The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-03-22
Earnestnssrs, is S.. in oratory1.' atto,-1''

I,.'" "nen kosspth was In this country, people
tsiked Of nothing but his magnetism. His ora as
tory certainly was wonderful, so, wonderful H..
deed, that cold, passionle4s men shed .ears H.,
he spoke at the Musical Fund Hall. tbougb ,bo
day before the dinner, and even the day ofter nor
they vowed themselves opposed to the interven., inter
,,on which he sought. We have known nearly
similar effects to be produced by John Mitchell
BOT the only only maagnetism which we have reeoe
niEed In either speaker Is the power Of an earnest
conviction. No man ever heard Kossutb sneot
without feeling that the soul of Che great Magyar
wns in all he .aid that he believed IN il rs bs
believed in his life that he was ready 70 do an
which he urged his hearers 70 do. An or,,or 81
'n'' h Kind f always communicates something Of his
own enthusiasm to the audience. Aud the wan.
OF this earnestness is the great defect Of modern
eloquence. - '''''l '.'"' H''T''-
This is noticeable. both at the bar and In the
pulpit, How often do what are called elegant
speakers lose their case, when comparatively a
plain spoken advocate on the other side wins (,
and this. not because his evidence is stronger
but because he has succeeded in convincing The
jury that he really believes his client In the riyb,
Its the fault Of being eloquent "by rule and
line o. being rhetorician, that IL gives an air
oil artifieality and insincerity to the orator
Everett could never produce the effects that
Webster or Clay did. simply from this fact.
though more correct and moro finished tban
either. Not Sunday passes that a critical an.
server cannot see how the influence Of the pulpit
Is impaired by the apparent want of earnestness
IN preachers. The use ofowrittsn sermons,
thoughfo be recommended on many accounts,
has the very serious disadvantage, that Ii, is nj
most impossible for q speaker TO discourse from
the manuscript and yet retain an air of earnest.
ness The most effective pulpit orators In all
ages have been those who either spoke extsmIpo... I.
raneously. or seemed TO do so, or when their ser.
mons We're committed to memory Much of the
power Of the early Methodists over their am.
dience is attributable to the earnestness .of their
belief In what they said. '-''''' ~ ~
We do not, wish TO be understood rs recon.
mendipg extemporaneous oratory, In the sense in
which that phrase is generally uuderstood---for
no man can make a speech, without having pre,
pared himself directly for it, or being 90 perfect.
ly eonversant With the subject as to I've able to
discourse from full mind. Demosthenes ALWAYS
carefully wrote out his orations, learned them
by heart and pronounced them with every aid
Va 'h'oh"ti"h hho gesture. Fi SEsttis So ral,
Even Chatham never rose to speak, execpt on
rare occasions, until he had turned the subject
over and over again in his mind and the excep-
tons were when he was reused by some mighty
stake when he was thoroughly master Of the
subject, and when he was called on to reply in
debate, Patrick Henry. .indolent as he seemed,
as he lonnged about or idly angled, was eontin-
ually thinking OF his cases. Perhaps the most
favorable, condition for oratory are Just when
the speaker rises with his mind full Of his sub
ject, his thoughts clearly arranged, and a few
salient and striking passages determined on, but
the general tone and language LEFT to take color
from the occasion. Such an orator has always
an air of earnestness. The Npulpit. espeeiaiIy,
might profit by 'eultivating. toa greater degree,
this style Of speaking - Phiioaeiphia Ledger u
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