The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12

IN the criminal courts iiis ~, 80;
irregular. He hurriedly left Philadelphia
about 81 or 80. went to San FRANCISCO,
where | heard he achieved immediate sue
cess at the bar. Not long afterward he one
night left a convivial party and was never
seen again. 1t was supposed he wanoereu
to the bay and fell over
II once heard Sargent J. Prentiss. 1t was
in the open air-the political meeting was
larger when he stopped at IL o'clock at nlghG
than when he commenced at .. hearu
Henry Clay speak several times. Though
William c. Preston, of South Carolina, was
considered the most finished speaker IN the
Senate, yet cannot conceive OF any pelnS
finer than Mr.. Clay. l never heard him on
q great occasion, yet he filled my ideal "A
commanding presence, voice meu.1lous,
powerful, yet under perfect control, dignity
and grace of action as have never seen
since. Oh, what a sighti it was to see nm
even walk across the floor of the old Senate
chamber have heard a good many lam
Gus speakers-I don't think Mr.. Gladstone,
grand old man as he is-wOuld compare
with Mr.. Clay as an orator. Yet ne Is, ike
Calhoun, now comparatively forgotten'
while the fame Of Webster-the grandest
bead l ever saw..grows briGhter every
year. Thinking of Clay, and Webster re-
minds me Of some lines in the elder Bulwer's
poem of st. Stephens, after drawing a
comparison between Fox and Burke:
Loud as scandal on the ear of time,
And lust as brief, the orators renown,
Year after year debaters blaze and fade,
Scarce marx d the deal ere depart the shade,
Words die too soon when tit but to be sald,
Words only live when worthy TO be read.
"Perhaps have not the words correc thy.
Let me add, to my mind, his grace, the
archbishop of Philadelphia, is the greatest
pulpit orator of to-day"
"Do you think that the profession of law
is overcrowded nowadays|
"There are more lawyers than enough to
do all the business in every locality. But
sooner or later ability will -sert itself 1t
is said that VIM. NJ Meredith was ten years
at the bar before he ever had q case, yet he
afterward deservedlY stood for many years
the very head and front of the Philadelphia
bar If am not mistaken, it was the same
way with Charles O'Conor at the New
York bar.
what of the comparative opportunities
for success in New York aud Philadelphia"
"With all my love for my dear native
city am bound to say that for opportunities
for success in professional or public life,
there is no comparison between Philadelphia
and New York.
James T. Brady, then the pride Of New
York city, came over to Philadelphia early
in 1861, and was engaged for q week in a case
in the United States court as a colleague of
George NJ. Wharton, distinguished Phila-
delplla LAWYER. During the trial Mr..
Brady remarked to me, Just think | have
lived all my life within a hundred miles Of
George M. Wharton and never knew until
now there was such man. There are now
a number of gentlemen at the Philadelphia
bar entirely unknown here who, in ability,
would rank with any at the New York or
London bar. | doubt not the same might
be said of Boston, Baltimore or any of our
chief cities"
"Have you ever thought of turning your
attention to authorship of any description"
II have seen good deal of the world
have met many distinguished men aud some
times | think if | live to be old and musty
will dictate my "reminiscences"
SIS the Lyceum a thing of the past or has
it future in America as a means of in
struction and mental recreation"
whenever tirst-clasS lecturer becomes
known in America, no will, under proper
management, draw audiences"
1.-The Lvc2um has still higher capabilities
than to amuse or instruct. The leading
minds of the community and the c0u try
could discuss every great public question
from the lecture platform,
1.-THE days of the pamphlet are gone-so
of oratory to a great extent, but there will
always be audiences, ready to listen to a
leader of thought VINO combines the claims
of the speaker"
"How do the great actors whom you
have seen stand out in yonr recollectionP'
~ suppose l am partial to the memory of
my friend, whom, by the by, want to
write a sketch Of, Edwin Forrest, yet | ven
ture to say that by general accord he is the
one great actor that our country has pro-
duced | knew him we'll In King Lear,
Coriolanus. Richelieu, or heroic characters,
he never had his equal among Americans.
The next greatest actor | ever saw Of an
entirely different scnool, the elder Booth
the father of Edwin. With high opinion
of all the noted English speaking actors of
to-day, | don't think any of them deserve
comparison with the two | have named.
The greatest of all never saw, he was be-
fore my time, Edmund Kean."
MOSES p. HANLEY.