Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-11-21
PRosP ECTUs-ls5A-'6,
THE GLOBE:
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THE PEOPLE. .

he wasa person OF uninIpeachabe integrity, Judge
OF great cnphciy nnd learning, firm friend Of liberty,
but cautious aud safe counselor IN most difcIlt
emergencies, oil arc icady 10 acknowledge But the
authority which he possessed among his cOntcmpoIa
rcs the influence which his sound ai,d practical wis.
dom exercised over their proceedings, tho services
which he wns thus enabled TO render IN steering the
Constitution safe through tho most trying times, aud
snying us from arbitrary power without puy Ing The
price Of our liberties IN anarchy mud bloodshcd-nny.
conducting The whole proceedings Of u revolution with
oil the deliberations and almost IN The forms Of an
ordinary legal proceeding, having surroshded his
name with mild but imperishable glory, which, IN
particulars mud denils Of his life, gives the figure
Thing altogether mysterious and ideal. II Is now un-
%1SI"asy % 1SS i",e Sy ipps"s G. @ ma 70
times have len US. but II is singular how much Of
Lord ChaihaIn who hourishcs within the memory Of
As statesman, indeed lie " known 10 US by the events
which history hns recorded 10 have happened under his
administration. yctevcn Of his share IN bringing these
about, little has been preserved Of detail. So, frag-
mcnis of his speeches have been handed down to u.s.
but these bear so very small proper lion 10 the prodi
gious fame which his eloquencc hns lc behind H. that
far more - manifesiy lost han has reached usj while
Of his written compositions but few letters have hi,,
thcrio been given 10 the world.
The imperfect state Of parliament reporting is
the great cause Of this blank"
What soners and Chatham have lost in famc by tho
oblivion Of all the mastcrly efforts Of their minds
which. welding the power Of Pnri innicn conducted
the march OF the Government during their come, on
with H. the history Of the nation ins also lost or
OF the yigOr mud verify The clenress, The freshness
aiid beauty, with which lis events aud their causes
might have been preserved IN the luminous cloqucnce
The great men who conducted our Revolutionary
struggle IN the Continental Congress have eii his
tory behind them oi The views and events which had
mun Of journal. The icrvd feeling of the hour the
iinpelling stances, the argument the cnger con-
iroversy, which sct ihc subject in every vnricy OF
light passed away with the breath that gave them ut
terancc and men who were not surpassed, in the OPT
Mon OF Lord Chatham, by the muster statesmen Of
the wOrldh have beqneaicd To pOsicriiy nothing of the
the shadow OF u name Recent publications show
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