National Republican., 1873-02-11

love Of God and hatred Of sin. lie can depict
the stupendous aud appalling truth that the
saviour from the most high Throne descended,
ano mere on earth assumed the form OF fallen
man, and for him
DIEp ON CROSS
IKE malefactOr. lie can startle and awe-strike
his hearers as he descants on the terrible Justice
e o. the m Amlghty % 10 hurllng from Heaven Lncfer
mighty waters--shadows Of the coming OF the
awful day for which all other days are made. lie
can roll back the sky as a scroll, and, ascending
seraphlc voices, tuned TO celestial harmony, sing
their canticles OF praise. lie can dive Into
THE DEPTHs oF HELL,
and depict the bowling and Rnasnng Of teeth Of
the damned chained In Its flaming CaveTns ever
burning yet never consumed. lie can, IN a word,
IN Imagination, assume the sublime attributes Of
the Deity, and, as the supreme merry and good
ness, make tears Of Contrtlon start and stream
from every eye; or, armed with the dread pre-
rogatlyes Of the inexOrabe Judge, with the
until sinners sink on their knees and quail as
Felix qualed before ~. Paul.
The speaker passed over the field the lawyers
hive, and gave an admirable dramatic picture Of
the speeches OF Brutus AMI Marc Antony In
IHsars funeral, aud sald:
TnE MODELS oF lNERrCis noQrgNcg
az drawn from speeches made In Congress, aud
though the republic Is yet young she haa pre-
duCed as splendid parliamentary speeches "a can
But the
are gone forever. u " not Improbable that the
teeuiing future may give birth TO those whose
Respondent genius Will deSeTvcdly rank them
among the ifnmortals Of the past. hut In these
latter days there has arisen power
NIdHrlER TuAS AN ARMY OF ORLrURs;
q power that has destroyed their influence,
lwarfed their genius aud lowered them to the
level OF ordinary murtnlS power that can ban.
lsh Kings, destroy dynastics, revoutlOnize 10 .
ernmcnts, cnibrOll nations In triumphant or
disastrous wars and Tor good or IN changing the
aspect Uf the civilized word. The glory Of the
orator sank when
rig PRINTING rREss ARosR.
The orator at best can speak TO thousands; the
press TO hundreds OF thousands. The orator
speaks rarely-the press every day. The speech
dies with the sounds that gave u 6lrth-the press
ives forever on the lmperishablc page. Let us
hope that the press may be
fAIrHfuL AND rlRE
devoted to truth, right, Justice, freedom, aud
virtue, u, the orators have been. n the press
gloat In licentlOusness u II stOOp TO strike the
private man, II Y expose TO the public gaze the
sacred privacy Of homes, II 1t violate all dccency
In thrustlng gentle woman TO the gossip Of the
town, II II catches at Idle rumOr or cnVlOus
tongue To mallRn the innocent, II II can he hTibed
TO suppress the truth or circulate the false, II II
shield the public wrOng-doer or denouncc the
faithful public servant, u II pander to the base
preJudices and passions OF the pOpulace, then we
may gTieve that this great engine should worg
suca mischief In society. u, on the other hand
ms MISSION M
to dlsscmlnnls Intelligence anl truth, to educate
the masses TO be faithful to their country ant
Just TO their fcllOw-inan, to expose with an un
sparlnI hand 10 public cxccratlOn the corrupt
legislator or the uulust Judge; II II be hOnestl,
Independent, instead OF timidly neutral, In al
that concerns the city and state; II II lit ut
in2lcst anl true worth, anl hurl down bTazef
infamy; u all IT, aims he the public good, the
honor OF the nation, All the glory OF Dol, then
we may well h, TcrJncCl that the lAy4 Of ora.
tory are over.