Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-01
ssNAroR sAYARD.

"a
,,..,.d to read the following very handsome
.,;,,.ut paid to one Of our distinguished fel-
.:,;,.o. which we find going the rounds of
..,h.nsvs, aud We therefore express our own
.,. Al beins able to lay it before our readers
The Decay Of Eioqusnce.
.,,;tioal writers OF the English weekly press.
'"s;ns the hint OF a suggestive article in the
s.,.ri, Rev,ew, have been dsbatiny the ques
i he decline OF eloquence. There are d1ubt-
~. aides to this controversy. Eoquence Is
"s.t h wis before the telegraph. the reporter.
,hs sQht-paged newspaper, with abundant
..m.nts. Members OF Congress and Of Par
~, An better afford to talk to their hundreds
.I"...n Ia of constituents than to the few mat
~. Asks ani benches around them, and
.s.nnbs hs, grown to be gigantic real pre-
". .hile controversial conviction is myth
i = shstow But still If that be eloquence
IN ss,zs, upon the OCCASION and the moment
"mhoiy in forceful and impressive words the
lin, and the faith Of the orators heart, it is
vt dead thing, either in Parliament or in
,,s~. The earnest protest OF Judge Thur
~ IN the Senate, in repuke OF the Radical at
~ Il a coup d etat threw even the wsll-driIed
Il. ~ tho caucus ilto confusion. The sturdy
-, of Trumbul and the tremendous facts OF
Aa,s Arrested revolution i'll the Senate, and
I'M up q purity in the country, while even the
E.ssntc Sumner, appealing to truth and to JUS
4. rvs aos to restrain all unwilling Congress
M adjournment for whole fortnight.
4 B. wever, to Senator B.yard that we must
..r the credit OF Que of the finest flights OF elo-
[,.snce o TINS Congress real burst OF that pas
xoo,te avid spirit, that seua indignatio and
,.nly he.rt.swelliny protest VIII ch some men
.Nll remember, from the days when the giants
~, rule in the Senate, and their rising "was
- sound Of thunder heard remote" In the
eoucA n, and fervsnt peroratlon Of h,s mastsrly
Ya.Klux speech. Mr. Btyard took occasion to
rasr 10 the ignobe charges Of Senator Pratt, that
IN rsbss giorii.d in their "crlms, honorsd those
~ fought, and p aid to the graves of those who
isl the tribute Of sacred tears and grateful aow-
1Ysa Mr. President" said the man whom Del
sv,.s 10 proud to have given to an appreciative
couutry, .yes, Mr. President, should 1t ever come
b psss that the graves Of the Southern dead
sbould be neglected by their kindred. kind nature
|NnlSR VifI take their place, and the Southern
sas.h in which the lead sleep will yield it, lilies
md its daisies to wreath their places Of rest. and
the soft winds of the South will gently wave the
ras above them, and the dews of the starry
aight will keep grass and flowers fresh in the
asnory Of her brave children who died in defence
h the soil which now CONTAINS them"
Tnis is true eioqusnce. softer and less clarion
tonsd, o becomes Its more sub iusd theme, but a.
truly eloqucnce as Osmosthenes's mighty protes
and AdjurAtion by the souls of those who died a
4wsthon and Solamis. Like all real oratory. like
IL noble and exalted feeling, it Is founded OF
truth and right reason, and soars as high abov'
vulsCexpediency and the sordld self-dsnial IL
Which Pratt would have thase brave unhapp!
people wrap themselves up. a. the Audean con.
do1s flight Is above the dungbeetle's. For. q
H. Bayard iai naatly remarked: "Why can
b that mind can be 20 darksned by prejudic
aad party spirit as to forget the very echoes o
human nature itself3 II these people did no
wssp over their loved and their lost, they woul
y somthing more or less than hum An; muc
nom likely less than more" The very spir
Which Mr.. Pratt chiefly sees fit to condemn in tn
Soethe N he ,rt is that which most ennobes them
aed The qualities for which he would have thss
nl rpulistsi. still cast out, trampled dow
~ psrsecuted. are those which should Undue
eesasFous adversary not merely to forgive then
see merely to be proud Of them. but to seek. b
ne'ptocal gensrosities and tho overflow of greI
enaiihsa, 10 'grapols them to his heart wi,
A'oks ot stse! y Washington Patr,oet.