Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-12-06

time of gorge the Third gives some rem, ark ,bJe
examples showing the great loss sustained by Eng
land in the history of its statesmen and of ;s ra-
tor n progress through the imperfect state of par
liancntary reporIin: in ferme u times He opens
his life of Lord CHATHAM tEns - here is hardly
any in fnogicrT times. with the exec pticr per
haps. of Lord Somers. who fills 50 large space in
our history. and of whom we know so iittle.as lord
Chatham; and yet ne is the person to whom every
one would at once point If desired to name The most
successful statesmen and most brilliant orator that
this country ever produced. Of Lord Somers in
deed. We scarcely be said to know anything st
all. That he was person of unimpcaehable iateg-
rity, judSe of great capacity and learning. firm
friend of liberty but cautious and safe counselor
in most difficult emergencies all are ready to
knowledge But the authority which he possessed
among his cotcmporaries. the influence which his
sound and practical wisdom exercised over their
proceedings. the services which he was thus
bied render steering the Constitution safe thro
The most trying times and saving from a~bitra
ry power without paying the price of our liberties
in anarchy and boedshed-nay cenductingthe whole
proceedings OF revolution with all the defibera-
ton. and almost in the forms OF ordinary legal
proceedings. have surrounded his name with mild
yet impeTishable glory which in the contrast Of
dark ignorance respecting all the particulars and
details of his life gives the figure something alto
gether mysterious and ideal. 1t is row unfortu-
nately late. by supplying this inform fill
up the outline which the records his times
have left US. Bat it is singular how much of Lord
Chatham, who fiourished within the memory of the
present generation. still rests upon vague tradition.
As statesman indeed, he is krown to us by the
events viii. history has recorded to have happen
ed under his administration Yet even Of his share
in bringing these about. little has been preserved
of detail. So. fragments of his speeches have been
handed down TO us. but these bear so very small
proportion to the prodigious fame which his eio-
quence has left behind it. that far is manifest
/ y lost than has reached us; while of his written
CON positions hut few letters have hitherto been
| given to the world The imperfect state of parlia-
msntary reporting is the great of this blank.
What Sorers and Chatham have lost in fame by
/ The oblivion of all the mastery efforts of thieT
minds which welding the power o. Parliament
conducted the march of Government during their
connection with it. the history of The nation has
also lost for of the vigor and verify the clear
ness, the freshness ard beauty with which its
events and their might have been presarv-
| ed IN the luminous eloquence Of its orators.
The great men who conducted the Revolutionary
struggle in the Continental Congress have left
history behind them of the views and eveats which
had their birth in their debates except in The
| gre formula of journal The fervid feelings of
! the hour, the impeiling circumstances he argu-
ment, the eager controversy whsh set the subject
| IN every variety OF light. passed away with the
breath that gave them atteranee; and men who
not surpassed. in the opinion OF or'l Chatham by
the master statesmen of the world. have bequeath
cd to posteriiy nothing Of the e0quence which sui-
ded National Councils hut the shadow of
name Recent publications show how graphic
history becomes when the actors in it speak for
themselves. and events they emerge. stamp
themselves on It's page. Congress has Low taken
that this of genuine history shall fall from
the press. full and perfect, day by day; ard thus
. every nunilc IL an Will make hIs own history. ana
blend it imperishably with that of his country.
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