Chapter 28

SPEECH-MAKING.

Nat's position--worked for it--bobbin boy father of the orator--so with other men--Sir James Mackintosh--Audubon--Benjamin West--Eli Whitney, and what his sister said--poem of Longfellow--interest in politics--urged to address political bodies--conversation with Charlie--decides to speak--does so at home and abroad--the adventure of a political committee, and a good joke--Nat's speech and their arrangement 287-297