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FOB El GN.
hip packet ship Sovereign, Captain (
n< y, l:om London, the editors of the N.
. ommercial Advertiser, have received
ttif' m Li DiJon papers to the llih of April in
clusive, with Commercial and Marine Intelli
gence to the same date. We have Liverpool
dale's of the 9ih.
IRELAND.
The afl’tirs of this unhappy and distracted
counti v, assume a mint! sombre appearance, il
possd.de, by eveiy fresh arrival. The White- 1
fee. continue their depredations, —O’Connell
recommends to the people ’•> agitate,—and the
innocent are likely to suffer with the guilty)
from -heve different, but illegal modes of speak
ing redl will be seen by the following pro
clamation of the Marquis of Anglesey, that the
enforcing act has commenced its operation in
the county of Kilkenny. This experiment
will probably prove a test as to the wisdom, jus
tice, arid necessity of the act.
PROC L3M ATION OF THE iRISH
government under the new bill.
Dublin. Sunday, April 7.
The following piociamation extending the
pros isions of the bill to the county and city ot
K Ikenny, appeared in the Dublin Gazelle, it
is stated that a prod a million will appear early
in the present week, prohibiting the meeting of
lhe V' du meets, the Conservative, and the
Trades* Union:
Zty the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ire
land.
APROC LA M A TIO N.
Anglesey.—Whereas by an Act passed in
the third year of his present Majesty’s reign
entitled ‘An act tor the more effectual suppres
sion rd’ local distiii bance and dangerous asso
ciations in Ireland,’ ii is amongst other things
on -t ied that it shall and may be lawful tor lhe
Lo <1 Licuienam and other Chief Governor oi
Govetums of Irel >ml, with the advice of his !
I’d ij* sty’s Privy Conned in lid md, at any time i
after the pissing of the said Act, and from time j
to rme during the continuance thereof, as oc- _
Caston may require, issue his of their prodn
ni.tiioii, declaring any county, county of a city
or county ofa town in lielaiid, or any portion
tbveof, respectively, to be in such a state of
distil: bi nee .nd insubordination as lo require
the applu ation of the provisions of the said
Act.
Nov. we, the Lord Lieutenant, do, by this
om P ocl en i ion, in pursuance and execution
of'ii< sod Aci.atiilbv and with the advice of
Jus Al jesi y’s Pi.vy (Jounc’d in Ireland, declare
tie* couu’y <‘l Kilkenny, Hie couniy of lhe city
ol Kilkenny, the city of Kilkenny, and the li
b "-s <>l the said city, do be m such a state of
d: vin banco and insubordination as to require
the application of the provisions of the said
Ac,
Vid we do by (his our Proclamation warn !
th” inti biimits of the said county of Kdkenny,
the cuv >•)'dte county of Kdkenny, the city o! ,
K ll.emiv, mJ die liberties id die snd city, to j
a"*, ‘ii fiom di I nous and other utdawbiil as
sem'ila ;(*s, processions, confederaci j s, mee’- ,
im/s, and issoci i.ions, and lo be and rem lin in .
tin i e-p.‘Clive habit dioits at all hours between
sunset oi l sunrise, Com and diet Wednesday .
uh tenth v of Aoril instant, ot which all
J ist.ces ot ,h ■ I’ • >ce of the said couniy, and i
c.' ihiy id a cir., constables, peace < lit ters, and )
other whom it may concern, are to take no- I
lice.
G ven at the. Council Chamber in Dublin,
this 6 i •! iv of Apiil, 1833.
R sse, Wm. M’.Maikjn, Wm Saurin,
J 'UN I ADC! IFFE JoHN DoiIERTY,
F. iiLACKBCKNE. R. ii XIVIVN.
“ re. / save the Jim".”
As D uiiei Q’Umraeii is Ute acknowledged
li i a .nd p ime mover of the opposition lo -
Ute English u.u.iiiiiy, « hii’li probaLlv embraces
fiu.-lihbs of lhe entire population of Ireland,
h.s proceedings possess great interest ns form
ing ;ti index of the course and operation of e
vi’iiis in relation io the policy of that coun
it v.
