The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-04


beth's words lust previous to his assass;na.
ton of old King Duncan, it will at once he
seen that il was in strict accordance with
the part he plays in the piece that the clown
of the impeachment trial should quote them.
But why not continue the quotation, Mr.
Clown, thus:
"If the assassination
Could trammel up the consequences, and catch,
With bis surease, success ; thatbu this blow
Might be the be-ali and the end-all here;
Then, here upon this bank and shoal of time,
Wed jump the life to come. But, in these cases,
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor. This even handed JUS
Commends the ingredisnts of cur poisoned Ohalios
| kss 81 have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself,
And falls, on the other side
As grand dinner givenby a leading sena.
tor, at his residence here, one day last week,
| the question of"Who wrote Logan's speech?'
came I'D for discussion aud settlement,-for
YOUR readers must be informed that no one
here believes Logan capable of constructing
or writing legal argument of any kind. Ii
was finally concluded that the first part of
| the speech, comprising about two columns
| of the Globe, and which contains Logan 8
| very appropriate quotations, and those strik-
| ing figures of speech which are calculated to
snake your flesh creep, sir, was written by
the doughty commander Of the @. A. r. him.
self The remainder, in view of the guano
island of Alta Vels business, and Logan S
connection Herewith and interest therein,
were pronounced, at said dinner, 20 have
been furnished BY the Hon. jeremiah s.
Black. But can scarcely think that Mr..
| Blacks treachery to the president would de-
scend to such humiliating depths as this.
howevef, subsequentlyinquiredo fs gentleman
| who seems to know all about how the speech
| was gotten up. il Mr.. Black wrote il. His
answer was "Well, tour or FIVE persons
had hand in it,"
And writing about getting up speeches in
this way reminds me of a story told on
John A. Logan, during his stumping tour in
Ohio, which throws some light upon the
mode in which such orators as the grand
commander of the G. A. r. get up thos'
impassioned political appeals which lssf
into partizan frenzy, and nerve TO fresh as
ssults upon the constitution and the Union
the masses of the so called party of God ant
humanity John had arrived at a certain
large city in the state, and was TO be called
out that evening for q speech, By the united
posts of the G. A. r. The point was ar
important one, the occasion imposing, anG
the commander desired TO be peculiarly ef
fective. So be sent for gentleman con
nected with the press of the place, and
whose contributions to the public journal!
have been universally read in the northwest
After informing the gentleman what kind o
q speech he wanted, as TO length, effective
ness, etc, the general particularly requested
that it should be interspersed with poetics
!. quotations; for. said he, an, I'm bel
on poetry" "Now NJ continued he
ain the FIRST place l want to quote that line
I'm id to h--l if / know who wrote il
but it reads: "Thick as leaves in the vale o
valambrosis." Why said the youthful
Bohemian, "Thick as leaves in the vale o
. Valambrosia, is nonsense. Valambrosi.
means a vale" "0h, d-n it, NJ SAT
Logan, "you can't fool me; / know better
: Put it down as l want it." 81 won't do IL
says NJ. "Do you want me to make
I id fool of you? If write it as you wan
, it, the democratic papers will joke you Il
. morrow. Now, let me give you the Who'll
| quotation, and then you can make fin
. thing oft. Here IT is
4 sThick as autunna nj leaves that s.rew the brook,
, In ValsmbrosiA where the Etrurian shades
. High overarched embower."
> That's 6ne!" said John; ''but I neve
q could remember it all. I'll tell you, though
. what you can do. Put it in the printe
1 speech. 1t viii read elegant, and the d
q barefoot fools won't know but that deh'
i cred it. Stick it in, NJ"
II This is the way Logan and many o;he
), political leaders make their speeches. The
Z get some talented Bohemian TO write then
. and then murder them in the delivery
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