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

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truth, all sooner or later, Voluntarily, or in
spite of themselves were wholly carried
away by the eloquence of the orator.
- One oi the happest retorts ever made in
iorensic controversy, washis application oil
lt9yne's comparison Of the "mrirdered CO.
allllonp TO heighost of Bauquo: ~. ... a
"Sir, the honorable member was no. for
other reasons, entirely happy in his allu,
sons to the story Of Banquo's murder and
Banqno's ghost. 1t was not, think. thc
friends, but the enemies of thc rnurdprcd
Banquo, at whose bidding his spirit woula
not down. The honorable gentleman i,
fresh in his reading of the English clas-
sizes, and can put me rieht if AN wrong +;
but, according to my poor recollection, il
was at those who had begun with caresses
aud ended with foul and treacherous mur-
der, that the CORY locks were shaken. The
ghost Of Banquo, like that OF Hamlet, was
an honest ghost, Il DISTURBED no Innocent
man. Itl;new where it3apprarancp would
strike terror, aud who would cry out "a
ghoAn Il made itself visible in The right
quarter, and compelled the guilty and the
conscience smiIer, and none others, 10
start with, .f.. ...
"PrHice, sec there! b,holl lsok 10,
II tlau- here, zw KIM" t ... .
Thcir eyrtall5 were scared (u'as il not so,
Sir y who Lad thought to shield them
selves by oonccaliDg their owa band, and
laying he impuation Of tbe crime on a
low and hireliHg agency in wickcdress
Wl;o had vainly attempted 10 stiAe the
workings oftheir own coward consciencps,
bY eiacuatinr, through white lips and
chatlering teeth, "Thon cau'st notsav did
i'll" ! have misrcad the great poetif those
who had not plrtaken in the deed OF death,
either found that they were, or ferret fiat
t1ey s,og(a be, pushed from their stools by
the ghost ol the slain, or exclaimed TO a
spectre By tdeir own rsmogse, "Avaunt!
and quit our sight :" ....
There was smile Of appreciation upon
the faces all aronnl, al this most ielicilous
use of anothcr's illustration which Col
Hayne good humoredly joined.
AS the orator carried out the moral of
Macbeth, and proved BY the example of
that deep thinking individual, but insanely
ambitious character, how little of snbs,an-
tial good or permancnt power was TO be
secured by a devious and unblessed policy,
he turned his eye with a significance Of
expression, iuiI oi prophetic revelation
upoh the wee freg'dfn', reminding hlm
that those who had fo0lly removed Banqno,
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"Ata'rcn 'cel trc iatllcir rriac,
Us. Ihei'e' ''t' w'e'?ac' by IN "nliniaI lor'd,
N't'p Oh liens succeeding"
Every eye oi the whole audience followed
the direction Of his own--aud witnessed
the changing conulenancc and visible agi-
t4tion Of Mg. C@ihoun. ...............-..
Surely no protection ever met more
rapid or fuller confirmation, even to the
very manner in which the disaster was ac-
complishcd. within few tricf months,
the political fortunes Of the Vice President,
at this moment seemingly on the very point
of elimination, had sunk so low, there
were none so poor to DO him reverence.
Watcher tor a moment a presentimenl
of the approaching crisis in his fate, forced
uEon his mind by the manner and language
Of the SPEAKER, cast a gloom over bis coun-
tenance, or some olhrr cause, it is impossi-
bic to say but his brow srpw dark, nor
for come time dil his features recover their
usual impaesililty.
The ailusion n,ttl,d him, The more, as
he could not bot witness the effect il pro-
duccd upon others, aud made him restless
He seemed 10 seek an opportunity TO break
in upon the Speaker; and later in the dav,
as Mr. Webster was exposing the gross aud
ludicrous inconci3;encics of South Carolina
politicians, upon th, su i,ct of Internal
IMPROVEMENTS, he Interrupted him with
some eagerueSs: '.Doss the Chair under
s,anA lhF gentleman from Massachusetts, 10
say tha, ths person now occupying the
chair 0? the Senate Las charged his opin.
ions on this slijeci 2" To this Mr.. Web
stcr replied Immediately, and good ma
| turedly, "From nothing ever said 10 ne
sir, have had reason to know of any
change in the opinions Of the person filling
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/ uIa taheh pace, Tt@V"l H.
/ Those who had doubted MI Webster
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GllIltS 10 cope WIN ana overcome bis Op
/ p0rnrts v..ra frllV oofisG..d Of thair arrIt
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! when they heard his sentences OF power.
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