Tih Dublin Times asserts that forty j
fun tli> • s fiom the half pay list wete to be
imm . ly commissioned to act as members
ol In roti, mirtial to be held under the Irish
D . u rance B .11, A considerable military !
f. ce wis ordered to proceed to the county ol j
Kdkenny, ;q carry the enforcing law into es- !
feet. The object of including lhe city of Kil- J
kennv with the couniy, in the proclamation, is j
Said to be, tbit the trials of persons apprehend- i
cd tn lhe adjoining parts of the county might
take place there.
From th>' ’Baltimore American.
Assort \TlD FRIENDS OF IRELAND.
The assort.i.ion mm on the 15th instant, a- 1
gree lily to tin* I i>t adjournment—Mr C. Ba-|
me, Jr. I’usidem, in lhe Chair. The Com-)
nn it e heretofore appointed for the purpose of j
dr.dung ait address to the Friends of I rebind in
llie United States, handed in '.he following,
which was unanimouslv adopted:
ADDRESS
Os "the associ del Friends of Ireland in the
city of Haltirnor to th: Jrishmtn and
friends of Ireland in the United dtatiS.
Two years h ive scatce y elapsed since the
friends of Ireland in the United Stales, deeply
impressed with a sense ot the iniu.-ies which the
tvi inny *>f Great Britain hid lie <ped upon that
oppressed country, resolved to un te themselves
into issociations, with i View to lender her as
sis .mee in their powc, in obtaining tiom tin
government of Great Britain a diminution of
the evils imposed upon her. Associations were
acco diugly termed tn all the principal towns
end villages subject to the direction of 'he
course which should b ■ pursued by lhe people
of I reland.
T .e introduction of C itholic members into
Parliament, and the pacificatory measures by
them advised to, and adopte d bv the people of
Iteltnd—the over hrow of the Tory and the
elevation ol Whig Mtutsuy, who until recently,
(were believed to have been the advocates of
Rr form, have hither to rendered the adoption
1 of active measures by these Associations un
necessary. The time, however, has now ar
rived, when tlte events of almost daily occur
rence beyond the Atlantic are likely to produce
a stain of things in which we may render ac
ceptable services to lhe people oi lieland, in
their efforts lo obtain a redtess of their wrongs.
Lei it not be said that Ireland now on the
brink ofthe destruction of her political, and we
might almost add, her t»hysica! existence cannot
find friends in foreign lands. Let it net be
said that Irishmen here enjoying the benefits of
of personal and politic.d freedom are unwilling
to afford assistance in lhe liberation of il,» ir
home—or th it whilst here enjoying the fruits of
their enterprise and industry, they will not give
a part, in an attempt to relieve from bondage
lhe suffi ring sons of the land of iheir birth.
Daniel O’Connell and his associated liber
ators have done, and continue to do every
tiring which so small a band of patriots can do:
but they fight agnmst fearful odds. The aris
tocracy of Great Biitain will neveryield until
they see that Irishmen at home, sus‘ained by
Irishmen abroad, have buckled on their ar
, mour, resolved to gain a political or lose a per
sonal existence in the contest; they may pei
h ips be obtained, as in the instance of the
English Barons and King John, a second
Magna Chai tn.
Must not the people of Ireland look with
abhorrence upon the recent enforcing bill of
Earl (Ley, winch he and other Ministers vol
untarily admit to be unconstitutional. Can it
Jbe expected that Ireland will submit to this;
i can it be expected that the people of IreLuid,
! now graded and trampled on by hired soldiery,
! will tamely submit, and as the nations of the
i Carnatic by liver A!i suffer themselves to be
! driven to destruction, their lands to be be taken
l from them hemselves imprisoned in their
own houses—their wives and children butcher
ed for mm-obedience to an uriconstitution d and
barbarous law, and not alike risk of their exis- :
tence seek redress? It cannot be. The past i
history of Ireland exhibits an opposition there j
to ail enforcing; bills; even, when based in j
] England’s supposed Constitution; and .hey ;
i M'otlld be the veriest slaves, were thev with
i the means of redress in their c-wn power, longer
. to submit.
