New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-04
ORATORS AID oRAToRY.
Col. Iagsrso]l Talks Of An Art Of Which
Eo 10 Hns5G.
Oratory is the Outcome 0? Genius Pras-
toe may give Confidence, but the
Orator like tho Poet is Born.
Art Cannot Die While People Love Earn
estness, Truth and Beauty.

"If talk about orators and oratory a
alp said Col. Ingersoll, cit is with the
distinct understanding that I shallnot b.
brought into the subject in any way"
Approaching the situation I gladly
agreed to this. Like many others haf
been charmed by Col. Ingsrsolps elo
queRce, oven whom I could not fall IL
with his methods Of reasoning, and
knev no aoa eeold have Won such pos
ition ss public apoeker vhe had not
carefully Guided the lines Of the mer
wheE, to vocld hes long regarded ae
na.tozs Of tho ass of persuasion.
ssYoo al 100 ~ deaastiea Of ora
tory, but it is impossible to give an e1-
act deaoitloa to thing which itself is
uAtrsn7e'sA BY rulss, 80 I must rather
describe it, as think it is" The Col
onel withdraw hi, e1tiRgaished cigar
from bis lips and with his eyes still on
the ceiling, and with all the rich charm
that dissiag uishes his voice on the plat
form, continued: "Orstory is the perfec-
ton of thought and ezpression-of log
ic, Of personal presence, Of voice, and
gesture. The great orator idealizes all
he touches. trensfgures the common and
changes the meanest metal into gold. He
is creator. He is candid, sincere, poet
ic, winged with imagination, sympathet-
ic, persuasive, convincing and almost IT.
resistablc."
IF we belle 70 the legends connected
with tho great orators Of antiquity, De-
mosthenoes fer inotaaes, and of some mo-
dern o,es," said, s:tho impression is
forced o. Go shat tho gift, if gift It be,
is duo largely to cultivation through pa
tienco ond practics, like many of the sis
ter Gysss''
rs aca has more respect for patience
and prcctice, that is for hard conscient-
leas york, than ryself' replied Colonel
1ngerooli. "Vo7k, no East tho natural
ap5j:1ds is as=elu ,lv essential to the
greatest SUCCESS. Bat when you ask HI
if tho gift of ersto1y can he scqrired,
say emphati lilly, Nol Capacity eaane
be acquired. By long study aod cuvefu
practice men can become good speaker
but not orators. By studying the law
of composition and the rules Of synta:
and prosody, men can acquire q wonder
ful skill in rhyming, but net all the &C
CURED laws aud rules in existence ca
ever make them poets. A man migh
learn all the drills aud master all dho
has been written on ths art OF war, Ga
have even sublime courage, and ye
never succeed as soldier, The schoo!
and the training caa givs nothing.
Il dc not undervalao chem, but a
they can do, at the most, is to develo
the braina and aptitudas We Aaya. Bd1
cation does not moan giving q an.
thing; it's genealogical Significance is I
draw out. Poets, We are told, and it
true, ale born, not made, ind 80 it is wit
the orator. It be have not ths brains {
the master, training can asvsr teach Ai1
how to reach and stir tha hearts of mel
"The great orator is genius. He is
great artist and tbs most potent Of q
while exerting his influence. With wore
he paints pictures that glow in the brai
and set the most prosaic heart a throE
bling. He chisels statutes with sounds
His voice is music that thrills and stir
and moves to resistance, to laughter. 9
to tears. He IS great master Of light
and shades, and he illustrates by the mos
vivid contrasts. Like the great painte
he knows the full value of color al
wit is keen, quick and to the point an
like the lightings flash it lights up a
about it. His hu1nor is genial as til
light CT the harvest moon when it catcht
a glimpu of TIE setting sun, and bal
ishes the shadows in twilight OF glow
ing beauty. Pathosis his,and he is ma
Ter Of and hslds the key to the fountai
Of tears. In bis deft hands scorn becom,
apowerful weapon in the denunciatio
ofwrcng and the exposition of fraud. 3
is the magician who sways the hear
and the minds of men to his own moo,
Who will deny that, with this. wonde
full power, he is not genius, with a
innate gift, that training may improve
hamper, but which it can never who'll
destroy and never give, even in part.
sis not the orator limited in his powe
to those who come within hearing Of hi
voice." I asked,