The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-01-31
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paperJor the People.
tLoeo BRouG1tA NJ, in s,is' Historical Sketches !
Of ststesnen wbu Eio,irshed in he Time ofEeoree
! the Third gives some remarkable examples. |
! showing the great loss sustained by England in
the history OF Its statesmen, and Of lis national
progress, through the imperfect Stale of paria-
mentary reporting in furiDer times. He opens his |
Me of Lord CHATHABI II thus
There is hardly any man III niodern times, with
The exception, perhaps. of Lord Somers, who
fills so large space in history, and of whom
we kuow so little, as Lord Chatham; aud yet he
is the person TO whom every one would at once
point, if desired to the most successful
statesman aud most brilliant orator that this
try ever produced. OF Lord Suuners, indeed, es
can scarcely be said TO know any thing 1T all
;, That he person ni uninpe scbahle integrity
!, judge of great capacity and learning, hrm
friend of liberty, hut cautious and safe counsel.
or in most difficult emergencies, all are ready to
acknowledge. But the authority which he pos.
sesseGl s,neng his contemporaries, the Influence
which his sound and Practical wisdom cised
over their proceedings, the services which he
was thus enabled to Fender in steering the Cousti-
tuition safe through the most trying times, and
| saving US from arbitrary power without paying
the price of cur liberties In anarchy and boot,shel:
nay conducting the whole proceedings OF
olution with all the deioeration. and almost in the
forms, OF an ordinary legal proceeding, have eur
j.. rounded his name with mild yet nnperish able
r glory, which, in the contrast of daik gno-
h rance respecting all the particulars and details o
1i his se gives the figure solne thing altoee ther
n mysterious aud ideal. II Is unfortunately too
II late. by supplying this information, to fill up the
II outline which the Ineager record. of his times
n have left But it is singular how much of
;, Lord Chatham. tho flourishsd within the memo
ry of the present alton, still rests npon vague
ii tradition. Asa statesmen, indeed, he is known
to by the events which history has recorded to
n have happened under biz administration Yet
even OF his share ia bringing these about, little
a has been preserved of detail So. fragments OF
~ his speeches have been handed down to us, hu,
l. these lear very small proportion to the psodi.
l. gious fs.ne which his eloquenee has left behind
20 IT. that far is Inaniesy lost Than hes
10 us; while of his written compositions hui few
Of letters have hitherto been given 10 the world
the imperfect state of pai!a,n entary repur,ins
is the great cause of this blank
What Somers and Chatham have lost in fame
70 by the oblivion OF all the mastery efforts af the
n; minds which, welding the power of Parliament
n conducted the march OF the Government during
r. their connection with it, the history OF the natior
~ has also lost for want Of the vigor and verify. ih
clearDess. the ire$hn eas and beauty with whiclit
events and their causes might have been pre-
served in The luminous einqnence olits orators.
The great men who conducted our rev yol,iJion
- ary struggle in the Contineutal Congress. hav
left no history behind them of the views All
events which had their birth in their debates ex
cep, in the meager formula of n Journal Tn
! lervid feeling of the hour, the impelliug crcur1
nj stances, the atgnment, the eager co,itroy ers
on WHICH ret the subject III every variety of ighi
he passed away with tbe breath that gave them III
ar ;aranee; and men who were not surpassed. in tn
at opinion OF Lord Chahrni, by Che mas,er states
ers nen OF the world, have bequeaihed TO postsr,t
ts- nothing OF the eioquence winch gnidea our N.
tional Copaciis but the shadow tf . name Il.
| cest publications show. how graphic history b,
co comes when the il, it speak for ennselye
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