National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-24
"NOW AND THEM"
JOHN B. COUGHS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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JOHN B. COUGHS NIGHT.
Within the present week the platform of Lin
coin hall has been graeed by the presence, on sue
cessive evenings, Of three peculiarly though va
riously gifted lecturers, and citizens and so]ourn
ers have had the opportunity of listening to rep
resentatiyes of different schools of oratory. on
Wednesday evening q largo auditory was 1eiu
spell-bound by the silvcry tones OF the ponsheu
clocutionist, Dan Dougherty, Of Philadelphia; OF
Thursday night the surging masses OF peopietp n
tested the full capacity of Lincoln hall were Afp-
tiyatcd by the impassioned eloquence Of the Great
preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, and last >sening
an assemblage that filed every seat in t - ssme
hall was fairly eaptivated for two hor Inv me
wonderful dramatic power of John B. dough.
Almost every one has seen and b' ard a0nueh h.
and therefore description Of his p lsm, or Of his
oratorical acting, is not needed: AaSRceit totay.
that although grown grey on II a ros tsum. he vet
retains much OF the vigor and ,yssncr bis earlier
days, and displays quite as r .eh zgnky as ever
on the stage.
MS LHTURE & AsT NIGHT
was remarkable specf - Of impaes,oned decla-
nation, illustrated BY humorous anecdotes and
inpslstve anRsnls to, the hearts Of his hearers
ne ptetared g grapf1c sty.e the -shcn" that wa.
events thsk preceded and attended our revolu-
tiosary smWgle, the leetuser remarked that the
tea at Rdsssn was worth more than-all thezpiccs
He alluded to the progIsss. of the past century,
claiming that the friction match was one ,of its
aSa a On
tratedwith the last century. He dwelt upon
the wonderful Improvements in .gunneIy. which
skctehed tho remarkable advances that had been
made in the art Of printing since IT'S discovery,
four centuries ago; hut he sontendsd that the
good as that oG the last nifty years. He gave an
interesting account 81
THE PROGRESS OF PRINTING
by the old-style Franklin press. in use when he
and contrastcd it with the lightning steam
presses Of tho present day, which threw off hun
bred thousand sheets In two hours. The lamps
were, he thought, probably as brilliant rs those
tAat illuminate The palaces Of Washington. but
now we had Easlisht in all its unrivalsd bril-
lfancy. The lecturer then compared the slow
manner in which Ninrod and Noah travelled
with the lightning speed Of the present timea
travel at the rate Of more than three miles an
hour between Albany and Utica Now In twenty
eight hours nan could pass through al the New
in Boston, dine in New York. sup in Washington,
and breakfast next morning in Richmond. Here
way passenger who was told by his vile to take
pill when the train reach d Fishkill and told Of
some of his numbering rides in the old stage
coaches. The lecturer then described the
WONDERS OF THE TELsGRAPH
as compared with the slow processes of communi-
cation in the past conlurics. He illustrated tho
mysterious workings Of the telegraph hy tie story
Of the en- negro who liksned the myfteEy to dog
sylvana. and when his tail was trodden on in the
latter State, the dog barked in the former. He
and passed on to brilliant sketch of the churches
colleges asylums, and rcformatory institutions
dotted all over the land. He pictured the nine
and boasting OF Its greatness and grandeur, but
great deal OF it was mere tinscl.
ell, renn nc o. iGaay tended 70 fashion and
cares. tolls and struggles Of the family then
described and the lecturer asserted that Just in
Just So far society wore the inefIaeeabIe sign Of
error on its brow. The matrimonial relations,
their joys and sorrows. were then depicted. One
man would say. IF everybody WAS of my opinion.
everybody would want my old wemgn:t' and an
other would say. "lf everybody was Of my opin-
ion, nobody would have your old woman.' He
then described
THE HEAp-GEAr OF WOMEN.
Some specimens he claimed were unlike anything |
in the heavens above or on the earth below.
Old maids and old bachelors were then por-
whether it wouldn't be better to be laughed at |
for being an old maid than not to he able to iaugh
when married? lie maintained that many of the |
maids. Women, he claimed had stronger claim
upon mems courteous attentions after than before
marriage; and he thought that If there were
more counting after than before marriage the
world would be better. Scenes Of family brawls
were then pictured in the inmtablc style Of the
lecturer. It was a shame that husband and vile
should quarrel. "Sce," said sorrowing wife.
said the pctulant husband, .bnt Just tie them to.
and then see how h He then
husband was taken down BY an Offended wife. II
sys sSeR map p "a Ea 1 would ny 70 hn
more happiness In the world.
Tie lecturer then spoke Of our boosted indie
pendence and oil the worship of Mammon. The
rich are let out on bail; the poor arc Imprisoned
Dung men win money are welcomed
INTO SOCIETY; '
Il they were without money they would be kicked
out. Men are too oi,cn measured ty what they
possess than by their good qualities. Money
the evil q the m, Ey
slammed to be governed BY the idea Of the great.
men nOw-an idea which he Illustrated by several
lished by the Sunday schools were made up Of
Indignantly stun that was disgrace to types
The observanccs of the Sabbath were then
.ketched, and the blue laws Of Connecticut re-
ferred to. He claimed that thess laws were .
to the aa
New England method Of keeping tho Sabbath
was preferable, he claimed, to the European sun
his own business. He then skctched the DANGER
Gus classes in the populous cities, drawing vivid
pictures Of their degradation. His great panacea
Tor them was the teaching Of the Bible. He had
been speaking thirty odd years. and had made
900 speeches, and his last whisper would be in
defence of the Bible,
Z ne lecturer then referred to education, and
said that although uneducated, not having been !
It school since he was eleven years of age he was
bold enough to declare that the education Of forty
Years agowas better than that OF the present DAY
He gave long list Of the various branche staught
n the modern schools and convnlsed the audience
with laughter while rcciiing them. He did not
,cicrc in education At the expense OF health. In
his connection he related many laughable sto- ,
les. and closed with n thrilling appeal to young
nen. in the course Of which lie drew trightiui
'.cture of intemperance.