The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-13


Eloquence to be ~effectual must be i'm
pressive- 1t must, TO awaken sympathy.
possess magnetic influence combined
with essential verities. Is must, while
appealinato thought. be able to arouse
impulse. 1t must be based upon facts
and be instigated by the necessity of
he occasion. These are the leading
qualifications TO make eloquence pro-
ductiye of the desired results. Its mi
nor features are but subdivisions of its
above enumerated concomitants. All
these requisites, and even more, are
labor.
1t is impressive because il shows the
results of its efforts. 1t speaks in a
language that cannot be misunderstood,
OF the benefits which it is ever and al
ways competent to obtain. Ii shows
that its acts are causes which conduce
TO the accomplishments of its desires
and its designs.
In appealing to sympathy with its
unmistakable truths, it points to its
ufiie creations and to its additions TO
the wealth and the welfare of nations,
n awakens the desire to emulate its
examples in so meritorious = cause. II
1.p' NV ~ nOlAa ~ ni1ut DIDuuti-
i've and its barren places caused TO be-
come fruitful. 1t tells of the Danish
ment Of sterility from the soil and the
installation of n prolific epoch in its
stead. 1t arouses the energy of the
agriculturist and nerves him to more
strenuous exertions to derive increased
yields from the land. 1t incites the
artisan to the creation of new mechani-
cal devices through whose assistance
widely extended manufactures are dis
seminated.
1t engenders impulse by its bold and
vigorous instances of successful manip-
ulations, and appeals TO the investigat-
ing and thoughtful mind by its array Of
incontrovertible facts regarding the
benefits it is able to confer upon man.
kind.
Its eloquence never ceases; from tho
rising Of the sun to the going down
thereof, its utterances are continued
with all their convincing arguments.
Its language never descends from sub
Unity Of conception, or falls to the vain
frivolous or futile. 1t adapts itself to
the comprehension Of the unlettered,
and fascinates the scholastic with the
purity Of its diction. 1t holds out no
wild Inducements, it utters no false
hoods, 1t speaks only of well-proven
truths. 1t asserts no false dogmas, it
deals not in sophistry and it abhors
preyarication. II breathes no insinua-
tons, but it ever gives voice to decided
and plain assertions.
Its most potent arguments are utter
ed in its moments of most earnest toll.
While striving to its utmost tension 1t
is most convincing. Its proofs are om-
nipresent. self-evident and i~rrefutable.
Itrecognizes facts and ignores postu-
lation. Its voice rises whenever the
sound of labor breaks upon the stiffness
Of the air. and while toll continues it
never relapses into silence. Each deep
drawn breath Of the worker is its inton-
alton Of argument, while the result of
his exertion Is its correlative proof. Its
~eloquence Is generated in the narrow
apartment Of the half-famished seam
stress by the faint tone Of the cloth
piercing needle, Is well as in the rush
ing sound Of the most remote and ex-
tensive sun in the stellar universe. It
finds its audibility in the silent brain
thought Of the inventor, through whose
telephone power it causes itself to be
heard by the people of nations.
It Is god-like in its power, for it il
omnipotent in its pe~rsuasiveness;
equally so in its verify, for truth is its
solid basis. Since the incipiency Of
creation 1t has never been silent. It's
tones pervaded space with their har-
mony ere man came into existence, for
il gave voice to the starr when they
sang together their rhythmic hymn Of
Joy and adulation. And now that mar
does exist, It exerts itself for the pro-
motion Of his welfare. and all its utter
ings are for the advancement of his
prosperity and to his benefit If he will
but heed purport Of them.