, 1875-05-16
THs READY sPEEcH-MAKER.


desperate effort to hold his Office eightee,
months beyond the term for which be wa
elected, without the embarrassing necessit,
Of taking the vote Of the people thereon, b
may turn his attention to the noble art O
elocution* After the lapse Of the Mayor
bill, which occurred shortly after 1lr. Col
v1N's accession to Office, md up to th.
passage Of the feeble irnitation Of this law b,
the last Legislature, Mr. Co1ym was at lib
erty to devote himself almost entirely to th.
cultivation Of the art of declamation- How
aasiduously and with what magnificent effect
be has applied himself has been He.
qnently illustrated during his official
career, but never more sttzii1hngly than
in his appearance at The lite soldiers'
Reunion Alr. Co1vNs Jork is extempora-
neons speaking: 1t is whispered that his
moro elaborate efforts, such aa ,messages to
the Council, have had the benefit of the sue.
ges:on and revision Of The. accomplished lit:
erary gentleman who. consents: to, serve the
city in the capacity Of Clerk But h1r. GOWNS
happy, oHhend utterances are evidently all
his OWL Thera is q certnin freedom from
the shnck1es: OF literary oonventionalities a
certain boldness in striking out into sentences
without the faintest idea Of wheru or how:
they are to end, very reck1essness Of the or!
dinary; cautlon Of your careful orator, md q
remarkable indifference to the occasion which
calls out the remarks. AL of which com
bine to make Mr. Gown one Of the most
striking orators: Of the dsy. !:s: :; >,
Mayor CoIvns, though naturally modest
mnn, could not'refrain, when addressing HIM
self to the soldiers Of the late War, from in
pressing: upon them the Importance and Dig
nifty of the Office Of Mayor Of Chicago. This
was eIninent1J proper, Ii the eleven SEN
tencss, principal and subsidiary, Of which bis
brilliant effort consisted, ten Of, them began
with IT" and the other one with "My p"
The famous orator from Tennessee who has
swung all around the circle Of elocution, from
the bench. (tailors) to tho forum, never
equa}ed Mr.. Gown, in the liberal promisscu-
Gus, and effective use Of the personal pronoun.
There wero ffty~four variations upon the per-
sonM. pronoun in q speech of forty lines;
they we're not always correctly located, it is
true, but he got them in, and that was
triumph enough There are few men, es-
pecially when iucumbered with Mayor Col |
v1Ns overpowering modesty, who possess this |
wonderful nack Of manipulating personal /
pronouns, and making up whole sentences al |
most exclusively Of them. Verbs, nouns.
adjectives, adverba, aud similarly seryile &C.
ne necessary to most writer's and
Speakers, but Mayor GOWN can be eloquent
oa personal pronouns alone, and even confne
.hese to the first person This lis something
more than q. mere oratorical trick; .thera IL
positive genius in it, ~ =: >:...
Tbs nen who were fortunate enough to as
list in tho late Reunion will treasure up the
experiences Of having heard Mayor Gown
peak as ona Of the rarest Of their lives An
'thsrs must SCORE that highttul reflection Of
Lost opportunity. '1Gen. GRAFT, Gen. 6HHs-
IAN, Secretary BE1KyAp, Gen. :. BAnDr
'stz1H, Admiral PORTER, and tho other dis /
'nguiatled gentlemen who sent in THAR let
ers OF regret, have now more cause for regret
han ever. Had the heroes Of the Was who | j,
ssembled hers last week remnined away,
hey would never have tnown how distin~ j
uished was the honor Of being received
Mayor Co1vH.. He told them. He re-
linded them that he had in his time received | {
Lord DuTTEarN, Governor General Of Cam !
a. his laay and suite, aud a ncs &
(tng-the King Of the Cnn-that il, tho {
andwich Islands, and his suita." The pride I
I'd glory with which, Mayor Co1sm an- '
onnced this startling intellig gencs Gun scasce- r
have failed to impress hjs martial heroes
high degree, scarcely Less; in fact, than q
10 bold declaration which Mayor Co1y1s r
ade' to them that he "..waa not q soldier c
1ring the War;: He Left his hearers in y
'ubt whether he was soldier before the IL
ar, or whether he has been Il soldier mnoe t,
. War; but he-gava them the most ,oosi- &
70 ASSURANCE that his hand had lvays A
an open to ths widows and Orphans ct The n
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Il is not svory city that has such m orator t
Gown for It's Mayor. and ,ths peopls, TOO ii
t to b unBratsfal. ahoald ::bs properly N d,
|nasa Il h&iF k<szzaeA> Il ds4potis Caujtta 4 u