THE AMERICAN ORATOR, COMPRISING A COLLECTION, PRINCIPALLY FROM AMERICAN AUTHORS, OF THE MOST ADMIRED SPECIMENS OF CONGRESSIONAL, FORENSIC, PULPIT AND POPULAR ELOQUENCE, WITH DIALOGUES AND POETICAL EXTRACTS, ADAPTED TO PUBLIC RECITATION; AND AN INTRODUCTION, EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAL RULES RELATING TO DELIVERY AND ACTION. BY JOSHUA P. SLACK. TRENTON, (N. J.) PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY DANIEL FENTON. ....................... Thomas T. Stiles, Printer. 1815. AL 488.75 District of New-Jersey, ss. 4mm x BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the second day of March, in the thirty-ninth year of the independence of the United States of America, Daniel Fenton, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, SEAL. to wit: "The American Orator, comprising a collection, principally from “American authors, of the most admired specimens of Congres86 sional, Forensic, Pulpit, and Popular Eloquence, with Dia" logues and Poetical Extracts, adapted to public recitation; " and an Introduction, embracing the principal rules relating to ss delivery and action. By Joshua P. Slack." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned," and also to the act, entitled "An Act supplementary to the act, entitled An Act for the encouragemt of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, etching and engraving, historical and other prints." 18. 21, 23, 26, 80 Extract from a speech on the invasion of Canada, by Mr. Clay, 32 filling the army, by Mr. Webster, Extract from a speech relative to the Bank bill, by Mr. Hanson, 53 CHAPTER I. CONGRESSIONAL SPEECHES. Extract from a speech on the British Treaty, by Fisher Ames, Continuation, - Mr. Quincy's address to the chairman, after Mr. Clay's speech, Extract from a speech on the state of the nation, by Mr. Fox, seditious meetings by Mr. Pitt, conciliation with America, by Mr. Burke, 74 the foreign intercourse bill, by Mr. Harper, 77 Speech on the famous conscription bill, by Mr. Stockton, Extract from a speech on the punishment of suspected pirates, by e ......................................................................................................... f Extract from a speech on the trial of Burr, by Mr. Wirt, against the Age of Reason, by Mr. Erskine, 127 ..................................................................................... on the trial of Paine, by Mr. Erskine, ......................................... on the trial of Rowan, by Mr. Curran, Extract from a speech in defence of Livingston, by Mr. Griffin, CHAPTER HII. Extract from a sermon, by Dr. Buchanan, a sermon on duelling, by Dr. Dwight, ......................... the same sermon, ............. a Missionary sermon, by Dr. Staughton, a sermon before the Union Lodge, by Dr. Hersey, 167 |