The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-12-12

preparatory for tho proper endurance OF
tho recent political humiliation Of his par
ty. He, nevertheless, has record Of
speeches to his credit, and, although not
forward now in eloqucnce, yet he can
speak his mind anywhere, which, but for
that discipline, would find expression only
in type.
Next comes GEORGE R-D, who, when
VIC first opened the gate for words, as
tonishcd all by the utter " abandon" with
which hc went into the subject, and the
entire abandonment Of the subject, and
sacrificing relevancy for an onslaught
on the aristocracy Of wealth." or TO
sport tho wisdom and philosophy of
Zoroaster." All soon know that, 10 mat
ter what the subject or the occasion, these
two hobbies were logged in, and in the
order VIC have given them, always closing
with the "wisdom and philosophy of 10
rooster" He was cured of this propen-
sity, as far rs it was possible, by per-
sistent call for the question the moment
he got fairly astridc either hobby. His
disjointed and stammering sentences, as
he swerved from the subject and APP
preached for ride, and the ingenuity
displayed in "wringing in" his hatred of
"wealth," and admiration of "thc philos-
ophy" was source of much merriment,
but as unavoidable as pattern of consec.
utive reasoning as would be a page of
Webster's Unabridged. A tough subject
was he, but he graduated n good debater,
nor will he ever be troubled by acealM
or "the wisdom of Zoroaster."
GEORGE P, SO long the folorn hope
of rogues, eager to enlist his services to
plead their cause before Law and Justice
lie first began his ploadings before the
President Of our Lyceum. Those slow,
cautious, lank, witty, resistless PROPOSE
tons and arguments, so characteristic of
him now, first did measure strength upon
an affirmative or negative Of resolution
in our debates.
L. w. F., the fertile, exhaustless ad-
vocate Of republicanism, first strung ideas
together in speech, at the old school
house, upon the question of equal
Rights TO the Female Sex with those ac-
corded TO Males" and wound up his first
peroration by the startling proposition,
"Why, Mr.. PRESIDENT if il was not for
the female sex, tho world would become
depopulatedW The profundity of the
premise and its consequent conclusion
was overpowering, and he dropped to his
seat exhausted.
M. L. H, the equally fertile, ex-
haustless advocate of democracy, made
his first speech before President j. B.
w, who was seated on saw-horse, in
the old carpenter shop, the then place for
holding the Lyceum-question being the
comparative claims of the Indian and
Negro "for human sympathy"
Both of the last named have served
our county and district as Representa-
tives and Senators in tho State Legisla-
ture.
Then we are reminded of NJ. B. H, who
long before the conception of Republican
ism as distinct political .organization,was
faithful in presenting in all its hideous-
ness "tho sum of all villainies," and the
"wrongs of the slave" pleading the "God
given and unalienablo rights" of com
mon humanity, &c.
Always opposed TO him was w. II. p,
whose counter propositions wero univer-
sally "submitted to the President and
audience in all candor." This brace
however wero buds OF the law, if not
climbs" before they took part in tho Ly-
ceum. We venture tho statement that
their strength was first developed there,
and their present success as lawyers is in
tho main attributable to contests upon
cases at issue, in which there were no fees
accruing.
And II. P, whose perpetual antag-
onism with VIM. M. F., Jr., on Lyce-
um questions, might indicate cores
ponding oppositeness in other regards,
as humanitarians, and politically, how
ever, they were agreed, and each was
ready 10 rival the other in sustaining
"tho constitutions" the moment an
amendment was proposed, in order that