The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-06-20
srruPlNG IN KENTuCKv.

Y
meas OF Kentucky, and indeed
OF every Southern State. The
people have a passion for the contests OF
the stump, aud throng to the Joint dis
cussion with as much pleasure ~ sew.
boys to the pit Of the theaier; and they
are ~ good judges Of the qualities 'of a
public speaker as the boys Of the gutter
are Of the excellencies of the actors They
applaud or hiss. Clay, IIayne, PrentiS.,
Marshall, Haskell, Soulc, Ioombs, Cobb.
Wisc, Jones. Ethcrid2c. aud a hoJ of
other very eloquent men orators. As
Brutu. is--in their oratorical development
owed everything 10 this stump-pas.ion
of the Southern people. We think Of
neither Of these meu Is We 10 OF Web
st,r, Everett, Choate, Sumner. Seward,
seymour, Phillips, and the other orator,
of the North. These were the product
OF The study: those OF the stump. Web
>ter was ponderous Clay charming. Ey-
erctt was scholarly Marshall captiyat-
ing. Choatc was irresistible By reason OF
his foice-a swift current sweeping with
noise vcrything in its channel; Prcntiss
irresistible by reason OF charms OF man
ner, Tu,ic of voice and beauty of die
tion. Aud 20 on through the list. II
Is true. there are orators Of the North
with 4 dash OF the Southern style, but
among southern orators Calhoun is the
We lind it difficult TO particularize the
erh orstory, but that there Is marked
difference must be admitted. and also that
the Southern people are better Judges OF
the merit, Of popular oratory than W..
Even the line of the Ohio river changes
the taste, OF the people. In Kentucky.
Just across the river, every man, woman
and child Is Judge Of popular oratory.
tie, she and 1t are always living in sntici-
patton Of the next canvass when
[he candidates will mount the STUMP and
DIN issue in discussion of public cues
ions. In southern Illinois. the people
are very little about public political dis
'n-sions, and 1t /, with difficulty they can
Dc induced to attend meetings in the heat
u important canyasses. Across the river
iothing short Of an Etheridge. or Pres
on. or Breckenridge will satisfy the
'eopie; while here We are delighted with
he bunglinS Of an Oglesby and the
ola Logan. and 90 into
cstacles over the forid eloquence of Don
dorrison and the elegant diction of the
Voorhees,.
Al tins moment. Kentucky il excited
y the Joint discussion between tbo
democratic and Republican candidates
'r Eovernor-McCreary and Harlan
mo spoke at Paducah on the 10th inst
near these debaters the people usually
amer IN the morning, and the discus
on commences at one o'clock In the
ltefnoon. Each speaker consume. two
ours and fifteen minutes, but the people ,
'eh' drink and smoke during the four II
ours and halt, and go home
GREETING that the debate was !
short In the now bro I
fes-ing canvass, the Republican candi-
tte Is the better man. lie il an ADLER a
ebater, having had many more years of
'prrlence than his competitor, who is a a
'ihg man; but McCreary is among
lends, and on the right side, and there
re carries OIL more applause than his q
'mpetitor. To Harlan, the people lis
II with patience. and thi, they would
't have done some year. ago, when the
aSsius Clays OF the South compelled re-
'ect IL not attention by having bullet
ady to follow each word they uttered .
the discussion he /, not as fortunate in
. "atter a. manner. \ pleasant
'eaker, he siurs over the rough corners
had'calism, and apologies for rather 4
AN defends the great principles" of j
; party. lie refuses to make n Gir
sht' aud hiding himself shoots poisoned
rows at the Democratic party. Me. ,
reary, ON the other hand, fights boldly.
III VIII inevitably carry OF hi. onno-
tht, scalp.
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