Year: 1860

day is s Who shall be President" Perhaps you would like rough chalk-sketch of the outward semblances of some of the more prominent can didates now here. Old Tom Benton, who had a sort of ponderous wit, kind of elephantine jocu larity-said, that [" the coat tails of Douglas grew too near the ground for President" Certainly his legs are of the shortest, and the "torso cor responds, but both are also of the sturdiest; and his strong, powerful frame, full chest, broad and slightly rounded shoulders are surmounted with leonine head, and the whole figure is as full of vitality and apparent power as the gladiator of Lysippus. The face has no greater resemblance to the Apollo" the statue that enchants the world" than the form itself has. A full shock of black hair overhangs bold, bulging fore head, which in turn overhangs pair of deep set, fiery eyes, keen vigilant and restless. His nose is projecting, aggressive, defiant his mouth 1 wide, compressed, full of decision his chin | strongly moulded, and all this massive head and face IS appropriately supported by neck like that of a bull of Bashan. These strongly mark cd features like the rest of the frame seem a lit tie crowded as if they had been pressed togeth- CT and gained a condensed form by the process. have been reminded in looking at him of one of those tall fellows in the pantomimes of the Ravels, who is suddenly, by some weight from above, pressed down into half his former stature, and walks about quite naturally and at ease in that condensed condition.

 | His mental characteristics compare with his physical structure. His intellect is robust and unpublished. Without much literary culture he | uses strong, nervous and correct Saxon Eng fish. l think it owes much of it's idiomatic pu- rity as we'll as strength to the fact that his mind never for moment with the words themselves. He goes into a conflict depending more on his strength than his "guard'--so, though he is a hard hitter in debate, yet for want of " science he often leaves the most vulnerable points expos ed to the blows of his adversary. He has no fancy or imagination. He never relieves the nearer by sudden picture, or illustrates by a metaphor, or by pertinent allusions wakes up old memories of history or poety-which last count the most seductive of all mere oratorical arts. Speaking with him, is all earnest work done in working dress. He has the unusual merit of not being ambitious of any of the rare graces which he does not possess. He is good reasoner though not technical logician, he has wit enough to give edge to sarcasm, and he is master of invective His range of reading, l judge is limited to the political history of our government, and with this he is familiar He draws no illustrations from the annals of other times or countries. He is the man of Present as for him " the dead may bury their dead and he is indifferent to the Future as he is to the yet have not been able to persuade my old friend SAuERwE1S that Douglas is statesman j; or that the style and manner which is so effect i've on the prairies of Illinois is we'll suited to the atmosphere of the Senate chamber, or that the reckless statement which finds impunity on the stump is equally successful when uttered in the presence of fifty gentlemen who thoroughly understand the whole matter in question. But I am not responsible for SAuERwEIS's motives. In fact suppress some very decided opinions he has expressed to mo in regard to the little giant"

 A marked contrast to Douglas physically and mentally is

 AR. BRECKENRIDGE.

 He is the tall fellow before the condensing process has taken place. Full six feet in height, we'll proportioned, of graceful carriage, and under forty he secures, I believe, the full appreciation of the ladies gallery. The range of hls duties az President of the Senate is limited and somewhat mechanical, giving opportunity for little display of talent, but his fine presence, calm manner and equal voice are excellent qualifications for the presiding officer of that usually quiet and (su e. nia rer5o , sometimes dull assembly. Whether he would develop the more conspicuous qualities which are required to moderate" the tumultu. ous body on the other end of the capitol may be doubted Tho Vice-P Presidents face like that of Douglas is gultless of beard, and is remarkable for length as the other is for brevity. Seen in front it is manly and handsome, but the profile greatly lacks prominence and force. If the Sculptures Nature had carried out the model of the countenance as well as she began it, and raised upon the centre of it good beak she would have made much finer work of it.

 I think MT. Breckenridge has thus far reserved within himself such great intellectual forces as he may be supposed to possess. Perhaps the time has not come for their exhibition. He avoided their dsplay,FI thought, in his Frankfort speech, when the occasion would have tempted man of less reserve. He certainly, however, spoke a very handsome exercise last year on taking leave of the old Senate chamber.

 The Vlce-President has been singularly fortu- nate in his rapid promotion hitherto, and if his proverbial luck shall carry him into the White House, he has ability enough for good Presi- dent and the qualities which will make him a popular one. SAUERwEIN says in his sententious way, that people admire and praise greatness, but they have an affection for mediocrity;' ;' and 1 am sorry to say it, to the discredit of my old friend, he has the audacity to cite pretty long

 list of late Presidents as evidences of his theory: I intended to have introduced. Air. Hunter upon this canvass but l have no time to-day. If I should try my hand on him I must use lit tie finer pencil EYE GLASS.

 nAEdmund c. Stedman's poems, in 12mo