The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-16

forum became block where political
characters were booked ana cold, : or
hehead edl lnD sYfoiiIIei -q9t ot1Acioipi
aG..,U if,TSs !!suii9b LaS -su8lj lIiwort
The scarcity 81. oraterssi in the nerthf
ern sectiohof the United States may
be accounted for now as satisfactorily
AZ though centuries had passed, and
history had fulfilled its task. The
silenciag and wanten, 3banlshmentis q Of
Vallandingllam, the Incarceration Of
distinguished men and patriots, the
vindict1ye expulsion Of federal Sena-
tsrs, the seizure Of sovereign legisla-
lures en- nasse, and the general fear OF
spies and 9upstart officials In every
neighborhood and on every thorough
fare, will have a meaning. in the hands
Of ssme luture Pliny Or Plutsrch, and
will s1plsinthe reason Why the trace
of orators THAT a sprung from; earlier
and better times has died ,s without
heirs. But the dungeon aud the file
ofsoldiers, wiillnot constitute the hall
or the worst part Of the. story. The
insolence Of Office, and the perifdies of
friendship, with repression, and dis
trust, and hate, can all be easilyspaiat-
ed and their effects easily described.
1t will be more difficult AS il. viii be
more important, TO show how. the de-
mand for orators has ceased, not how
they were repressed, how they ceased
TO be born.-not how they became abor-
tisns. Ills Imagined that whatever dif-
ferences may be entertained, rs to- 9TH
er matters there wilinot be much flisa !
greement in the statement, that these
children of genius are not the off,
spring Of the lust Of power, and that
they obstinateIy refuse any, relation
ship with meanness; and vice, WITH
faisehoOd, Injustice. and @ corruption.
They are neither ,bornl,in asin, sor,
brought forihiin ihiqaity. iitsthiS be-
SO, then in government run 3y treas.
ury thieves, railroad and land monopo-'
lies aud coupon cutters, the, orator has.
no place. The climate is tOocold, BE
can put in no appearance, at least, 80
long as the people. amused with shows
and shalns, dream themselves at the,
top Of the world. s'The trail of the
serpent il over them aH.'' There isno
place for the orator to pnt his foot, or
his iulcrum. s'.s,,,i f.,,.,.,....,,.-, ,
=. IL the oppression Of g erasan yssever
made Carl Schurz salI orator, the in
consistency and perfidy OF political
lite imAmerica has lost him ''the trick"
His thoughts live not outside of the
occasion that hired them .O5'ssis nj
Ii shrieki,ig for negro liberty ever
kindled the true fire in Cassius NJ.
Clay, Cary, or Ben Wade. it went cut
at the. precise moment " hen it's blaze
should have meuuted most'exultinsIy.-
The fearful realiZ ition of their freiZi-
ed projects has revealed the deceitiul
and delusive character Of their, inspi-
rations; and the deluge Of evils now
affecting the country, that acknowl
ledge no control, have proved them
no better, than Crnischieyous swamp
lighta, bewiidering the lost and lead
ing them into outer darkness.H A nd if
ever the beautiful form OF a united and
justly balanced constellation Of, self.
governed Republican states inspired
the leaders or the. great Democratic
party in The North with thoughts and |
words that took hold, of the hearts Of |
men,, and were worthy of his, Dry, they
too, like the brothers OF Joseph, have l.
betrayed their mission, aud 9dabbletf
in righteous blood, until they appear
TO have come, from among the Ishmiae-
|ites,9 and are unable to explain 1.-The /
color Of their own vestmeins. hns 1.Isii
Nav lei the IIarpers, the Nasbys,
aud all the IAing's fools wave I! Re ops
sn Fordsa theatre and let the dance be-.
gin IL i=eiuo2 sdi ozal -s7ueb Ia. ]
In ..ihe lind where ahe orange
The orator has lived and I
and he lives there ct. The.
voices that came up TO Massachusetts,
rot long since. to worship at some of
he earlier shrines.o local sovereignty,
smong those who had forgotten, the
esson, and the voIcesE Of Lamar and
'thers on the floors Of Congress, sjnsti.
Y the expectation that in spite iOf en-
meled religion, governmental gam
'ling and military despotism, one por-
ion of onr country will rsrt - rep b
ltation for eloquence, witch it has
eretofore hcldro..s.s -, pLiSius.
Aurora, November, lS73uf IN II
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