The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13
During the fever that ensued, found
Samaritanism in the hearts of Charles Ben
son and of the young girl, whose handwrit-
ing bore such fatal resemblance to that
of my dead aoife.
JOHN BRIGHT.

The Quarterly Reoieao, in an article OF
"The British Parliament" gives the fol
lowing description of the oratory of Mr.
John Bright:
| "'Genuine Saxon, by the soul of Hen
gist, was the exulting shout of Cedric, OF
hearing the name of Saxon knight who
had been victor in the lists. Genuine
Saxon will be the exclamation of every
critical listener to Mr.. Bright. His look
his tone, his choice of words and illustra
lions, his stubborn independence, his bold
ness, his pugnacity, are all redolent Trace
A Foxite adduced Pitts preference of Latin
compounds as an all-sufficient proof of hab.
itual ambiguity. Apply a similar test to
Mr.. Bright, and no farther proof will be
needed of his Observation-Disclosures. His
diction is drawn exclusively from the pure
wells of English undefled. Milton and the
Bible are his unceasing study. There was
. time when it was rare to find him with
out Paradise Lost in his hand or his pocket.
The use of scriptural imagery is marked
be more appropriately employed to illus
trate his views; for Mr.. Bright, in all his
grand efforts, rises far above the loaded
unwholesome atmosphere Of party politics
into the purer air and brighter skies
patriotism and philanthropy. We may
differ about his means or measures, but no
one can differ about the aim when lie puts
forth his strength to raise Ireland and
India in the scale of civilization, to miti-
gate the evils of war, or to promote the
spread of liberation and Christian charity
throughout the world.
"The speech in which he is commonly
thought to have reached the eliminating
point of his oratory, the one to which he
himself reverts with most pleasure, is that
deprecating a continuance of the Crimean
war. The most successful passage was
this: do not suppose that your troops
are to be beaten in actual conflict with the
foe, or that they will be driven into the
sea; but am certain that many homes in
England in which there now exists fond
hope that the distant one may return
many such homes may be rendered DESC
late when the next mail shall arrive. The
angel of death has been abroad throughout
the land; you may almost hear the beat
ing of his wings. There is no one, as when
the first born were slain of old, to sprinkle
with blood the Intel and the two side posts
of our doors, that he may spare and pass
on; he takes his victims from the castle of
the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, and
the cottage of the poor and the lowly, and
it is on behalf of all these classes that 1
make this solemn appeal
Although Mr.. Bright is ready speak
er, he is understood like the great orators
Of Greece and Rome to devote much time |
and labor to the preparation of his orations;
which may account for their comparative
fewness and brevity. His voice is all that |
could be desired in an orator, and his de-
livery is impressive, although so distinct,
slow, and calm as to sound more like reci-
,ation than defamation, and it is suspect
ID that his more ambitious passages are
fairly written out on the paper which he
holds with seeming carelessness in his
land. His eloquence is more con-
'incing than persuasive; and the House of
Commons for many years rarely went will
ngly along with him. He defes and con-
rents, instead Of conciliating, an opponent;
md when he encounters what he thinks
'rejudices and others may think principles,
lis massive understanding passes over
hem like steam-roller crushing and pull
erizing stones"