dignity and importance of the art which he is striving to attain "the God-like power Of moulding, wielding, fettering, banding The minds of millions till they move like one." An art which stands forth the hand maid of benevolence and the protectress of improvement; which pleads the cause of injured humanity, and wings the shafts of sacred truth. And when the day of peril comes, (and who, though he hopes, can say he believes also, that the foreign tyrant or the traitor demagogue will never think to "change the fair face of our American Liberty into ashes,") at that day she will constitute a defence surer than the rocky harbors which gird our coast, and oppose to the aggressor resistance more formidable than fleets and armies. Cæsar feared Cicero more than all the legions of Pompey, and never trembled but under the Orator's terrible denunciation. With so many of the brightest models among our coun trymen, and so many advantages afforded for its cultivation, genuine Eloquence surely will not be suffered to languish among us. Should the following compilation advance this noble cause, even in the humblest degree, its object will be fully attained. Page. 13 EXTRACT from Mr. Wilson's Speech, delivered in the Convention of 56 EXTRACT from Gov. Livingston's Address to the Legislature of New- 64 MR. WARREN'S ORATION at Boston, March 6th, 1775, the Anniversary . 87 MR. HENRY'S SPEECH in the Convention of Virginia, March 23, 1775, 100 EXTRACT from Mr. Story's Discourse, in commemoration of the first EXTRACT from Mr. Gaston's Address at Chapel-Hill, June 20th, 1832, 123 EXTRACT from Dr. Beecher's Sermon on Duelling, EXTRACT from Dr. Beecher's Sermon on the Practicalness of a Reform 133 EXTRACT from Mr. Wilson's Speech, on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, delivered in the Convention of Pennsylvania, Novem- Page. MR. HAMILTON'S SPEECH, on the adoption of the Federal Constitu- 153 . 158 EXTRACT from Mr. Henry's Speech, on the adoption of the Federal EXTRACT from Mr. Story's Discourse, on the Dedication of Mount 172 188 EXTRACT from Mr. Henry's Speech, on the adoption of the Federal 204 . 210 EXTRACT from Mr. Bates' Speech on the Indian Bill, delivered in 234 EXTRACT from Mr. Humphrey's Discourse on Indian Rights, 240 EXTRACT from Mr. Ames' Speech on the British Treaty, 250 EXTRACT from Mr. Everett's Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa So- 253 EXTRACT from Mr. Burges' Speech on the claim of Marigny D'Aute- EXTRACT from Mr. Burges' Speech on the Tariff, delivered in Con- EXTRACT from Mr Sparks' Sermon on the death of the Hon. William 273 RED JACKET'S Speech to an American Missionary, 278 EXTRACT from Mr. Van Buren's Speech on the Bill for the Relief of EXTRACT from Mr. Burges' Speech on the Bill for the Relief of the 287 293 EXTRACT from Mr. Buckminster's Sermon on the reasonableness of EXTRACT from Mr. Buckminster's Sermon on the importance of Chris- EXTRACT from Mr. Hopkinson's Speech in defence of Samuel Chase, 302 MR. DEXTER'S Argument in defence of Thomas O. Selfridge, EXTRACT from Mr. Webster's Argument in defence of James Prescott, 315 EXTRACT from Dr. Channing's Discourse on the Ministry for the SPEECH of Minavavana, Chief of the Chippewa Indians, EXTRACT from Mr. Everett's Speech on Temperance, EXTRACT from Mr. Van Buren's Speech on the Panama Mission, 319 342 346 EXTRACT from Mr. Webster's Speech on the Panama Mission, EXTRACT from Mr. Quincy's Speech on the Bill for increasing the EXTRACT from Mr Clay's Speech on the Bill for increasing the 352 |