The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-12-06

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the service which he was thu, enabled to
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all the dcliblration. and almost in the
forms. Of an ordinary legal proceeding
have surrounded his name with mild
yet imlerishable glory.which. in the con
irast of our dark Ignorance respecting
all the particulars and details rf his life.
gives the figure something altogether
mysterious and idcal. II is now uniur
tunatcly too late by supplying this ia
formation. to GIL ~ the on'lunc which
the mcagcr records Of his times have
left US. Bat il is singular how much
/ Lord Chatham. who huurishcd within
the memory Of The present generation.
sill rests upon vague tradition. As a
statesman. indeed he is known to MS by
the events which history has recorded
to have happened under hi, almnistra-
tion, YET even Of his share in bring.
ing these about, little has been rrcScry.
cd IF dctal SO, fragments of his
speeches have been handed down to US
but these bear So very small Il PROPORTION
to the rrodieious fame which Iii, elo.
Qucucc la, left behind it. that far more
is manif,slly lost than has reached Us
while Of his written COMPOSITIONS but Il
few letters have hitherto been given f.
/ the world
The imrcrfcct state of parliamentary
reporting is the great cause of this
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What Sumcrs and Chatham have lost
I in fame by the oblivion of all the mast
erly efforts of their minds which. WELD.
( inn the power Of Parliament conducted
the march Of the Government during
their connection with it. the history ol
the nation has also los, for want If the
vigor and verify. the coaruc.s. the fresh.
ness and beauty with which its ovcn's :
and their causes might have been IRE
served in the luminou, clouuchco Of It's
orators.
The great men who conducted out
Revolutionary struggle in the Couri-
mental Congress have lcf, no his
tory behind them Of the views and
events which had their birth m their de
bates. except in tho mcogcr formula Of
journal. The fcrvid feeling Of hour.
tie imrcling Circumstances. the argu
mcnt. the eager controversy which set
tie snhicc, in every variety Of ligh,
passed. away with the breath that gave
them uiterancc aud men who were not
surpassed. in the opinion of Lord Chat
ham. by the master statesmen of the