stump-speaker

I said that Carlyle somehow reminded me of a fervid stump-speaker who pounded his fists and went at his audience fiercely, determined to convince them.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

'It' pears ter me, Cunnel, ye've hed 'bout nuff shootin '' round har, lately; better stop thet sort o 'bis'ness; it moight give ye a sore throat,' said the long, lean, loose-jointed stump-speaker of the previous Sunday, as he entered the cabin and strode directly up to my host.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

His pantaloons and waistcoat were of the common homespun, and he used, now and then, a word of the country dialect, but as a stump-speaker he was infinitely superior to the more polished orator who had preceded him.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

"It 'pears ter me, Cunnel, ye've hed 'bout nuff shootin' round har, lately; better stop thet sort o 'bis'ness; it moight give ye a sore throat," said the long, lean, loose-jointed stump-speaker of the previous Sunday, as he entered the cabin and strode directly up to my host.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

All that was known of him was that he was a good stump-speaker, nominated for his _availability_, -- that is, because he had no history, -- and chosen by a party with whose more extreme opinions he was not in sympathy.

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

Seeing that the native (who, it appeared, was quite popular as a stump-speaker) was drawing away his audience, the Colonel descended from the driver's seat, and motioning for me to follow, entered the carriage.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

His pantaloons and waistcoat were of the common home-spun, and he used, now and then, a word of the country dialect; but as a stump-speaker, he was infinitely superior to the more polished orator who had preceded him.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

As a stump-speaker Col. Gibson was then without a rival in the West.

Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 George W. Julian

Liberal-Republican, and Anti-Monopolist; speculator, lawyer, farmer, lecturer, stump-speaker, editor, and author; preacher of morals and practicer of shrewd political evasions; and always a radical -- he was for many years a force to be reckoned with in the politics of his State and of the nation.

The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics 1923

You see, I am not a professor of vital commerce and investment; I am a stump-speaker, trying to induce the voters to elect a sound business administration.

The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921