The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-02

Bv DR.. T. B. Kingsbury.

1-,t-.~-g in 1851.
ln "H oial''' cir
before the AethooI7'S % ud
omit the oldest IN North Ca1Dt.A@' a-N
hat. r..,,e.t nron the late Rev.
d" '" .ta greatest natural
Ihpt1dS - i'" .lr. a,..~
orator. SO far "a. i am 4,+.' -
born IT, North 'afolIAe.
some length 10 the "f1.''L VIZ
Edward Everett upon '1'- +, 7
la4toa. the aiHet 81 ~ ~ "erba no
have not read "Hal 5"'' ~ lm
twenty years, ana 90 no.. 81 q
line IF it. The other day III "'5tI.S
If Mr.. Haa&eF, AGAIN 'o-'i ~
Mr. I.s'l W. ,a "a dDIivrr #
"1..''.. ,i-fls tnfh North and
-4 .tl''. ~. IlaI ,..~e ,.ri.tnn con
1'I'H' d 7.0- . I r-era IIth cyaIt-
c~s'i'aE ~, ~. - md criticfern cow
81 tfa'7. ~ t.'tsh ~ ,lfa. f. i
"l"l @''1Is" ~
again H'". t,a1"i"h So hear l. ~
l,o'" '5=.... ~ so + rnet cI,ife
me 7'ii...1 ahlstn Tho ,rfy:iaaa -
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A.~..' ~ ..IifG,,one accan+ bic ban.
".. -, ~ ,-a. raan[, than ~.
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f'''''' n'I I'M u ION
b"p9I ttoiInIlst: n@U but ms
.'-'. LL9'' " P"I9T' anu
pug ~ Il ~, - L'eiSlI 20 ne =
b'a''H '!Io"6H my 1--WE WtTh9' ne
IS''r1y apbtaIto 70 De VIoIe4l' nut II
my III" DIl ll'Iif hdiIii, tilc '|3's,
c D|I7 rocoi'a lTn1 frnao tIa ,irhIT oi}a3
Sool from me richly oII,t
I''2I. I'LL fNeICtI 2p@p0i ~
'D'd,Iied ioI Il'il otI HIcG
D' SIoIy' aI'IlouSH M Hiio'' ~ 80
i"f@ OF tHe popii9i!'I. hot H'" ISt
mo turn % the OratIolI'
I went, | paid, | listened, gazed,
and | criticized to myself. | behold a
fine looking, elegantly dressed speak
r, of commanding personality, quite
graceful, with the posturing and
movement Of . dancing master, full of
2%Itilice, precision of mannerisn. and
evidently trained IN c1ocutionary
tricks That IS what saw. o FOR
What | heard. His voice was good,
somewhat SOnOrOus. ore rOtundO as |
recall i we'll mOdulated and st times
iute-like. He pronounced distinctly
each syllable, spoke with considerable
ease and occasional emphasis, but
spoke without that electrical, kindllnS
passion and penetration which stir the
'"D-' '''' 'N4ii 10 >-4 -
ul' VEINS. II was nice leIlc1touS, pre-
oII'' IIIL"OoL"I "o'ialIld -'H1t "1n
n"9 Ii'lc01 49, otttGl' "a'
.JlS NE an 9i MI. ENeISII very re-
10 f-"'iG e99eA I"Ho 1 nave eau
80 Wlln ~ l''i1
tStE IuT'oI ioaI' very ~el9S"Ht' tSiS
"l ms -" "IN"Sa ~
r2'lI5 10 Ir"u' ms oeSc'lpLol o
i}lol-elii tdNIle, the Yer famous
IN ~ IL "a ~ N'S~i -
l-.o9a 7r1I. o,.onbfr - ir1
7 r".G, Hvan 20 eci1a7 ~ 6. @3ni er1aDd;1
,,,5 aItraa hn,. tbn hnst 9assaa f i, bis
ln.+ion pr+ oftor al 80 VIVIAN
dt., ,rn;a ,a1 T,,a,a ,rae ro.Iv 80
"innl,anra WONT evnGctfna 70 boar
,n n I+ ot.rr,u No. n.itb biah noro-
~, w. - 81 il+enca C"ar
.tt4,Hnm i,,d ;n+arae+ a3d 1iftii,o ne
en'1I INFO l~au.onta6 coetacv mi ad-
~ - - 1850 =" CO.
an orator-a Clay, an $. s. Prentiss, q
McDulfle, (Gen. Chngnan told me
thirty years ago that he was h
greatest orator he ever heard in the
l. ;. Housed, a Vance, a Henry a.
Wise, and | only heard q c~onsunmate
cssayist, p~ronouncing in formal, even
aftltIc'aI, evolutionary style, q most
eNQuiSitely arranged production, very
- N''IAN AiC' ~ = NtANA
full But as to e~looucnce I heard none
of it. save when orr great North Car
oIinian Mr. R9doer 50 haDDiIv.
SunarbIv and +briIinoIv
the Gifted and dist;n3 ,Iicbaa Poston-
ian 10 the audia1ce If trv Mr.
Everett bv any standard Of e~loGuepce
known in ON. then he was
no orator. He had none of the air
$50 divine and true and rare. which en-
ubIcs the speaker to to srbdue.
T., lead cantive 3t viii an eager. ex-
uectan, audiences: he had none of the
fnaon4tfsn1 Of HIGH orat0rv which !
5i~vs and inspires, and but little of
thai Taeh@a which melts the soul, and
r.ohes tears, It was alike destitute
of humor as Of pathos. The GRAFTON
4Littercd with fine rhetorical jewels; it
Was like It palace of ice in the sun
jght-very brilliant. but very cold;
bu unlike the palace. it die not
mel..
,ftar hao, = Z~oro++ o,a COO
iSaiIIlS Nlr. EFElelS, III SIeo
l ing, ! ta.t in1uca ne was Ia4oed as me
49, n't'ta "I@lol3 nnon.a
|EttiJ titIltI the SCUM ndO no oljjoTS /