Show strong baritone gave fourth a I 1 hoarse and rr rough kgb and at times something dikea barking sound his tour tone was from the very start angry dictatorial and insolent in ili the extreme in one of his first sentences lie he charged lincoln with base insinuations and ahn he went on in that style with a wrathful frown upon his brow defiantly shaking ills his lead head clenching his fists and stamping his feet no IND language seemed to be too offensive for him and even inoffensive things lie he would sometimes bring out hi a manner which sounded as if intended to be insulting and thus he occasionally called forth instead of applause from his friends demonstrations of 0 remonstrance from the opposition but his sentences were well put together its his points strongly accentuated his argumentation seemingly clear and plausible his sophisms sophi sms skill fully woven so as to throw the desir desired cri fawd of darkness upon unon the subject anil and gnus the lin ift mored aminti mind 1 his appeals to prejudice were unprincipled and reckless but shrewdly aimed and invective was vigorous and exceedingly trying to the temper of the assailed party but then came Lincol ns closing speech of half an hour which seemed completely to change the temper of the atmosphere he I 1 replied to douglas arguments arguments and attacks with rapid thrusts so deft and piercing cing with humorous retort so quaint and pat and with wi witty ty illustrations so clinching and he did it all so good that the meeting again and again burst out in bursts of delight it by which many of 0 his opponents even were carried carried away avay while the scowl on douglas face grew darker and darker the more we learn of Lincol ns qualities of mind and soul the more we are struck with his preeminence pre eminence among men one so homely of free fate gaunt of figure and unconventional in dress could have won distinction by none other than a towering intellect and a soul divine ire he is to be classed as oue one of the truly cicat gi cat men of all time there is a proneness among us all to bo be self laudi tory to praise those who are of us and for us but with that vanity aside lincoln appeals to honorable men as a statesman almost unequaled d in the combined qualities of character and mentality |