Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
LORD BROUGHAM,

now come to Lord Brougham, the greatest
man, taken all in all, which this country has in
modern times produced. His career, as a Judge,
was but short; but the situation he held during
that short period, was the highest which sub
ject can fill; and he held it in most eventful
era in our civil and political history. As a bar
rister, and as member of the House of Com
mons, the name of Henry Brougham was as ia
miliar to the public ear and eye as that of Lord
Brougham, now is, or ever can be. His prac-
tice at the bar was extensive; 1t was very lu-
crative also. | am confident that, for ten or
twelve years previous to his elevation to the
bench, it could not have averaged less than 49,
0O0L. per annum. He was retained in almost
all important cases. 1t was only in these, in
deed, that he appeared to advantage. No two
men could be more unlike each other than was
Henry Broughaln in case of limited interest,
and in one of fcommanding importance. know
some barristers of great distinction and of first
rate talent, that can throw their whole soul into
matters of the most trifing kind. / know for
example, instances of the most trivial assaults,
in which the counsel for the plaintiff has en-
tered with SO much energy into the case,
as if the defendant had been a second Guy
Fawkes, detected in the very act of setting
match to a train which would end in blowing
three or four hundred unoffending human be-
ings into the air. have, too, seen counsel, in
cases where the result of the conviction of their
client would only subject the party to fine of
q few pounds, as vehement in their gesticula-
tion, and as fervid in their eloquence Us if his
life had been at stake. Mr.. Brougham was
not man of this kind. There was in all such
cases, coldness in his manner and languor
in his eye which plainly showed, d,notwithstand
ing that he would now and then make an effort
to rouse himself, that his spirit was not in the
task he had undertaken. He was like the
he knows he must go through, however reluc-
family, & he accordingly does get throug them
the best way he can. To cases of an unmpor-
tant kind he never could apply his mind. How
striking the contrast when he appeared in an
important case, especially if it was one involv-
ing any great principle of civil or religious liber-
ty! On such occasions, Brougham far exceed
ed, in the talent and energy he displayed, any
man who has practised at the bar for the last
quarter Of a century. lie usually rose in a
calm and collected manner, enunciated few
sentences in q srbdued tone, expressive Of the
senses he entertained Of the Importance Of the
task he had undertaken, and solicited the indul-
gence ofthe jury, while he trespassed on their
attention for short time. He then proceeded
in slow accents and in measured sentences, to
develope the generalities of the case, gradual
ly rising inanimation of manner and increasing
the loudness of his voice and the rapidity of
his utterance, until he arrived at the most i'm
portant parts Of his subject. The first indication
he usually gave ofhaving reached those points
in his speech to which he meant to apply all
the energies Of his mind, was that of pulling
his gown further up on his shoulders, and put
ting his tall gaunt figure into as serect and COM
manding posture as be could assume without