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do so, we cannot think, unless he shall stren- uously resist the wishes and the judgment of his fellow-citzens. To that confidence re- posed in him, founded in his adherence, from earliest youth, to the accepted doctrines of the Republican party on every great national question, he adds a brillancy of genius, spotless personal life, and qualities so calcu- lated to win the affection and regard of all with whom he is called into association, that his native State, placing him as she does in the highest class of her favorlte sons, will scarcely consent that the riper years of his life shall be withdrawn altogether from her service, and that of the people of the United States. Adorning and filling, as he would with eminent distinction, the most exalted offices that his fellow-citizens can bestow, their hope is certainly as general as it is req sonable and just, that none of the accidents which hang upon all human footsteps may withhold him from the honorable discharge of those public trusts which are conferred, by the willing sufrages of free people, up- on those among them who have been found to be the most deserving.

 In personal appearance and department, few men blend more simplicity and dignity; and as public speaker, his manner is singu- larly prepossessing. Though not nasty or unusually rapid, his lively imagination and success in happy illustration give to his speeches, even when least premeditated, an attractive variety, apness, and ease, and make him one of the most fortunate of orators in occasional addresses to popular bodies, as he has been one of the most successful in scenes requiring the highest talents for debate To letters he is known to have always been as much devoted as the occupations ofan other wise active life would permit. His nume- rous political papers give evidence of an ex- eellent style; and 1t is not many years since his occasional contributions in the various branches of elegant literature were to be found in the publications of the day If the wish may be fairly indulged, that one whose public life has hitherto been so useful, may not be hereafter withdrawn from a partcipa- ton in public affairs, the hope may be ex- pressed with equal justice, that literature may yet receive from his pen many of those con- tributions, in which genius and taste are brought to illustrate the dictates of a judg- ment always enlightened, and the honest sen timents of generous heart.