, 1866-02-24
ELOQCESCE AND ORATORS.


Ar. John B. Gorch lecturcd last evcuIu, To a
moderately good audience in Cros5y's Opera
House, On the subject Of Eloquence and ora!ors
discourse which le has On q previous OCCASION
delivered In this city. lie vas introduced to the
andtence % M By Georee n; Kimbark. Esq,, the Pres1-
c'iyed W11h The usual enthusiasm.
Me- AZ: S11En % xs1d !, might be aeeonned By many
With Hhieh be was 20 peculiarly Identified. lie
csclained any pretenuonsne-s on his past. lie did
not appear before them n professor OF elocution
science, and he did no. hope to br.as 9arNsri NJ an1
new stems on the eubject Of rhetoric. He had been
invited TO pretent few results OF his own
md he merely Intended 10 ofter Few | .usRe.;ions
IN the inject which might BE- taken for what they
Se5e worth. He reeounted few of the accepted
bell. II l. speaking in a manner TO persuade: i
y the science Of epeaKlug well it IL logic set On
mrs L great and feld spirit pouring itself out
and many things heaides. But no ono accepts IN.
other definition Of e1ooucnee without mobilization.
snb shsFe e. are gat assre.r Of op,nions on he
4uence. a.. for example, Demo6thenes appeared 70
Clcetu to be The prince OF orator. while 70 Others
iSn ne W. dsJ. aat. apd unavoidable. uoquence,
approximation might be made toward q trne under
Standing Of the science.
cecded to rive hte own definition OF elo1uence
MhIch he held 10 consist IN transmitting thouehfs
mo emotions from one mind to anoihef. When thle
end Of eloquenee L atane Whst Is neees.a1 'fe to
attain thlsf smooth, cssy fow OF utterapce h moi
eloqneuee. man nay convince the Judgment By
when be appcals to the moral part Of 1nans naturc
BY stirring appeals 10 The feelings, then be NAV lay
claim to cloqncnoe. Now tnan 1nust have some
trst requisite Of au orator Il that he ehall hsye
something to say. The orator IL an enthusiast in
u fha
Lu'heT and other Grrat leaders whose persuasive
1otdf have carried the human race forwarl IN the
as5 Sa spb Tns p1 0eF Of tss
representative o. the Supreme oEer, tho deiIyerer
OF = .pestace as God's anaha.s ,do.. --~.''
such WAS about the substance OF Mr. Couph's Lex.
lure hf eunSeYed Al nsefyalt, and amld al almost
endless stream OF anecdotes and rcminitccnces OF
a. OVID expcr1enc come Of which were illustrative
" to amuse his audltors Or hll up time lis asru-
men,-the substance Of his dIscourre-msy not h.
ariiy Be described = "two crslns Of wheat 10 two
foEnd tnep ihe5 ase not worth the search-''
sasSeae 1ae: sGoh ssa
snent Of the art. and for the direction Of public
speaker+ tn general. public speaker should be !
On any action passing event aud make use Of lie
.hould he reltforfetful lie should neser csrrs any
subject TO the speaker. He ebould he absorbed in
his iheme, as deeply absorbed =. he M. Cough,
WAS upon an OCCASION when he smashed bis hand |
in the nlddle OF temneranre 1ecfnra
He should be himself. and never attempt
70 inaita,e the Eestarrs pecrlfa.itIex Of other
men. Hi. Cough then gaye number OF sa1iricaI /
at1tns Of pnblic tecturrs. Scotch dlylnee, and
host Of speakers. all In the most good naturcd |
manner, and afterwards asserted that he himself
had never attsnoed pnhhc lecture in his life ex-
Cept unce in Exeter Hall tn heaf Df. Arnold or |
Glatgow. whom he rfdleuled By giving an Initiation
Of bis Scotch accent. The ret Of the lecture Vas
nnecuote upou anecdote. dragged in ueck apd |
heels, Enceeedng each other With astounding fap-
id.ty I'll! nearly teu o'clock, when he came 10 q
conclusion.
Mr. Gough vail lecture next Monday in Inc
Opera House. on - 1abit,&