The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-01-21

The Grape-Shot Speech
Fubtic ss1tineaE saeaaa % much divided
ON the prospects % the next Presidency
thss IL would aPpsar Ike presumption fol
~ 70 attempt . prophecy at this early day
- to who viii b car uext chief nagis-
tEste. Bot We think THAT oar cotempops-
ries are overiookisg ono itsm in tho caicu-
lation which may iAAuenes tho whole
question, and the oversight Of which may
lead them al astray. We refer to the
Grape-sho Speech.
We all remember that beautiful and
burt piece OF eloquepee, " Give 'em little
more grape, Cap'n Bragg Can any living
man doubt that that speech put Gen. Tsy-
log in the Presidents chair, though, by the
way, he never made Is. Now, on top Of
this, let It be remembered that Gen. Emory,
In his famous speech 70 the two thousand
citizens, made much more extensive
grspe-shot speech than that. Gen. Taylor
referred to those persuasive little argu-
ments only once Emory introduced them
eome four times moro or less. Then Tay-
LOT said his little speech in quiet, half
timid sort Of way, while our candidate
rolled his out with waving arm snd fash
ing eye. Our orator know his business q
little better he know what was climax,
and how to cap it. He capped his with
blood-torrents OF blood.
Four times that brave and heroic little
band Of ono stood on the steps and told
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give them some grape-shot If they winked,
and, then, that be would give them little
moro erape-shot. Oh! the glory Of true
eloquence. Who can withstand the fiery
flow of sucli Iangnsgef Even the very
men whom he was Proposing to extermi-
nate cbeered him /; they eheered the gal
liant General-some say because they did
not understand him, Others, because they
thought he did not understand them, and
wanted to set him right-but We insist that
it was because Of his eloquenee. Ifgrape-
shot talk electeda President, why should
it not make a crowd applause.
There stood that grim and blood STAINED
old veteran, afraid of NO man, and he told
that crowd to their teeth-that crowd of
men who had come to him for protection,
and advice-shat he would disperse them
with grape-shot if they attempted TO in
timidate him, and then that, il they would
not keep quiet, he would quiet them with
some more grape-shos, and finally that, if
he got . chance, he would make the streets
If their city run with human blood. And
III che time that he was talking in this |
,olite and respectful way to these gentle
men and citizens he was NOT afraid, that |
rand and gloomy hero OF thousand
tricken fields.
And that assem6lage skunk OF finally, 40
vell they might. For did they not know
hat General Emory had large and
rowded cemetery Of his own where he
eneraliy buried his dead. Did they not I
the numberless battles in the late
,ar which be had fought and won over the
inner tablet When he talked Of blood
i'd they not feel in their souls that the old
soldier had practically seen
luch blood in the hospitalsf
They slurk away, but that will not pre-
emit the fame Of that grape-shot speech
ON eehoiDg and re-echoing over all this
'untry, until the plaudits of admiripg
illions shall by reclamation call the great
'ator to the Presidential Chair. There
az be base suggestions that the genius
hich thus breathed forth in sentiments of
g, was inspired by grape-juiee tferment-
~ But we scorn the insinuation and 4
all forever maintain that tho extraneous {
URGE Of valor and eloqsence ON the occa- {
On referred to was really corn juice. q