Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-11

kindlt, and WITH Imagination enpHgh u suPP4
hundredE,ld more # Illustration AZ aksfai
dizemeni than Iisia<ie suffered ~ 10 accept
that union of greatness Of soul With depth al
heart " hich made ii. speaking almost more an
exhil.,lion OF character than q mrre < mus
,b,sf,sle not merely pure. clear. SaSon,.'u 80
constructed so numerous, as iar rs i"ronl'-
nrose. soi;,rc,b'r. So Astounding IN ual4portd
iaIicifie; The words - choice, tie ef5fhcl 80
pictured, the matter absolute truth ar itc most
exact and spacious Resemblance re hum n
vii can devise lhe treatment Of tie SUBJECT. u
you have regard To the kind OF ruth ln bad q"
iardle-no.ilical ethical. legal---as deep. ns
complete az palry's, 81 Locke, ar Butler s..
or Alexander H4miIfoH's az tllcir sal5ieets, Yet
HAT depth and thai cunplctrness # sense
made transparent as though crstd aafers all
,mboled IN harmonious or vel eompos' d
teriols; raised on Winged hnsuasae, wifi.
ed. fust d and poured along in TIDE niemo'jon
fereid and incapable 70 hc Vithstood: seeall hc
form the ey es. the brow. The tone ri Ire voice,
the presence Of tie Intellectual king If mon,
recall him thus. and it, the language # NJ
Justice Story concentrating Samuel Dexter,
We may we'll rejoice that we live lived ia
the same acc; thai We have listened 10 his clo-
ancuce and been instructed by LIS wisdom
cannot leave the subject Of hi eloqnrncc
without returning 10 thought have nJyonc-
ed already All that he has left, ar the largcr
portion Of all, - tie record Of spoken words.
His works. us already collected, extend 10
many volumcs--a library of reason aud clio
quence. as Gbbon has said Of Cleero's; hut
they arc volumes of speeches only, ar manly;
and yet who does not rank him a. great A.
f,tt
aud as Enthusiastically cxempliiyiug IN pure,
genuine and harmonious English slyr. the
mind. thought, point of view Of object and cs.
nationality Of hi. country as any other Of orr
authors professionally so dennmnnted.
Against the maxim Of Mr.. Fox, his speeches
read we'll and YET were good speech
cs--grelt s2cech,s--in the delivery For
SO gave were they. 80 thoughtful oud
true. SO much cIoquence OF reason nj least 80
striking ALWAYS, They eontrivcd Ia Ink the
immediate topic with other and hroaler prju.
ciples ascending easily 10 widest penera!iza-
rs, SO bapoY was he reconciliation Of the
qualities which engage tie attention 81 hearers
It rcvrad tire perusal Of s,udcnts--so erin
clllY dill they keep tie lieht ade 4 lha lire
which parts cloqnence from rhetoric, and SO
far co they rise above the ponury Il mere dc.
ate, tia Inc general reason OF tie country
las ensIriecI them tt once, mud fore or, among
cur classice
Il is a common belIei dat Mr. vi. Ter 0o8
O various reader; aud | lhik II l. trlle even TO
greater degree than has heru believed. IT.
his profession Of politics nothing tIdris, v,l-
thy Of attention had escaped him; no'iieg Of
tie ancient or modem e,spradcuc,; no,hu 9
which Greek or Romnnor Eururebaepecolalr
in that walk had ez plorcd or Greek Ct Il amao
or European or universal history or public biog
raphy excmpifed. shall rol 1non fo,g
with what admiration he spoke, at an inter
view 10 which he admitted ne " lile Ia H.,
law School ot Camtlilgc. Of the politics auo
ehics Of Aristotle, aud of the mighty min,
which, az he said. seemed to have lbo9s III
through all tie great problems vhiell form IT.,
discipline If social man. American history and
American political literature he Ind Y heart
the long series OF influences whca tfalncd Il,
for representative and tree eovolnmeul; tina
other series OF Influences v hch moulded us in
to united governments the Coloaial ern; III,
age Of controversy before the Revolution, every
scene aud every person in that grenl tragic ne
ton; every question v hCh has succcssivcl,
engaged our politics, and every mime Nkicl
has figured IN them-the whole stream Of on
time was open, clear, and present ever 10 ii
eye
Beyond lis profession Of politics, So to cal
il, be had been diligcut and choice reader. n
his extraordinary style IN part reveals, and
think the love of reading would have gone III
him to later and ripper age, if 10 such an az,
it had been the will of cod to reserve him -
This Is no place CT time 10 appreciate the
branch of his acquisitions; butihcre is an interest
inexpressible in knowing ho were any of the
chosen from among the great dead in the libra
ry oil such a man. Others may correct me- u,
] should say of that interior and narrower cir
Gle were Cicero, Virgil, Shakespeare, " HON lie
knew Familiarity as the constitutional Bacon
Milton. Burke, Johnson--io whom hope il /,
not pedan,ic nor fanclul 10 say often thought
his nature presented scme resemblance the
same abundance of the general propositions re
CURED for explaining difficulty and refutng
sopbism copiously and promptly occurring tc
him--the same kindness of heart and wealth o.
sensibility, under manner, of course. more
courteous gracious, yet more sovereign, the
same sufficient. yet not predominant irnopirn.
ton, STOPPING ever 10 truth, and giving film.