The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
EIOQuence of Labor.


Eloquence, to be effectual, must lie
| impressive. Ii must, to awaken SYM
| pathy, possess magnetic influence
combined with essential VerltIeS. l.
must, while appealing to thought, W
able to arouse impulse. 1t must le
| based upon facts and be inStIgated Dy
the necessity of the occasion. These
are the leading qualifications to make
eloquence productive OF the desired
results. It's minor features are but
subdivisions of It's above enumerated
concomitants. All these requisites,
and even more. are POSSESSED and con-
tinuaily practiced by labor.
1t Is lmDl eSslve because it show S
the Results OF its efforts. 1t speaks in
a language that cannot DO mi under
stood, OF the benefits which it Is ever
aud always competent to obtain. 1t
shows that its acts are cauSes which
conduce To the accomplishments vi its
desires and its designs.
In appealing to sympathy with its
unmlstakable truths, 1t points To its
utIle cre atIonS and to its addition to
the wealth and welfare of nations,
aud awakens the desire TO emulate It's
examples i'll 50 meritOrious cause. 1t
shows how the world is maue product
I've and its barren places caused 10 be
come fruitful; 1t tells vi the DANISH
meDt OF stelIllTy from the Soil anu
Installation Of prolific epoch i'll its
stead. 1t arouSeS Int energy OF The
agrlculturlSt, ana NERVES him to more
strenuous eAertiohS to derive Increased
yields from the land. Ii Incites the
ARTISAN to the creation OIL uIe-
chaDical devices through whose IS
sistance widely extended nlanp.f fac
lures are dlSn, minated.
1t engehuers impulse by i 5 bold and
vigorous INSTANCES OF SuyoesSfuI ma
nipuIatiuns, and appeals to Tue iilyes-
tigatiAg and thougntful minu by us
array oil lnconIrov ertihlt- tacLs reg ARD
ing The beuefits il is aoie TO confer
upon mankind,
It's cl1qutnUe never ceases; from the
rising vi the sun to the going down
lhereof, IT'S utGeranct.S are continued
with all their convincing arguments.
It's language never deSceLds from sub
IlmJlS 0t Conception, or 1alis Lo The
vain, frivolous Or futile. Ii adapts it.
SELF co the comprehension of the un-
leftered, and fascinates the scholastic
with the purity of its Gictioz. Ii
holds out no Will inducements, it ut
tiers no fdlSeho0dS, it SPEAKS only of
we'll proven truths. 1t ITS no
false ucsmaS, it deals not III Sophistry
anu IL aphDrs preverication. 1t
nreatneS no InSinuatlon-, but it ever
gives voice TO decided and plain as ser
LIUnS,
Its most potent arguments are ut
tered il lis moments of most earnest
toll, While striving to its utmost
tension 1t Is most convincing. Its |
proofs are omnipresent, seif-eyidtnt |
and irrefutable 1t recognizes acts
and ignores pOstuldti0n. It., voice
rises whenever the sound of laUor |
breaks upon the stiffness of the air,
and while toll Continues it never re- |
lapses into silence. Each deep-drawn |
breath OF the worker Is ITS information |
III argument, while the result OF his |
eXertlOn is its correlative. proof. Its
.ioquence is generated i'll the narrow
apartment of the halr-fashloned SEAM
stress by the liant tone OF the cloth
1iecihg needle, as well DIS in the rush. |
ng sound OF the most r-mote and ezx- !
ensIve sun III the stellar universe. Ii |
inds its audiDlIIy Ill the silent BRAIN
bought of the inventor, through
whose telephonic power it causes
ts1lt TO be heard by the people OF ma
ions. y
1t is god-like in its power, for it Is
il It's responsiveness
qualIy SO in its verify, tor truth is
Is solid basis. Since the lncipie1c Y
1 creation it ha, never been siles It.
is tones pervaded space with tn cir |
larmony ere pan came iatp existeJ 4oe, |