We are not unfrequcntly asked for what end
are your Associations foimed! What do you
expect to do? Our answer is—we candissemi- •
n tie the piincipde, of political and religious li
berty— ne can sympathise with and alleviate
the mind of the weary labourer, and as he plods
bis weary way along, b ooding o’er his conn- !
try’s wrong and his family’s destitution with the ;
prospects of better days; by disseminating !
principles of equal i igh s and justice, among
those rhe policy, of whose government has
been to enslave the mind of the subject, until it
yields a ready assent io the principle of gov
ernment by divine tight. Our means is the |
press; the most poweiful instrument when pro
perly directed, lo strip Royally of its robes,
' and show it to mankind in all its hidiuusness of
form.
' It is not the principles of our common conn
try, the liiends of freedom in another liemis
pheie are indebted for the m iny recent efforts
to obtain constitiiiioii.il liberty. The partici- '
pation of Lafayette in the struggle for our in- |
dependence, aroused in the minds of his conn-i
try men a desire for a mote liberal govemitjeii'; |
his subsequent visit extended still mo e widely i
lhe principles for which he fought. The in- '
creasing in etcourse between the United States i
and Europe, affoids to Emopeans more exten- j
Sive infoimatiou on the relations of sovereign
and subject, thin he policy of a monarchical
government will allow to be disseminated
through the medium ot her press; taxed, as it is, I
as ivi 11 as a source of revenue, as to prevent its
free circulation. It is therefore to the Ameri
can Press, which, find-tog its way to the most
distant corner of the enlightened world, the sub
jects of other counties must look for (hose
immutable principles oi justice which aie a tur
ior to the despot.
The Earl Grey’s Irish coercion bill in the ■
opinion of one well enabled to form a correct !
judgment, will excite an attempt to sever Ire-i
i land from England. In the struggle will not \
Ireland look to America for aid? and would it i
not be derogatory to the character of Irishmen '
in lhe country, where so many thousand of them '
are collected, tl means oi affording it were not
resorted lo ? Should America not produce a i
Lafayette or Pulaski to risk his life and for-
i tunes in the struggles cf a foreign land? yet no !
I.American citizen, faithfiil to the principles of
, his country, can tefusethe same aid to Ireland,
■ which was so spontaneously aflorded to the
brave Pules and the suflering Gteeks.
The tyranny of the coercion Lili evinces a i
recklessness ol pi im iple, surpassed only by the {
malignity of the mind which conceived it.— I
Debarred ofa trial by jury, the boasted paladi
utn of English liberty, the subject must submit 1
i io be tried by Five Military Officers, the con- 1
currence of a bare majoi ity of whom is sufficient
to decide on the life ofa human being, and lo
decree lhe future misery of the widow and het
helpless orphans. The pr thibition of public i
meetings may and certainly will be exercised,
to prevent association for religious worship.—
I’he impiisunment of a father whose helpless
I offspring now craves the bread which Ins pover
ty cannot supply, is to be rendered slid more
ihortible by the t'ici, that whether innocent or
guilty, no relief can be h:id by lhe writ of 11a
; bras Corpus, the secund Magna Charts of Eng
lish liberty.
Need we say more to rouse the sympathies
'of a fiee people—Nerd we say more to die
Lish citizens of our common couiiti v, to re
mind them ot the suff-’i iiigs ot their relatives,
brother, and countrymen—Need we tell them
jlh.u England lit .sell is tn a state ol political
'turmoil— That t. nglishmen now bear not their
yoke so lightly as m former days—That thev
speak their political opinions mote freely and
fearlessly—and that it only lequires ihe politi
cal associations in this country to apply the
match to lhe tram, to prove to’ 'he world that
Ireland, in the language of our declaration of
Independence, will ‘-and of right ought to be
hee aud iDdepeudeat.”
• Then let the association of the friends of
Ireland every where, be again reorganised
let them disseminate the doctrines of equal
rights and free government —let their numbers
be increased—theit coffers enriched, and when
assistance to Ireland can be best rendered, let
them show themselves WILLING, READY
and able.
f licsolvid, That till Editors in the United
States, friendly to the interes's of Ireland be
requested to publish .the foregoing address.
