Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26
The WOmen'S Clubs
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His voice was deep-toned like that Of
great bell yet was musical. One great
oeeasions-when the whole man was
rcused-its swell and roll struck upon
the ears of the spellbound audience-in
deep and melodious cadence-as waves
upon the shore OF the far resounding
Sec
Except in moments of high excitement
he made few gestures. OF all our great
orators. Dania Webster was the first
from esotism. while at the same time he
manifested a self reliance based on a
Just estimate of his own powers.
The greatest speech made in America
was made by Webster in reply to
Hayne. and 1t seems almost incredible
that this speech, lasting six hours. dur
ing which every key in the entire gamut
Of eloquence was sounded, Astounding in
argument. logic, wit. irony. poetry,
pathos and passon-should have been
eNtempore.
He was born in 1882: died in 1852.
BE true to God, to your country and
to your duty"
The leading faculty of Calhouns MIND
was his power of analysis. In the abil-
ity to examine a complex idea. to re-
solve it into its simplest elements, he
had no superior. Next to this. his most
striking characteristics was the depth of
his convictions. Though you differed
from every word he uttered, you We're
persuaded of his profound belief in what
he said and his Willingness to stake life
and honor on each sentence No man
ever cared less for the graces ond polish
of the schools. He cared only to make
himself understood: and while the
periods of Clay "glittered like polished
lances in a sunny forest" Calhoun in
his vehemence, bit off the last syllables,
and sometimes ate up whole sentences
in the fury of his enunciation.
Gays words, when assailn an
enemy, We're usually courteous and poll
ished. While Calhoun's were fierce, blunt
and rudely terrible.
The one hit his man with a keen rap,er
the other other knocked him down
With s,edge-hammer. Clay allows you
to die like Lord Chester" in a becom-
ing attitude, While Calhoun breaks your
bones and leaves YOU spawning on the
floor. The one slabs you with smile
the other smashes YOU with a frown.
Calhoun was tan. slender and pale
erect and earnest. With an eye Ike a
hawk and hair sticking up like quilts
Oh the fretful porcupine.' His voice
was harst-his gestures stiff. There Was
no ease, tiexibility. grace or charm in
his manner. Yet there was something in
his bearing, his brilliant spectral eyes.
his colorless cheek blanched with
thought and his compressed lips, tina:
riveted your attention as with hooks OF
steel. AS you scanned his features YOU
thought Of Miltons lines on the hero Of
Paradise Lost" His face, deep scars
q thunder had entrenched, and care sat
on his faded cheek; but under brows OF
, dauntess courage"
Rufus Choate. one of the greatest
orators and statesmen this country has
ever produced, was born in Massachl,>
+ sets in 1899. He was noted While at
|. school for his close application to study
and for his extraordinary powers of
memory. He was one of the most gifted
forensic orators that ever lived. His In
tellect, naturally powerful he developed
by exact and laborious study. He was
endowed with a sparkling wit lively
fancy and an enthusiasm which was
overWhelmin. His voice was indescrb-
ably sweet and musical and no ora tor
was ever listened to With greater delight
In person he was nearly six feet tall:
breast fully and deep; head remarkably
We'll shaped and covered With fine SUI:
of black, curly hair; forehead, high and
broad; mouth and nose large; lips, thin
and eyes large, black and lustrous. In
manner he was always gentlemanly
! and courteous. His vocabulary was
| practically unlimited, and his voice was
! capable of expressing every shade of
! feeling. His originality was never ques-
| toned. He copied no one in language
! or style of augmentation. He was al
/ ways natural and unaffected, and was
/ beyond question one of the most pow
! erful advocates that ever addressed a
jury. At the time of his death he was at
| the head of the American bar. He dis
charged his duty to the letter In every
relation of life-public and private. No
| good man was his enemy, and for the