Political oratory of Emery A. Storrs : from Lincoln to Garfield

I. Political Oratory

Rarity of Eminent Examples of Political Orators or Oratory—Framework of Mr. Storrs' Life— Unique Career — Comparison of Fame of Choate and Sumner— Personal Appearance and Characteristics — Remarkable Illustrations of Wonderful Memory and Extempore Powers — Nature of Work 5

II. Illustrations Of Wit And Wisdom

Evidence of an Orator's Power — Democratic Characterizations — The Modernized Prodigal Son — Fun with Seymour— Tilden Writes a Letter — Braves who Remained at Home — Character of Charles Sumner— Various Types of Eloquence u

III. Early Political Speeches

The Kansas Troubles — '58 — Downfall of the Democratic Misrule Foretold — Fourth of July, 1854 — Our Nation's Future — Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation — Johnson's Southern Policy 37

IV. The Campaign Of 1868

Blaine's State the Scene of Mr. Storrs' Earliest And Latest Triumphs as a Political Orator— Arraignment of the Democratic Party — Defense of the Constitutional Amendments 6(

V. The Campaign Of 1872

The Discontented Band— A Springfield, III., Mass-Meeting—Greeley Says "The Way to Resume is to Resume" — Who Was the Father of the Republican Party?— A Famous Illustration — Grant's Immortality- Illiberal " Liberals "—The Wolf Party— Some Biblical Illustrations. 100 rJ ONTENT&— Continued.

VI. Pag*

"Liberal " Republicanism- Cira. Service Reform - Revision or the tariff -Resumption of Specie Payment - General Grant's Record Contrasted with that of Horace Greeley— Scriptural Illustrations

VII

An Oratorical Victory on the Pacific Slope - Character of General Grant- Work of an Orator-Record of a Great Party -Addresses at Burlington, Cleveland and Other Cities — Eloquence and Logic

VEIL

REMARKABLE SCENE IN THE NATIONAL CONVENTION - CONQUESTS OF ORATORY IN VARIOUS CITIES - GREAT SPEECH AT BOSTON -

Comparison of the Contending Parties— Downfall of the

Republican Party at the Polls