The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
The SHORTEST FINE oRArloN

ever fallen under our observation.
We have not rumaged around in
literature as much as many of our
acquaintance, because the met of
our life has been confined to newspa-
per reading. 1t has been lived among
great array of newspaper exchang-
es until perusing them has become a
part of the burden as well as the
pleasure of life. We are compelled
to read hurriedly, if not thoroughly.
on an average of twenty or more
newspapers every day. However, as
We have had the opportunity, We have
perused some of the works of the ia
nous authors, and envy those who
have more time to do so.
The art of letters and of printing
must always stand as the worlds
greatest inventions. They nave been
the means of contributing more fas-
cinating and delightful pleasure than
all other agencies combined. Hard.
indeed, must have been the lot of
those who lived before speech was
communicated in this way.
But, back to the query-which do
we regard as the finest short grafton?
We remember, at school, reciting
or hearing others recite the speech
of Logan, the untutored Indian chief
tain, and for true, genuine, fervid ell
oquence, it is as fine as any We have
ever run across since, unless it be Ma
l.poleon's impetuous address to his ar
my ain front of the pyramids of Egypt.
or Lilncoln's famous Grafton on the
battlefield of Gettysburg.
Logan,s soration follows:
81 appeal rosaafy white man to say.
if ever he entered LoganHs cabin hun
CRY, and he gave him NOT meat; If
ever he came cold and nat ked. and he
clothed him not. During the course
of the last long and bloody war Logan
remained idle in his cabin an advo-
cate for peace. Such wasl my love
for the whites, that my cotuntrymen
pointed as they passed, and :Said, 10
gan is the friend of the white man.
1 had even thought to have\ lived
with you, but for the injuries ORf one
man. Colonel CreSap, the last spAring.
in cold blood, and unprovoked, murr
dered all the relations of Logan, not
even sparing my women and children.
There runs not a drop of my blood
in the veins of any living creature.
This called on me for revenge. l
have sought it; l have killed many;
l have fully glutted my vengeance;
for my country rejoice at the beams
of peace. But do not harbor a
thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Logan never felt fear. He will not
turn on his heel to save his life. Who
is there to mourn for Logan? Not
one"
Entirely different, but equally sub
lime, is Lincoln's:
-Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth upon this
continent a new nation, conceived In
liberty and dedicated to the PROPOSE
ton that all men are created equal
Now, We are engaged in a great civil
war, testing whether that nation, or
any nation so conceived and so dedi-
Gated, can long endure. We are met
on great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate a portion of
that field as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that
the nation might live. 1t is altogeth-
er fitting and proper that we should
do this. But, in a larger sense, We
cannot dedicate, we cannot conse-
crate, We cannot hallow this ground.
The brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated IL
far above our power to add or de
tract. The world will little note, nor
long remember, what we say here:
but 1t can never forget what they did
here. 1t is for us, the living. rather
to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced. IL
is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before
us; that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause
Tor which they gave the last full
measure of devotion; that We here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain; that this ma
ton, under God, shall have new
birth OF freedom; and that govern
ment of the people, by the people and
Tor the people shall not perish from
the earth"
We are sorry that We cannot place
our hands on the impetuous and in
spring speech of Napoleon, which be-
gan thus
soldiers, you are about to fight the
rulers OF Egypt. From the summit of
yonder pyramids forty centuries be-
hold you!"
We can find it in none of the bound
volumes of any of the famous ora
tions.
The Clark-Hilburn debate was not
pulled off at Archer, as promised.
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