I After which the following preamble and re
solutions were submitted by Mr. John Gal
vin.—
Whereas, the associated friends of Ireland in
'.he city of Baltimore, hailed the accession to
power of the present Ministry of Great Britain
us the dawning cl a more liberal era towards i
unhappy Ireland, ami fondly hoped that under
the auspices of such men, who bid hitherto
been lhe champions oi civil and religious lib
el ty, the wounds that had been inflicted on
that outraged country, duritig ceßiurtes of op
pt ession and misrule, would be speed.ly heal
y'l. And whereas, so far from our expectations ■
being realized by the Whig Ministry of Eng- !
Lind, we with regret see them pursuing the a-I
boni. nable course of their predecessors— “sow- !
iitg bi justice tujd reaping rebellion:” |
i iccsnlvcd therefore, That we view wiih ah-;
late sanguinary bill introduced
into Parliament, which trample on!
‘ the liberty of the press trial by jury, the habeas!
corpus, and the right of petition, and delivers!
I over to a licentious soldiery the lives and liber- i
ty of the liisb nation. ,*
Ltsolvcd, That we consider lhe Repeal of!
the vtiiot) as the only shield that can protect i
the people of Ireland from their heartless op- I
pressers, and we do therefore exhort them t ; j
persevere strenuously and firmly in vidicating ,
their right to legislative independence.
j Resolved, I bat the Pol lical Union of En- j
! gland are entitled to the gratitude of the fi ie.nls ;
l of liberty throughout the world, for the noble i
i stand they have made against ihe r> i annira! '
! measures brought forward by their government '
{ to des'roy the liberties of the Irish people,!
j and do solemnly entreat them, in the sacted I
I name of liberty, to throw themselves in the ■
breach between the oppressors mid the oppres- i
sed, and never quit the post of honor until they *
shall have obtained tlie repeal of a law th n is I
j not so much aimed at the people of Ireland as I
| at the Sjiirit of reform. 1 ■
I Resolved, That the thanks of this uieefinj j 1
are due and are hereby given to the ediiors of !
our city, lor the increasing interest which they I
(•vmce in the affairs of Leland, and believing | ■
! the Press to be the great levet of public Ojiin- 1 '
! ion, we respectfully solicit a cunlinuatice of! 1
. their services in so wot thy a cause. j •
I He Society then adjourned to meet again •
on lhe Ist Monday in June nex l . i
I‘. A. KELLY, Sec’y.
VAAMJiir
I ,
I,
From the. Washington Correspondent of the j
Portland Daily Advertiser. •
HENRY CLAY DANIEL WEBSTER.
Ui both these gcudemen, 1 am a political ! <
ifiiend, 1 have often heard them in the Sou- i
J ate, occasionally iu the Supreme Court, and 1
j the last, at times, in a public asstmbly. 1 <
have observed them in public as closely as I ‘
could, and as they are undoubtedly two ot the ! ' r
most prominent men in the Untied States—l <
! mtghij perhaps, say. the most prominent men <
—1 purpose, as well as 1 can, to contrast them 1
with each otiier. i •
Let me remark before I begin, that th->re ‘
! are no two men more different in iheir m in- : ;
nets, their address, their mode of speaking, 1
and in lhe construction of their minds, and yet , 1
both are men pre-eminently distinguished for «
ihe very highest gifts ot intellect. This differ- 1
ence has been increased rather than lessened, (
by the different education and the (liffe;ent i ’
schools of men in which they have been fbuned. 1
i Mr. Webster has been obliged to cope with '
i lawyers, ever on the watch, and whose eduea
! !;on was as goad if not better than his, and in *
! courts where law and logic settled the ques- 4
l lion rather than feeling or fine declamation. 4
! Air Clay has met with a different class of men, •
i particularly in lhe eaitier courts of Kentucky, 4
; where the science of law was once worth little 4
more than assertion, and where judge and jury 1
' were carried captive by eloquent declamation, i 1
or pathetic appeal. With Mr Webster’s an- '
! (agonists, genius, irony, sarcasm, wit, and all
, the weapons of the orator, wete insufficient to 1
win the cause. To them must be added con- !
