last moment of "recorded time?" Who, sir, I ask, was hè? A northern làborer,- a yankee tallow-chandler's sòn,a. -a printer's runaway boy! 3. And who, let me ask the honorable gentleman, who was he that, in the days of our Revolution, led forth a northern àrmy,- yes, an army of northern làborers,― and aided the chivalry of South Carolina in their defense against British aggrèssion, drove the spoilers from their firesides, and redeemed her fair fields from foreign invaders? Who was hè? A northern laborer, a Rhode Island blacksmith, the gallant General Greene, who left his hammer and his forge, and went forth conquering, and to conquer, in the battle for our independence! And will you preach insurrection to men like thése ? 4. Sir, our country is full of the achievements of northern laborers. Where is Concord, and Lexington, and Princeton, and Trenton, and Saratoga, and Bunker Hill, but in the north? And what, sir, has shed an imperishable renown on the neverdying names of those hallowed spots, but the blood and the struggles, the high daring, and patriotism, and sublime courage, of northern laborers? The whole north is an everlasting monument of the freedom, virtue, intelligence, and indomitable independence of northern làborers! Go, sir, go preach insurrection to men like thèse! 5. The fortitude of the men of the north, under intense suffering for liberty's sake, has been almost God-like! History has so recorded it. Who comprised that gallant army, that, without food, without pay, shelterless, shoeless, penniless, and almost naked, in that dreadful winter, the midnight of our Revolution, whose wanderings could be traced by their blood-tracks in the snow; whom no arts could seduce, no appeal lead astray, no sufferings disàffect; but who, true to their country, and its holy • A yankee tallow-chandler's son,- Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Greene, an American general in the Revolution. cause, continued to fight the good fight of liberty, until it finally triumphed? Who, sir, were those men? Why, northern laborers! - yes, sir, northern làborers! 6. Who, sir, were Roger Shèrman a and - but it is idle to enumerate. To name the northern laborers who have distinguished themselves, and illustrated the history of their country, would require days of the time of this house. Nor is it necessary. Posterity will do them justice. Their deeds have been recorded in characters of fire! SECTION IX. RULE 9. Language of authority, denunciation, reprehension, exclamation, and terror, generally require the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. Authority. 1. Hàste! pass the seas. Fly hènce! begòne! 4. To àrms! to arms! ye bràve! Th' avenging sword unshèath; March òn, march òn, all hearts resolved or death. Denunciation and Reprehension. 1. Wòe unto you, ye blind guìdes,— ye fools, and blìnd! 2. Wòe unto thee, Choràzin! wòe unto thee, Bethsaida! Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. QUESTION. What is the rule for language of authority, reprehension, &c. ? 3. O, foòls! and slow of heàrt to believe all that the prophets have written concerning mè! 4. Hènce! hòme, you idle creatures, get you hòme; you blocks, you stones! you worse than senseless things! Exclamation. 1. O, cruel kìng! hard-hearted Pharaoh ! that every male, of Hebrew mother born, must die! 2. O, how weak is mortal màn! How trìfling - how confined his scope of vision ! 3. Amazing change! A shroud! a còffin! a narrow càbin! This is all that remains of Hamilton ! Terror. What's that? 't is he himself! Mèrcy on me! he has locked the door! What is to becòme of me! EXCEPTION. When exclamatory sentences become questions, or are expressive of tender emotions, they usually require the rising slide. EXAMPLES. Exclamatory Questions. 1. What! shear a wólf! the prowling wólf! 2. What! no man stírs! not one! 3. What! not a word! No réply! Nóne! Tender Emotion. 1. O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 2. O that my head were waters! and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ! QUESMON. What is the exception to this rule? Give an example. NOTE 1. When the direct address is attended with strong emphasis and emotion, the falling inflection is used; but when a speaker deliberately arises, and addresses the chairman or president of a meeting, and the audience, the former takes the rising, and the latter, the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. Mr. Président, Ladies, and Gentlemen. 2. Mr. Chairman, and Fellow-Citizens. 3. May it please your Honor, and Gentlemen of the Jùry. NOTE 2. The language of surprise, wonder, astonishment, admiration, amazement, alarm, fear, horror, remorse, despair, anger, revenge, and strong, dignified expressions of scorn and contempt, also, usually require a falling inflection, proportioned in intensity to the degree of emotion. EXERCISE I. 1. Sláve, do thy òffice. Strike, as I struck the foe! Strike, as I would have struck the tyrants! 2. Strike deep as my cùrse! Strike, and but once! Come on! Come on! I'll bring you to the fòe. And when you meet him, 3. Òn, òn, to Rome we come! The gladiators come! Let opulence tremble in all his palaces! Let oppression shùdder tothink the oppressed may have their turn! Let cruelty turn pale at the thought of redder hands than his! Begòne! Prepare the Eternal city a for our games! 4. If you are men follow me! Strike down yon guàrd,gain the mountain pàsses, and there do bloody work, as did Eternal city, the city of Rome. QUESTIONS. What is the note in regard to the direct address? What other kinds of language usually require the falling inflection ? a your sires at old Thermopylae! Is Sparta b dead? Is the old Grecian spirit frozen in your veins, that you do crouch like a belabored hound beneath his master's lash? O, còmrades! warriors! Thracians! If we must fight, let us fight for ourselves! If we must slaughter, let us slaughter our opprèssors! If we must die, let it be under the clear sky, by the bright waters, in noble, honorable battle! 5. Haste, brave men! Collect your friends to join us on the instant; 6. Freedom calls you! quìck, be ready, Think of what your sires have done,— On, and let the watchword be, 7. Grasp the sword! its edge is keen,— Sweep your land from tyrants clean; Onward, onward! freedom cries; Rush to arms!—the tyrant flies. Thermopyla, a narrow defile in ancient Greece, where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, who met Xerxes' army, fell. b Sparta, an ancient city of Greece. • Thracians, inhabitants of Thrace, one of the Grecian states, east of Macedonia. |