The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17

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aaustGAt4uu political pewrr. aD4 FeFs@A
equality As Il Vas soy4s yw1ra h"t@F"
Te..re - st4A a c~nnstaeFAotr eFe9"@UN
ri the Norm. however. ih&t - vort"
rex~ea OF H!tzdU3 ~fAoAS5e@ negro htA-
fs.& and sny!actb1c hatcrs 80 the saGth
81 uxsr q year 40 t&as fading rows
nnper in Kew England. The hfsst7n
Herald. said a. 10 the south bhrs
i. h~arhartau& II referred e. m"
~-et,- am Fina - snow that th~s
/. nesthey fanatics nor fools. AMI S2n
,xer do sastiCc 20 Guwra&o sT4ietHt
.nrm4rs and hA-cr~ but tnr scsNen
~ tttstA ts woTAinE
If naa SPACE and desire ! would
undertake "a brief essay now q" 1"N
ane:eat Visas of wuAt constitute
.Eloausucs ia the North aus III Unv
South. Many wears axo j wrote An1
published something "a th4s $@esN's
but have 40 copy al NA4.1
led 10 IAe consideration - N" So
3ect by recalling ~" hearing 81 1"'
very famous GRAFTON on GcoFs e WASH
luAton oS Hon GdN0r Everett %
Boston. Mass. Later ! saw an sFhciS
from the press oI the uso44ent ana
distinguished Rev pE Fuller. thr'l
i Of Baltimore tic was. / believe. norm
in south Carolina. aDd Nas regarded
forty years ago as the foremost orator
among the baptist ministers IN IN"
south / heard him but once ana Was
disappointed l regarded Mr Everett >
Grafton as superb ia rhetorical "H"Nts'
but as 10 genuine ~oloQuence IT Mas a
pronounced failure lie was
IN delivery. pr. kuiicr wrote OF botn
Abraham Lincoln ana AR. Everett las
paper | read la the Richmond tNA)
Religious Herald. 1t was decidedly IN
terosting. OF Lincoln ne wrot" cyl
IDENTITY In perfect candor. and with n"
II EstE - - n.f 80 FkAn and a4DERatlFIHn
He said ne was not eloquent. ana Yet
his speeches were inspiring, thritHng
He wrote. and IL Is indeed line aud ap-
pealing:
Have we not taken up the whole
matter amiss, with reference 10 true
e%loquence He Is no orator. he II
the most ~unsainly. clumsy and awk-
ward speaker-this Is the WA ! nave
heard people talk, after listening TO
preachers who moved me L. tears, Hs
If oratorys depends on the arts y con-
t~rivances OF rhetoric. as II these same
clumsy, ~unBraceful speakers are not
the very men who sometimes stir our
blood. while we listen without a SIN
gle emotion TO the accomplished re-
taller OF elaborate tropes ana meta
phors. In a word, as II true ~eioque1cc
consists at all in speech or gestures.
as If study or earning or toll can ever
reach It,; as II we can ascend up into
the heaven OF Imagination and bring
il down. or descend into the depths OF
erudition and bring 1t up. as II any
parade OF phrases, and flights OF de-
clamation can approach it, A. II the
ornaments OF style, the refinements or
criticism. the pomp and procession of
we'll turned periods are not contempt
BILE, ridiculous imbecillties, when COM
pared with It. as II IT must not come
If it comes at alias the light OF the
morning comes. as the lightningS come
out of the sky and say. Here we are p"
That is incisive and accurate as
believe. The greatest effects ] have
seen were not produced by scholar
ship. rhetoric or gracefulness In de-
livery. h highest efforts | have list
ened to We're free, full, spontaneous
electrical, full OF passion and pathos
and ears. DR.. Fuller said that Mr..
Everett told him he never spoke with
out carefully writing and committing
to memory every word, and | after
ward thought that this was so, even
in some remarks which were only con
versational." He delivered an elabo-
rately prepared eulogy at Gettysburg.
Pa. DIR. Fuller said il was dull. uniu-
viting, and before he was half through
half the crowd had dispersed, and
were seen strolling over the battlefield
and cemetery. Then Mr.. Lincoln spoke
a few words and uttered half a dozen
downright, thoughts which
sent a thrill through the hearts OF the
multitude and caused the air 10 re-
sound with their acclamations."
If you could have been at Raleigh
in 1869. and have heard the intro
duction of that Inasterful orator,
George +. Badger. and then have list
ened to the admirably prepared ora
ton by Mr.. Everett you would have
seen the vast difference between nat
ural, free-born, spontaneous oratory,
and charming rhetorical periods deliv-
cred with precision and graceful art
with no glazing passion or uplifting
words of eloquence. Mr.. Badgers adj
dress was the very best which / have
heard Of that kind. Duncan McI.ae's
Vance in Wilmington in 1880. Col.
McRae's charming introduction was
followed by a two hours political
speech by Vance. that was par excel
lence the greatest to which I have ever
listened in all my life. In 1859, I was
up Fayetteville street. Raj
eigh. with Rev. Lewis X. Willie. OF
oxford. 1t was the morning after the
Everett Grafton in the Chamber Of the
House of Representatives in the mas
sive capitol. We met Col. McRae,
when Mr.. Willie said to him. How
did you like the Grafton of Mr.. Ever
ett's last night" The reply came in
the shrill tones OF McRae: Il heard no
eloquence from Mr.. Everett, but If Mr..
Badger could have delivered 1t in
SledO, ne WOlIQ nave shaker the caDi-
toll to its very foundations" heard
two other most eloquent speeches
which made a lasting impression upon
my mind. one was In the court house
at oxford in 1852, at night, soon after
Hon. John Kerr had been defeated for
Governor. 1t was court Eeek. It was
wonderfully thrilling and ~elevating.
The@other was at night at Raleigh be-
fore the National Hotel, when Cover
nor vance had spoken. and 1t was by
q distinguished lawyer. himself after
wards Governor, Daniel q. Fowle. He
MAS not famous for high oratory. bur
the speech referred to was full OF pas
sion and power, and excelIed any 9TH
er speech in those particulars | ever
heard save Judge Kerr's.
Jhese four speeches reached the
highest waterrnark I recall in moro
than sixty-fve years Of hearing have
heard greater efforts intellectually save
that by Governor Vance. have heard
Judge Badger when he was most ey-
traordinary, greater than any one eIse
| have heard not excepting Henry CLAY
ana all others. His speech before the
Wing State Convention In 1o