Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-14
+ PR'osP ECTUS-is6i-'0.
THE GLOBE.
THE OFFICIAL PArEr. .oY CONGRESS, AsD NEWSPAPER ror
THE PEopLB


Lonb BRouduAM, In his "iIi,ioricai Sketches NJ
Statesmen who nourshcj IN the ii uc of Georges tr
Ihirh," gives some remarkable examples. showing
he great loss sustained by England IN the history
Of its statesmen, aud OF s national progress. through
the mrcrlec! state Of parliamentary reporting IN lor.
'her uics' lie opens his l.c Of Lord Chnthum thus
"'There Is hardly my ninn OF modern times with tho
exception, perhaps, Of Lord somcrs, who fills large
space u our history, ANA Of whom we know so little,
Us Lord Chatham; and yet he IL the person 10 whom
every one would a once point If de sired to name the
most successful statesman md most brilint oraior
ihat his country ever produced. OF Lord Somers,
Indeed, we can he said TO know nothing AT al That
he was II person OF unimpe achubc integrity, n Judge
Of grcnt cnpacity mud lcnring, firm friend of liberty,
Dut chiliOus ana sal counselor IN most diilic,iil
emergencies; nil are icady 10 acknowledge but the
authority which he Possessed nmbng his contcinpoia
res, The influence which his sound and practical wis
do!i exercised over their proceedings. the services
which hc was thus enabled to render in steering the
Consultation safe through the most trying times, and
| saving US from arbitrary power without paying The
price oi our libcr les IN anarchy and boolscd-nny,
conducting the whole proceedings OF revolution with
all the de,ibcrnor, and almost IN the forms OF IA,
ordinary legal proceeding, hnying surrounded his
lninc with II mild but mpcrisliabc glory. which. in
The contrast Of our dark ignorance respecting uI the
particulars aud details oi his life gives the figure some.
hig altogether mysterious aud ideal. II - now un-
iorinnicy 100 late, by supply This Information, 10
MI up the outline which tie nIcagcr reco rI. of Lis
Tines have len But ii il singular how much of
I,orh ChilaIi, VINO iOurisles within the memory of
Me present generation. sui rests upon vogue iaIiluno
A. u siacsnar indeed, he il known us by The events
WIiIch mas recorded have hrnpcl.ru under
administration iclevcn OF his share IN bringing these
ah0u little has been preserved OF detail. So irag.
ncns oi III, srccclic. have been hnnded down Ia u.s.
but the - bear 80 very small proportion 10 the prod
gious fame which his elolucncG has lei behind IT. that
lar more II nnniir-tly lost ihai has reached Us; while
OF his written compositions but few letters have hi
ticrlO been rivcn lO the world.
The imperfect state OF parliamentary reporting is
Tue great cause Of this banh.'
What Solners and Chatham have lost in fame by the
oblivion 0i nil the mastery efforts OF nrir minds
Di iIt Ipi fed
The inhrcl o tc Government daring their come, non
win 1t. the ,ior! OF The nation has also lost Tor want
ol Tic vsor amI vcrly the cicircs.. the Ire SINE
nni lcahiy with winch its events and their causes
might have been preserved IN the luminous cloqucucc
OF lis orators.
The ggca, men who conducted our Revolutionary
struggle ~ the Continental Congress have len no his,
tor! lchihl them Ol the views and events which had
their birth IN their debates except in the uirnurr ,r
muia "f journal The icrvd feeling OF the hour iic
npeiis circumstances, the urglnicit. the eager con.
uuversy, which sci the subject IN every variety of
light, passed away with the breath that gave them u.
cTahcc ana niri VINO were no' surpassed. IA tue OPT
mon OF Lord Chatham. by the master .tnlr s,ucn Of
ic world have beealed 10 poslcri,y nothing OF the
cloqncncc Whicn guided our National Couucii. but
The sIiadnw ol II nainc." Recent publications show
how graphic history becomes when The acors in il
speak Tor themselves, aud rvcals, as they emerge
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