viction not by an appeal to the passions, but to '
i the judgment. Wi.h Mr Clay’s antagonists ’
' all lhe weapons of the orator wete as useful as
in a public assembly, fur in com is tn which I
! learned judges are no' seated, and where as in 1
the early settlement ofa country, the judge;
. receives law a> expounded by the attorney, ra- '
ther than from Ins own knowledge, an appeal : 1
to ihe passions may be as useful as when ad
dressing the public at large. I mention these:'
things, tather applicable to Mr Clay’s early '; 1
' practice at the bar, than to his subsequent tiis- '
lory, to account for the different tendencies of
the intellect of these fns tale men.
The figure of Mr \\ ebster is a little b< low
par. The fi.-ure of M Clay is a little above 1
par. I’he address ol AL Webster is ratliei j
stiff, or when easy, affectedly so. The address
of Mr Clav is itaturully easy, and thooeli not
.exactly graceful, in the C hestei field sense oi
ihe term, vet piepossessmg and attractive.—
i’lit countenance of -Mr V\ i bster is hard,
harsh, and not inviting. The countenance o!
Mt Chy is crowned with smiles, andiLsphy
a thousand varieties of teeling. On Mi \\ eb
stei’sfice when lie is quiet, one can I ace none
of those thoughts, feelings or p .scions, with
which be is endowed. On Mr Chy’s face, ■
even when quiet, bis whole heart at limes, can
be lead. Air Webster’s indications of his tai
ent are in his broad forehead, which every
bodv notes as remarkable. Air Clay’s indica
tions of his talent are in his m uth, w hich is so
flexible as to be a tell-tale < t what is going on
v. ithin, and in his eyeb’ows, which display at
I once to the observer, even if he is no pbysiog- i
’ notnisf, and no student of Lavater,a man of ex
traordinary powers. Air Webster’s ugly look
at bis advci.satics in debate, has often been
spoken of; and it is no exaggeration to say, he
can look like Satan himself. Mr Clay’s con
tempt and sarcasm are conveyed by a mali
cious smile, which can be felt but not describ
ed, —or a significant, gesture, far mote expres
sive than words. Air Webster is not graceful,
for his figure will not admit of grace: be is not I
tall enough, and is too stoutly boili. Air Clay
: s not an elegant speaker in the drawing room
sense of the term; his tall figure is tougbly
hewn, his arms are too long; bis body is not
flexible enough sometimes, and again is too
much so. Air Webster’s voice is clear, dis
tinct, stern and impressive; but on the high
i notes at times, unpleasant. Air Clay’s voice
is as soft as music, never fatigueing the ear, but |
always inviting attention. It is loud, clear,and !
distinct. Mr Webster gesticulates with his j
hands and arms alone. Mr Clay I may say,
gesticulates with proprieiy, all over, lie nods
his bead, bung on a long neck, so as to make 1
a whole assembly smile. His arms, hands, fin - j
; gers, feei, and even his spectacles and jmcKei ;
I handkerchief, aid him in debate. lie stejis
I forward and backward, and fiom the tight to
i the left with effect. Air Webs ei and Alt ;
vias both express strong passion in their faces !
to advantage. The sneer of both is diffmem, 1
but perfection, m ihe ciLct, and iniiiijta.|>|e.
! Mi Webster can look worse than Air Clay, but .
'■ AL Clay can look tilings the most provoking. I
j 'ihe impression received from Air Webster is
' received in silence, but is felt and remembered.
Phe impression from Ab Clay provokes an in
i stamaneous laugh, at the expense of die victim.
Mr Webster’s feelings are tn peifect submission
'o his will, 'lhe feeltug of AL Clay often get
the beth-H oi ins judgm ill. Mr Clay is exci
table, and ii quiies but hide io mouse him: Mr
Webster is no , and reqiiii i s much io aiouse!
him. Mi Clay speaks, even on ordinaiy pc- '
easterns, with animation and interest: Mr Web- ]
ster is, at times, vexatiously dull and stupid. !
