The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1866-03-29
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te ito n tie pnimP PEI cfstie putty n n hi.
moral characisf / knew Tim wei,, both
30 wsshirgson ana at Fort mn, ehis rex
| ID nee In spnth Caroline, and / never knew
! man more obrighi, COZ, esosp,seisntioas and Viz
Etuous, he wns, too, q somewhat regolpr al.
ltepdsns of the Epise6pal Church h ,pehssiec,
ton. thongif nsysr x COMM aicaai in spv
Church But bis nssilecsaal prids And in-
dependence made him i6toierspt Of any
fsuthotity highef than BIS own rsascn. : 'iis
eonfsssfd @ kelies ipthc inspiretiea OF shs
seriPtufes bu'. forgetting that impossast'
pert OF knowledge which iniorn,s us or the
limitation Of the human ursdetaa dins--
jsalous Of faith. lost Il shos,la g etsd ulsty..
accustomed to inquire As TO avery doctrine.
NOT whetherit was confornabte. % Gods
ewilt but ! q his own flowing trulh yer Iov-
ing system more than trusA yssisfyine him.
self that be had establlshed his point. if hs
could show the otjeo,ienssto any one rosi.
ton, without considering tboee 10 sll others:
In short, never su.psciing his own irdee-5
msnt, always conf dent In his own decisions,
and therefore resolved that fol argument
could be adduoed which might change his
opinions he kuew netiti OF that humble.
;tcachsbte spirit, which is,the great element
in Ghristain faith.i He sincerely regarded
slavery as a1disine and ben eiicent inst;tu.
tion. q Tie negro anatK white mar. -. he
saidsto me, are bot, slevafed by i,.o { ~
II I quoted a text which expressed his
views he would give il HE hearty assent.
and dwell uponitA Certainty. Buff Il com
denned his cherished convictions he as
promptly. questioned Il i was with him
during his lat illness, and upon one occa
sion, when cited that command, " fIoncr,
All men, he turned quickly to me and said,
What, honor all meni Never, impossi ]
bic, God never said that. God cannot re.
quire me 20 honor the man In, the White
House, nor the nnpripSiplrd politicians: the
selfish demagogues now in beth Houses OF
Congress who are bringing ruin on the
country" =. 81
8ofhis power OF cor yersation a great ma
ny have spoken but In fact be never con.
versed he harangned as earnestly when
alone with you,ns when In the gtegislstivs
halls He loved the sosisty. Of young tnen,
condescension with which he listened To-
them. II was, however, only thntpolreness
which was a striting trait in his character.
II he paused TO listen, it was but The inter.
val between the fiaskes Of ligh,ning. which
soon blazes out again, smiting aud shivering
all opposition. 1-.s .,r.t.
3 AZ an orator, be was a perfect contrast to
Mr.. Webster. It Is well known % his friends
TINT he proposed Demosthenss ne his model.
and studied closely those Grecian master.
pieces to which all knew what elnqusnce
means. how it.is as high above mere rhetor.
-ic as the heavens are nbove the earth, will
ever look up in admiration aud rapture. II,
in.his well known remark about ]" Action"
as the essential ingredient in speaking. De.
nnosthenes meant gracefol gesticuiatio ons, the
South CaroIisian was defective There was
something sdn, singular, awkward in his
manoer. But nHbndy. uniessit be teach
er Of rethoric, can ever thus degrade those
words OF deep aud noble wisdom. No,
again, No. -Itswas not by the puerils tricks
| that the Athenian ~ ..,- 5.s. 4.
%ielded at viii the fierce democracy.
| Shook the arsenal, and fuimined over
! .... Greece, - .r ...- ..y.s....E.
To Macedon and Artnxerxes' throne"
| BY '-hction" he meant Delivery, earnest
impassicned deliver, in which the whole
soul Is fused into every ntterance, and
which can no more live and glow with any,
| thing artificial than fire and straw can dwell
together in hehted oven. Who can lister
TO more fniahed rhetorieian than, Mr.. Ey
sretti sIis face md person were PLEASING g
Every movement had been practiced, Hi
beautifil rnssngcs filed the mind with ad
uiration and delight. Bot who everfrlt hi
heart hurn within hirnsy who was ever con
scinus of that /" something Immense and in
finite" of which Qeintillian speaks; VIII
q ever found himself transported. melted 4
tears. fl ed 20 enthueiasrn, while list nirg +
III. elaborate. eomIositionsf Tn siraightfor
ward. close.iinkrd argument, in n.bin cor
y hn,pt for all irappings and decorations, il
4 condensation, SIN avoeabnlaryter md ,em
4 phatic in energy, vcbemenee, passion. 81
) Calhoun elosely resembled his ,illustriou
| model while in ail The moral qoaii6ea'io
Of great "rHtor he rose imnt asprabl
above him. For even lis enemies eontcsse
that.he possessed n co,rags which no Ops
: .i,ion eonitl ,hSke. and IAN integrity whic
no temptation could corrupt. -. ~
= In mental ercatneas, ~ learning, dee
thought. and all the attributes Of the bigI
est order Of genius, SIR. Clay wes inferior
his two great contemporaries. But in a,
) physical combinations. ~ all the natur,