The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-15

HENRY GRATTAN.-Perhaps Oh al nien
Who swayed the hearts of his countrymeae
by his eloquence, and, Dy the aes Mas q sense
of National Independence, there Is noE QUE
Who can dispute The palm with henry Ira.
ton Grattan was email and slightly Dullc,
but although to appearance OF weary m ant nf
was wiry and muscular, ana SO ieuo.o. .St -,
nowar was his temperament, that many wno
heard him speak came away with the lm
| nress;on that he was o man OF boio auu
commanding pressnce-a strange es.ol,
INIT one which many haveownea tney nav
fallen into with regard to Lord PAlmers1on,
whom really it is not easy to remember as
" man Of low stature. Grattap's features
with an intensely melancholy cast OF e4.
"rsss;on-were finely and delicately cut
the ewes beaming with look OF gentleness
pecuiiarly engaging, and the mouth strons
" marked with those traits Oh n n1Irons
Which. however, with him were away
snbordinated to deep purposes and serious
effort. It was said he had taken Chatnail
FOR his model, and there We're ceftainiy
many points of resemblance between tn .:l.
Still Grattan's manner was dlstluc.iss
enough to reject all idea OF imitation "n az
tharavere traces of the Celtic nature so
evident about him, it would have peeh iii-
, nossible for him TO have conformed TO any
. discinline that should have curbed inc I'LL,
. apinative RESPONSIVENESS OF has mlhu' an.
the play of a fancy that scared to tne N.Y.
est flights of poetry try, h he 0M said: "moderl
If deceneracy had not reached him, the Tea
Is tnres of his character had the hardlhooa
:, antiquity, his august MIND o!erameu =. 1 4..
10 ;estv itself'-may have contr!outeu W ".
impression that he had taken MN l1l nn ~
g model. There was, however, one charhe
l. teristic eminently individual, anu III
ne %reat degree Celtic. He was extremely al
d. fithetical, not SO much from any lnefncien
f. CIV in his power of graduated reasoning ~
s. and close logical ability, as from MS mo -
1T, st;nctive ouickness of perception, amou
i'm ina tn positive intuition, which reJeete
rts the slow march of demonstration, wh ~,
to %v a hnund, he could grasp the PROOF th
a Law nader his hand. Wide ana greaS !,
CHI we're his intellectual powers, there was VI vi
gu in his temperament aerial anu 10y ncG W, wi
scared high above them. Engageo ":
lch q Great subject, or one to which DIS gem
yht Ia iant greatness, his enthusiasm knt
-" hounds. All the resources OF that 81
- +ar;ng intellect came forth In gHtteit
lay array. and no man could marsna. tnom w
the such terrible effect; lofty and lmPaslon
the nnaaI, noble sentiments, classic aliusio
or %riRii;ant imagery, the most pohsheo
nee sorcasm the most whitening, anu noV 40
was Of ali. a tone of tenderness thai ylpfaSeI
mas o1erv heart that heard him. All "elo :
ness and none could vary, comolne "a off hbc
the them with moro commensurate notr
an oT his intellect rose his personal naOu
,ere We n.ver lived a more generous MAJ
airs more forgivipg or kinasr n ME notbos
past could dwell with more ne. one Who CO
tbe ties of friendship, nor one VIZ l,orer
Ma depict an ,, aoV s,sa.9 which surrounded
rred justice. ne, ne t%ax who knew him in
nsn intimacy, speak Of him as metz on3
ma actual iasci nIs,. -educed to the merid
ight- bis grea' po" .Ia, he could not bring to
emily of daily lne, ~ society. Without IL to
mar intercout.s he oave to common conve
IN at of pedanli,!, NJ of literary culture,
The ton tue = Iestire' of the great pc
d for this wiIhouS ian oyerbearing by his
dis cal leauei; H ,ost vepturesome or al
him periorlty InS CornbiU Mdqd=inc.
nr. tinnS aOOuG MIMI