Mr Clay’s language and proiioiinciaiion are -
not always good and correct. Air Webster I
speaks with ihe utmost curreciness, and seldom '
or never t ecalls a word. Mr Clay, at times,;
hesitates and stammers. Air Webster is never
thus at fault. Mr Clay speaks very rapidly; '
Mi W ebster rather slow, an i veiy cautiously:
Mi Websit r’s style is a pattern ol pm ity, per- !
spic.iti y and tdegance. All Clay’s style is oc-i
c isiimaliy iu bad taste, and sometimes ver-
Thus I have contrasted these two distin
guis >ed individuals in some, not very impor
tant particulars. I’he distinction will behest
tiiiilersujod, when it is remarked, dial Mr Web
ster is cautious, cool, oid is the better scitolai; j
and ib.it Mi Clay is .varni, incautious, and has j
not received a good classical education, though i
so ne ot Ins sfa e papers are as admiialde as I
any in om I .nguage. I
Il 1 could imp;ess my idea upon the rea- j
tier, 1 would Cali one a man of genius, and the !
other a mm ol .denis. This, however, gives ■
bm a taint impress Kin of the distinction 1
would draw. Genius is euiiiusttsiasm, in which i
Mr Cl.ay is mfused. t’aleiii is judgment, nev- ’
er arising from ete : ism, wr.h winch Mr
Webster is endowed. Genius engages in an
object with i.'s whole heart and soul, —and this
is i charactei tstic of Mr Clay. Talent is ear
nesi, persevering, onward tn its undertakings,
but not over confident nor rash, and this is
ch iracteristic of Mr W'ebster. Genius is im
aginative, sell confident,daring,—and these are
cbai actei I'tics id A'r Ci<y. Talent reckons,]
calculates, couijiutes, and doubts—and these ]
are characteristics of Mr Webster. Genius!
leaps by instinct, as it weie, toa correct con-I
elusion. Talent arrives dime by argument!
ami deduction. Titus Mr Cl ly is cvi ra.
ready man, and his b'st speeches aie made at
a moment. Alt Webster tliinks less rapidly, i
and forms step by step his conclusions. G< ui- ’
us is at times, sportive, playful,'amusing. Lal
ent is commonly sedate, stern, thoughtful.— 1
Genius will gunbol with the kid, or grapple !
with the lion. i'alent at best, sports but awk- ,
watdly. Genius is instinct, impulse, passion. !
I'alent is Coolness, firmness, collectcdness.— |
Genius is, at limes, erralive, wayward, nnpru- ;
dent. Talent is straight forward, di ect, pi u- !
dent. Talent counts consequeigces, and looks
ahead; Genius seldom does, but darts btavely •
onward. Genius takes empire over the heart, ;
and the feelings. Talent aims for the reason
and the judgment.— I’alent never does a ta"sh i
thing: Genius often does. Talent is ptatse,
worthy, admired, honored. Genius is adored,
wotshipped, idolized. Talent takes ns vota
ries iu leading-strings, and persuades them a- ■
long. Genius impels, hurtles, inspncs them >
onward. Genius is alternately desponding and ’
enthusiastic. I’alent is Denker. Genius in- '
vents. Talent discovers. Genius creates, 1
jnojects, designs. Talent combines, arranges,
contracts, pet forms. Bonaparte was a man of *
wondeiful g< nius. Wellington is ainin of
extraotdinary talents. Genius is good al eve
ry thing, ambitious at every thing, audacious j
m eveiy thing. Talent has less scope, less pow- !
er, a lesser grasp. Genius can live without !
study, atm yet dazzle, 'i’alent must study, tn I
ordet to shine. Genius is the diamond, pel- ,
shed and cased. Fuletil is the cat bon tn <ne •
oi e. Genius, like the sun, lias light of tils own. j
l aleti , like the muon, must borrow from «i-i
t.olber. Genius is the fireaud flame oi itself.— '
I'alent must have the flint and the stol to ;
strike out lhe spalk. Il Jupiter could divide I
Ins prerogat.ve, ge.iius would wield 'ns lighi-'
mug, and talent his thunder. Geuit’S is splcn- i
did. I’alent is gi .'.at. Lnus geuivs makes the
sjilendid hian, and the gieaf m nt. Cfivit '
had genius. C>cuio had talent. Thus Ua.*- j
sar was as ..pt iu ihe field as t-i lite lot.mi, and ’
Ciceio’s Im a range, w.'is wxliin oneoibn.but :
that a stat ry one. Homer hadgemtis. Vngii j
had tri tenis, loi H omer cjvaied, ano \ a git b ole !
