stump oratory
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A political spectacle, with red fire, torches, floats, old-time stump oratory, and the whole Rotary Club enacting scenes from the Lincoln era, was in readiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In the elections in 1880, Gladstone introduced stump oratory to British democracy.
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It only remains to say that his speech was devoid of all rhetorical imagery, with a marked sup-pression of the pyrotechnics of stump oratory.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.
One of the reasons why he detested what he called stump oratory was because he believed it to be a great school of insincerity.
From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
It is not argument; it is mere stump oratory.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green