Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-25
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Ter Of the most condensed iny0ctive But he un.
lersiond. also the effect of the con'emptuous
method The best illustration of his use If it, i
his reply Ia mn Obscure but aspiring opponent
who, in the Irish House Of Commons. a-snilcd
him in a stupidity scurrilous speech with the hope
of drawing upon himself the iuveotivo which had
~ often smitten Flood and Ftzgbbon. But
Grnttnn hnd too lofty Eensc If his own mp0r-
lance to waste his wfnth on So ugHr and inenn-
siderable opponent He declined to give his
drfamer tho celebrity If having provoked the rage
Of Grnttan. Accordingly. rising in his seat he
simply said. II shall make no other remark on
the personalities Of tie honorable member who
hns just spoken than merely To say that, as be
rose without friend he has certainly snt
down without having made an enemy.
Maenulay, several years ago. devoted a yaca
ton 10 explore. in lInnsard the varying course
Of Sir Robert Peel; and then came into tho House
of Commons md delivered n vehement speech, in
which be Prohed, with remorseless accuracy, all
the ine,nseteucies Of The right honorable gen
tIoman at the head of the government Sir Rob
ort madc no elaborate defense, bot carried the
House with him by the simple retort that the
'.momber for Ednburg had discharged upon him
the boarded venom Of three months prepara-
ton, Maeaulny'r po>itivenos- Of assertion
the most obscure points If history and policy is
well known To all his multtudinous renders. Lord
Melbourne who combined great accomplishments
ticiem of Hume, mud the languid airs of Brum-
nell, once hit off this universal dognati-m of the
grcHt csaayist with iuimltHble tact. II wish"
snld he, Tint knew anything ~ well as Tom
Mncanlay knows everything"
When tho managers Of the impeachment Of
Warren Hastings Justly repreherded for
the harshne,s Of their language. Burke snpering
~ retortcd: The Commons Of CIR at Britain.my
lords n rustic people; IA tone at rusticity i.
ut4tTg hp mr. nf tlpIr IN
We nre not acquainted with the urbaniiy and pc
likeness Of extortion, and The sentimental delica-
crS of bribery aud corruption"
Tho encounter Of Currnn with Judge Robin
son il one of the most celebrated examples ON
record. Robinson owed his elevation to his -y
cophnncy 10 power. and especially to his compo
titon of certain mscrnbly written political pam-
phlots. whose only recommendation wns thrr
y"nomou@ personality. Curran, when n young
mnn, aud struggling with poverty. had case TO
argue in the Judges court ind, IN cOntrovertlng
n position taken by the opposing counsel, remark
I'd that he had studied all his law books, aud
could not find single case where the principle
conten led for established" II suspect,
sir, interrupted the Judge, Il suspect that your
law library il rather contracted" Curran, feel
ing TINT this wa4 intended for n sneor nj his pow
orlv, looked the Judge stcndily in the face, aud
sud, at Is true my lord, that am poor and the
circumstance has rather curtniled my library; my
books not numerous. bnt they select, and
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