from him. Bjron bad genius, ijou’hey bud j
talents. Btdwur l;u<| genius. Cooper has tai-j
t'itts. G.-tiiu, is the charjC ensue of the ]
I rem h. Tilt til ol the English. The one'
:evolu’iotiizes with lhe swoidaud the musket, '
and rhe other ot the polls and the hustings.— ,
Tke one engages iu war, in poetry, tn maihe- •
niatics, and the dance, with eqn >| fervor, and !
ihe ctr.er ourelully distinguishes the li’.tlo from i
■ ItnezreKi—But 7 am wander-lno
|My distinctions, I will confess are not 7
j ly correct, but they will iinm-rX '‘Hstrict-
I ihe reader the distinction be‘iwe-n Mr Ch v P ° r !
1 Mr Webster. Cn 31 ‘ a nd
As an orator, limiting the idea to
enunciation and the immediate imnn scim.
Cl iy is ahead, I might add fir ■<! i 1
Webster. Nature has done’ more fur
person, m votce, giving him tones as ,f *
as rich, and as gradually swelling as lhe notes
of an organ., and a power and depth of niudu
lation, minvalled by comparison. His action
is to lhe very Ide, untaught of, uncultivated
spontaneous the oflspung of the pasß i n J
thought. Iliscountenance embodies the
sion and eneigy of the moment, it exhibits*
without effort, the very picture* of indignation’
|of pride, of humility, of haughtiness, of cuff-’
tempi, of disdain, of softness, of fierceness, or
'sweetness. I: is bland, or terrible, contempt
; nous, or humble, as the occasion demands’—
The soul speaks in the face, The spirit pl i'y S
l as it were, on every muscle visible within.—
| The eye speaks—-rhe finger speaks—the whole
, body has its story to tell. Tne best actor of
Shakespettan tragedy has not more at command,
lhe weapons of the stage,—and all is .easy, all
' is natural, all is unpremeditated, I never heard
the man who could command such breathless
l atteniion for so long a time over the whole au
, dhoiy, ihu »»■.«» wi «ul..<>«»,.row of ownt, IX3*'
I well as the casual inteilopcr, or the unconcern.
led and uninitiated spectator. You forget fa-*-
tigue—you forget tune—you forget the drynbs»
of tile subject.
As <r gieat man, in that character alone Air.
W' bstci makes a stronger impression than Mr* *
; Clay. 1 know not how the public or myself.
, arrive al the conclusion, but such it is. Mr
! Clay seems I.kt* one of outsekes, who has I* di .
. spiiits, great genius, great independence ofi
] thought and action, and an almost omnipotent
] influence ovei otnui men, but yet he is a man, r
J a clever fellow— one of us. ’ We know and’
like him, and arv ready to do him any service.
We would woik for him, talk for him, write
, for him, aye light for Lun, with a hearty good
; will, but yet iie tsone of us, and we would obey
; him, not because be snt'j.s ‘born to command,’
but because he is su like ourselves. Air Web-
I ster stands aloof, incomprehensible, uni iihot'na
' hie We admnohim. V/e at e proud ot him.
:We hi.e confidence in han. We believe him
leqtnl to any occasion, but yer he does no 1 seem
;to be made ot the we arc. He sits
as il he were a dic'aior, and we were both lo
i • ey. He looks upon tie* mukitude as if they
were his men, and would be sorry, if they did
not think an l act as lie thinks and acts. He
j c.rsts his eyes over the Senate as if it was his
j ciiess-imard, ami the i'etn tors Ins chess-men,
; Ho never tulles, never .‘ porn, never jokes.
! His dignity is always upCar him. Little men.
