The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-22

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q ~ famous address at Cincinnasi Ia 1876,
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name of tbe s'Piumed Knighfv speech. I
soad him that Il seemed % b. pretty vel
authsoticaied thss ~ had neglected 70
orosoer . do 90. until ths night befors ths
domination 81 Blaine was % Be- attempted
ana Inst thon, After h hAd gone 70 bed. he
dsd 81 up IN rssponse % his brothers re-
quest end. taking . lev sheets Of paper,
eAshed Oh the spssch Ia few minutes and
then rs3urned TO his bed. There vas sus-
picion Of > smile playing about the colonies
anecooee had brought soma numerous ~
collection to mind Of that midnight sesna
n H. hotel when. rashsr pssuiantiy, Re
yielded 10 his brothers request But he
said, speaking in I'll seriousness:
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ans p.ragTApA wss sseyessed b something
uon- spex ch hed bses mAds nominating an-
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put II nomination. and emo references had
hoon Da0e - Massachusetts That gave ne IN
Opportunity Of ssytng In single senteocs some
m0uent bat alter he'd spoken that one senf-
encs delivered the speech - I bad wriften IL
oat, but the wrisins oct Of the speech vm .
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which uStored woro shose which had hoen ia
NJ. mind. hsd bssn turned ovsr in ny mind and
had been composed long before.
ocieri1ed the composltion Of the indinnap-
oils Decoration day address, which Wa do
hyersd in the same summer that the
.Ptumed Knighs" speech was. Colonel
In9ersoal did not seam 70 remember
whether hs had written out that address
Beforehand or not. but he asserted il COM
positlon had bssn going on in his mind for
yeass. The spesch formulated and .sx-
pressed The solemn and sublime emotions
caused BY IN experience uron the battle
fields, and By familiarity with the awful
tragedies ct war. IL represented thoughts
which had filled his mind since 81. Colo
mel Insersoli went on 70 say:
% nce wish - criticiss any of the Decora-
ton ooy e1droenee which have OF late yeou been
delivered end Do not wish to b undefstood IN
whas ! ~ g yos e dnding any fault with ths
ussefanees Of fndfviduai speakefh but is seems
TO Ne thar q h impossible for men Of the yosne-
81 generation 70 speak - appropriately, g
truly. - pashskically. - profoundly Of the dcsd
Of the war = vosld be possible for those Of -
costoet and actuai experience msst have given
birth % oDncoptions worthy Of human nature
which 70 would b tDpoen1hie foe those VITO did
not hsye sIch actual contact 10 create There
vse participants have I'll passsd svay, the
Decesetioa day addEsss viii become soneshine
hnsv Whereof sAsZ spoke delivered
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eansos knov vhas ws know; thsy cannot ssiIss
IN fnAgtnaston what ws ssdered in truth. and
although che romance Of distance and ths
poetic Play o. anasinsSn !, nsy enable s sSns 3.
elcQuence. yet n ssems 70 me thaf such grafton
must lock tAss best lnspirnsioa which comee
from VIVID and powerful sxpsFisnce.
In conclusion Colonel Ingersoil intimsted
that the msu Who were capable OF deliver
ing great oyatfous. wers now too deeply en-
crossed and absorbed In the practical pur-
suits Of life 70 spare the time TO formulate .
truly eloquent and impressive Grafton
think that he meant to convey In single
sentences his criticism of the addresses
which are 70 b heard in this era For he
sid. throwing The remark incidentally, 81
sometimes think that our public speakers
do not aIwsys rsally feel Whist they pretend
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