
it and beauty.
NO "That slender built man, apparently
an about fifty years of age, in a blue coat,
*. with bright buttons, a frizzly head, and
NO an eve like hawk, erect and earnest,
ar with mouth partly open-that IS Cal
&C. houn. He is no orator-yet few com
he mand so much attention-none MORE
in His voice is bad. His gesticulation Is
,e without grace. lie is jealous and en-
nc, thusiastic, but without being frantic
nd His apparent candor, earnestness an0
or sincerity, command attention. His voice
,er struggles in his throat, and you almos
nd understand the thoughts swelling there
all and they soon rush out as fast as word
,g- can convey them. lie speaks in debate
ng as farmer, in earnest, would talk TO hi
"a BOYS, or a merchant to his clerks. III
ID steps about, stands here and there, look
md at this man and that. And If maj
ar looks inquiringly at him, he asks 81 an
sh- right, am nol'" "But as ! was saying
3 if rlthis conservative principle''-"h hurt
rM me to talk to day; Pve got cold" etc
ds, This is much the manner Of Mr.. Cal
NC, Ihoun. If an idea comes into his hea ad
of out il comes, without regard to rhetori
,ws cal polish Mr.. CalhouD's power is j
on colloquy uy--animated conversation. Me
inc are willing to listen to man who talk
a. well, whose dcclamatons might be in
the suncrablc. Calhoun links words togett
hat er--bitcs of the last syllables--and ol
the Iten-times eats up, rs il were, whole sen
re- tences, in the rapidity Of his enuncls
tat ton.
its "That tall, well formed man, with
,rn- wide mouth, aud a countenance indie,
avo ting every change Of thought within,
ter Clay. lie has been so often describe,
the that shall dwell upon him briefly, her
,erei Nature made him an orator, 10 figure