Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-18
JUDGE BROWN IN CONVICTION.

we give III IO-uayS 5 issue Drlel
synopsis of Judge T. w. Browns
Grafton delivered on the Fourth. 1t
has rarely been the privilege Of our
people to listen to a more scholarly,
eloquent and mastery effort. The
Judges delivery is easy, graceful
and fluent, while the subject matter
of the address shows that the
speaker was not only conversant
with the thought and history of the
century of our independence that
has Just closed, but well read in
modern and classic lore. We con-
gratulate our community upon
their good fortune in securing the
services Of the Judge for the occa-
sion, and can assure the speaker
that he will long be remembered by
that vast crowd, that were held
spell-bound by his eloquence for
more than an hour.
The impossibility Of placing the
very large crowd so as so make il
easy, either to the speaker or the
audience, was a great drawback tC
the effectiveness of his address
Judge Brown alluded to this diff.
Guilty, and said it was especially hare
on him, inasmuch as he could mo-
be declaimer, having no writer
discourse. He was compelled tt
think on his feet, and adapt hi
language to the current thought o
the moment.-T Upton Record, 14th
We have only space for the fol
lowing extract from the speech
which is as follows:
The foremost of Greek orators
at a time memorable in the annals
Of the Greoian States, convened the
4 population of Athens to hear tht
most remarkable of that series o
his orations known to the schola
as the "Philippics of fDemoSthenes.
The sun poured in zone uncloudeC
blaze of living light" upon tn
l eager and acute crowd that throng
|, ed into the public place to listen
. to criticise, and at last to be charm
ed by the well-prepared but super
) grafton. The pure air, the blended
currents waited from the blu
: Eg@n sea and Mount Olympu;
gave to the mere sensation Of life
. luxury for the poorest. The woode'
!. Hymettus in the near distanc
L fringed the panoramawith the greer
est and most yariegated hues Of dens
3 forest, while lowered above the plai
., the rugged hill Of the Aeropolii
D. that had withstood Darian host
!, and vet seemed to the too confiden
os Athenians the guardian angel c
y the turbulent and factiouS demec
q racy of Attica. The orator, wit
K poetic sensibility, was not uncor
10 scious of the inspiration of tt
s. :. scene, and with rare tact seized upo
2, the glorious environment that nj
., ture contributed, all unbidden
60 9, the occasion. CHANGING from cart
to sky through the soft and pu
ether saturated with sunlight rad
ance he cheered his anxious al
ell alarmed audience with the thougl
ID that the splendor of the day was
at at happy omen blessing his a
h peal to their courage al
/. patriotism, and encouragil
e. them to endeavor anoth
= Marathon for the maintenance
, Hellenic liberty. Saying, ~
countrymen, you perceive how a
spicious is the day" he proceede
With well studied periods, to depi
the actions of the past to Aer
them for present dangers and
spire,confdence in the future. ! :
j, now assembled to commemorate
''' closing century of American pro
ress and achievement, are greeted
nature with a welcome as cheerl
~ as that to which the Greek tribu
R ! appealed for the assurance Of
audience. 1t is true you are 7
surrounded by the forces of artis
Ilife, chiseled from Pentelican m
BILE by Phidias or Proxitiles; scu
tured column or architraYe are ]