Excerpt from The American Debater, Being a Plain Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Public Debate: Wherein Will Be Found, an Account of the Qualifications Necessary to a Good Deliberative Orator, as Also the Mode of Acquiring Them, the Rules of Order Observed in Deliberative Assemblies To those, finally, who have passed the precincts of youth, and have had, or are anxious to have, some practical skill in doing what is requisite to be done in deliberative assemblies, the author ventures to tender the following pages, as con taining such hints, and suggestions, and instructions, respect ing the qualifications of a good debater, and the rules of order in the transaction of business, as may render it, per chance, a valuable book of reference. Such is the design of the present publication. Its plan, which may be discovered at a glance, is perfectly simple; for it aspires to no higher office than that of being a plain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.