The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-05-12
Chief Counsel for the Star Reuters.

| When. drIIing the last Presidential cam.
paign, II 'nry Ward Brrcbrr I'M r,'dInrd C"l.
hri"H u. lug"rsullro very crow d-,l mrrtiu g
~ Bn"kl'n. as "ti- greatest ma'or e lie
ag"," ii"ngh lac said What may Ice open 1"
dispute. h- gave prominence - All appr'pri-
s'e time I" C"l"nrl Ingrrs"ll's strongest
qualification. F"i ihr genial msu"f Illinois.
or rather nov m Wa,hin,t" though lIl'.
n"is the SAFE ~ st h,"r Il Ia his w"ii-
drff"l success ~ n pnliIc SPEAKER, hrcsusr
hr w"a h durimg the Tim. liz resided there.
Is h"rn puhlir SPEAKER Ms certainly Ms Ma
'ur- pat up William Shake,p - for n p'mt
His Thoughts shap. Themselves. ~ u mater
Of c"nrsr, rn'", xpr..s.i lis APP sinking. glow
inc, fen tHy. always telling. There is
hal simIln-i v. TENDERNESS, aud hearty
e,""i-a ~ about |. sheet shrrli rlniear INN I"
his hearers. ahIirr tin y viii 81 not.
C"l"n'l lng-is"ll h. aver by pref ssi N.
III had built np n good prariirr Ia Illinois
When his "mu.e.rr rs a SPEAKER gave him n
wider scope fp"pularmy rs lecturer. lie
Is now in Washington. rr>rd"u If The cap
ital, and as counsel for the accused in the
Star-route csses is giving flavor to very dry
proceedings which is truly Ingersollian.
The golden-mouthed American is fifty
years Of age. He was born and raised east,
but, as we have seen, earned his first notori-
ETY. as western advocate. His personal APP
pearance and gift are remarkably pleasing.
With well built body, round, good-na-
tured face, large, dark, eloquent eyes, easy,
unconscious grace of movement, he capti-
Yates his hearers-to perpetrate bull for
once-before he opens his mouth. His ap-
pearance, preliminary bow and smile, secure
him an interested and delighted attention.
Mr.. lngersoll is simple, modest man. He
is reputed to have once said, "The dignified
man Is an idiot" The Inconsistencies of
Of early chill lhood possesses him, and POM
pnsity and pretension are among the subjects
Of his happiest banter. His eloquence has
.I-at variety In 1t. now full Of tears and
then a tiumpeipe al; now copious aud vehe-
meni a. a Cataract. then keen. inclsive, and
concise AZ an rxrrac' firm Bir"t's Essays.
But q. I mel Ins-rstll attacks Chi ,ani,y.
We don't cnmmrnd him p,, In, srr"um. and
u is nh our husit "sss "a, Iuhgi him We
think II hr saw the Christian religion @nh
the eye that many who ia tllrs- litrs See
tin Its essential purity, m"ial grandeur.
AID Ms the M as # giving the human u
conscious acquaintance wuh the divine, ir
would be- the las man Ia as.aIl IL, for Bob
"Ii lucris ~ l'as Z raj fnap al sg,p,hg s.
without gues ion lie d.s not see as They
see. bi,i ne. q the firnds IT Oh isitauiiy de.
>pair that iie will imI /? IL C"l'n-l lug-rS u
j. mistaken IN supp 'sing that the impr-Gra'
ole fpriIe,s Of Christianity can lie sun' S.
fully assaI,i ny even his brilliant nrstnf!.
are roi ma y chulrh people unrsa,'nnarl.
weak, not To say uarr,w minded. IN iir1
Judgment Of his attack? Tie trnIh, Ikr
gold, can not be deprecated in its esseniisi
value and perfection. Let Christian people
be less apprehensive about the force Of In
gersoll's daring and eloquent unbelief, and
they largely abate even Its seeming strength,
for, 1t being assumed that the Christian re-
ligion Is true, nothing can harm 1t.