Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-06-24
A Character,
IND A FoURTH-oF JULY SPEECH.

AND A FoURTH-oF JULY SPEECH.
The Philad. Daiy Register Of the 1lth
inst. contains peculiarly graphic and
mastery dclineation of the character of
General -- OGLE, formerly of South
Western Penn'a, from the pen of DIR. WIN.
ELDER, of Philalclphia-in fact, such an
unique analysis as DIR. Elder and nobody
else could well produce. Most of the sketch
appeared originally in Pataam's Monthly.
We regret that We have room only for enc
of his 4th of July speeches, which DIR. +.
has reproduced from mcmory,as specimen
Of his forensic performances. The General
was stauneh Democrat, of large mental
calibrc, great experience and practical sa-
cacity, of inccssant activity, limited school
education, and a sclf-rcliaucc that felt itself
cqual--justly, too, i'll most cascs-to any
responsibility. lie was the political oracle
of his section Of country, and his potent
influence was felt in the State and National
councils for period of half a century. lie
regarded the people of his county as his
family, whose welfare he had at heart,
whose thinking he was 10 do, and whose
affairs generally it was his special prcrogg-
atiye to manages He would sometimes say
20 them, as they throngcd around him at
public gatherings, 81 have made you happy
1T home, aud respected abroad; and there
isn't one in dozen of you that doesn't owe
your good luck to my advice, aud your
misfortunes to ncglccting it. want no.
thing from you'll belong to myself, but
Iwant you to know what is for your own
good, percisely."-The following is the de-
scription given of his personal appearance:
4Imarine man six feet two inches high,
finely proportioncd, with some depth Of
chest and breadth of shoulder added to
make his courage and confidence the surer;
take him at the age of fitty-hvc, the
acknowledged great man Of the world he
lives in one who really never meets a
superior in anything to which he makes
claim, full Of the feeling, and marked by
the manner of leader ia right ot emi-
pent fitness and efficiency, his hair brushed
straight from brow and temples backward
towards the crown, and powdered, and,
with an instinct that it was concerned III
expressing him, whenever he stood in the
open air, his hat was lifted or removed
often enough to give it all It's proper ct
feet in the Impression ef his presence. His
waistcoat was invariably a dark crimson,
and his standing coat collar lined with
scarlet. His fine large face was always
clean shaved, and lac wore bosom frili
elegantly negligent, just as painter
would set a superb head in a cloud wreath.
1t was not his dress that he paraded; 1t
was as much as dress could do to match
his micn and movement, and crimson,
noydcr and rutiies were tame enough to
seem modest and unobtruslvc in his ser
vice. His hat was large, with liberal
breadth of brim, turned up behind to ac-
commodate the erect collar, and deepen
the pitch Of the point which sheltered the
brow, and repeated aud impressed the
curve and dip of his fine aquiline nose.
His foot and hand varied the effect OF his
personal beauty, by their more delicate
elegance and his boots, crimped and
tasselled, relieved the length Of limbs, and
,;qhteucd his too imposing grandeur, as
rhyming syllablcs reduce and soften the
stride Of verse lie walked with his heae
a little forward of the perpendicular, as Is
usual with men whose frontal brain Is ac-
five, and always with the pleased engaged
ness of expression in his countenancc
which marks man happy in speaking to-
others, who arc as happy in hearing him.
No eye ever caug ht him weary, iistiess' or
vacant; he took no holidays, nor ever
knew those remissions Of engagement
which ordinary people indulge in at the
BEGINNINGS and fnishings of their under
takinrs. He was always fully employed
and equally intent, and the spring in him
was not only strong enough for work, but
it was easy enough for play: while the
tide ran like cataract, the surface rlpPicd
and sparklcd with humor-the sunshine in
dalliance with the spray-the storm tones
rarifcd into music. His temper was sharp
and high, but steady. As it never fell
into feebleness so it never rose into rage;
the spercizcly,, and pine blank tone of fee
ling, ever present. kept him too we'll bal
anced for that"
(DrE. states that as speaker Hnot one
man in million has equal command Of
the nerves of his auditors" He was
felt like magnetism when near. His was
frank, confident style Of eloqucnce, in
tended to impart his own convictions in
the directest way ale did not hold his
position in mems opinions on the terms
that lemagogues maintain their reputation
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