......

I. DANIEL WEBSTER..... Knapp-White Murder Case..

Jury Trial-Attorney for the Prosecution.

2. THOMAS ERSKINE.........Defense of Lord Gordon....

Jury Trial-Attorney for the Defense-Treason.

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3. JEREMIAH S. BLACK....... The Right to Trial by Jury.. 83.

Supreme Court Appeal-Constitutional Law.

4. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS...... Instruction to Jury.......... 112

Judge's Charge in a Murder Trial.

5. LORD MANSFIELD...

...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...

Elaborate Discussion of Colonial Policy. House of

Commons.

8. WILLIAM PITT

(LORD CHATHAM)......The Attempt to Subjugate

America

139

189

Brief Protest against Specific Policy. House of Lords.

9. HENRY GRATTAN.

..Against English Imperialism.. 198

Opposition to Foreign Aggression. Irish Parliament.

.. Reply to Hayne.....

10. DANIEL WEBSTER....

Elaborate Discussion of Tense National Situation.

U. S. Senate.

II. CARL SCHURZ....

...General Amnesty..

Discussion of Attitude of Victors in Civil War. U. S.

Argument on a Specific Law. House of Commons.

211

272

294

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III.

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.....

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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.

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.......... 408

Formal Memorial Meeting of Congress.

23. JOHN HAY..............

.Eulogy on McKinley..

427

Formal Memorial Meeting of Congress.

24.

WENDELL PHILLIPS.......Eulogy on Daniel O'Connell.. 443

Formal Eulogy at Centenary Celebration.

25.

26.

Ralph Waldo EmERSON...The Memory of Burns...... 467

Brief Tribute at a Centenary Dinner.

ROBERT G. INGERSOL..... At His Brother's Grave...... 466

Brief Tribute at a Funeral.

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V. NOMINATING SPEECHES:

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27.

ROBERT G. INGERSOL

James G. Blaine....

Nominating Speech in National Convention.

28. ROSCOE CONKLING.........U. S. Grant...

Nominating Speech in National Convention.

VI. INAUGURALS:

29.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN....... First Inaugural

In Time of Great National Crisis.

30. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.......Second Inaugural..

On Re-election During Civil War.

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470

472

476

... 484

485

488

32. WOODROW WILSON... .First Inaugural....
On Return of Party to Power after Many Years.

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.....
At the Acceptance of a National Memorial.

710

712

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X.

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Speech to Grand Army Posts 561

42. JOHN D. LONG...

On Memorial Day.

43. JOHN G. COYLE...........The Army of Democracy.... 570

On Washington's Birthday.

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.....

48. JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS....The British Commonwealth of

Nations

577

585

598

603

49. WOODROW WILSON........ The American College. ..... 612

50. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT...The President.....
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

54. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.....Ireland
636

55. HENRY VAN DYKE........The Typical Dutchman...... 641

56. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS......A "Littery" Episode.
Episode......... 645

57. ST. CLAIR MCKELWAY..... Smashed Crockery.....

58. HORACE PORTER..... ..Woman

....

59. F. CHARLES HUME...... The Young Lawyer.....

SPEECHES OF INTRODUCTION:

60. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, Louis Kossuth...

649

653

... 658

664

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.

668

.Henry Watterson...

669

.... 670

671

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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

676

At a Visit of a Stranger to the State.

69. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER. Welcome to "The Wheelock

Succession"

678

To His Successor in Office.

XII. SPEECHES OF FAREWELL:

70. EDWARD JOHN PHELPS.....Farewell to England.....

To Friends in a Foreign Country.

681

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........ 691

To Formal Welcome by Governor of a State.

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

Presenting Battle Flags to the State.

79. STEWART L. WOODFORD.....The Pilgrim Statue......... 709

Presenting Statue to a City.

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.