St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-07

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we'll in accord
-~ISz1L1Ell5 <Ios1 with the senti-
ments o f n e
Sage, and he was repeatedly applauded
as he led his hearers step by step
through labarYnthlan web Of argu-
ments and propositions.
1t was Mr.. Donnelly's opportunity.
His almost illimitable scope in utter
anceS OF Scathing carcaSE; his native
wit and his philosophical eloquence,
all were lOOsed for the time being and
lie rained storm of upOraldingS and
derisiOns upon Col. IngelsOll that would
aDal auy one else and might have start
led even the undaunted colonel himself
had he been present.
Mr.. DOnnelly pIefaced his effort with
the explanation that he had come at the
request OF many OF ST. Paul'S most
prominent citizens. He would not re-
ply to Col. Ingersoll in words Of denun-
citation and abuse, for, while he differed
widely with Col. Ingersolls concIu-
sions, he esteewed him a brilliant man,
an able man, with strong poetic succep-
tIDIlltieS,
Master ofathe English
language and an apt dialectitian. While
possessing these remarkable qualities,
pursued the Sage, he did not consider
hlm q man of either critical or con-
structive intellect
He does not think nor reason Alright"
said Mr.. DOnnelly. Facts that are pre-
Sented to his mind. however he expresses in
the highest art. lie rather belongs to the SEN
satiOnal school Of literature, and truly doubt
II he ever originated single new thought.
His utterances upon religion, for illustration,
nave peen repeated hundreds OF times b
more profound men. Perhaps they had not
his Doetical feryOr, for he is typical rhapso-
dist
The Sage confessed frankly that he
did not appear especially to defend
orthodoxy, for, unfortunately, he re-
GREETED to say, he had never been con-
pected with any particular exponent Of
the orthodox faith.
Yeti think il Il great wrong-almOst q
great crime, recited the senator in his most
solemn tones as he stepped nearer the foot
lights and bowed his heade in emphasis of
his declaration, ito unsetu those beliefs Of
the people upon which the great moralities
OF life, the ethics OF purity, hinge. unless he
presents something IN lieu OF that he seeks
10 tear down and destroy. Such things as
he presents are mere figment Of the mind
when they are arrayed against the colossal
seIhShness OF the human heart. What l
really think and say, l do not say in the
craftsmanship and in the name of philos-
ophyr'
Mr.. DonneIly here exemplifed this
thought by declaring that it was his
conviction that Col. Ingersoll had done
much to contribute to the lamentable
condition society in so many instances
has fallen intO-that condition in the
world where no man cares for another,
no one loves his neighbor, the blessed
ness of brOtherly love is a myth, and that
sentiment taught by the injunction
love thy neighbor as thyself," is ut
terly disregarded that sentiment which
Links the Spiritual
life not only with the Ge-Enity of life
but with the eternity hereafter. The
speaker exclaimed with ferver that the
man that tears down these Ioftier Senti-
ments sweeps down the fabric of So
ciety and degrades the souls of his fell
low men.
At this Juncture Mr.. Donnelly took up
the Shakespeare controversy, and he
inslnuated that Col. IngersolIs literary
qualifications had scarcely fitted him
for an intelligent analysis of the theme,
while the speaker had devoted
ten or fifteen years in earnest, hard
which he characterized as veritable
network of arguments-nOt Of rhapso-
dies, such as Mr.. lngersoll is SO de-
lighted to deal with instead of solid
arguments. Mr.. DOnnelly entered
largely into the detailed arguments
which he has several times given in sub
sanitation Of the BacOnian theory.
He recited in his graphic style
the utter lOwliness of Shakespeare's
birth; his debased conditions; his loath-
some habits; his lllIteracy and his pow
w. +ho Of
ties necessitated in the writing of the
plays, and arrayed them in powerful
eOntradis1nctIon with the attainments
of Bacon. He said that Francis was
the author. and that Shakespeare was
simply shield for the greater and more
illustriouS intellect that for reasons sat
IsfactOry to himself he preferred 10
stand
Ia the Background
and put forth his works over nom de
plume.
I'VE have different ages said the sage.
"Ages of craftsmanship, ages of sOldiership,
but this Is the first age OF critical analysis,
the age that sweeps away the moss of preju-
dices and superstitions, and the world is bet
Ter for it. The keen, bright penetrating mind
of an American woman saw the incongrui-
ties Of associating the authorship of Shakes
peare's plays with the StratfOrd boy who had
held horses at the playhouse door. and who
had been logged In the pubic streets
for petty offenSes. She said that such a
mind could not have produced things divine
for Shakespeare is divine-uot only in its
profound philosophy, but in its moral attri-
butes. Goethe. that grand German poet,
declared that the author or the plays had
cast a sponge over all the human learning of
the world. He meant that the author had
absorbed the learning of the world, and that
he had given it out in his works. He knew
nothing of the Baconian theory because that
was an earlier period.
These plays were not written without
great libraries and they cannot be read with
out great library Now what was Shake
speare's education? He attended a school IN
Stratford-a school of one teacher-and grad
uated at fourteen years. 1t is doubtful if he
was taught even the English language, and
certainly some of the classics. English was
seldom taught III the schools of England"
The lecturer then led his hearers
again through the menial walks with
the Stratford boy, through his multi
farious escapadeS and viscisitudeS. He
had no habits OF studiOusnesS, and here
Mr.. Donnelly gave an incident of his
own research at StratfOrd for evidences
OF Shakespeare's authenticity. The
only fact he found there was that the
tree still stands under which Shakes
peare slept when made drunk in a drink
ing contest with some dissolute youths
OF Bigford, a neighboriug town. He
had returned home on Saturday night
and laid down under this tree. His
sleep was so deep that he
Slept Through Sunday
and only woke on Monday morning. He
saw some BOYS plowing, and exclaimed
IN wonderment:
Why, boys, you are not plowing on Sun
day, are your
NO." they replied. This is not Sunday;