Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-12

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soern Sligbfy aPsft, 4hd ne sound asnp
iiiasAI alat ftis SOW and sweet inslnusiihs 3
itsalef into the ,hrBiys es a. sfilpsa tune
nWinaiRg iiS5Eey thfauRh Tho deepest. re-
essses a65 TIE heart lliDa ih0p melody Of B
80 iHS SaHtstiop, while the speaker pro-
oeeds without g gesture OF The lossi signsl
Huf eSSiagsabut 70 tetf t6Pieoea the aFgu.
ier ~ 2, Il hisa me q away et hit
itadoha e. The froat bnioea the sun beam
EFOy OngaW65 surprised Hts logic was
ohsh brief ana 90 ldlhlhotlly i5lsRr, that
thsr rudast dpeasant oeuld understand 4
/ without en- efoFk 81. . haf3 li nisl'
Anon he gslns 70 the ds4lling, NIt of ,the
poet lawyer, Pike Then che onFls Of bis
iips grew sharper, his smooth face began
i 81 kindls .isn, and hie eyes 70 open--dire
and ddre8rY ne ilan ger, but vivid Rs light
huihC9 red as iGo gl0bosg as glazing as'tWih
Pindlt 6rsa. fhetWhola s56i MAS Ii his eye,
othe full heart stEeamed cat of his face. II
haTa ninrtts hike' VII seemed like team
6I f6lIy, and bis dhesl Hsdre horrible pro-
3Aily when compared with tls ininltablP
lbaliies and Misunderstanding sarcasm Of thb
tAtfk1s sef, in eiFpersed with issts end Rned-
Edatsg that 6llea the forum Rith Laughter.
Iil Then Wiihoue,somEoh as besIoWiRg an
hllQsi6H upon 3rehtss, ht turned arOuAa
shotf ct th pufi ilred Nitha5sss Of Hopsips,
pt01e their ,testimoAy into at5aas, and hurleq
into their faces such ihyecti3es 'that 81
trembled as win hgue, aid Two Of them ao-
tualrF fs2 inldismRy from tae court house
uThe excitement Of the crowd was beoomE
lug tEemendouH Their united life anS
Z ..,-Y s-.,.,,a A. Lr.,s- ,,r,u str t,.urs :, Z,
ton que 6f t5e stfaagef.7 BE inspired them
aith ne power Of his own passions. BE
saturated them with the pnison Of his own
nslieioua feelings He seemed % have
i-siblen grss long Hidden seeret of sts
itra0tioR. He EaBthe sun,to the sea Of sA
Shoughs shd emotion, which s6se and fell
al d t6ile6 In the billoWs as he chose, But
bis greatest triumph was 10 come,
Bis eyes began to glance furtively st the
assassin Hopkins, as his lean taper hngerf
assumed the same direction, Hs hemmeq
the wretch with oiruumFsllati0n Of stront
evidence and iupregnable argument, cut
] ting of q hope of es6aPea5sr AZ
he piled up large b8stions Of insuIE
m6uEtabl6 fasts. BE dug beneAth tho muir
dersr ana slsnderer's feet ditehes Of df
ismmas sueh Gs no sophistry could over
leap, and n0'seorets pf ingenuity eyades
and thus having, hs one might sGy, i'm
pounded hia victim, and girt him sbou'
Ike q scorpion in circle Of FIRE, he strip
PED himself TO the work Of massacre.
f3, Oh then 4 Wes vision both glorious
and dreadful to behold the orator. Hiseo
tions, before graceful as the wares Of
golden willow IN the breeze, grew Smpetu
Gus. ss the motion Of an oak in huFri
: His voice became trumpet filed Will
} Wild Whirlpools desfeiing the ear with thl
crashes Of power, and yet intermiaglint
] 1 sli the while With Q sweet undersong q
J the a0ftest cadence. HiE face vas as re.
ss drunkeFdi is-his forehead glOWed uk.
8 heated furnace, his countensnoe WAS bag
gard like that Of maniac and ever anG
anon he flung his long and bony arms on
high as Il he we're grasping after thunder
bolts. 5u.a5 SIMS
Re drew Q picture Of murder In such sp
/ pailing oOlOrs that III comparison he'll II
self might be considered beautiful Hl
Ispaintsd tie slandsrer 90 black that the SUI
seemed deFk at noondsy, when shining q
lsVoh an sOCurssd monster, and then fxinl
both portraits on The shFinking Hopkins
he fastened them there forever. The agi
tation Of the audience amounted almost Z
4.nadneBa ~ Q ir @
. All at once tie speaker descended from
his psrilous height. His voice walled on
for the murdered deed and liRingAth
beautiful Mary, mo r. beautiful every mo
ment as her tears flowed fsster-ti1 81
Hept and sObbed like children.
He closed By q strange exhortation 70 hl
jIry, and through them to the bystanders
Sc advised the panel after they should
bring o verdict for the plaintiff; not 70 Of
fer violence to the defendant. however rich
y he might deserve it, in other words, moi
to lynch the villain, bat TO leave his pun
ishment with God. {
This Ws8 the most eFtful trick Of ell
and the best oaloulAted 70 insure ven
ge5nee. fs- n-..a.-- t.fl-i veuSe1
: The jury rendered 8 verdict Of twenty
Thousand dollars, and the night afterwards
\ Hopkins was taken out Of bis bed BY lynch
ers, and beaten almost to desth.
As the court adjourned the stranger
made known his name, and called the at-
9ention Of the public with the snnoUnce-
ment.--a John Taylor viii preach THE eve
3 ming at early candle light" il-
The crowd ell turned ont s1d Tsylor's
I. service eouslled fit did not surpsGs the
splendor Of his forensic effort. This isnoi
exsggeratipD.- have listened 10 Clay,
Webster and Calhoun-zto Dewey, Tyng
and BsscOm--but never heard snything IN
the fern Of sublime words even remotely
spproximsting to the sloquenca Of John
Taylor-massivee es . mountain-shd Wild
lly 9usbing as 3 cataract Of IRE. p And that
is the opinion Of all who have heard this
maFvellous man.