The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-01

irlsu F.tttiols II OpNTiunt LAW or Ue
Sugar Duties Cheap Brud or the Income
Tax-the Peoples Charter or Sunday tray
tlling-thc Gates Of Somm,uth or the Tra.
" of Washington RclFllion IN ireland or
Grahams lctter.op'nine manTuvrs Sugar
Duties or National Education Mavnooth
or the Scottish Universities, h. thrcw light
upon everything, aud, though no ,lcbater,
gave All ntrnst TO every question which
was in debate.
Public opinion has already pas,cl its vcr-
diet upon Macauay's character ~ II public
man, lie was rather a partisan than n poll
tician more of a politician than states
sA:a. @ss .1.sn-~ ss-s,ssa II. .rir.-,,,.- s,rr,A
lcciions OF the past, and il ma, he said that
in such memories, lac too much forgot the
future. lie had not the mind Of legislator.
but he possessed n cyclop1dic knowledge of
every subject to which legislation could he
applied, and was able 10 tell you provided
he had sufficient time To make the research
and to array its fruits in the manrr which
he liked wha, had ben done, on that ar
every other subject from The earliest records
of civil governments, lie enlightened and
graccd, rather than eNci'cd II debate. Ills
auditors wcr rewarded for their aticu,ion
by splendid oratory but HIS speeches inter.
cste'l rather than persuaded. II never could
have been said Of Nacaulay On any subject.
as was truly said ol Ilunket. on the Ca,ho.
lie question that his speech had actually
convinced and converted five hostile votes in
one debate.
Postcrity viii place him high among thc
Parliamentary orators Of his ii,nc-...hivIrr
perhaps, than his contemporaries may h.
disposed 10 estimate him. |, will la rlncm
bercd that Burke, who's speeches nrc now
read with admiration Of their spoken dcliyc.
ry, that h. was called "thr Dinner Bell w..
ca',sc his rising to speak was the sienal for
hungry senators to rush to Bcllany for din.
mr, having the orator 10 afilrss MIR Spak-
cr' and empty benches. More fortunate
Macauhy always drew II full aulnn.c.
and his collected SPEECHES have M interest
inferior only TO his Edint"yph ker,cw essays
and his splendid history,
Daring the grai"r portion Of bls life. from
his leaving Cambridge to the appearance as
All Historian, the Edubprgh Rericw was ga.
fichol by numerous nrtichs from Macnulny
They were fnally collected and published
separately. nnd oltaine, large sal, in Eng.
land and ,Inb unde'l popularity il this cour.
try. Scarcely any papers have b''n NOR"
extensively read and admired than those on
Lord Give and Warren ilas,ncy IN thc
Diary Of Thomas Moore. il iNil be de-.
scribcd Naeaulay ~ - wonderful man al.
ludcd to his being even then writing the
History of Enylnid and adds Rogers III.
rrctcd my attention 10 III" Jassagr IL his lar,
Edinburgh af'iclr whore he ,l,scrib,s War.
rcu Hastings trial ard the remarkable na.
senblngc OF p.1 sons and circum.'ancrs which
brought il together
Ascar,y ~ ls3l wh,n h. was ouly COM
n'1,ciog his public carer. he bocmnc nn ~
.lunin,ance of Moorcs. who, uwI,r that
date chronicles him AZ crriainly one of the
mos, remarkable iD"n Of ,lp. day" ~ 1910.
having sat mNt him NJ Lrd fan@lownr..
Moore 1iyS, of NurpHlav's rBrgc ~ know.
Irgc anything may u" believed 80 wonder
fni is his memory. Sydnv smith him-rlf
II brilliant talk"r, Acknowledged The cyclo.
,podic knDxIodg' Of Nacanay. AMI admitted
tiia, he wss the ir~t cony,rsaim,isi IN
England only. once that b. wa. wound up
dtri g'bHkt iFflUfbE 'DtHi bp MN VIZ bf
occasion, in letter which dc4crils,l E,rr
don party Smith said. Mucntay. a.
usual mos, ayr'tnbl". AMI surprised M vel
"A. delighted IA. " iib sev'raI bfillian, hasl,-.
o' silru@
In Ist2 Mscaulay surprised the public
His Lays of Anci,r, Rome, fond.l On the
legend. related hy Ivy, obtained immediate
and es,eD,iu popularity. lIs Es1ays and
Arti"l.~ from the Ed,nbsrpa R.ritv were
colected. IN distinctive publication in
l-J3. Some of our rai-ra may thank us
Tor informing them. that Mscsuay's lais-,
Contribution 10 the E'r,w sppsrc IN DE-
toty@r. lHtI and was the secppd part oi biz
Jr'e'e 0n Lord Chatham. The opening vol.
Gmss of bis history of England were publst-
- IN l1iS A brillinp, leader in The lon
Jn 1J0S' 81 September ! says TO
Europe that hisiofy il worth all the t0i.'i.
tu'lDns that have yet been de- ised u has
ts.n Translated into many languages and
widely read orer 'he continent Who l's-s
not rem"nnI'"r III" aqearanc" Of Thea vol.
uupp IN that year u revolution whsn all the
FDop~s II EproT@ were maddeuine with
fry aiSo1t thrpU~ thai SeeHfcJ to be t0i-
''r,Dg 10 tbsir 'sll, i, was with profound
gratitude that anh ti,e universal wreck.
tngiisbnpT, saw A. the historian described
hos IN ,b"ir country liberty csrne to Il, link
Il with Wd4r. and coi ,eninepi anH fratrr-
ni,y trre ns,sp cons i.trn, with ,ho eneluali
t'es - an arizisrscy. II IL was Z bsrAon
,,hch ~e shall rr-ver f,rgst II Was a l,g.1n
s&o whch w. haye LITTLE douid Will one
lay tsar lfai, 10 every kins'ioin II ruroJ,",
making Sovereign. more wise, and making
-pbj'sris irentle fGr that cr'si- ,hsdop~t
iarth ly tic historian in which IL may h.
reer-sry 10 saerihrr evcs lteriy IN a'i'r to
ave civilization.
lHlsi- Narau'a- a.. elefnl Lord Rec