The newspaper., 1909-06-11

to address them. In the Boston popular al
sembly, in 1761, James Otis denounced the Britis
Writ OF Assistance; told that when he had fir
shed, every OF the vast audience went ava
resolved to take up arms against England. Whe
Patrick Henry pleaded his tobacco case against th
parson the people might have been in every par
OF the house hushed to death like Stiffness and benf
ing eagerly forward to catch the magic tones OF tn
speaker The Jury were SO moved by his power an
influence that they lost sight of the legislative enac
ment on which the plaintiff relied; the court eve
refused new trial; when the same great orator con
cluded his well known speech in behalf OF America
independence murmur of applause followed, til
effect too deep The result of these flights
oratory has made America free and independen
nation; II we had had orators to move the peopl
to a realization of their condition, we might hav
been under the tyrannical Great Britain day
But, we must not forget Americas later orators
Daniel Webster up to the time OF the Civil war, dis
more for the preservation of the Union than any
other man; by his wonderful power he was able T.
make the people realize that the central government
must have the supreme power. Head and shoulders
above them all stood the noble Lincoln, whose mas
terfu Gettysburg address made the people realize that
the Union must be saved and slaves must be free !
Had Lincoln not been assassinated, the Americanl
negro would have been in higher stage OF civiliza
ton at the present time.
In day the triumphs of eloquence, though
of different kinds ages past hardly less
real We doubt the whole, If the orator was ever
tempted by a brighter hope of fame, or had a
grander field for the exercise Of his art than at pres
ent. We live in OF popular agitation when In
every free country the people are becoming more and
more the source of all power.
William Jennings Bryan by his impressive words
and strong personality In his speech, "a Crown of
Thorns and Cross OF Gold" delivered in Chicago.
caused himself to be nominated for the presidency.
Thus he has caused Republican party to do many
things that but for fear of him. 1t would not have done
and some OF them have been exceedingly good things
for the welfare Of the American people ExGov. LaFol
lette first became known to the American people in
the Dell Of Old Wisconsin, where by his influence as
orator he caused the government to be changed
from fraud, graft and corruption to an honorable
standard. He ia still fighting for honesty in the gov
ernment of land, and so is Ex-Gov. Folk. OF
Missouri.
While examining the political movements
1t is forget the that vigorous preaching
has The American public has been reared on 1t from
the beginning of our nation For generation after
generation the preacher has been the great man in
powerful men than 1t once had 1t has more men OF .
higher standard of power. and the masses a.
much moved by 1t as they ever were.
In the Gypsy Smith meetings held In Denver the
past spring. the people brought by the hundreds
from Capitol Hill and from the slums by his almost
divine power, n realization that God is the Lord
OF the Universe.
So long there 10 diversity of opinion and q
desire for n larger truth larger liberty and noble
life. there viii be n lasting need for that oratory
which has continued so long with various degrees OF
accelaration; and the necessity still remains OF gath
erng the lessons left by the of this art In
the past that profting by their and their
failures the of the present and the future may
suade.