Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-24

cut At all. Polished and vulgar, educated
and ignorant, alike appreciate John Van Blu
rem, his logic and his airn. There Is a char
ming abandon about him you are fully con.
visited that there are no hidden motives, no
hnesse, no clap-tran or mean seihshness. be-
hind what he has srrayed before you. Righ,
or wrong. whatever the man and his mind
may be, there they are, without any tricks Of
! curtairing or shading.
Won have doubtless wondered tha, such a
man as Martin Van Buren, shonld have such
a s1n as Master John. Well, ! have had The
same wonder. For John has utterly thrown
overheard aud set at defiance all the old rules
and observarces among professional politi.
cians. The young men,, here, would almost
lay down their lives for him. He ~ill prove
ile typo Of a thousand. before ten years are
past. He will, in all likelihood start a new
er and better school Of political speech max
ing which heaven help forward +! The tur-
gid and fippant manner. The senseless and
stale matter Of the whig and democratic spout.
ers, Of llte years, has grown vile beyond en-
durance!
Newspaper reports Of Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
dresses, unless they are strictly verbatim,
contain but a faint copy OF his wit. The lat.
ter consists generally in the turn Of a sen
tence, conveying a contrast or an image so
irresistibly cnpic-so llogarthian-that you
cannot for your life help laughing. 1t is not
the broad humor Of puns and distortions; 1t
Is fine and %jilIused. 1t is not farce, but tue
highest and most Intellectual comedy. Iii
not an idear, one OF whose parts is very iur-
ny it is the wboe idea so ludicrous. 1t is
not i ddshy stroke of color In the ptctuTe'
making a novel effect it is the general color
pervading the whole work.
In England such j man as John Van Bur
en- would command any gift the government
had to bestow. Perhaps it is not that hs
aid wonld be invaluable; but that his enml-
" would have to be bought oil at any price.
He could do more than argue down the First
Lord OF The treasury and his measures-he
could make him and them Ridiculous. II |
were a near friend OF the President, ! wouldn't
have John Van Buren, in the opposition, and
in Congress, for the Presidential salary
Randolph's attack had so much accerdity that
there was a rebound after them, but where,
In a different and purer vain, John Van Bur
ems lampooning paint has once touched ;
there remains such an appearance OF the pre-
posterous IN him whose garments wear Tie
mark, that neither high station nor eraslYe
soap will ever get 1t out.
Some Of the papers will probably furnish
you, 1t you have a Curiosity OF sielng them'
a tolerable report of Mr.. Van Buren's remarks
of last evening; a correct report, as | have
said, is almost out of the question. The sen
tinen,s of the Radical leader, here, however,,
are not likely to be preserved long as he
gives them in these addresses. They are
for listening audiences, not for the pages of
books. They will not be preserved. HIS
merit is, in some sort, more the actors merit
than any other. Whether the sentiments
will tell /. fnture upon the action OF govern
ment, time VIII show.
WIZ you allow me- q am snre you WIZ
to say one word of justice 10 the New York
Free soliers, for publication in a region
where their movement are too often unfair
y. represented Not a breath no, 'hG1ght'
OF unir'endilness, exists IN the van buren,