Show WEBSTER AS AN ORA TOR address BY ilon iloh HON non A 0 BREWSTER IN THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH before a fair sized audience yesterday afternoon hon augustus 0 aB brewster delivered au an address on 11 webster as an orator on the platform were hon stephen M alien ailen formerly former jy president and now heere beere secretary tary of the webster historical bachety Bo Ba clety clely Post postmaster inister tobey hon A H rice and bev rev W B wright t mr rice presided and bev rev bev mr wright offered prayer after which the temple tempie quartet rendered a vocal selection mr bice rice then said bald that to perpetuate the memory of the great and good waa an exalted and a bounden duty doty to do this in the cabe case of daniel webster webber the most moat illustrious statesman of his country the webster historical society wab waa formed on the slat anniversary niver sary of the death of daniel i webster the society chose as the orator of the day hon augustus 0 brewster in bis hib opening remarks eter ater paid fitting tribute to th the 8 oratory orthe of the ancients saying baying that in power and sublimity ol of language in elaborate and exquisite minlah in their wonderful wonder wand erful tul tui and mighty sway over the minds otmen ot men the speeches of the grecian and rcman raman orators have stood tho the test of criticism among men of taste and letters throughout many years in the long procession ef ct generations yet to come the graceful and accomplished scholar jn in spite of modern criticism w will lil III turn back to the heroic age of gre greece eckand and find in her language and literature as embodied in the sp speeches L echea of her master acirit spirit all mat bilat is beautiful wise and patriotic to encourage ambition ambitions awaken pride and stimulate him on in the true path of intellectual life in cont contrasting r asting the eloquence of webster with that of demosthenes Demoa thenes the speaker drew a graphic picture of the daya days of classic athens the personal rhonal presence of demosthenes aa he spoke from th the a boma continued the Bp speaker eaker esker hig hla blender slender figure his face lean and haggard the nervous tempera ament the ely chi selled head henl serene and thoughtful countenance alwa alwn always s betraying concentrated fire and action indicated the man the statesman and the orator you who have heared the demos Demoa th thenes thenea enes of ame ies ica and looked upon the manly majella mai maj satio for of webster can realize something of tile tiie won darful power and influence of persons sonai presence before a popular as aa why then wonder that the hearts of the athenians are stirred as they contemplate with deep emotion their noblest statesman his els earnest and impressive manner mauner hla hia vehement and impassioned eloquence nis bis compact reasoning and bevere logic have often before controlled and electrified tribunals and popular assemblies the deenet eye the volcanic nire fire on brow and lip lips bespeak the man the orators orator patriot and statesman whose gedius beulus and unrivalled eloquence only can restore athens anu and enve eave her walls her fleets and her maritime ascendancy the speaker described the scene when the great athenian at the azo aze of 52 spoke the for the crown and tais with websters Web We stora biters defence of the constitution he regarded as menu 0 of An and pad m hb erosive eloquence unrivalled in the union of solemnity dignity force and logic ho he then spoke of some instances in which american oia oba oratory r seemed seemed to rife rise to aidina aldins heights such as the glowing audrie auddie and aud rde die flaut eloquence of henry in the continental congress and the F cene scene in ahn senate chamber la in january 1830 when massachusetts through bc her r heroic de fenfer defender c cime osme ime ims upon the field of debate and never left it ib until he had turned the staggering gerine kering wing of nullification he next considered the combination of circa instances among the ancients which he eaid eald were better adapted to call forth the es spirit irit and power of the orator kellne deell neof noot of liberty the dreaded apprehension of the en croach ments of tyranny the mighty interests at stake the burning bense sense of wrong and injustice injo stice the ter terri rifle flo events that bad passed paned and i the still more terrible ones at the door opened a vast field to the orator mr brewstet brewster then spoke of his personal recollections recollect iona lona of mr webster and ebid eald he bad never seen a man as god framed hm him with a form so grand and noble tind and en dowed with such buch severe beauty of countenance and extraordinarily attractive and imposing presence pr cence hla hin speech he said bald waa was of the purest axon auxon ason English simple diorec cireo and forcible and never wan ting in those grand pase passages ages of eloquence which persuade and convince the publio mind webster had the iron logic and massive strength of the greek and his hia rhetorical finish and poetical expression but he lacked his hig hi imps srim pas paa atoned delivery livery de and intense enthusiasm WebB webs We batera tera eloquence was that of grave earnestness of sincere conviction and of deep and profound und reason on the floor or of Congre con Uon grebs grebb Rss in the senate chamber an n Fa faneuil neull neuil hail hall or in the open air addre addressing asing tens of thousands on the tho ordinary political topics of the day he never opened the springs of inspiration fathomless as a great sea geneed he needed a great occa ocea occasion alon aion the defence of some living mighty principle of constitutional civil liberty to call forth his hla all commanding awer in the department of advocacy said M brewster mr webster held the tha supremacy hla his greatest achievement in oratory was hla hia reply to hayne in 1830 thip thi scene was wag w ag portrayed at great length and the sp speaker ealier concluded ea follows I 1 have described this greatest of mr websters efforts as an orator and solely for the reason that I 1 know of no one speech of modern times in any language or tongue which can approach it in strength of argument and solidity of reasoning in clearness force and earnestness in severe bevere logio logic and tou teu touching ehing ching pathos in lofty of ty tone of national feeling in warm and impassioned appeal for unity end fraternity in undying devotion to the constitution and me the laws in ardent and patriotic otio ent to the union of all ail tho tha state atwill it will stand forever a fitting monument eternal as the granite hills bills of his hla native state to commemorate the genius and i of american elo eio quence quance ez ex |