The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-15
TWO GREAT ORATORS.
Epon Pat, in Cleveland Sun.


 In thA, divine faculty ofthinking aloud on ones legs. so as to sway a crowd. am TO, sure that Wendell Phillips was no, the forefnos, of orators. He was strangely gifted tor such a role, owing all he possessed in that line. not ;o the easy magnetism. as VIC call 1t. which gives popular control to some oratefs IE their mere presence. but to the force of in- ,ellee, and the feIee of ehAIacte ter tha; ain through the hardes; oi ,housh,inl pro eesseS.
 write this without the advantage gwen ot ever having had the happiness ot hearing Mi Philip. ,ned on .~o occasions, and both speaker and nearer were separated by the audience being mobs. and illustrating Tn theu conduct that the American eagle IS gwen ire 4aently to iaying rotten eggs
 saw enough ai him to kaea that he sas a man oi cold. qaIei temperament. Mho relied entirely on hls array oi facts and iosee ei treatment te an his say be- lore crowd. gathered. moreover, .hai hls moving impulse @as more ln hate oi inc opptessor than his iove ot ihe oppressed.
 Samnct aas oi thls sor;. IL .s told ci Iaiia Ward Howe that she once called or ohAIles 10 aid a poor African stranded on the stormy streets oi Boston. He responded Tn words ,o this effec;
 1" Madam My lie Is sa gwen 10 securing lastee to ,he race l have no, the nme io spare for individua, case, ot suffering. "CHAS SUMNER.
 I witty sister ef t'nele sam Ward had this reply framed and hung m her drawing room. and underneath Ihe visl;or could read
 :. From latest advice e,od Almi ,,h,y has rot yet reA he'd th.s plane ot lofty ln- difference
 WhltueF alone. oi Al! ,his class. pu, ieoling for the slave and forgiveness 10, the master in his work.
 To g3eTstnd thls so iaI IL Wendell i.a.aps !s erul eiued, one has ;o ttmefn Der thtt ,o a nan oi sapetaot intellectual qaaili4es anu auainnen,s .nete x naih- ins so insulting as the asgfessae Il. usl.ge ot -in lsuof4nt eltss.
 u'aac two efforts. 4s ha4c stla. to he#a this renowned arA;nr a1d la'ed through the sioien, inter, en;tan oi inc audience Ia neither case Aaa H .. siolent cf;ul, ei A few to d.s;ti - break up l gathering h both .ns,au cs 4 bAlse III. aIty oi the audience gave Wendell to understand that | N oeld nal haze his .bolIi4en talk a, any p'iee
 The last oCeasion vas slgnih, ant. Tor Il occurred al Cincinnati sefy shortly be- fore the awful ei.il waf broke out. winch we arc fond ot asserting VAS inauguratcd and carred on to the bitter end iof inc sole purpose oi cmancIpating tout m..hon 3t slaves.
 TLs k falsehaed ;hAt history ever aint abe 'e popular "ishes. has;ens Ia put on record.
 The Wal was ln4u sufa,ej io destroy he un.an by inc south. Hoa .iiii~ aiiyoly had to do with ;his. one tcall1es ahen he remembers ;ha, in the border slave states. aheie the institution of slavery. as N, A!lel Il. suffered most. irom escaped slaves. Inc ordinance of secession failed to ob,ain and the val was unpopular shsie III ne interior. where l slave never got amay aiiNe. the waI >p4d Nas rampant
 0n the yep eve of that terrible appe4i to arms 'ssa@a,omie Brown. who wrote the emancipation proclamation on the mountains of klEinla long before l.ln- coin Was thought oi, was hanged ~tih .he almos; unanimous appreciation ot tic Amerle an people. hnd about he same time made one of vas; crowd col leeied d, Fixes opera house. CinolnuAii. 10 hear Wendell pa,llip> on the ,un to- ,al ot all 'gl4uIty. known as human sefE. tude
 he house was packed from pit to gal ,ery "lth men, ar.d for Eeaily an hour before Phahps appeared iheic hung |. seeilns of deadly tniagnoism 10 tte abo. lltien cause 'hA, found expression only in ;he faces of the man body seated Ai the iren,. and unai,efei threats on the ouiskn ii the Feaf ..s 'n the approach of 4 storm 4n be seen ;he black bank of still clouds along Inc edge of which play the lightning. while lo~ fur& biing ,hun- der is scarcely audible.
 II remember shtiy. sjge Slallo ap- pear~d ~ith Wendell ihi!iips upon the stage. cannn, say positively that i, vas ] Judge otailo, but well remem per tha, the introductory address was extremely brIeL The iniroducet evidently dld TO, seek 10 improve the occasion. bat aiier putting Wendell b the front. ptudenily bu, gracefully withdrew. Ills address vas followed by slght rustic ef ap- plause .n4s seemed ,o awaken 4 thousand snakes, for the hisses started ug and swept over the audience T A gay n tell instantly the feeling of the cro~d
 can see now that tall. slender. iniel- .eclua! looking man as he stood nrm, Je; gracefully, saxiug ondism9ed a, he enemy. He paused fof an ns.au' As f measurng the crowd. nifh face ealm as a chiid 5. and yet wi,h 4 sutfle e1pfes- sien 8f amused contempt
 Audience and ofa.ol scenet spell pound The vefy reporters occupying the place of tie orchestra those Cos sacks oi the pen. eho shortly after rode under ire, ,o the from for reports 9f ssc- iof4cs CT deiea.s men made bf na'4Fe 10 snatch items from ihe very cannon's mouth. held tter pencils suspended as II for once impressed AS ordinary speeia-