The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-04
arlYle on stump Speaking.

Given geeral insincerity OF mind Tor several genera
lions YOU wi certainly find the alker established in the
Lace of honr; and The doer, hidden in the obscure
crowd with stivy lanned, or working sorrowiuy for
ward on palhsInworthy OF him. All men are deyouiiy
pro.lrate, worhpping the eloquent ialker; and
knows what acandaous idol heis. Out OF whom IN the
;dsst manneilke comfortable, natural rest mere
asphyxia and oath everlasting Probably there is not
in Nature nor distracted phanasm than your common
place eloquent seaker as he is found on platforms, in
naramens, on Kentucky stumps al laveIn-1nners, IN
windy, empty isincee lines like ours. The excellent
" stump orator. as our admlring Yankee friends define
him-be who any occuIrent set OF circumstances, can
start forth. mouI upon his stump MS Postum. tribune.
Mace in ParaTnl, other ready elevation, and pour
forth from hmis appropriate, excellent speech ms
interpretation oihe said circumstances, IN such manner
as poor windy rrtas round him shall cry bravo o-he
"a no, an artist IN much admire, matters go Alas,
he il in general windes mortal OF them all; and Is
admired for beneso, into the bargain mouth piece
Of Chaos 10 poor nghled morals that lend ear TO him
q voice from Cos0s this excellent stump orator fills me
with Not empty, these musical wind utter
anses Of his they're big with prophecy they announce
too audbly at the end OF many things is drawing
nigh! = -. .;u ga ~ e
as we modns have il, to be truly astonishing
oduct of The Ages and the longer he considers Il the
more astonishing a. alarming. reckon II me sada .I
No, expess what mihies the misuse OF words has done
and d doing in thesbeavy laden generations
Do you want M not TO practise what he believes
then encourage him, keep often speaking il in words
Every time he speakt the tendency TO do it will grow
Las His empty spch of what he believes will be
WEAKNESS and an aHtion TO the wise man. But do you
,yish his empty spea OF what he believes to become
fnrher an nsncere eech OF what he does not believe
Celebrate 10 him his OF speech assure him that be
anal rise in Parliamt by means OF H. and achieve great
things without any IiorHance That eloquent speech,
wh.Iher performed not, is admirable. My friends,
eioouent unperformetspeech in Parliament or else
where, is horrible re eloquent man that delivers,
in Parliament ese.ere, beautiful speech, and Will
neIiorm sohing OF IL. leaves already perform
ed-what can you mahof that man He mas enrolled
himself among the tgnatui and Children of the Wind
means TO serve, as aesu,iiully illuminated Chinese
lantern, in that corps hcefonh think the Most ser
yiceable thing you COT do that man, etmisoDie,
would be a severe one . dip 1T Bit OF IS eloquent
tongue by way of penae and warning another bi', il
he again spoke notwithstanding and so again, till
YOU had clipt the whoe,ngue away from him, and
were delivered, you and from al least one miserable
mockey: There, elosu' friend, see now in silence If
there be any redeem'ng I'd in thee; OF blasphemous
wind eloquence. at least, sshall have more !"
No grand doer in this WI can be a copous speaker
abou, 6is doings Wiliame Silent spoke himself best
in conntry liberated; OvCromweil did not shine in
rhetoric Geihe when he but book in view, found
that he must say nothing e. OF that, if i, to sue
coed with him.
And would you learn how get mendacous thought,
there is no surer recipe thu carrying loose tongue
The lying lhought-you alre either have it. or will
tongue he clearly enough haeased to think truly in
his mind. How can the ihougof such an-wha he
calls thought--be other than 10
Alas! the palpeble liar willis tongue does at least
know that he is lying, and or might have, some
aiat yestize OF remorse and clce of amend nent but
The impslpable liar, whose tote articuates mere ac-
cepted commonplace, cants, babblement, which
mean only F." Admire me, call mn excelen, stump ora.
Tor !"--of him what hope is the His thought--what
thought he bad-lies dormant, iIred only to invent
cables and pausibilities; while tongue goes Glib,
the thought is absent gone wtgaberiDg; getting IL
self drugged with the applause AZ, hear r'-what will
become Of such man His ldleought has run all 10
seed and grown false and the OF falsilies TO the
inner light OF his mind ia gone on all his light is
putridy and phosphorescence heforth. Whosoever
in quest OF ruin, let him, WIN surance, follow that
man he s one, or Is on the ngnhd to il.
Be not public orator, thou bravoung British man
thou art now growing TO be somet-no, stump ora
tor If thou canst help II. There Are thou art work,
work Whatsoever thy hand hndiio do, do it-with
the hand of a man, not OF phanh; be that thy I'M
noticed blessedDess and exceedinseat reward. Thy
words, le, them be few, and well Old. Love silence
rather than speech 10 these tragic s. when, for very
speaking, the voice oil man has 81 inariicuate TO
man, and hearts, in this loud babi, sit dark and
dumb toward one another.
The old are what they are, and not alter t; our
hope is in you--Englands hope, and word's is that
there may once more be millions such iead OF units as
now. Macis: fausie peds. And IN failure genera
tons, acquainted again WIN the siient and more
cognzant OF what IS noble ana AL and divine,
look back on us win pily ana lhcHous asionish-
rnent