The New York herald., 1863-11-21
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rho OrattODs or Ieverete and Beecber-
Iiiik and Water and opbtstopl,eirss
We published yesterday two very important
oratons- that Of Edward Everett. on tho battle
Geld Of Gettysburg, and That Of Ward Beecher,
AT the Brooklyn Academy Both Of these
orators bad great Iects upon which 10 speak
Mr. Everetps duty wss 90 do honor TO The heroic ,
dead in the name OF patriotic people MIR
Beecher undertook 60 tell VA what sentiments tbo
lcngiah entertained towards tina country. and
who were our frtcpds and who our foes IN
that land Of bypocritica neutrality Mr..
Everett proved almost utterly inadequate TO
the occasion. although b's sentences were as
smooth as satip and bs metaphors ~ cbe,ie az
snow. Mr. BeeoSer. aided by Satanic IN
6uences. made the best speech he haa ever de-
and convinced his admirers amoog whom we
may be c'assed. that che Devil has not deserted
bin. and probably never wil, TO coaJense our
opinion OF these two speeches intO a siogie
sentence, We may say that Mr. Everctts orston
was milk and water. aud that Ms. Beecbe,,s
GRAFTON was worthy Of Mephislorheles
A grader theme than that stth wd;ch Mr..
Everett had 10 des; oevee fef TO che tot Of
the most fortunate Of orators. Ue wss expect
cd to do homage TO brave mca. upon the very
spot where they had sscriicsd their fives fos
their country. ard 30 preach the funera! sermon
over heroes whose rena,ns had not yet mould
cred into dust. 60 All audience composed OF the
friends, relatives and couDirymcn Of the illus
trious dead aad from pulpit around which
tic evidences al the immortal. con1ict are still
strewn as they wese 'eit at th. close Of The bat
Tie. Place Greek orator upon the plaine Of
Marathon, oc an isnns ish orator upon the Geld
o; Waterloo. o. al American orasor upoa
Hia.ser tlll. sa1 he woiid ba inspired 10 trans
ceadrut e.o4 irnce. But sicn IA orator Gouid
haze 10 imagine mgch. He would have to
transport hj,aactf aad his s.deDcr back TO the
pe.ici o. an,cl he spoaa. He would have
TO cloae VITA Aesh aud blood the shadow
tosms OF heroes aaknown 10 h.m aad 10 his
hearers. He wp,,ld haye to coaceiye and de-
scribe how t,e place OF action appesred on
toat day winch had made il iitlstsioas. Then,
after al. tb., labos. oe might begin to fee.
that sympa;hy vita his subject aad his au
dience which il the ALOHA and tle omega Of
truc cioqoence.
Edward Evcret. had 40 snci preliminary
task a. ,hjs. Tho heroes no had TO eaiogi>c
we've heroes o; ,as p,eseat. Their icons lag
before him. no. !ye; m;nged vita the oou,moa
dust. aad scarcely vel separated From lie. Oa
every haad weT, traces OF tae c0a'i;c; la whcn
they bore 80 coaapicao.s part. He addressed
sOmc OF The comrades a1d many Of tas ec'a-
tivcy OF Tue so,diess oi wh"m he spoke. Every
poss1;c accessory, from the uewiy made s;ayes
10 the ma,>s OF the caaaoa saos. assisted to
move and warm the hear, Stal Edward
.lvesetis little heart beat as calmly as walct
ticks. lie had wsittca his essay in his library,
aud he said tina, which he had written. A little
bit o. ancieat history. little bi, o; Eagiish
history and q little bi, OF American history
were daintily mixed together. Pretty phrases
about Per;cles were accompanied BY eqaa,iy
pretty phrases about JEFF. Davis. Aa Inaccurate
account OF the battle gave occasion for kindly
little puff, OF Hooker aud Meade. when. as
every one knows, Gettysburg was a soldiers
battle won no. by Meades gcnera.ship, but
by the privaies aud tho corps commanders.
Then came q dissertation upon the causes
aud excuses OF the rebellion, and Thea few
scraps OF history. and then-just as every one
WAS wondering whether this discursive aud
disconnected rigmaro,e was iaterminablc -
there was sudden end OF it, amid general
sighs of relief Seldom has a mau talked 40
long aud said 20 little. He told us nothing
about the dead heroes, nothing Of their for
mer deeds, nothing of The slories they achieved
before they Tell. like conquerors, before that
greater coaqucror. Death. lie gave us p,cnty
OF words, bul no hept. Ills flowers OF r.,e
oric were as beautiful and ~ scentcss sad ss
lileless as wax dowers His style was as clear
and a. cold a. Crotoa ice. lie talked like
historian. OF an encyclopedias, or an essayist.
but not like an orator. he ha, produced not
u great grafton, but great disappointment
II is uot necessary TO compare this oratori-
cal wet blanket with such giants ss Webster
lie seems dwarf,h eyea when compared to
Ward Bcecher. liz lact, Beecher aad Wcndell
Phillips are the only two orators OF whom New
England may now boast. Phillips can arouse
more enthusiasm over old Joha Brova
or 1ou-.ant L'Ouvcriure thaa Everett
over = l.ousand noble patriots What
i;eccher can do be has shown us By
his speech oa Thursday evening There
wa nothing particularly inspiring ia his sub
rcl; ior he had only 10 relate what he had seen
aud thought Of Englsgd; but still his subject
was good one. because we happen at present
to be considerably interested in regard TO our
ioreisn relations. satan, who has made
Beechcr capital orator, kept him from the
faults OF crctmlocution aud tediousncss.
! Bcecher did not talk like guide book, nor did
he improve the occasion to give us an elabo-
rate history Of the rise and progress. statistics
I and finances, OF every city and town he had
1 visited during his tour That is Everetts
/ style OF pstchworsing an ors,ion; but il is not
Beeeber's. lie proceeded at once to the heart
OF his subject, which turned out to be the heart
| Of Englsnd This, he declared, was true to the