New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-01
CARLYLE on stump Speaking.

Given a general insincerity OF mind for seVe-
rnl generations you will certainly md the Iaker est
bshed in the place of honor; and the Doer' hidden IN
the Obscure crowd with activity amcd. or working sor
rowfuly forward on paths unworthy OF him. All men
are devouty PROSTATE worshipns the eloquent taker
and no man knows what q scandalous idol hers Out oi
whom in the mldest manner like cOmiortaole natural
rest comes mere asphyxa and death everlasting Fro
baby there Ia not Ia nature more dsuacIeu puanip
than your commonplace eloquent speaker ~ he iouhu
platforms IN pariAmen,s on henIucAy ssulnp' ..
tayern-dinnerf In windy, empty insincere tunes lke
ours The excellent 'SpmpOra,or a. our adm'iins
Yankee friends defne him, lie who IN any Occurreht ser
of Circumstances start forth mouatupon ms stump
his rOstTum tribune place IN parliament Oh other ready
elevation and pour forth from him his appropriate ex
celent speech, his Interpretation OF the sad circu
stances, in fuch manner ns poor windy nortals round
him shan cry bravo tohe Is NOT an ariisI can nuc1 az
nirc matters got Alas he IN general the windest
mortal OF them all and il admired for being so, INTO the
bargain. A mouthpicce Of Chaos to poor benighted
moitns that lend 10 him a. voice from Cosmos,
this excellent stumporator Oils me with einazemen;.
Not empty these musical wind utterances Of his they
are big with prophecy they announce too aahby to
me- that the end Of many things l. drawing nigh!
He who well considers, will find this same arr OF
speech moocrns have IL 10 be truly Astonishing
product Of tie Ages and the longer he considers ~ the
more astonishing and alarming. reckon II the saddest
Of ell the curses that lie heavy us. Words viii
not express what mfchicfs the misuse OF words has
done and is doing in these heavy laden generations
10 YOU want man Not 10 practice what he beheves,
ther encourage him 10 keep often speaking IN words
Livery time he speaks H. the tendency 70 DO II WIN gro"
less His empty speech Of whit he believes, VIII De
wearircss and sn affection the wise But do you
with his empty speech of Whist he believes 70 become
further insincere speech Of what he does not beeve
Celebrate TO Inn his gift Of speech assure him that ne
shn rie In Parliament hy mems OF H. and acheve Sfea'
things without any perfomsnce that eloquent speech
whether periC rmed not, i admirable. MY trends
eloquent unperformed speech, in Parlnnent OF else
where is horrible The eloquent man that delivers, IN
Parliament elsewhere, beautiful speech, and will
perform nothing OF IT, bat leaves il a. already per
ioimed-vhSt you make Of that man lie has en-
rolled himself among the Lsres Fa'Ei AMI Children Of
the Wind means &c serve, beautifully illuminated
Chnese Lantern in that corps henceiorth tnnk the
most serviceshle thing you could do that man. per
m!sslle would be severe enc To clip Of BIZ OF hs
eloquent tongue, by way OF penance and warning
another biz II be sgain spoke without performing and
90 sgsr "a you hsd elpt the whole tongue away from
Lin-Snd were delivered you and he from Il least one
miserable mockery There, eloquent friend see now
in silence If there he any redeeming deed IA thee; Of
blasphenous windeloquence, ST least we sna have no
morel
No r,and deer in this world can be cop;ous speaker
sbout l4 doings William the Silent spoke himself best
in country betsted; Oliver Cromwell did not -hine
in rhetoric; Gothic when he had but book in view,
found tLsi he must say nothing even OF that wa" ~
succeed with him.
And would you learn how to &C, mendse'ou'
thought there II recipe than carrying oOss
tongue The lying houghtyou already either have v
or WILL soon get IL by lAi Hctiou- hc wa "Vs -
bis very tongue he clearly enough has ceased TO thnk
Truly Ia hs mind How can the thought OF s1ca man
what be calls though; be other thEn .alsci
Alas the palpabe liar with his tongue does al ent
know that be IL lying and has might have some iainf
yes,ice OF reoTse and chance Of amendment but the
mpapshle liar whose tongue artrulates mere accepted
comnonplaces csnts and bsbblenleni, which mean
oniy admire me call excellent stump orator
CT him Whist hope u thereF His thought, what
thought he td lies dormant Inspired only to nvcnf vs
cables and Probabilities While the tor que goes 50 GLIB,
the thought Is absent, gone -atherns getting H
seH drugccd with the applause Hear, hear -whs'
will become OF srch Hi- IDLE thought has run
q, TO se and grown false and the giser OF Ii.es 10
the inner sht Of his mind i gone out ali his Light y
mere putridIfy and phosphorescene henoeiorth VINO
so,yef In auest OF ruin lei him. with assurance olDw
INST urnn; he u one, or il on the right road 20 II
BE not Public Oru,oT. thou brave young Brtssh nan
thou art now growing 10 be something no, stump
Ors,er if thou esnst helpt. There where thou ar
WORK work: whstsoever Ly hand nndeth to do do Il
vih he hand Of mar rot OF phantAn; be tnai ny
unpoticed bless edDess and exec ecins great r-wId
Thy words let them be lew, and well ordered Love
Hence rafher than speech in these tragic days wncu
Tor very spszkirg the voice Of man has fallen insrnce
late 10 man; and hearts in this loud bsbbne 81 sAr<
end dumb toward ore another
The cid are what they are, and VII not si'er o4'