The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-25

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all Instruments, the human voice; Brough
an proceeded like master of every pow
err of reasoning and Of the understanding
The modes and aIusions Of the one wer,
always quadrabe by the classical formu.
Ia; those OF the other could be squared on
~ by the higher analysis of the mind -
and they rose, aud ran, and pealed, and
sweled on and on. I'LL single sentence
was often complete GRAFTON within Itself;
but still, 50 clear was the logic, aud so
close the connection, that every member
carried the wei !ht of all that went before,
and opened the way for all that was to
follow after. The style OF Canning was
like the convex mirror, which scatters ev.
cry ray OF light that falls upon il, and
shines and sparliIes in whatever position
it Is viewed that OF Brougham was like
the concavc Specu um, scattering no indis-
crlminae radiance. but having It's liz h,
concentrated INTO one intense aud lremen.
dous focus. Canning marched forward
in straight and clear track.--every par
agraph was perfect in itself and every
corruscalion OF wit and Of genius was
brilliant and delightfui-it was all felt,
and it was all at once; Brougham twned
round aud round in "a spiral, sweeping the
contents OF vast circumference b. fore
him, and uniting and pouring them on
ward 10 the main point OF attack. When
he began, one was astonished al The wide.
ness aud the obliquity Of his course nor
was it possible to comprehend how he was
to dispose OF the vast aud vored materials
which he collected by the way; but as
the curve Iessened and The end appeared,
, it became obvious that all was TO be eff.
cient there.
Such were the rival orators, who sat
gIaucng hostility and defiance at each
other, during the early part of the session
OF 1928; Broughom, as if wishing to
overthrow The secretary by sweeping &c,
cu6alion Of having abandoned all princi-
pie tor the sake o: ollie; and the secre-
'ary ready 10 parry the charge and TO at
tack in his turn. An opportunity at
length offered and it is more worthy Of
being recorded, as being the last terrible
personal attack previous TO that change in
the measures Of the cabinet, which, tho
1t had been begun from the moment thai
Gaming, Robinson, and Husklsson came
mo office, Was mol at that time perceived,
or al least not admitted and appreciated,
Upon that occasion, the GRAFTON Of Brongh.
an was at the outset disjoiDled and ragged
and apparently without aim o! application
He careered over the whole annals of the
world, aud collected every INSTANCE, IN
which genius had degraded itself at the
foolslool OF power, or in which principle
had been sacrificed for the vanity or ucre
OF place; but still there was no aiIusion to
Canning, and no connection. that ordinary
men could discover, win the business By
fore the House. " hen, however, he had
collected every material which suited his
purpose when the mass had become big
and black, he bound it about and about
with cords Of illustration and argument
When its union was secure, he swung ii
round and round with the slrenglh OF It
giant and the rapidly Of a whlrlwlnd, in
order that It's impetus and effect might be
the more tremendous and while doing
this, he ever aud anon glared his eye, aud
the direction sure. Canning himself was
the first that seemed to be aware where
and how terrible was to BE- the collision
and he kept wrilhing his body in agony,
and rolling his eyes in fear, as if anxious
to find some shelter from the impending
bolt The House soon caught the im-
preston, and every man in /! was 2 lanc
ing bis eye fearfutIy, first Toward The or
ator, aud then toward the secretary.-
There was-save the voice of Brougham |
which growled ia that under tone Of lhun-
der, which is so fearluIy audible, and Of
which no speaker of the day was fully |
master, bat himsef--a silence, as if the
angel Of re;rhuton had been glazing in |
the faces OF all parties the scroll Of their
private sins. A pen, which one Of the
secretaries dropped upon The meeting, was
heard in the remotest parts OF the House;
and the UisIAag members, who ofen
slept in the side galleries during the de-
bate, started up as though The hnal trump
had been sounding them to give an ac-
Broughaa's figure had vanished; he
glanced toward every part OF the House
in succession; and sounding the death
kneII of the Secreary's forbearance and
prudence, with both his cenched hands
upon the table, he hurled at him an accu.
salion more dreadful in its gall, and more
loHuring in its effects, than evcf has been
hurled at mortal man, within the same
walls. The result was instantaneous
was electric: 1t was as when the thunder
cloud descends upon some giant peak
one fash, one peal the sublimIty van
ished, and all that remained was a small
pattering Of rain. Canning started 10 his
feet, and was able only to utter the un-
guarded words -" 1t is false l"--to which