The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-05-17
Eloqucnce-Povvcrrul Eloquence
From THE DEMOCRAT BANNER, ExrRAI

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Our young friend F. D. Tunnard
at Gambia College; puts US under q
( stress Of obligations for copy Of one
Of the most profound efforts of west
ern eloquence it has ever been our
, pleasure to see.
Obtusc, indeed must be the intel
lect, unwilling to admit, after reading
it, that the star Of eIoquence (another
name for empire) IS in the Vest
The Mount Vernon Democratic Ban
ncr, Extra, has the credit of present
ing to the admiring eve of man, this
gem Of the intellect-tbis J:'j1u of the
soul; set all over with diamonds of
thought, ION all sides polished, "pur.
posely to dazzle the sight and lead
the soul astray. The contest was be-
tween two literary societies.; the
Excelsior, " and the "Cyrilogian. I"
Mr.. +. Stuart ION behalf" of the
Excelsior led off with that inter-
esting subject, "Time, with a Sc
quence Of Events. A good "quex-
ton, inasmuch as It's susceptible Of
being brought to an end. 1t may be
turned off-closed down-in point of
fact, terminated at pleasure.
Mr.. Walter i. Siuons, followed
His subject was broad and expan-
sive one-one upon which the fluent
orator may revel. Twas nothing less
than the self-evideut proposition, that
Virtue will triumph" Simons gives
point blank evidence 0: the fact, in his
own captivating style, which certainly
must have brought dow.s lire house,
Take the following passage from him
In observing the pending crisis of
the world, and searching for theme
appropriate to the present occasion,
that most expressive one presents it. |
self" Virtue mill Triumph. a" This
has ever been dwelt upon as theme
Of peculiar interest Orators have
exhausted their spacious fund of roll ,
ing genius, in delireating the incom-
preheusible vicissitudes of Virtue
Wise and prudent philosophers, with
tacit interrogaiions, have levied upon
it the profoundest powers of the mind;
while the world, in anxious numbers,
attracted by inherent curiosity, turns
to it solicitous eye. Retrospectively
waiting our mental visions back upon
the stream Of time. all along the regu-
lar routine ofprovidential jurisdiction
we behold the approximate extrrmin-
atoms Of morality, the nefariously dia-
bolical javelins Of Satanic influence
maliciously hurled upon the jealous
of truth, the procrastinat-
ing comperendinations and the con-
gealing coagulations of the limpid
of eternal life, the somniferous
lethargy and stupefaction of the most
defenders Of justice, the
laundering volcanoes Of sin, exhaling
the stygian smoke and dark malaria
Of their subterranean cavities, pro-
jecting the fiery meteors of destruction
high into the moral atmosphere, while
the obstinate streams of melted lava
vehemently dash with furious prccipi-
lance, down the rugged preciplce, ef-
terminating. breaking down and over
the verdant forests which
'versprtad the volcanic slopes, ire ,
mediab!y bearing every vestige of
moral goodness from their respective
sweeping them down and i
them beneath the hetero-
,eneous agg-egations of concupis-
;ence and immortality below!
What have the eternal gods of
South Carolina, " to say now? After
'uch a figure Of spesch as the above ; :
We think that the mao who dares at.
empt another, should be throttled- :
gagged to cry hold :" and then made c