The Columbian Orator

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CONTENTS
EDITOR\'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EDITOR\'S INTRODUCTION
IDENTIFICATION OF AUTHORS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPEAKING—EXTRACTED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ON ELOQUENCE, PRONOUNCED AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1794 (Perkins)
EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON\'S FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1789
SPEECH OF PAULUS EMILIUS TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE AS HE WAS TAKING THE COMMAND OF THEIR ARMY
EXHORTATION ON TEMPERANCE IN PLEASURE (Blair)
JUDAH\'S PLEA FOR HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN, BEFORE JOSEPH IN EGYPT (Philo)
EXTRACT FROM THE PLEA OF THOMAS MUIR, ESQ. AT HIS CELEBRATED TRIAL IN SCOTLAND
ON THE STARRY HEAVENS (Hervey)
PAPER, A POEM (Franklin)
EXTRACT FROM CATO\'S SPEECH BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, AFTER THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE
DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GHOSTS OF AN ENGLISH DUELLIST, A NORTH-AMERICAN SAVAGE, AND MERCURY (Littleton)
SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, OF THE STOCKBRIDGE TRIBE, TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1775
ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD (Blair)
LINES SPOKEN AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION, BY A LITTLE BOY SEVEN YEARS OLD (Everett)
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT\'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, IN THE YEAR 1766, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STAMP-ACT
SCENE FROM THE FARCE OF LETHE (Garrick)
EXTRACT FROM THE EULOGY ON DR. FRANKLIN, PRONOUNCED BY THE ABBE FAUCHET, IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONS OF PARIS, 1790
EPILOGUE TO ADDISON\'S CATO
SELF-CONCEIT AN ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY A VERY SMALL BOY
HOWARD AND LESTER—A DIALOGUE ON LEARNING AND USEFULNESS
CHRIST\'S CRUCIFIXION (Cumberland)
THE WONDERS OF NATURE (Hervey)
DIALOGUE ON PHYSIOGNOMY
ORATION DELIVERED AT PARIS, BY CITIZEN CARNOT, PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY, AT THE FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE, AND VICTORY, CELEBRATED AT THE CHAMP DE-MARS, MAY 29, 1796
ADDRESS OF MR. ADET. FRENCH AMBASSADOR, ON PRESENTING THE COLOURS OF FRANCE, TO THE UNITED STATES, 1796
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON\'S ANSWER
THE OPPRESSIVE LANDLORD
LORD MANSFIELD\'S SPEECH, IN SUPPORT OF A BILL FOR PREVENTING DELAYS OF JUSTICE, BY REASON OF PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT, 1770
EXTRACT FROM A SERMON ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Davies)
CHRIST TRIUMPHANT OVER THE APOSTATE ANGELS (Milton)
SLAVES IN BARBARY (Everett): A Drama in Two Acts
CONCLUSION OF A CELEBRATED SPEECH OF MR. PITT, IN 1770, IN SUPPORT OF A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT, TO REQUEST THE KING TO LAY BEFORE THAT BODY ALL THE PAPERS RELATIVE TO CERTAIN DEPREDATIONS OF THE SPANIARDS, AND LIKEWISE, TO A TREATY WHICH HE WAS THEN NEGOCIATING WITH SPAIN
SOCRATES\' DEFENCE BEFORE HIS ACCUSERS AND JUDGES
DIALOGUE ON COWARDICE AND KNAVERY
MR. SHERIDAN\'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. TAYLOR
PART OF CICERO\'S ORATION AGAINST CATILINE
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS; FROM THE VISION OF COLUMBUS (Barlow)
SPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, TO HIS BRETHREN IN ARMS
REFLECTIONS OVER THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG MAN (Hervey)
SCENE FROM THE DRAMA OF \"MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES\" (H. Moore)
SPEECH OF GAIUS CASSIUS TO HIS COLLECTED FORCES, AFTER THE DEATH OF CESAR
PART OF MR. ERSKINE\'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. PITT, 1784
EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON\'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, SEPT. 17, 1796
DIALOGUE ON THE CHOICE OF BUSINESS FOR LIFE
SPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, BEFORE HIS ATTACK ON MILAN, APRIL 26, 1796
MR. PITT\'S SPEECH, NOV. 18, IN OPPOSITION TO LORD SUFFOLK, WHO PROPOSED TO PARLIAMENT TO EMPLOY THE INDIANS AGAINST THE AMERICANS; AND WHO SAID, IN THE COURSE OF THE DEBATE, THAT \"THEY HAD A RIGHT TO USE ALL THE MEANS, THAT GOD AND NATURE HAD PUT INTO THEIR HANDS, TO CONQUER AMERICA\"
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SCHOOL-MASTER AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT\'S SPEECH, IN ANSWER TO LORD MANSFIELD, ON THE AFFAIR OF MR. WILKES, 1770
ON THE GENERAL JUDGMENT DAY; FROM DWIGHT\'S CONQUEST OF CANAAN
ON THE WORKS OF CREATION AND PROVIDENCE (Hervey)
SPEECH OF MR. FOX, IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS, 1778
THE CONJURER, A DIALOGUE (Everett)
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT\'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775
SPEECH OF GALGACHUS TO THE CALEDONIAN ARMY
MODERN EDUCATION DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PRECEPTOR OF AN ACADEMY, AND A PARENT OF AN OFFERED PUPIL
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, DEMONSTRATED FROM THE WORKS OF CREATION; BEING A SERMON PREACHED AT PROVIDENCE
THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE EXTRACT OF AN ORATION DELIVERED AT RHODE-ISLAND COLLEGE, 1796 (Burges)
INFERNAL CONFERENCE (Cumberland)
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT\'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, MAY 13, 1777
ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Young)
THE DISSIPATED OXFORD STUDENT, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BROTHER AND HIS TWO SISTERS (Burney)
EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH IN CONGRESS, APRIL, 1799, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (Ames)
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT WORCESTER, (MASS.) JULY 4, 1796 By Francis Blake, ESQ.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA EXTRACT FROM A POEM SPOKEN AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1795 (Everett)
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MASTER AND SLAVE
PART OF MR. O\'CONNOR\'S SPEECH IN THE FIRST IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN FAVOUR OF THE BILL FOR EMANCIPATING THE ROMAN CATHOLICS, 1795
SCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF TAMERLANE (Rowe)
COLONEL BARRE\'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT 1765, ON THE STAMP-ACT BILL
THE LAST DAY EXTRACT FROM A MANUSCRIPT POEM (Everett)
A DIALOGUE ON LOQUACITY
AMERICAN SAGES (Barlow)
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT\'S SPEECH, NOV. 18, 1777, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS
SCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF CATO (Addison)
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION DELIVERED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1794, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (Phillips)
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHITE INHABITANT OF THE UNITED STATES AND AN INDIAN (Everett)
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1796 (Lathrop)
DIALOGUE BETWEEN EDWARD AND HARRY (Everett)
DAVID AND GOLIATH (H. Moore)
AN ORATION ON THE POWERS OF ELOQUENCE, WRITTEN FOR AN EXHIBITION OF A SCHOOL IN BOSTON, 1794
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CITY GENTLEMAN OF THE TOWN, AND A COUNTRY FARMER
EXTRACT FROM A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW-YORK SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE MANUMISSION OF SLAVES, APRIL 12, 1797
A FORENSIC DISPUTE, ON THE QUESTION, ARE THE ANGLO-AMERICANS ENDOWED WITH CAPACITY AND GENIUS EQUAL TO EUROPEANS? (Everett)
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, MARCH 5TH, 1780