The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-29
Brick ON a stump.

Brick Pomeroy made q speech to the dem
ocrats at Dunkirk the other day, which we give
elsewhere, and which is especially notable for
the contrast it affords to political speeches gen.
orally, whether delivered from the stump, the
floor Of the House or the pulpit. It is 50
quantity simple in its style-so natural, direct
and plain-that it is at once funny and forci-
BILE; for while it must have, through its plain
statement of political points, convincing effect
on many minds, the manner of telling story
by anecdotes is always essentially comical.
Brick tells stories. They are not such good
stories as President Lincoln used to tell, have
not the same point, and are nothing like 30
well adjusted in the argument; but we cannot
but fancy, in view of Bricks stories, that If he
had known Lincoln they would have gotten on
very well together, and Brick might have been
saved doing himself the harm he has done by
certain of his utterances. Note as APPOINT of
their possible congeniality the phrase that
Pomeroy let's fall as to their agreement on the
great tune Of "Dixie."
1t is good popularity of Pomeroys ora
tory that he takes nothing for granted. He
lays his own foundation. Other orators as
sumo that the people have general idea Of
the party position. Republicans credit their
hearers with faith in the republican idea.
Democrats credit theirs with faith in the demo-
cratic view. Brick does not go on credit at
all, but pays cash down, tells his own story of
the war and its genesis simply and clearly, and
then tells the people what they ought to do.
He does not even go into the political diatribes
of the party orators who labor their vitals
away convicting each other of falsehood. He
puts himself on level with the workngman
and draws his argument all from the obvious
facts of the workingman's position. He takes
the oppressed condition of the workingman as
the natural basis Of the political fight, and de-
velops that in all possible phases and forms. This
Is something the people understand and Of
which they want more. It Is true popular
oratory. One of their number, standing in the
centre Of an eager group explaining to his fell
lows the political harangue of one of the broad
cloth, hifalutin speakers, could hardly hit
the very point Of the workingman's percep-
ton better than Brick does.
The Revenue InvestigatiOn-Judge Fuilcrtou.
The investigation now going on with refer
cnce to the whiskey frauds Is likely to prove
one of the most remarkable disclosures of
modern times. President Johnson is evidently
going to probe the action of the "whiskey
rings to the bottom. His radical enemies have
been charging him with all kinds Of completely
in this business, and Mr.. Johnson appears to
be determined to set the matter square with
them by elciting all the facts through the ju-
dicial inquiry now in progress before United
States Commissioner Guttman. For this pur-
pose, as we already know, he has placed the
matter in the hands Of Mr.. Buckley and Mr..
Fullerton, and the case Is therefore being con-
Quoted on an independent basis, without re-
gard to the routine services of district attor-
neys or other officials who may or may not be
interested in the questions before the court.
Mr.. Fullerton, like Mr.. Buckley, is from
Ohio. His first legal acquaintance with New
| York, we believe, can be traced to q suit In
| one of the courts out West in which he was
opposed to Charles O'Conor, and by the able
management of his case obtained a verdict for
his clients against the advocacy of that distin-
guished New York lawyer. Mr.. O'Conor, with
sagacity and mssnanimity peculiar to him,
| took the nan who had defeated him by the
| beld, represented to him that talents
| like his could find their best field
in New York, and finally succeeded in
making him partner in his business here.
Tnis was some years ago, but though the part
nership has ceased to exist the prescence Of
Mr. O'Conor is sustained by the career Of Mr..
| Fullerton, who is only second in legal
knowledge to the acknowledged 'Father Of
| the Bar" himself
| This is the man who, in connection with Mr..