Mr. Whitney's Lectures: For The Signal Of Liberty

All mortals are imperfect. We must not look for absolute, but comparative parugons of perfsction in any department of learning. - Mr. Whitney has some defects. He has too much action. His emphasis is too high - hia adence to low. When he assumes the pathetic, he seems to whimper. Some of his imitatiors are bad - specially those of Mr. Handolph. Here he overacts. True, Mr. Handolph's voice was a &ort of falsetto. Bul it partook lees of that character than Mr. W. ■would appear to indícate. Beside, Mr. Randolph had little or none of that thrusting of the arms which Mr. Whitney attributed to him so abundantly. We are free, howsver, to accord to Mr. Whitney many excellencies in the line of his profession. Some of his recitations, ond, inkleed, imitalions are very fine. His pronunciaron and enuncialion, are excellent. His highly discijdined voice, which has a great ■compase, he is a capable of modulating ac:ording to his pleasure. His mimerous recitations, conveyed valnable facts and principies - whiJe they awakened useful recollections, and inspired interesting thoughts. The object of his four lectures, was a mere demonstrntion of tiie power of accomplihment by the organs of speech. To develope, discipline ond iuvigorate these organs, by exploding tlie elements of sounds, reading-, declaiming and gymnastic exercises, would require the fuithful study and praclice of many weeks. The lectures of Mr. W. were listened to by man) with gratificaron. But their chief utility, will reeult from their having &hown our young gentlemen, the improvement of which the human voice is susceptible, and thus inducing tlicm, to address themselve3 to the laudable work of self-education in oratory. - Thie we judge, from the bursts of eloquence that occasionally fall on our ears in our evening lambles, they have already commenced. Go on young gem lemen, until the renown of your public speaking shall eclipse the fame of all Grecian - all Roman eloquence.