Constitutional Whig

Mr. Wirt.—A writer in the Boston Gazette speaks in the following terms of our fellow citizen, Mr. Wirt, who, it will be recollected, was employed, as one of three counsel in an important cause recently tried at Boston:

"His manner and style of argumentation struck us as admirable. An easy flow of thoughts—a variety and copiousness of language, united with a purity, neatness and elegance of expression, which evinced a familiar acquaintance with the works of the best authors. There did not appear to us to be any waste of words—any tedious circumlocution, but on the contrary, a directness of purpose—or, to use his own strong phrase—a manly determination "to march up" to the strong points of the case, for the purpose of assailing and overthrowing those of his adversary, and of strengthening and confirming his own. Mr. W. evinced that full and clear conception of the essential points of the case; and that fairness in stating them, which united with a closeness of reasoning, seldom fails to command the attention of an intelligent audience. Amidst, however, the dryness of debate, the proceedings were occasionally relieved by some brilliant metaphors, humorous illustrations and sprightly sallies of the imagination, either growing out of the remarks of the opposing counsel, or forced from him as it were, by the presence of the fair and more tasteful portion of his audience; they were however appropriate and well timed, and instead of wasting the time of the Court, or disturbing the gravity which ought to pervade a judicial assembly during so important an investigation, they served rather to enliven the spirits of his hearers and give new vigour to the fatigued attention of the bar and the bench."

Mr. Wirt's personal appearance is highly prepossessing, and his demeanour to the Court, the bar, and the various parties engaged in the cause, must have struck every spectator through the whole proceedings, as indicative of the manners and feelings of a gentleman. On the whole, the impression which this intelligent, eloquent and well bred son of the "ancient dominion" has made upon our citizens, is of the most favourable nature, and we hope he will return to his own state with the conviction, at least, that the inhabitants of this city have none of those local prejudices, which would withhold from a distinguished man any portion of that esteem and respect which is justly due to learning and talents, merely for the want of that geographical affinity to us, which in the eyes of some men, is the only title to praise."