Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-12-01
THE GLOBE:

THE GLOBE:
The 0fieiaI Paper Of Cbngsrss, and Neaspope'
for the People.
Lord BaoreHAx, IN his Historical Sketche.
of Statesmen Ei.o Aourished in the Time o
George the Third" gives sone remarkable
examples, showing the er- 1t loss sustained hy
England in the history OF its statesmen, and o
its national progress, thro' the imperfec. stat.
of Parliamentary reporting in former times
He opens his life of Lord CHATHAM thus:
"There IL hardly any man in modern times, with th'
exception, perhaps Of Lord som.rs Who fills so large
space in our history and Of whom know little,
Lord Chatham and yet he is the person to whom every
one would at point II desired TO the most
cessful statesman and the brilliant orator that th.
country produced. OF Lord somers indeed, can
scarcely be able to know anything at ALL That he ives
person Of unimpsschsts integrity. judge Of great
pucty and learning, firm friend Of liberty, but eau
tons and safe counsellor in most difficult emergencies
all ready to acknowledge. But the authority which
he possessed among his contemporaries the influence
which his sound and wisdom exercised their
proceedings the services he thus enabled to render
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ing the price of our liberties in anarchy and bodshed
nay, conducting the whole proceeding of revolution
with all the deberAtion, and almost in the forms Of
with mild vet imperishable s.ory which. in the con
tra.t Of our dark respecting all the
and details Of his m give. the figure something alto
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outline which the me.cer records of his times have I
But it is singular how much Of Lord Chatham who
houfshed "ih'n the memory Oh .he present
,s tno,n 10 Nv IN. .r.n,. -h,cb h;s,orv h,. :,
corded to have happened under his administration Ye,
of his share in bringing these about little has been
o. ae'n 30 nssmenls ol nis speeches nave
portion to N. prsxiou, s.m. ,h,eb his .iu.nee h.,
LEFT behind it, that more maniftly lost than ha.
reached us While Of his written compositions but f"
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great cause ofthi. blank
Wha, Somers and Chatham have lost in
fame by the oblivion of all the masterly efforts
of their minds which. welding the power Of
Parliament, conducting the N arch of the Gov.
ernment during their connection with il, the
history of the nation has also lost for wan, OF
the yieor and veri,y, the clearness, the fresh.
ness and beauty with which its events and
their causes might have been preserved in
the luminous eloouence of its orators.
The great men who conducted our Revolu.
tionarv strueeles in the Continental Congress
have left no history behind them of the views
ard events which had their birth in their de.
bates. excep, in the measer formula of a Jour
nal. The fervid feeling of the hour. the i'm.
peIline circumstances. the argument. the eag-
er controversy which set the subjec, in every
variety of light, passed away with the breath
,ha, gave them ulterance and men who were
not surpassed, in the opinion of Lord Chat
ham, by "the master statesmen of the world"
have bequea,hed to posteri,y nothing of the
eloquence which guided our National Coun-
cils bu, ",he shadow of a name" Recent
publications show how graphic history be-
comes when the actors in i, speak for them
selves on its page. Congress has now taken
care that this sor, of genuine history shall fall
from The press. full and perfect, day by day !;
md Inns .v.rv nnbl;c man will make his own
history. and blend i, imperishablv with that of
his country.
The Congressional Globe and Appendix is
so voluminous ,ha, it can only be read BY
our busv coun,rvmen partiallv during its pro-
er.s, Some are interested in ON. measure,
some in another. Different sections look for
the most par, to the action of their several re-
presentatives-,he concerns of one frequently
Possessing NO interest for the ress-and amids,
the mass i, is difficult for each section, or in
dividoal. q get a, the special matter mos, in
teres,ine to them. To obvia,e this. and enable
all to get at a glance a general view of the
entire proceedings of Congress, and to