The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-14
uAyNE AND WEBSTER.
How the south Carolina orator
Conquered His Stnmmcring-Euis
Estimate OF the New England
Stnfcsntun


Washington chronicle. to ex-senator llaync
of South Carolina, giving an account of
the way in which, as described by himself,
he overcamc the habit of stammcrng in
youth, and adding a graceful tribute by
him to his old antagonist, Daniel Webster
Mr.. Footc writes:
"Gcn. lIaync was of medium stature.
well shaped and of singular animated
and mcrcurial aspect His eyes were very
bright and dazzling, and oflght hazel color
His countcnancc wore u very mild and be-
nignint expression. His face was clcanly
shavcn, and h. was elegantly but unostcn-
tatiously attired. His manners were marked
with graceful and winning ailabiity
which have never seen surpassed.
asked him how he had been able to acquire
such wonlrous facility of expression, and
such remarkable capacity for keeping alive
the interest of his audience. lie answered
my queries without any false modcsty, and
without particle of vulgar cgotism, very
nearly in these words ''You give me
credit for much facility of expression, and
for having successfully cultivated to some
extent the garccs of rhetorical display. !
shall surprise you, do not doubt when
tell YOU that at sixteen years of age | was
an awkward, stammcrng boy. | desired
10 become Il lawyer, and was even then as
sidousy preparing myself for the legal pro-
fcssion \ youth more ambitious of ora
torca distinction than ] was am sure has
never lived But my friends and relatives
all joined in urging me to give up the hope
of future rcnown rs n speaker, ana TO tie
vote myself to some other calling better
adapted to the slcndcrcss of my faculties.
| They told me that il was absurd and ridicu
lous in one who suffered 81 abGminably
Al.
or of causes This mortified me much, but
| did not dcsist from the struggle in which
| | had so zcalously enlisted. thought much
of the difficulties of a similar Kind which
| Dcmosthcncs was reported 10 have en-
| councrcd, and of the successful
efforts made by him Ia overcome
them. diligently studied the tones of
my own voice. | cssaycd to find out all
| the mysteries which belonged To our com
| pick vocal organ. | aborcd from hour to
| hour, aud from minute to minute. to ascer-
! tain the precise nature of those particular
impcdiments to Il clear and easy articula-
ton under which ! was suffering. | pc. e
dcrc1 this subject by day, and il was with
me the promptcr of many painful and of
many II pleasing dream. At length the
| light broke in upon me. found that had
never before learned TO talk; tina, | had
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;nr 70 attain and ,bat should hocomo olle
n snook f,ucntjv and w;thout main either r.
noysoIf or r. otbors nroct;cnd CONSTANT,
MON thoso IDEAS and Is now snoal viii
oaso ne Won seom IN think am indobto,
for NV mower in th;s rosnoct 70 tho Labor,
which I have inst Described This is :,
certainly tho case that 7 assnro Won wnrn
oven now to ottemnt IN exnrcss myself in
tho ran;d manner which has bocomn 60
common of late among younp men of fiery
tomnoramont and of uncbosteneJ mora
organism sbould inevitably stu,tor inst rs
J;snrst;nn,y ne 7 did for,v vcors ogo
SGor az ;n,orost;rn roo;toI hoJ nIosod 1
ven,rrod IN rotor 70 tho greot orotorico
contest hotwnen himself and Mr. Webster
in ,ho rot;onol senate now nearly half ,
nnrtmrr, oan and n cd hin, what hc ,homab,
NJ M Webstor,s nowors ns a sneaker If,
ot onco answered that bo snmnosod him nm.
On rho Whale IN no IN. most consummnt,
oro,nr of o;,bor ono;ent ~, n,odorn times
tIot liz o,,;l;,,, ne roosonor no v,s oor.
ftdcnt had never been cxcecdc1. that hi
;r,,n;ra,;or uos os for,;Jo ana ,;rorous n,
thot Of Million mr. Homer. that his bumot
,ras both ovon;s;to and ahnpJnnt. that hi,
LrowIodgo was un,;m;tad. that ho had III,
most hannv command of hi. tnmner at al
t;nos npd ,ho, on oar,ain oroot ocoosion,
ho had oxceiled all ,he snoekers thot ba,
avar lived M, excent;ng either Demos
themes or C,;coro tien asked him wbo
ho ,honab, NJ wohs,or's monnor2 Uo no.
,J;od ,hn, IL yas aI,yavs arand a,,d ;mnress
ivo thot no had nevcr heard him ,,ttor ,
word In a r.roloss mr. vr,y,r st,In. ,hot II,
soomoI noyor to forrot IL o,,,, d;on;t,, ~,
IN no unm;ndfnI If tho character and Gnal
mos NJ others and that ,hon ,horo,nhI,
excited the sublime grandeur of his thou%ht