Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-07-13
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GENERAL OGLE'S
FOURTH OF JULY GRAFTON

FOURTH OF JULY GRAFTON.
Our readers. in the dearth Of Hail Colum-
bIa eloquence in Burlington, this week. viii
thank us for the Grafton Of Gen. Ogle's which
we give them below. The sketch, of which
It forms n r4rt-and Of which we copy barely
enough to give the idea Of the speaker which
srcquisite for the appreciation Of the speech
was one Of the early contributions to
Pur0m's Mqqa-5ne in the full tide Of its first
success. aud in life. yivacity and power, it
has rarely been ezcellei by any thing Of its
kind in an American Magazine As for the
Grafton, though delivered in 1898, and
among the Alleghanies, it contains good ad-
vice for vermonters in 1860 But enough of
rreGce We make way for Gen. Ogle.
Nahomst was som ab dv, certain. General
H-lo wa, bis translation into the iliom Of
tae Allegheny uoU.tIlu, in the l9gh ccutu-
s. TIE Prophets iron clrrestue>s his
-)hUst confidence, asserts itself in the Koran
everywhere. Sometimes it bursts out in the
midst of a narrative, suspending the sense 70
0'nch irs verify, by planting the word "as-
slrcdly' as a buttresS for the exactgd faith
s-mctimes the word stands alone. a whole
paragraph, severed from all relations. per
s9natlng the absolute and proving it like a
voice from the ahvss-assuradlv General
gle never opened or closed an argument
rithout drawing up bis tall person into an
attitude of positivcness and power, starting
10 with the word Pfrolzeg, and pointing out
oina-JLo7k tbat tba acton Of v6ice teeth and
irs r,i,,bt answer IN the authority and en-
er,v ~ The man
'Ima,inc a man six leot two inches high.
f,-Iv 5r,,7-ti,77l wiz, SOME derth of chest
s.3 Irl33.l or rshog'l.fs added tl make his
,,,,-,-. e.3 -.,.r i..,.... t',s -ir-r. ,lke him
e+tbaara rr fitv fix, +sa 3,tnorI,d .cl
80 ,,,5, Of tla ,r.i.l3 he Iiv,s IN. ono ,~ho
s.o1',. -. r,,o+s n s,,.,ri,r in arrthin, ?,
,rL;c, I,,'sb,s, gIei,,f I'm ortbe feeIinT and
.'-I,5 I.- a., -, a Ia, n, ri,7bt f
--aiao. ~ 49, g. an& egr;arsT hair
1r,el,3 str,i,b+ fy,-3 the br,v, and ta,nnles
fa-g,r.,r4 ta,g,rls ti, crown and powdered.
sn3 with am Instinct that il was concerned
5- ay,,r,ss.,,. him ,rbaperor no stood in tho
onen air his bat was lifted or removal often
,LIo,-b T., ,i,, r. N its ,,,,,,or off,a+ n, the
;r,,,.'..;.-, 7r ia ,,,..,.,'., II;s ,yaisrc,at
VS. i,r,riall- dark ,.-io.,n and his
-t,n3i., .,.t--,Iitr Iinca with scarlet. His
fns l,r,.. t... WAS "a l,y;,.s l,..lntI,- shaved.
md d, ,y.ro % iasa,n 6jU 7.1ea1lv rocli-
.-o,+ i,st,.a ,,aiot.y ,,,al5 e,r "a .uperb
6so5 f. n ,r~.,tb of Gland.
l. v,sn NOT his ,lrr.s tbar be palldei il
vtas as mu,b a. dress could d.. 10 match his
,.,.., .,,J ..,..,.o,,,o1t. and .riu.1u rt,v6..r
,,3 ,,l;l- ,.~, +,,,,, ,.,,....rb f., saan modest
.,,,5 I,,,b+,,si,. +, his service. His hat was
-, r;.I. I;i..,.,) lr,,9tl, or rim Turned nm
.ab5nl =, ..,,mn,5dats the erscs collar. and
4s.,,,1 tb., ,.itr5 of the poiut which sheltered
-. ..,I ranra.s3 and imrrosSsd the
...-, ,.,,i din Of ii. tif,.. aco1iIina po>c III.
loot and hand varied the ell ct of his person
n leautv. bv their more delicate elegance
and his bools, crimped and tassolled, relieved
the length of limbs and too imposing gran
deur. as rhyming sglhbleS reduce and soften
the stride Of verse.
he walked with his head d litle forward
of The perpendicular, as is usual with men
whose frontal brain is active. and always
with the pleased encagedness of expression in
his countenanc1 which makes o man happy
In speaking t. others who arc as happy in
hearing him NJ eve ever caught him
weary. listle-s er vacant he took no holi-
davs, nor ever knew these r.missions IF en-
-agemcut which ordinary people indulge in
AZ the bsriuuiu-s and fuis5iu,-s Of their un-
dertakinss He was always fully employed
snI oou5llv intent. and the snrjn- in lin
,,a,,,5t onj,, str,,r eno,l -h t,r worl, bnr IL
ms oasv enaugb tor nlsv. while the tide ran
lie a c,t.ract. the snrf,cs ripuled and erar-
tIe5 with hun.r-tbe sunshine in dalli5pce
,yiib The suray-the storm tones rarefed into
-ousic His tcmper was sharp and high. but
.rssdv. Asit never fell into ileebleness 50 it
-arer rose into rare: the nry-eizelv and pinc-
blank tone of feeling. ever present. kent him
TOO well balanced for that. Extravaeance.
nv other men s measure of sentiment and ac-
.;,p was cannon enoucb with him. but he
Us never hurried into the tropidation of an
anrrv ,,aroxvsm.
Tl,is M, ,yas nnadue3taj a. We pbr,lse it.
H., l,rod ,7otI,i,, h,,t r,adin, and writing in
~ T,otbe,, +on.,no and ,inEle arithmetic. to
ms motuJ4 'eI Uo' an a., -
=, ,;,iI ,,-.l;.,- l.,, ar General Iitorsture
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- o,oe,,s "'u az irio M
- Siif h., s,.,,.' ''I q. "
nd was ever sure Of H. W. lid IA irsirti r9'ir,