Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-04
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. A Fine Specimen of American Eloquence.

whole annals of oratory, finer specimen of impromptu eloquence than the follow ing extract from late speech of Charles W. Carrigan, of Philadelphia. Evident ly erten,pore and off hand, it is far supe- rior, Tn our judgment. 10 the studied and more ornate rhetorical flourshes which embellish the closest prepared addresses of the great majority of scholars and ora tors. It is imbued with warmth of feel. ing and coloring and contains vividness of expression and poetical beauty of illustration that is seldom fonnd, except in the production of the greatest masters of the art of eloquence. Its exalted national and patriotic tone, and the truly American sentiments which it inculcaies, with such felicity of dittion, will render it admira- ble even to those who dissent from the po- litical sentiments of the orator. The per- sonal appearance of MT. Carrigan bears strong analogy to that of John Brough, Esq, of Cincinnati. Short and thick-set in stature, with abundance of flesh, and an easy rollicking manner and good-hu. mored expression of countenance, tha, in. dicates fondness for the good things of this life, and for the substantial and prac. tical, he would be ths very last man one would suspect of poetical temperament, and of a fancy for the brigh, ideal MT. Carrgan says: I
 But after all, my felow.ctizens, this great noise about protection and corrup. tion' is only rallyng cry for 1860, for another and more bitter sectional strife. The same men are figuring in this new
 movement who gave life to the hot blood
 of 1856. They have stretched, almost to
 breaking. the sinews of our national
 brotherhood they have almost alienated
 one section of our Confederacy, and they
 now seek to finish their infamous work.
 The cry has gone forth tha; this country
 must be all free or all slaves and they
 are marshaling their forces to break down
 State rights or disrupt the Confederacy.
 All eyes are turned to Pennsylvania to
 know what she will do or say. Planted as she is on the imaginary line of deris- 1 ion, what will she do in that crisis? The answer that we send to the country. from the thousands here assembled, is---Penn-
 sylvania will be true to the Constitution and the Union. [Great applause. Her | confidence is firm as her mountains, and
 her devotion lasting as the iron ih her ore
 beds. Vociferous applause She will
 uphold or fall with the banner of nation- alhy. But, if fall she must, if sepa- ration of this Confederacy is broug gh, about by the infamous machinations of this black peoples party'-it will not be the separation they contemplate. No Mason and Dixon's line will mark the boundary. Washington's ashes rest be. low that line, and Pennsylvania cings to the memories that hallow his tombstone. Enthusiastic applause. Jackson's re.
 mains lie in the Southern Hermitage. Pennsyvania's heart is even now in his grave. Long-continued applause. No Mason and Dixon's line mark the boun. dary, from the noble Hudson to the ever. glades of Florida, a new Union of States, loving and fraternizing, will rejoice in the sunshine of constitutional liberty. TGreat cheering Nor would the movement be new to our country. In our infancy we adopted the articles of confederation for our government, but soon found them in- adequate to our wants. We then met in 1 convention, and, for the purpose of form
 ing more perfect Union, adopted the | Constitution under which we live. For years we were peaceful and happy, until 1 the treason of New England worked it's way through all the Northern States. There 1t is ranking and fostering, and un. less the knife of sound, national conser- vatism is used for its eradication, ,conseouen- ces must be the calling of new conven- ton, to form still more perfect Union, leaving the New England States, with their treason and incendiarlsm attached, 10 the British provinces, where they nat. urally belong-her national Democracy having previously fled from her as from a doomed city. Rapturous applause. 1 would not advocate this proceeding until we had exhausted every means ef eeaeill- iation, and had nothing left but the honor that originally sealed the compact.- [Great applause.
 :" Let us, my fellow citizens, by one ex- ertion, endeavor to keep that day far dis tant Let us rally enthusiastically to the support of Democratic principles and Democratic Administration that IS pledged for the preservation of State rights, and, consequently, the Union.
 James the Fifth gave to the people of Edinburg a beautiful banner, in token of their loyal services. Around it the holi- est recollections clustered. and at its ap- pearance the Scots would instantly rally to do battle for their country. In the wo- fu fight of Flodden that banner was 10 the Scots what the plume of Murat was 10 the French. Where the fray was black. pst, where the dead were thickest. up rose hat banner, and its fiashings inspired the neanest soldier. So sacred was that ban. ner, that when Randolph Murray; the captain of the City Band, bore it into f Edlnhurp snearlaSs and hIooJ,, ,Lo ro. 1 C