The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-16
SOME FAMOUS "BULLs."
how Orators Have Often MARRIED Their
Rhetorical Efforts by Witty Errors.
From the London Standard

1sAChON 4S1A Il III 20 W - lily
From the London Standard.
Some extremely amusing mistakes have
been made by even the most practioed
speakers in their desire TO carry their audi
ence with them. O'Connell once. in an
election speech IN Cancellation hall, told his
folio xers that If measures luxurious TO
Ireland were brought into parliament he
would go over TO England and ''die on the
floor OF the House Of Commons in opposi-
ton to them" and when he came back he
would say, Are you for repeal nowg" Sir
Boyle Roche, too whose lis made him
famous, on one occasion assured a wonder
stricken body OF voters that, il elected. he
would put stop to smuggling practices in
the Shannon by "having two frigates sta
toned on the opposite points at the mouth
OF the river, and there they should remain
| fixed, with strict orders not 70 stir. and
So. by cruising and cruising about, they
would be able to intercept everything that
should attempt to pass between them"
Another time, when on the hastings, he OBJ
served, England, it must be allowed, is
the mother country, and, therefore, would
advise them England and Irelandl to live
In hlial affection together like sisters. as
they are and ought to be-" This was only
eQueled by his-when opposing an anti
ministerial motion-wiShing the said mo-
| ton twas at the bottom Of the bottomless
pit"
1t must have been rather discouraging to
the declamatory speaker who, despising all
| technlcaltles, tried to storm his hearers by
sheer force of eloquence, but who, on utter
ing the words, ''In the book of nature it is
written" was interrupted by a quiet-look-
ing gentleman. with mild request that he
would name the page" Sometimes, how
ever, the 1nterrupter received "retort
| courteous" he hardly bargained for,
and capital story, illustrative of
this, is told of Lord Palmerston.
His lordsnip, who was an in
veterate joker, possessed a readiness Of
repartee and a quaint sense Of humor that
| often stood him in good stead. Once, when
canvasSing Hampshire in conjunction with
Sir George StauntOn, he held meeting at
hotel which was but dimly lighted at
| each end by two small windows. During
the noble lords speech he was frequently
interrupted by cries OF mo, nc, :" proceeding
from little Fat maa in one of the windows,
who was butler to an old admiral in the
neighborhood. There were loud calls to
bring him forward, buT Lord Palmerston
promptly said: Pray don't interfere with
the gentleman. Let him remain in the
| window. Providence has deprived him of
any intellectual light-it would be hard in
deed to deprive him of the light Of heavenp
Again, while electioneering at Taunton,
he was greatly troubled by q butcher who
wanted him TO support a certain radical
| policy. At the end of one Of his lordship's
| speeches the butcher called out: Lord
| Palmerston, will you give me a plain
| answer to plain question: After slight
pause Lord Palmerston replied, 81 will"
| The butcher then asked: "WiIl you or will
| you not support this measure" Ia radical
| bin. Lord Palmerston hesitated, and then,
with a twinkle in his eye, replied, II will
-" Then he stopped. Immediately the
radicals cheered tremendously. Mot"
continued his lordshIp. Loud conservative
cheers. When these ceased Lord Palmer
ston finished his sentence-"tell you.n He
then Immediately retired.
A numerous incident occurred at a meet
ing whereat Sir Wilfrid Lawson was speak
| ing. One of the principal planks OF his pro-
gramme was, OF course. his permissive bill,
but all his attempts to explain it were USE
| less-theY would not hear him. At last he
called some of the disturbers up to the plat
form and tried TO pacify them. One Of
them came up three parts drunk and stood
close to him. He was asked what he had to
say, when. iurning to the great brewer of
the place who was sitting near and who
| was not making a noise, the man, in words
| which, as hs thought, could not be disputed
and must carry conviction with them, ex-
| claimed: "Lf your bill is carried, sir, what
is to become of this gentleman
Some exceeding bitter, If witty, things
| have been both said and written about pub
| lie men al election time, but probably
| nothing more scathinR can be found than
the following epigram on Wilkes, which,
| after be became favorite at court, In
April. 1884. and entered parliament for
Middlesex, in conjunction with the court
candidate. Mr.. Mainvaring, appeared In a
| newspaper of the time:
What Liberty Wilkes, of oppression the hater,
/ Call'd a turncoat, Judas, a rogue and a
| tratori
Has Wilkes done that now which he neer did
| before?
Consistent with John all the days of his life,
For he loved his best friends as he loved his own
In his actions he always kept self in his view
| Though false to the world, to John Wilkes he
was true
Fox was seldom, if ever, at loss for a re-
| tort and a story is told how, when canvass
| ing Westminster, he applied to a shopkeeper
for bis vote and interest The man pro-
| duoed halter. with which, he said, he was
ready to oblige him. THANK you" replied
Fox, "for your kind offer. but should be
sorry to deprive you of 30 valuable
family piece" Humorous, If trife
| unkind, was the orator who, when describ-
ing the inordinate love of praise which
characterized an opponent, said: "He is
so fond Of being praised that l really be-
lieve he would be content to give up the
ghost if 1t were but to look up and read the
stonecutter's puff on his tombstone" This
| is In striking contrast to the graceful and
| witty compliment paid to the beautiful
| Duchess of Devonshire and her sister, Lady
Duncannon, of whom, when they canvassed
the electors of Westminster on behalf Of
Fox, In 1884, it was said that never did
two such lovely portraits appear on can
vas.n
When the Trap Is Sprung
Upon us, as it sometimes is, in a most unex
pected manner by disease, we appreciate the
fact that it is a most insidious foe and that not
only is it necessary to combat it by the most
potent medicinal agencies, but to prevent its
manifestation at all by counteractinR the