The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-21


full and placid blue frame tall enough and stout enough
and with evidence youthful freshness and vgor that
would attract nineteen Womens eyes out of twenty:
You may look from east to west
And then from north to south,
And never find an amper breast,
A softer tone for lady's ear,
A daintler lip for syrup,
" "a a Tnger grasp from an axe Or spear,
With his pink color rather expressOne visage and
earthly of telling from his what tack he is
going TO take, John Van Buren, gets small good from
earliest impressions his audience The matter not
mended either by the quality of his voice, which, neither
deep sonorOus strikes you at first like the chrOmac
after hearing regular But that voice reaches and
pierces clearly remarkable distance in the largest and
most noisy assembly. Mr.. Van Buren, has probably sye
mazed his pitch of voice acoustic principles, and from
close experiment and practice Nor would be improbable
for public speakers generally follow his example; for
of the oudes and showest speakers neither be heard
distinctly by those them the rest at distance Not
with Mr. Van Buren, You have the comfort of losing not
a wOrd-not the nfexon Of a syllable By-and-by,
too the voice becomes agreeable and you find inmi
aby fitted 10 the dry and cTpy humor that makes large
portion of his address.
The of oratory as accustomed to picture to
our minds the historical exempla of that divine a-the
sweeping train of regal omamentthe imprisoned appeal
graceful and dgnfed gestures-such grand temper and
port would identify with Cicero, such lightning
breath DemOshenes such molten and persua-
sion in Patrick Henry Clay in his best daysa either
of these in any excellence Mr. Van Buren, does not
Ills manner, on contrary serene ana SMOOTH not
the pondeou smoothne of Sias Wright that carried with
it the signs of depth that plummet hardly Id
sound; but calm cOmpacency like that of ndif
erent needless child He very little gesture; when he
bends down it is almost thing that be gives of
those sarcastic bits of humor that the very hearts of
his victims And yet all done in good humor There
is particle Of malignanee spite. question, indeed
whether Of John Van Buens speeches shows jOt
of those qualities. Honored be he for this at any rate
We have much, among politicians, of personal but
erne and lis in their public proceedings Eveu
those at whose expense he launches his jokes may generally
laugh with the rest.
Burens style and matter should say they condensa
ton cearness and wit He often presents very
guments; but he invariably presents them in a and
cearerghtso clear, indeed, that they mind
like explained problem in mathematics This assisted
by his slow and deliberate manner hurry feverish
pushing forward but thing in its due order The diff
ference between him and other speakers good deal like
the difference between working by the day, and
another working by the job John Van Buren, tired
audience in his life, and worried them by
his spdity His wit of the puIest in the world. It
would exto laugh from the anchonte. Moth
ing artificial nothing strained but into the body
of his remarks apparently Just much matter of
the propositions and c0njunctons No words describe
the drO way in which he and then turns off sentence
of his opponents-thousands meanwhile shaking
with laughter foes well as friends He possesses that
faculty of appearing perfectly unconscious of his wit
he never uteB the poin of joke with air which
to demand " Is MT that good ~ While others laugh
he COOL dry and causc changing not muscle and not
put gravity either
Perhaps free aud easy spectator takes advantage of
his right of free speech to utter criticism question:
He never does second time, however Mr.. Van Buren,
sezes the interpolation and turns the laugh totally
the Oear of it, that be fan to clnch his tongue
his teeth for the rest of the evening. His sarcasm has
venom however, it the edge of the keenet razor the
tooth of the snake 1t clean and clear that you
der for moment whether there be cut at ALL Polished
and vulgar educated and ignorant alike appreciate John
Ruuen his his IOgc nd his sin Therai is
charming abandon about him you fully convinced that
there hidden motives nesse, clap-trap
sefshness behind what he has arayed before Right
wrong whatever the and his mind may be- there
tteV are without any tricks of curtaining shading.
You have doubtless wondered that such man Martin
Van Buren, should have such a Master John Well,
have had the wonder For John has utterly thrown
board and set at defiance all the old rules and obseances
among professional politicians The young men, here would
amol lay down their lives for him. He will prove the type of
thousand before years past He will in all likelihood
start and better school of political speech-makng
which heaven help forward The tugid and fppant
ner the ensess and stale matter of the wing and demo-
cratic pouteB of late years, had vile beyond
durance
Newspaper reports of Mr. Van Burens addresses unless
they strictly verbatim contain but faint copy of his wit
The latter consists generally in the turn Of
veying contrast image iresistiby comic-so Ho.
gahan-that cannot for life help laughing 1t is
not the broad humor of puns and distortions it fine and
diued II is not farce but the highest and intellect
funny it is the ubole idea udcrous. 1t dashy
stroke of color in the picture, making novel effect the
general color, pervading the whole work.
IN England such man as John Van Buren, would com.
mand any gift the government had to bestow Perhaps
not that his aid would be invaluable but that his enmy
would have be bought off any price He could do more
than argue down the First Lord of the Treasury and his
measurable could make him and them ridiculous. If
a friend of the President wouldn't have John
Van Buren, in the opposition and in Congress- for the Pes
dentia salary. RandoIphs attacks had much acerby
that there rebound after them but where in differ
ent and purer vein, John Van Burens ampooning paint
has touched there remains such appearance of the
preposerOus in him whose garments wear the mark that
neither high station erasve soap will get it out
Some of the papers will probably furnish you if you have
curiosity of seeing them, tOeabe report of AIr Van Blu
rens remarks OF last evening correct report, have
said is almost of the question The sentiments of the
Radical leader here however not likely be preserved
long he gives them in these addresses They for lis
enng audiences not for the pages Of books, They will
be preserved. His merit is, in Sort the actors
merit than any other Whether the sentiments will tell in
future the action of government, time will show.
Will you allow me- q am sure you wild to say one word
Ofusice to the New York SOieTs for publication in
region where their movements often unfairly repre-
sened? Not BREATH not thought, of Unfrendliness
exists in the Van Buren, party of New York toward the
South, Southern From what have heard and seem
believe that the fraenal bond of union and good will
from this section toward the SOuh-toward Louisiana and
Texas in especial manner-hOds its brightness and its
warmth unabated. At this very moment should danger
wrong threaten any of the Southern States or any general
harm to life property thousands of those great
who form the Van Buren, phaanx here would rush to your
aid and fear neither for comfort life giving it, brother
should give aid brother If know any thing of my native
State and her people (and have lately had opportunity
observing them nearly alb the general heart holds this