Canton herald., 1837-11-05
TOWERING ELOQUENCEl
A renorttd speech ot w. o

TepuIVtu sHttCH VI Nst' - -
Of Octibbeha, Van Buren candidate
for a seat in the Legislature--a man
Of talents and "toweTing" intellect;
bright and luminous In discourse; of
eloquence like the rushing sound of a
null race. 40, but he is screamer."
Mississippi Star.
"Feler Citizens; Here am ris up
on this bench TO address you all on
subjects about which the most tower.
ing, smartest men may well differ
Just as stand here, elevated above
all of you, between the blue vaul, OF
Heaven above, and the round earth
beneath, (but ! never believed in that.)
so that can see over the top of all
your heads, Just so want to be ele-
waited in that last day, when | shall
have my trial along with these other
men who are a going to speak as soon
as git done speaking, and that great
Judgment seat, the ballot box. But
|, gentlemen and ieller citizens, seeing
. that it is waxing late in the day and
night will overtake us aiore long,
!. don't think | would be treating some
of you who have long ways to &C
| home, so mighty well if was to take
!. time to explain to you all of my Other
!. sentiments. But gentlemen and tellel
h citizens, see from the cut OF your eye
o that you want me to proceed on. Eel
!. Ter citizens, when | see thing | se'
~ it; and, feller citizens, when know
: a thing knowit. Folks are making
r an almighty fuss about banks. Now
j. like to hear folks talk about slch thing
IL as they know. ! am equlvocalIy ol
lie posed to "shin plasters." Yes gel
no tlemen, am proud to say can see
nd fur through milestone as the most
,e; my honored opponents. But | migI
Of 90 on until the sun hath sunk to res
Of and was slumbering on his couch, al
still might be heard speaking. Ge
N. tIemen, | am free to confess that ! n
as an ignorant man, and never w
by thought by other folks to be a vel
Of bright chap; but recollect that 1t TAX
,ct a wise man to know himself foe
Ter If feIIer citizens, you elect me, Vt
,av shall be served as nobody was CIV
nor served before. Feller citizens, sen
of Il have been candidate there are sol
men who think themselves an almigh
,ve sight smarter than me, keep axlng
1lic what are my raal sentiments ab'
.ed one old Nick Biddle's Bank. Gent
men, what do we care about iurl
II; parts! So Nick Biddle don't pes
az. us we oughtn't to poster him.
the feler citizens, am Jackson up to
hub; whole hog, tail an all.
I. At the conclusion of the last
tence, there was such a burst of c
e. tlnued applause that the remamde
this far famed speech could not
that heard by the reporter. Such is
,ten power of eloquence."
has A speech, similar to the above
liars said to have been delivered lateI
ting Madison county, py MI f n' Ir'u,'o Co,,n,
nde. a Van buren cahd'uaLc 'o' ~ .r,'.
hem of Mississippi, but with this ditiere
how that his eloquence was so overwh
bank ing. the trees Of the forest are
, we still to be heard echoing back
MING, thrilling notes, in accents deep
efore sulIen, as the roar of the cataract
fleet leaps from the rugged heights OF
.oaSt st. Lawrence into the awful a
Bras, called" Niagara. Port Gibson 81
Yu- erner.
res Of
efore We have heard some iu''o1S r =.
,,,;lI ,;nc n naval enpapement of Ga