Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-10-01

'Hdt ne ikCi Uldt ilc best. ana h1l NO
inclination IN mount above the people
whcrcupon there was another roar as a
matter Of course. D'ConnCll IN person
- very lar.c --llmoSt ~ large Is Mr..
Lewis. NJ. {. from Alabama. bat not ~
tall. lie has thick full face. and
exc. Iii, appearance A. quite
coarse. Iii, handkerchief hung about
has neck an L most sloveDlv manner
aud all his garments seem 10 have tuin-
bed upon him. Ne man better under
stands that most difficult of all under
tahlnrs the ant OF haranguing masses OF
men. When argument became heavy,
he tell upon amusement. When clo-
qucncc beautiful and grand had been
heard and felt, he made his audience
feel more the force ot the contrast by
something of coarscncSS and perhaps
vulglrItv. SafCdSr was tempered by
wit, and Wit was pointed by sarcasm.
O'Connell, Is undoubtedly now. a. an
orator (nnly) the greatest IN Great Brit.
ain. None of our distinguished speak
erS resemble hun. Grundy has more
Wit. but no such cloqucncc and chas,e
defamation. Forsyth has more bitter
ness but no such power. Clay has a
Tar richer and swcrter tone Of voice,
and a much more natural manner,
which in general would produce more
cilcCt-but he has no such command of
lnnSuarc .-norhiac Ike 'Conncils
ilucncy. Webster has more dignity
and power, and would elevate the SEN
timcnt Of an audience much higher.
but be cannot tickle the ears of people
As o Council can. He cannot thus play
upon the passions. Preston unItcs ma
ny of O'Counclls Citts-hut Preston
loves metaphors more. and uses them
not IN SO natural Il way, and therefore
by ovcr,triIning. loses OConncll' :
power. O'Conncll hits the exact nail
upon the head. and fits hts wares 90 hi,
market. I'm Irish Earristcr IN Dublin
told ne that hc had seen OConncl 20
from the Inns OF the Court, whore he
had been displaying IN beautiful Lam
guagc the highest power OF intellect, to
a public political meeting, and there
haranguc an Irish mob IN the mos, blaul.-
guard slang. lie evidently has great
knowledge of all the springs that move
men. Nevertheless he can never in
Splrc confidence. His face, his AIR II
not an honest one. II he says t.c
things, one can't help feeling aS II he
were To see BLACKBOARD reading no
mi!y in a pulpit. Brougham, now j.
lust the reverse IN the impression be
leaves. Nv the way. O'Conncll has a
curious seal, betting has life. that OF a
ship on a rough sea, under strong
wind-thc hclmsman crying out "lull,,
'.luif. Immense service has been done
to ireland by awaking the attention OF
the English to this most unhappy ma
tion-aHd in the turn parties IN Eng
land must take hy and by shall not
be- at all surprised in hearing that he Is
~ Peer OF the realm.
An American FOR the first time Wit
ncs>iu. a British popular assembly has
one ever present though with him, and
that j.. how far behind " tins Great
people are in the i'm. lc>tpo'.tcaltru,hl
Here. ~ $50, there isa dispute about
taking OF iaN Of 200 per ccut upon
the vehicles 1T al political int lligcnce'
Tor the tax Is 300 per cent; ncV>yJ-
per worth four cents paving eight cent,
for stampN Here there - necessity
for arguing GgHiai hereditary lcri>ll-
ton Here fear Of speaking Of the
sovereign Is the servant of the people,
Here, hardly an acknowledgment tia;
al government Is Instituted for the pco-
pie benefit, and that they have ri sht
to alter or modify II Al their pleasure -
Tho orators too. address The people a.
% they we've Wild beast, fierce and mad
" ho need clgIlg-Brou-him caution
ing them not 10 agitaic too much.
.OColncll giving them Just so much
length a. rem and !ptbidding them ~
tuul%r other promising them good
hador,. So. The tone and uan4.r
81 addrc.,cs are m such q different
strain That the contrast force attention
and SET TIA, Wa. one ol thc most lib
cral as,embidgcs ever net in England
Nevertheless, / don { believe oar form
ui Government would ut thu Iur1pcln
market. even some year, hence. --and
o. there u1 dlugrrui ours % property
holder, 900 America dD no, make NOR,
,Hlit TINA they are now maxim. O.
educate nr whole pcIric--by tlc
AI.'c-not hy thr ha'l--as d,y arc
row ,lu.l'.I Tho great mas 81