Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-21
E'noni the Alabama M0nItor.
PORTRAITS, OF THE IITH CON
GRESS

GRESS.
la the speech Of Me- Wilde OF Georgia,
delivered ia the House OF Representa-
:ives in 1882, on the Tariff, he thus in-
Produces, IN a style Of beauty peculiar to
his own classic genius. a sketch of some
OF the d stingu:shed, men OF the FOur
tesIth Congress, (iSI6J Nc. Wide
s1ys:-
The restrictive system is more PLAN
ly to be traced to the embargo, non-in.
tercourse, non Importation, wat, aud
double duties When peace came, these
duties were about TO expire. a new
system Of revenue vas TO be devised ,anl
the manufacturers, threatened, as they
believed, with rum earnestly and hum
b v entreIted that the amount required
as revenue should be SO impos ID as To
enable them to stand the shock.
It'was under such circumstances that
the fourteenth Congress assembled All
that time had the Honor to be a mem.
Der Of this House. 1t was an holor
then. What is il now, | shall not say.
Ii is what the twenty second Congress
have been pleased TO make it, have
neither time, nor strength, nor ability
TO speak of the legisla'o ofthat day ,as
they deserve NOR is this the fit occasion.
Yet the coolest or mos, careless nature,
cannot recur TO such associates, without
some Touch OF generous fee ling, which
in quicker spirits, would kindle into
high and almost holy enthusiasm.
LOWNDES.
Pre- eminent yet not more proudly
than humbly pre- eminent--among them.
was gentle.nan from South Carolina,
now no more; the purest, the cLlmest,
the most philosophical Of our country's
modern statesmen. Oae no less re.
markable for gcntleneSs Of rnanuers,and
Kindness OF heart, than for that passion
less, unc'auded int llect, which rende red
him deserving Of the p aise If ever
man deserved it-of merely standing b>
and letting reason argue FOR hrm The
true patriot, incapable Of all selfish am
bition, who stunned Office and distinc-
ton, yet served his country faithfully,
because he loved her. He, | mean, who
consecrated, by his example, the noble
precept, so entirely his own, that The
first station i'll the republic was neither
10 be- sought after nor declIneI-a scnti
ment so just and so happily express, d,
that It continues to be repeated, because
II cannot I've improved.
PINK NEY.
There was, also, n gentleman from
Maryland, whose ashes now sIumber in
your cementery. 1t is not long since !
stood by his tomb, and recalled him. us
he was then, in all the pri lc and power
OF his genius. Among the first cf his
countrymen and contemporaries, as a
jurist and statesman, first rs an orator -,
he was, If not truly eloquent, he prin @
OF rhetoricians. Nor did the soundnes
Of his logic suffer any thing. by com.
parison with the richness and classica
purity of the language in which he CO
Piousiy poured forth those fgurative H..
lustratlons of his argument, which en-
forced while they adorned it. But let
others pronounce his euIogy. must
not, feel as if his mighty spirit still
haunted the scene of its triumphs, and
when ! dared to wrong them, indignantly
rebuked me.
These names have become historical
there were others, Of whom it is more
difficult TO speak, because yet within
the reach of praise or envy. For one
was, or aspired to be, a politician, it
would be prudent, perhaps wise,t avoid
all mention Of these mep. Their acts,
their words, their thoughts, their very
rocks have become subjects Of party con
tEoversy. But he whose ambition is Of
q higher or lowe: order, has no need Of
such reserve. Talent is of no party ex.
clusively; nor is justice
RANDOLPH.
Among them, but not Of them, i'm the
fearful and solitary subIimity of genius.
stood gentleman from Virginia-whom
u were superhuous to designate. Whose
speeches were universally read. Whose
satire was universally feared. Upon
whose accents did this habitually list.
less and unlistening house Hang, so fire..
Quently, with wfapt atuention2 Whose
fame was Identified with tn at body for
so long period? Who was a more dex
ferrous debatorf ripper scholar? better
versed in the politics of our own coun
trytor deeper read in the history Of
othersi Above all who was more thor.
Oughly imbued with the idiom of the
English Ianguage-mOre completely
master OF its strength, aud beauty, aud
dsiicaeyf or more capable Of breathing
thoughts Of fame ia words Of magic and
tones Of silvert
CALHOUN.
There vas, also, a sou Of Carolina
still "a the service Of the Republic then
undoubtedly, the most influential man :.
Der Of this House. With a genius emi
nently metsPhysicsl, he applied to poll.
ties has habits Of analysis, abstraction.
a a