PROMINENT MEN OF JACKSON'S TIME.
HARRY OF THE WEST--TILT BETWEEN CLAY AND BENTON--REBUKE OF A REVOLUTIONARY HERO--APT ORATORICAL ILLUSTRATION--DANIEL WEBSTER'S WIT--AN EXCITED VISITOR--THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT- ATIVES--GENERAL HOUSTON REPRIMANDED--ELI MOORE, OF NEW YORK--CHURCHILL C. CAMBRELING--CROCKETT, OF TENNESSEE--EMBRYO PRESIDENTS--OTHER DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES--A JACKSON DEMOCRAT.
HENRY CLAY, after his return to the Senate, was the recognized leader of the Whig Senators, for he would recognize no leader. His oratory was persuasive and spirit-stirring. The fire of his bright eyes and the sunny smile which lighted up his countenance added to the attractions of his unequaled voice, which was equally distinct and clear, whether at its highest key or lowest whisper--rich, musical, captivating. His action was the spontaneous offspring of the passing thought. He gesticulated all over. The nodding of his head, hung on a long neck, his arms, hands, fingers, feet, and even his spectacles, his snuff-box, and his pocket-handkerchief, aided him in debate. He stepped forward and backward, and from the right to the left, with effect. Every thought spoke; the whole body had its story to tell, and added to the attractions of his able arguments. But he was not a good listener, and he would often sit, while other Senators were speaking, eating sticks of striped peppermint
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