The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-26
Eloquence OF Labor.
California Scientific Press.


Eloquence 10 be effectual must be i'm
pressive. 1t must, TO awaken sympath
possess magnetic influence combind
with essential verities. II must, Will
appealing to thought, be able to arou'
impulse. II must be based upon fac1
and be instigated by the necessity u
the occasion. These are the leadirJ
qualifications to make eloquence pm
ductiye Of the desired results. Its mn
nor features are but subdivisions of ~
above enumerated concomitants. A
these requisites, and even more, an
possessed and continually practiced
labor
II is impressive because il shows On
results of its efforts. II speaks in
language that cannot be misunderstood
of the benefits which it is ever and q
ways competent 10 obtain. 1t show
that its acts are causes which conduQ
to the accomplishments of its desir{
and its designs.
In appealing TO sympathy with il
uEmistakable truths, it points to il
utile creations and TO its additions 4
the wealth and the welfare Of nationl
and awakens the desire to emulate II
examples in so meritorious a cause.
shows how the world is made product
i've and its barren places caused TO bi
come fruitful. IL tells of the banisH
ment Of sterilty from the soil and III
installation of a prolific epoch in il
stead ii arouses the energy of tn
agriculturist and nerves him to moi
strenuous eXertions TO derive increase
yields from the land. IL incites I'll
artisan 10 the creation of new mechanI
cal devices through whose assistand
widely extended manufactures are iii \
seminated.
1t engenders impulse by its bold am
vigorous instances Of successful manil1
ulations, and appeals to the inyestiga{
ing and thoughtful mind by its array a
incontrovertible facts regarding th|
benefits it is able to confer upon mafl
kind.
Its eloquence never ceases; from th1
rising of the sun to the going dow'
thereof, its utterances are continued
with all their convincing argument3
Its language never descends from sub
Unity of conception, or falls to the vail
frivolous or futile. 1t adapts itself y
the comprehension of the unlettered
and fascinates the scholastic with TIL
purity of its diction. 1t holds out nj
wild inducements, it utters no false
hoods, it speaks only of well-provel
truths. II asserts no false dogmas, ]
deals not in sophistry and it abhor
prevarication. 1t breathes no insinua
tons, but it ever gives voice to decide,
and plain assertions.
Its most potent arguments are utter
ed in its moments of most earnest toll
While striving to its utmost tension |
is most convincing. Its proofs are ON
nipresent, self-evident and irrefutable
1t recognizes facts and ignores postu
lation. Its voice rises whenever tn
sound of labor breaks upon the stillnes
of the air, and while toll continues
never relapses into silence. Each deep
drawn breath of the worker is its inton
alton of argument, while the result q
his exertion is its correlative proof. II
eloquence is generated in the narro'
apartment of the half-famished seam
stress by the faint tone of the cloth
piercing needle, as well as in the rush
ing sound of the most remote and eS
tensive sun in the stellar universe.
finds its audibility in the silent brai
thought of the inventor, through who's
telephone power it causes itself to b
heard by the people of nations.
1t is god-like in its power, for it !
omnipotent in its responsiveness
equally so in its verify, for truth is il
solid basis. Since the incipiency o
creation it has never been silent. II
tones pervaded space with their hax
mony ere man came into existence, TO
it gave voice to the stars when the,
sang together their rhythmic hymn O
Joy and adulation. And now that maj
does exist, it exerts itself for the pro
motion of his welfare, and all its utter
ings are for the advancement OF BIZ
prosperity and to his benefit if he vii
but heed purport OF them. ".