' may snap and growl at hi ir, and he never heeds
j them, it one ot his built and his cast comes in' w
. his way, he shakes him off, or raps his ears,,
1 lie school-master seen is to be in his chair,<
'and with bis jiupils obed.t nt to hisfiat. There
. iie sits hko a cloud wu.h thunder, storm and
] tempest slumbering in i ti folds—or as the Fuel
] has it
“Quenched in dark clouds a f slumber lie
The terror ol his beak arid l ightening of his eye.”
Mi Webster reasons wiin a wonderful clear
ness, and precision of language and thought.
Mr Clay is less cit ar, and lesa.pjrecistc. T’iuj
humblest iinclloct ir drawn along and assents
to Air Webale.’s pfsitious. It requires mory
]of an effort of mm'l 1 to follow Air Clay. AL*
• Webster argues, as a Judge delivering Ins
i cirarge to the Jury, wt ighurg and sifting a’ii thu
; evidence, <md as o uncoiic*.'fried in roacli’ii * a
try thing but tire trull). Air Clay argfits us it
! were for victory, and an if ms whole iieatt was
■ bent on that. Hence Mi übster’s arguments
| make an impiessioir tn.it Mr Clay’s du' nut
, when they ate t ijaaily as good. Tne auditory'
I may distrust AL Clay, hoi Urey can never ips-J
oust Air Webster, il tree Air CLiy conquers
by eloquetb i: Air Wooster by reason. Mr
Webster never exposes himseli to attack, hut
intr enches and fortifies every pUsnmn. He pas
redoubts all around Inm. Mr Clav sallies Lmh
boldly an l rashly, and leaves inmsell open at
all points, bat wo to ihe man that assaults him.-
Air Webster is the heavy' armed Ruman-wnh
his helmet, and buckler, and gteaves. Air
Clay is lhe gailarn cavalier will) but Ins steed
and liis shield. All Webster wields a batllq
axe with a brawny mm. Mi Cl.y huilsaspear
with knightly art. Air Clay will drive to liiy
thickest fight, or retreat widi wonderful skill.
Mr Webster stands by hiriy.eli, vanquishes nm
enemy as they come, and i.s there impi egu tblei
Mt; Webster is another Horalius Codes on thu
bridge, who, with Ids a x:*, beats off an army.
Air Clay is like oils own -B u ney, all soul, alt
entliu-iasm, toil oi sraiagenr lor a superior foe,
and lull ot light ivr an ■ qmcl. AL W ebster ,if
he carries Ins point, mus; carry it by mail)
strength. Al- ( Iny will carry ri by d.vision, by
nn CEiivre, by mm dies ami counter.-mti
Hence it js easy to see that M. ’Webstcr'is
the sltonger m >n in a grave mid unimp issiuned
body, ami j>r Ciuy is tties'ronger in a popular
a-st-inhly. T’hus in the Senate, i thinly Air
i Wubstetr an ovetrn ndr Mr Clay all things being
I eynal. Bui, in the Hm.se, Mr Clay ’ wurja
cariy bis majority, io spite ol ui Air W oi.sler,
Mr Clay s parliamentary tactics are admirable.
Mr W( bster *s ability here, also, is eminent,
but is not equal to Air Clay’s. AL Clay, with
his [lopul-ir iii'timers ami |>arliamr.iiiary skill,
will work a iniujii'.y into a mijmity, Air
W ebster can do no such iinries, unlcsa he rea
sons the change. Air Clay’s |mi.sond influ
ence is immense. AL W’eLstei’s is less exten
sive. Mr Clay knows bow to unite pupulurity
ami l.igic in discusojuri. Mr Wuudier trusts to -
logic alone.
As fur imagination, natuially AL Wcbsur
has little, and Mr C.ty has muctr. Eat educa
tion and public lile have (.fleeted essential
changes in bo;b. Mi Wtibslei’s tas.e is aJm’t
falile, and he selects Ins inetaj hors with ikill.
i Air Clay’s taste is not so cultivated, and fence,
tiiougn tie often resurts to met ipfiur, lie is not
[always hippy. All W< bster studies im rjietu
i I'hor. Aleiapbms, oi themselves come to Mr
, Clay. Mr W'< bs’er polishes his bolts. Air
' Cloy ’.brews his hewn. Mr Qiay could