stump speech

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A speech made from a stump or other elevation; i. e. an electioneering speech in favor of one's self, or some other political candidate.

We had of course a passion for stump speaking. But recollect, we often mount the stump only figuratively and very good stump speeches are delivered from a table, a chair, a whiskey-barrel, and the like. Sometimes we make the best stump speeches on horseback.--Carlton, The New Purchase, Vol. I. p. at 1.

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