The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-29

Pies showing the great loss sustained by England
In Tue history OF It's statesman, and oils national pro-
ess, tbfOdsh the Imperfect state Of parliasnenary
reporting 10 former times He opens his lde OF LORD
CHATHLN thus:
There Is hardly ay man in modern times with the
exception, perhaps, OF Lord Somers, who lls largo
space 40 our history, and OF whom we know 50 lit
le Lord Chatam and yei he Is the person 10 whom
everyone would at poin. " desired 10 name tho
most successful statesman aud mott brilliant otstoI
that this country produced. or Lord Somers IN
deed we Cau scarcely be said 10 kuow anything at all
That he was a person OF uuimpeaehable integrity, q
iudre of great capacity and learning firm friend OF
liberty but cautious and safe counselor In most dini
cult emergencies, all are ready 10 scknowledge. bVt
res the nAuenee which his sound aud practical Wiz
dom exercised over their proceedings, The services
which he was thus enabled 10 render in steering the
Constitution safe through the mOstryng tmes,and saw
Ing from arbitrary power without paying Tue price
Of our liberties in anarchy aud buodshed-hay, con,
ductng tue whole proceedings ofa revolution Win et
tue deberaon, aud almost in the forms, OF an ordi-
nary legal proceedings have surrounded his name win
mild yet imperishable glory, which, in tho eontr'sI
OF our dark ignorance respecting all the partcnlaS
and details ofhs life. gives The figure something alto-
eeiher mysterious aud ideal. II is now unfortunately
100 late, by supplying this Information, TO NIL up Toe
outline which the meager records of his times have eit
Ius. But il is singular how much Of Lord Chatham,
who aourished wIbn the memory OF the present gen
creation, still rests upon vague tradition. Asa states
man, iateed he is known To us by lbeeAxents which
history has recorded 10 have happened under his adj
miastraon. Yet even of his share in bringing these
nbOul little has been preserved ofdetail so' ffagT
mems OF his speeches have been handed doTn top psf
but these bear very small proporton 70 lhe PRO-
d gous fame which his eloqucnce has len bemnd ~
gt Ear more is manifcsty lost than has reached ust
while of his written compositions but few letters have
/ uilhe rto been given to tue world
/ ..The imDer'ect state of parliamen tary reporting
/ tIe great cause of this blank.H "~'
/ What Somers and Chatham have lost in fame by the
welding the power OF Parliament, conducted the
march If the Government during their connection with
H. the history of the nation has also lost for want Ofthe
vgOr and verify the cearness, the freshness and beau
v with which its events and their might have
been preserved in the luminous eoquence of Its ora
los, .. ... ...
struele in the Continental Congress have left no his
tory behind them of the views and events which had
icr birth in their Debates except in the meager FORM
ula Of Journal The feryid feeling Of the hour the
mpeng circumstances. the argument, The eager con-
oyersy which set the subject in every variety OF light
passed away with the breath that gave Them uuerancc;
and men vino uOt surpassed. in tho opinion OF
l0d Chatham. by tine MASTER statesmen OF the world
have bcqucacd to postertty nothing OF the eioquence
wnch guided our National Councils but ''the shadow
OF a nanTe.' Recent publications show how graphic
>ory becomes when tue actors in it speak Tor ihem-
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