Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-11-20


There is herohistory The world knows it
by heart. The past, at least, is secure.-
There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexing
ton, ard Bunker HILL and there they will
remain forever. The bones Of her sons,
falling in the great struggle Tor independ-
ence now, lie mingled with the soil Of
every State, itom New England to Geor-
gia, and there they will lie forever. And
sir, where American Liberty raised its first
voice and where lis youth was nurtured
and sustained, there il still lives, in The
strength of its manhood and fall Of lis
original spirit. II discoyd aud dsunion
sbai wound il :lif party strife and blind
ambition shall hawk at aud tear il # folly
and madness if uneasiness, under saniary
and necessary restraint; shall succeed 10
separate it from that Union, by which
alone its existence is made sure, il will
stand in the end, by the side OF that cradle
III which its infancy was rocked it will
stretch forth its arm with whatever of
vigor ii may still retain, over the friends
who gather round it; and it will lall at
last, if fall il must, amidst the proudest
monuments Of its own glory, and on the
spot Of its origin." |n'f rr-z.. -t.i
What New England heat was there bu,
throbbed with vehement, iumultuous, ire
prcssiblo emotion, as he dvclt upon New
England suGerings New England struggles,
and New England triumphs during the war
of the Revoluion? There was scarcely a
dry eye in The Senate all hearts were over
come grave judges and men grown old in
digniied life turned aside their heads, 10
conceal the evidence of their emotion. p
Ia one corner Of the gallery was clustered
group of Massachusetts men. They had
hung from the first moment upon the words
of the speaker, with feelings variously but
always warmly excited, deepening in intensi-
tyas he proceeded. At FIRST, while the orator
was going through his exotdium, they held
their breath and hid their faces, mindful of
the savage attack upon him and New Eng
land, aud the fearful odds against him, her
champion-as he went deeper into his speech,
they felt easier; when he turned Haynes
flank on Banque's ghost, they hrea'hed freer
and deeper Bnt now, as he alluded TO
Massachusetts, their feelings were strained
10 the highes, tension ; and when the orator;
concluding his encomum upon the land of
their binh, turned, Intentionally, or other
wise, his Burning eye full upon lbem-they
shed tears like girls. .,.
No one who was no, present can under
stand the C'cilemcnt OF the scene. No one
who was, can give an adequate description
ol it. No word painling can convey the deep
Intense enthusiasm, the revereutial attention,
Of the vast assembly-uor linmer transfer to
canvase their earnest, eager, awe-struck
cuunlenances. Though language were as sub
tie and flexible as thought, it still would be
impossible TO represent the full idea Of the
scene. There is something intangible in an
emotion, which cannot by transferred.-
Their nicer shades Of feeling eude pursuit,
Every description, therefore,, of The ocea-
sion, seems 10 the narrator himself most lame,
spiriilrss, unjust.
Moch pf the instantaneous effect, of the
spcerh arose, OF cousc, from the orator's de-
livery-lhe tones OF his voice, his counte-
nance, and manners These dio mostly with
the occasion lha, calls them forlh--lhe i'm.
preston is lost in the attempt Of transmission
| from one mind to another. They can only
be described in general terms. "Ol the ef-
eclivcCess of Mr.. Wrbsicr's manner, in ma
ny plr,s,n says Mr.. Everett, ''it would be in
vain TO attempt 10 give any one not present
the fautesl idea, il has been my fortune TO
hear some Of he ablesl speeches Of the great
est living orators on bulh sides OF the water,
bat confess, never heard anything which
50 completely realized my conception oi
what Demoslhenes was when he delivered
I the Oraiion for The CROWN"
| ASsuredly, Keannor Keable, nor any other
/ mastery deiinealor OF lhe human passions
/ ever produced a more powerful impression
/ upon an audience, or swuycd so completely
their hearts This WAS acting not 10 The life
= but life itself -
No one ever looked The orator, as he did
"oS hltmerosque dco sinilis,n in form and lea.
lure how like huge lilt-hammeL up and
down, his swarihy coun|enance lighted uI
with eXciemenl he appeared amid the
smoke, and fire, the hundeH Of his elo'
queuce, like Vulcan IN his armory forging
thoughts ror The Gods!
The human face never wore an expression
Of more wi,herlng, relentless scom, than
when the orator replied to Haynes aliusior
10 The "inurdered coalition" at is,n saiy
Mr w, 'lhe very casl.oh slough of pollu
ted and Shameless press Incapable of fur
lher mischief it lies III the sewer, hfeles,
and despised IIsnotnow sir, in the powe
Of The honorable member TO give it dignity
or decency By attempting to elevate i, AM
in,folnce il into the Senate. He canuo
change il from hat il is--an object Of gen
eral disgust and scorn. On the contrary, The
contact, if be chooses 10 touch il, is more
likely 10 drag him down, 10 The place where
it lies ilsef.n He looked, as he spoke these
wosds, as il the thing he alluded 10 was loo
= The pers'ml appearance OF Mr. Webster has been
theme of frequent discussion lie was al ihc time TIL
s,erc was del,vtIed twenty years younger tan nnw
Tine had not hined heache ms hair It was as daT
as The raeens plnnage siGnaunting has hrw ih anpl
folds His eyes. always dark aud deep SET tnkind!ed b.
sone glowing IN ugh tl'i.e tein bsielh i'ls sonio1s
frln slnnlehrr II such a o'untenace ps saNaio
Ros1 delighted 70 paint, --., -, ~, 4,
No one Iindels,5d OF understands, better than Mr WEI
sier the philosophy o dress what pwSlu aiA,,,aa ,