THE

AMERICAN ORATOR,

COMPRISING A

COLLECTION PRINCIPALLY FROM AMERICAN AUTHORS,

OF THE

MOST ADMIRED SPECIMENS

OF

CONGRESSIONAL, FORENSIC, PULPIT

AND

POPULAR ELOQUENCE, ~

WITH

DIALOGUES AND POETICAL EXTRACTS,

AND

AN INTRODUCTION, ·

EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAL RULES RELATING TO

DELIVERY AND ACTION.

BY JOSHUA P. SLACK,

SECOND EDITION,

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN

APPENDIX,

CONTAINING SOME INTERESTING

ORIGINAL PIECES,

TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACTS,

On different subjects, from the most celebrated Authors.

TRENTON, N. J.

PUBLISHED BY D. FENTON.

1824.