The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-08-20
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Evt,rrr oN Rrrrs cHplrt The Hon
Edward Everett delivered a chastc and
beautiful tribute to thc memory of his
Iamcn,cd friend ia Fancul Hall, Boston.
on Friday The Traveller say tina, when
he introduced the iuiluwIng iorciblc and
cloaucu; figure, the audience could 10
longer restrain the expression of their
appreciation, and burst iu,,h into con
TUNED applause. which ceased. aud was
renewed u secoud time. Speaking OF
Choa,c's culogy on Daniel Webster at
Dartmouth College Mr. Everett re-
marked
But he does not deal exclusively in
those pondrrous sentences There is
nothing of the artificial .lohu,ouian bal
anee in his STYLE 1t is as oftcurcmarkcd
by pregnant hrcvty as hy a sonoroHs
amplitude He is sometimes satisfied,
in concise cpigramma,ic clause, to sklr-
mish with his light troops and drive in
the euomy's uu'pos's. 1t is only on fit
ting occasions, when great principles are
to be indicated and solemn truths told
when some moral OF political Waterloo
or Solfcrno is to be fought. that he puts
on the entire panoply OF his gorgeous
| rhetoric
!, is then that his majestic sentences
swell to the Dimensions of his though! !;
that You hear afar of the awful roar of
his riticd ordinance, and when he has
stormed the nights, and broken the con
H., IS
his adversary, that be sounds his 'mpc-
rial clarion along the whole line Of battle,
aud moves forward with all his hosts, in
the overwhelming charge.
Now, we are at loss to find any thing
sopccuialy forcible or eloquent in this
Lassage AS to elici, such rounds of APP
plsuse. Here is another:
Beautiful AlIs6oRY MIR Crittegdcn,
Of Kentucky, was at one time engaged
IN defending u man who had been ludlct-
cd for u capital oii,nee After an elabo-
rate and powerful defence, he closed his
effort by the following striking and beau
,iiul allegory
when God in his eternal counsel con
ccivcd the thought of mans creation, he
called 10 bin. the three ministers who
wait constantly upon the throne-Justice,
Truth, and Mercy, and thus addressed
them Shall We make MANI Then said
Justice, q, God make him not, for he
will pollutc thy sanf,uarles.' But Mercy,
dropping upon her knees, Nad looking mp
through her tears, exclaimed. O, God,
make him will watch oyer him with
my care through all the dark paths which
he may have to tread Then God made
man, aud said TO him, 90 Man, ,hoa art
the child Of Mercy go and deal with
thy brother ~
The jury when he finished, were
drowned in tears and against evidence,
and what must have been their own con
victions, brought in verdict of not
guilty.
We are not as.onislcd at Il Jury that
could be drowned in tears over such
stp'i as this bringing in verde, of not
guilty against evidence and their oaths
1t is Il fine thing to haze an established
reputation. If newspaper editor had
written such paragraphs they would
scarcely have elected passing remark
A CAsoo or AFRicANs-Thc Pensacola
Observer referring to the paragraph in
the Tallahasa Floridian TO the effect that
"a cargo Of GOO Africans has been landed
ON the Florida coast maI smyrna says:
The above Intelligence we are assured
by Col Il. u, Blackburn. U. $. Marshall,
ID true, Az la has received letters convey.
ing tho said Intelligence and stating the
facts
We further understand that the vessel
which brought these Africans to our
coast. ~ soon as The landing was effected,
WAS set on fire and abandoned 10 the