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CHAPTER
CONTENTS
PART ONE-FORENSIC
I. COURT ROOM SPEECHES:
PAGE
I. DANIEL WEbster..... Knapp-White Murder Case.. 3
Jury Trial-Attorney for the Prosecution.
2.
THOMAS ERSKINE..
........
Defense of Lord Gordon....
Jury Trial-Attorney for the Defense-Treason,
48
3. JEREMIAH S. BLACK....................The Right to Trial by Jury.. 83
Supreme Court Appeal-Constitutional Law.
4. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS...... Instruction to Jury.....
Judge's Charge in a Murder Trial.
5. LORD MANSFIELD.
112
...The Case of Allan Evans.... 121
Judicial Opinion, with the Reasoning back of it, in the
House of Lords.
6. ROBERT EMMET...
Protest against Sentence as a
Traitor
130
Prisoner's Speech to the Court.
PART TWO-DELIBERATIVE
II. SPEECHES IN LEGISLATIVE BODIES:
7. EDMUND BURKE...... ..Conciliation with America... 139
Elaborate Discussion of Colonial Policy. House of
Commons.
8. WILLIAM PITT
(LORD CHATHAM)......The Attempt to Subjugate
America
Brief Protest against Specific Policy. House of Lords.
189
..Against English Imperialism.. 198
Aggression. Irish Parliament.
Reply to Hayne....
Elaborate Discussion of Tense National Situation.
U. S. Senate.
Discussion of Attitude of Victors in Civil War. U. S.
Senate.
THOMAS BABINGTON MA-
CAULAY
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Argument on a Specific Law. House of Commons.
294
13. ELIHU Rooт.....
.Invisible Government.....
Discussion of a Bill in a Constitutional Convention.
N. Y. State.
14. JAMES PROCTOR KNOTT....The Glories of Duluth.......
Discussion of a Specific Bill. U. S. House of Repre-
sentatives.
15. PATRICK HENRY...
...Liberty or Death....
306
317
328
"A Personal Declaration of War." Virginia Convention.
16. HENRY GRATTAN.... ... Invective against Corry...... 330
Brief Retort on Question of Personal Privilege. Irish
Parliament.
III. CAMPAIGN SPEECHES:
17. DANIEL O'CONNELL.......The Repeal of the Union.... 334
To a Familiar Audience of Constituents, Predisposed
in Favor of His Cause.
18. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.......The Cooper Institute Address 341
To a Large General Audience of Mixed Prejudices on
His Cause-Personally Strangers to the Speaker.
19. JOHN MORLEY............Home Rule...
To a University Audience Friendly to the Speaker,
Probably Largely Predisposed Against His Cause.
20. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE......Opening of the 1916 Republi-
can Campaign
Modern American Political Campaign Speech in a Party Mass Meeting.
21. HOMER S. CUMMINGS. Keynote 1920 Democratic Con-
vention
Modern American Political Campaign Speech in a Party
Convention.
357
372
390
PART THREE-DEMONSTRATIVE
IV. EULOGIES:
22. JAMES G. BLAINE.... Eulogy on Garfield.....
Formal Memorial Meeting of Congress.
408
23. JOHN HAY.....
Eulogy on McKinley......... 427
24. WENDELL PHILLIPS. .Eulogy on Daniel O'Connell.. 443
......
Formal Eulogy at Centenary Celebration.
25. ROBERT G. INGERSOL.
Brief Tribute at a Funeral.
At His Brother's Grave...... 466
26. RALPH WALDO EMERSON...The Memory of Burns...... 467
Brief Tribute at a Centenary Dinner.
V. NOMINATING SPEECHES:
27. ROBERT G. INGERSOL....... James G. Blaine...
Nominating Speech in National Convention.
28. ROSCOE CONKLING.................U. S. Grant....
470
472
31. THEODORE ROOSEVELT...... Inaugural
On Continuing Party in Power.
32. WOODROW WILSON........First Inaugural.....
On Return of Party to Power after Many Years.
485
488
VII. DEDICATION:
33. DANIEL WEBSTER....
..Bunker Hill Monument...... 492
At the Laying of the Corner Stone of Great Monu-
ment.
34. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.......The Gettysburg Address..... 508
At Dedication of National Cemetery.
35. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON..The Progress of the Ameri-
37. THEODORE ROOSEVELT......The Man with the Muckrake..
530
At the Laying of the Cornerstone of a Government
Building.
38. WOODROW WILSON................Abraham Lincoln..........
537
At the Acceptance of a National Memorial.
VIII. ANNIVERSARY SPEECHES:
39. GOLDWIN SMITH....... The Lamps of Fiction..........
Centenary of a Great Writer.
40. WENDELL PHILLIPS STAF-
41.
FORD
541
The College a Training School
for Public Service........... 547
At a College Sesqui-Centennial. WOODROW WILSON....
On the Fourth of July.
The Meaning of the Declara-
tion of Independence...... 544
IX. AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES:
44. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.. Liberty Under the Law...... 573
45. HENRY W. GRADY... .. The New South....
46. HENRY W. GRADY...
.The Race Problem.
47. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, America's Mission.....
577
585
598
.......
49. WOODROW WILSON.... The American College......
50. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT... The President.....
612
48. JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS....The British Commonwealth of
616
51. OLIVER W. HOLMES, JR....Speech at a Bar Dinner...... 624
52. HENRY WATTERSON.... .. The Puritan and the Cavalier 627
53. JOSEPH H. CHOATE.. Sons and Guests of Harvard.. 631
636
54. CHAUNCEY M. Depew.....Ireland
55. HENRY VAN DYKE.... ..The Typical Dutchman...... 641
56. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS......A "Littery" Episode......... 645
57. ST. CLAIR MCKELWAY.....Smashed Crockery..
649
X. SPEECHES OF INTRODUCTION:
60. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, Louis Kossuth..
664
Introducing a Foreign Patriot.
61. CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Henry Cabot Lodge and A.
Lawrence Lowell..
667
Introducing Two Prominent Citizens.
63. ELIHU Rooт.....
62. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS......Charles Kingsley.........
Introducing a Foreign Writer.
Introducing Journalist and Orator.
64. FRANK S. STREETER.......Frederick S. Jones....
Introducing an Educator.
65. SHAILER MATHEWS..... Woodrow Wilson....
Introducing the President of the United States.
XI. SPEECHES OF WELCOME:
66. ARTHUR T. HADLEY.......The Brotherhood of Yale.... 672
At a University Celebration.
67. OLIVER W. HOLMES.......Welcome to the Alumni..... 674
At a University Commencement.
68. CHARLES W. ELIOT........Welcome to Prince Henry of
Prussia
At a Visit of a Stranger to the State.
69. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER. Welcome to "The Wheelock
Succession"
To His Successor in Office.
...
676
678
XII. SPEECHES OF FAREWELL:
70. EDWARD JOHN PHELPS.....Farewell to England......... 681
To Friends in a Foreign Country.
71. WILLIAM OSLER...
.Farewell to the Medical Pro-
fession of America....
684
To Professional Friends.
72. EDWIN A. ALDERMAN.....Farewell to the Class of 1920. 687
To a University Graduating Class.
73. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.......Farewell to Springfield...... 690
To Friends and Neighbors.
XIII. SPEECHES OF RESPONSE:
74. LOUIS KOSSUTH...... ...Response to Welcome....
To Formal Welcome by Governor of a State.
691
75. CHARLES DICKENS........Tribute to Washington Irving 694
Response to Greeting at a Banquet in His Honor.
76. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL..."The Return of the Native".. 697
Response to a Welcome Home.
XIV. SPEECHES OF PRESENTATION:
77. LEW WALLACE......
Return of the Flags...... 702
Presenting Battle Flags to the State.
78. DARIUS NASH COUCH.....Return of the Flags....
708
79. STEWART L. WOODFORD.....The Pilgrim Statue.......
Presenting Statue to a City.
709
80. HENRY JOHNSON FISHER...The Cheney-Ives Gateway... 710
Presenting a University Memorial.
XV. SPEECHES OF ACCEPTANCE:
81. JOHN ALBION ANDREW....Accepting the Battle Flags.. 712
Governor Accepting Battle Flags for the State.