The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

dsur: but. after all. he worshipped the
past. He kept his back to the sunrise.
There was no dawn in his BRAIN He
was not creative He had no spirit Of
prophecy. He lighted no torch. He was
not true TO h.s IDEAL. He talked scrne-
times as though his head was among
the stars. but he stood in the gutter. In
the name Of religion he tried TO break
the win Of Stephen Girard-to destroy the
greatest charity In al. the world: and in
the name of the same religion he defend
ed the fugitive Save .aw- His purpose
was the same Ia both cases. He wanted
once Yet he uttered few very great
paragraphs, rich with thought. perfectly
expressed.
s.CIay never heard, but he must have
had a commanding presence. chiyairic
bearing. q heroic voice. He cared little
for the past He was a natural leader,
wonderful faiker-forcib.e. persuasive.
convincing. He was not poet. not a
master OF metaphor. but he was prac-
teal He kept in view the end to be ac-
comp,.shed. He was the opposite Of Web
sfer Clay was the morning. Webster
the evening Clay had large views. a wide
horizon. He was ample. vigorous and u
little tyrannicai.
Benton Was thoroughly commonplace.
He never uttered an inspired word. He
was an intense egotist. No subject was
sslf. Calhoun Was n political Calynist-
narrow, logical. iognatie. He was no.
an orator. He delivered essays. not ora
tons.
R~cuilections of kossuth and 1om
Corwin.
II think 1t was In 1851 that kossuti WIS.,
tied this country. He was an orator.
There was no man. at that tisns. under
our fia$. who could speak English as
well 40 he In the s1rst speech read OF
Kossush's was this line: Russia is the
rock against which the sigh fer free
dom breaks
IN this you see the poet. the painter.
the orator,
IS. s. Prentiss was an orator. but. with
the reckiessaess OF a gamsster he threw
hts life away. He said profound and
beautiful things. bat he lacked applica-
ton. He was uneven, d.sprcporsfoned-
esying ordinary things on great cccs-
ssons and now and then, without thu
slightes, provocation. ettering the sub
iirsess and most beautiful thoughta
In my Judgment CnrwsI was the great
est orator CT them al. He had more ar
rows In IDS CULVER. He had genius. He
was fail OF humer. pathos. wit and .ostc.
He was an actor. Hts body talked. HIS
meaning was in his eyes and Hrs.
Gov. o. p. Morton. Of Indiana. had the
greatest power OF statement OF any fnAH
ever heard. All the argument was in
his statement. The facts were perfectly
grouped The conclusion was q necessity.
The has; Political speech ever heard was
made hy Coy. Richard J. ogisshy. Of nIi-
ssois. Il had every element Of greatness
reason. hunior. wit; rafhos. imagination
ard perfect naiuralress, That vas In the
grand years. long ago
Abraham iincain's Nasterpieee.
Lincoln had reason. wonderful huraor
ard Wit, but his presence was not good
His voice was poor. his gestures awk-
ward~eas his thoughts were profound
His sae~sa AZ Gettysburg is oaa OF the
masterpieces 81 IRE world. TIE word
here 81 used fear or ave times too
often. Leave ths heres og. and TIE
sreecA IL pertecs.
'rCs course. ] have heard a rvNs. many
takers. hut orators are few sass far txs-
tween They are produced by Victorious
natsons-horn IN the ssi3ss az xrsHt events
or marvellous achievements. They u:ser
the ,noaehtS the aspirations 90 thar az.
They ctcfhe the children ~ TIE n~ons. lr,
tAe gorgeous raess % genius They in
ta~pysf the dreams. With the povfs thew
rrooAery. They Al the tusssre wsss
ssres. forms. with lofty deeds. 1'aey keep
their faccs toward the aswa-soward tie
overcoming day-"