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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