Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-05-21

The Boston Bee thus runs the lines Of parallelsm
between these two distinguished lawyers, who were
pitted against each other in the D4hou divorce
case:
Both Choate and Dana are men Of gifted int J.
lect classic culture, great legal requirements, and
large experiences both OF life and the law, and Of
almost every quality possessed by the one, the 9th.
er alec has some share. But Choatas mind is CON-
rehensye, versatile brilliant; Dana is subtle, CON-
pact, crystalline; Cboate's is the diamond whose IA
ces you cannot count and which pours OF It's light
with regal spendor and exhausless dazzling bright
ness; Danas the pearl, Symmetrical, polished, and
whose beauty and brlliaBcy are best appreciated,
when seen IN contact with the duller materials that
surround il; ChOate cares not bow many dissmilar
things are presented for his mind AZ once Dana
deals with each separately and carefully; Choate
car brug order out Of confusion, or chaos out OF
system with equal facility; Dana works away from
chaos toward order and regularity; Choate drives
the mind OF the reader before him by the resistess
sweep Of his logical rhetoric; Dana draws il after
him by the power OF bis rhetorical logic the hurt
ling arrows Of Choate's culver fall like the hail,
sticking fast in every part of the enemy's armor;
Danas are lever aad are sent With a cautious aim
ChOate makes you feel that you mast agree 70 all
he says Dana talks 10 you as though you would
respect IL, II you did not yield him your assent
Choate, like the magician, waves his wand and ere
you Me aware INC gorgeous temple is before you,
commanding your wonder and admiration: Dana
hike the architect hays his foundation, piles one
block upon another, and hKes the csp-stone with
scrupuious exaclness aud leaves IL Tor your con
temptation; the eoquence Of Choate is a tempes,o-
Gus food that rushes 90 with measureless speed
and terrible might; that Of Dana is the stream lun
even with lie banks, rolling strongly and steadily
10 tue sea when you have heard Choate. though
amazed and delighted, you not satisfied but ere
eager 20 bear ham again, al once, no matter what
be may says having heard Dams, you are pleased,
aud Tor the present satisfied, but would 90 FAR 20
hear him again U-norrOH; Cboate lsscinases; Dana
pleases; Choste Pesuides; Dana invites Choale
alarms; Dana warns; ChOAte eompes YOU 10 10.
slant submission; Dana % deliberate surrender Ia
desllng with Witnesses aud their evidence, choate.
as biz antagonist strikngiy said, treads 'ths vine
pfess OF bis vierms;' Dana applies TO them the per
teced Instruments Of tOfure uad sques zes out the
blood drop by drop tll all Is gone. Mhsn beaten
At any poDt Cloate retreats with such shin aud
grace that you are puzzled 70 know shether be a
conquered ornot; Dsna when wofssed, retiFes With
abe measured strp Of one who Is eousc.oas thar ba
has been coup lied anwiAngly 70 Yield aud hasl
~, Choats, 70 earnest while eonlrnding, 4hen ths
eontest Il over, sctires win roy a indisreace % bis
victory or deleAlS Dana carefully Surveys she aeld
with deeper apparent lnteFes, thaa while engaged,
. aud treasures 1p he shole lesson Of The eouaiet