Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-10

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larger pcrsioA Of the sddrss. to-day, sad wiitsyo
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-ssholei n our Dnnsry edition. The high qaaliR-
cations and dls6nctan bf the ispcsker in oratory
ana tate-u.p.kip. teesiber With his nov promi-
asut p,-ssa hsfese ahe couatry, ilnpsr. great sg'
.sniesspcs and Importance TO his Views, both ss
sseonutry and abrpad; thcayh fhe rroductscn OF
81. great sdAsss- was not pseacd tn establish The
claims Of the author of The celrbiatod Letter on
the Trpartits Treaty. to the treble character Of
polished rhesoscisn, a. elegant scholar. aud o
.profound statesmsa. or the author ard his adj
adress the Boston Courier rensrks. Ii Willie
sssa dat il combines in remsrkAbls desEsp The
qualities ESSENTIAL to suocess ut tho moment Of de-
livery. And th,se which satiHyshs acquisitions Of
- calm sssmna,os IN the closet. Ii wss spoken
With grea, animation and spirit, and hsld the I'm.
broken attention Of che sndissse in.n lsst to last
IT, vucesss - . spoksa discourse was perfect. Ma
10y ot the passsgss--espsssly tho brisi sketch ii
Washington. .and The allasiou 10 carihalti--vns
resolved With the most fervid enthcsiasu But
"sisis something much more thsns successful po
pular dselanstisn.s Ii is u weighls. temperate
aa,btaghsfal, and wise discourse. !, is calm and
'sspnnsn,ly suocessful defence Of tho country and
7its insttutions azainst cersin speoiops and plau
sible ATTACKS which derived weight from tho rank
and influence of tho assailant--a defence made
mot by 3 clo.et philosopher, hut by D practical
statesman. long tried in the affairs Of government
and the conduct oil If. Mr.. Everett. in our
Judgment, has never written anything more wor-
thy of the admiration and gratitude # his coun
trymen. Every senten.e is well considered, and
essry statement is carefully made, The whole
discourse is also s,rikingly markell Wy good taste
and dso"rum. The render will especially note
with whSt skill and proprie,y all Mr.. Eyereit's
reeriminatins are made -the point which a
.osarse nature woald iniallbly beta, itself. We
predict for it an enthusiastic reception all over
the country.
And. upon the same subject. the New York
Herald observes: Edward Everett, the orator Of
the day, then and there replied To the British no,
bleumn in speech-printed elsewhere in our
columns to-day--which does him high honor. II
we were to seek for one of the triumphant dcfen-
ces Of the principle Of universal suffrage in Amer.
On omitted by the eloquent orator We nigh. And
it in the fact that such man as himself has been
brought forward spontaneou slv after eighty years
of practice under the principle, n candidate for
one Of the highest offices in The Sif If the leeple
Declining to give the discussion the character
= Of recrimnaton. for which there was ample and
abundant rom in the parallel ,riad Of English
history since l776. Mr.. Everett l. - brought, To his
task uath research, vigor in argument, eloquence
in expression. and scholarly ia>te i'll the mr.
rangement Of bis subject matter. lie compare,
the colonial era of our history will, dur era If self
~ government, during the last sixty yours Of which
we have advanced from five to th.r,y.two million,
Of people. He recalls the fact that during THU
~ period We have had to explore continent. to ope,
mighty rivers and lakes to drive lack The foree
for thousands Of miles, aud withal t, suLdue tn,
/, 'savage in beast and human kind He remind
the World that during this short rsriod twsnt,
r sovereign States have been bounded. many grea
cities have sprung up. ryes and lakes have beel
peopled with iunumerable steamers and other wa
ter Graf, and thousands upon thousands Of miles o
railroad and electric telegraph have been tpread
where. within tho memory Of living men. tho av
- sge once burned his captive ut ,beismke within
the gloomy shades Of dense Wilderness And HI
= rghtfsly claims that this rough and mighty wor
could not havs-as it has ,not-,teen psriofrne
with the order and beauty of communities whic
have. besn maturing for centuries, amid scenes in
habiied by man for more than a thousand year,