powers into his addresses.  He has a facility of telling strange and marvellous stories which can scarcely be surpassed; and what makes them still more interesting, he always happens to be an eyewitness.  While speaking, he acts the drunkard, and does it in a style which could not be equalled on the boards of the Lyceum or Adelphi.  No man has obtained more signatures to the temperance pledge than he.  After all, it is a question whether he has ever been of any permanent service to this reform or not.  Mr. Gough has more than once fallen from his position as a teetotaler; more than once he has broken his pledge, and when found by his friends, was in houses of a questionable character.  However, some are of opinion that these defects have been of use to him; for when he has made his appearance after one of these debaucheries, the people appear to sympathize more with him, and some thought he spoke better.  If we believe that a person could enjoy good health with water upon the brain, we would be of opinion that Mr. Gough’s cranium contained a greater quantity than that of any other living man.  When speaking before an audience, he can weep when he pleases; and the tears shed on these occasions are none of your make-believe kind—­none of your small drops trickling down the cheeks one at a time;—­but they come in great showers, so as even to sprinkle upon the paper which he holds in his hand.  Of course, he is not alone in shedding tears in his meetings, many of his hearers usually join him; especially the ladies, as these showers are intended for them.  However, no one can sit for an hour and hear John.  B. Gough, without coming to the conclusion that he is nothing more than a theatrical mountebank.

The ablest speaker on the subject of Peace, is Charles Sumner.  Standing more than six feet in height, and well proportioned, Mr. Sumner makes a most splendid and commanding appearance before an assembly.  It is not his looks alone that attract attention—­his very countenance indicates a superior mind.  Born in the upper circle, educated in the first College in the country, and finally becoming a member of the Bar, he is well qualified to take the highest possible position as a public speaker.  As an orator, Charles Sumner has but one superior in the United States, and that is Wendell Phillips.  Mr. Sumner is an able advocate for the liberation of the American Slaves as well as of the cause of Peace, and has rendered great aid to the abolition movement.

The name of Elihu Burritt, for many reasons, should be placed at the head of the Peace Movement.  No man was ever more devoted to one idea than he is to that of peace.  If he is an advocate of Temperance, it is because it will promote peace.  If he opposes Slavery, it is upon the grounds of peace.  Ask him why he wants an “Ocean Penny Postage,” he will tell you to engender the principles of peace.  Everything with him hinges upon the doctrine of peace.  As a speaker, Mr. Burritt does not rank amongst the