Walls, singular natural ones on the banks of the Missouri Cascade, description of one on the river Missouri Shoshonee Indians, manners and customs of Missouri river, description of Canoes, description of those used by the Indians on the Columbia Chili, singular customs of the inhabitants of Tortoises, description of those found on the islands of the Pacific Water Gap, Lehigh, description of Nooaheeva, Island of, description of a place of religious ceremony in Mounds, remarkable, near Cahokia Warlike weapons, description of those used by the natives of the NARRATIVE. PAGE 13 23 27 35 41 43 45 47 U. States troops, sufferings of a party of Cornwallis Lord, Surrender of French massacres of, by the Indians Indians massacre by, and retaliation by the whites American troops, distressing situation of a party of, in the campaign of 1775 American officer, ingenious stratagem of an Welsh nation, proof of one existing in America POPULAR. 1796 Independence, declaration of Washington George, the illustrious, eulogy on Marshall Mr. speech of, on the death of General Washington Oration, extract from an, delivered at Worcester, Mass. July 4, - Washington General, farewell address of 101: 105 115 116 119 Ames Mr. speech of, on the British Treaty Rutledge Governor, extract from a speech of 123 125 Noland Mr. speech on the bill to suppress duelling 127 Franklin Dr. final speech of, in the federal convention 130 132 Washington Gen. letter of, on accepting the command of the A. Greene General, letter from to the President of Congress 185 St. Clair Arthur Major-general, letter from to the Hon. John Jay 189 191 Franklin Dr. humorous letter from to a young lady 192 Field of Raisin-night view of the 248 Congaree Creek, a sand hill scene at the head of the 251 Village Greatness 257 New Year-Ode for the-1817 258 OBJECTIONS AGAINST ELOQUENCE CONSIDERED. THESE objections are three. First, that rhetoric is a pedantic science, overcharged with scholastic subtleties, and innumerable divisions and subdivisions, burdensome to the memory, oppressive to genius, and never applicable to any valuable purpose in the business of the world. Second, that it is a frivolous science, substituting childish declamation instead of manly sense, and adapted rather to the pageantry of a public festival, than to the sober concerns of real life. And third, that it is a pernicious science; the purpose of which is to mislead the judgment by fascinating the imagination. That its tendencies are to subject the reason of men to the control of their passions; to pervert private justice, and to destroy public liberty. These are formidable objections, and unless a sound and satisfactory answer can be given to them all, both your time and mine, my friends, is at this moment very ill employed, and the call I am obliged to make upon your attention, is a trespass upon something more than your patience. Let me first remark, that the last of these difficulties is not barely at variance with, but in direct hostility to the other two. If rhetoric be a pedantic science, consisting of nothing but a tedious and affected enumeration of the figures of speech, or if it be a frivolous science, teaching only the process of beating up a frothy declamation into seeming consistency, at least it cannot B |