The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-29
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.

forming Star and Catholic Messenger.
NV oKLEAHs, SUNDAY. MAY .. ls7o
Carrazs Account Of his Iirst speech.
One day after dinner; an acquaintance of
his in speaking Of his elouuence, observed
b. Curran that it must have been born with /
him. Indeed, my dear sir" replied Cur
ran, "it was not; it was born three-and-
twenty years and some months after rae;
Ind IL yOu are satisied to listen to = dal!
You shall have the history OF its
When was at the Temple, q few
Of ne formed little debating club; poor
Anjohn, and Duhigg, and the rest Of them
they have all disappeared from the stage.
attended; my foolish heart throbbing with
the anticipated honor of being styled the
Aearned member who opened the debate :
or the very eloquent gentlemen who just
sat down. All the day Tho coming scene
jolinR A.; my ear had aageady caught the
glorious melody of hear him, hear him,
Already Twas practising how to steal q
tounntng sidelOng glance at the tear of gem
erous appreciation bubbling in the eyes of
my little auditory. My mind was stored
like book Wasting the preface; and go for
Want Of preface to begin with, the volume
was never putafshed. I stood up trembling
Through every Abre !; but remembering that
I'm this circumstance was but imitatin6
Tplly, tock courage and had actually
to my utter astonishment and terror, per-
ceived that every eye was rivetted upon
me. There were only six, or seven at the
most, present at the time; and the little
'Ioom could not have contained as many
more5 yetit was to my panic struck imagi-
natio1) as If I were the central object in
nature aad assembled millions gazing upon
me in breathless expectation. I became
disaaeyed and dumb; my friends cried,
hear him, hear him but there was moth
tho pantomime of articulation, but was
like the unfortunate fiddler at the fair, who
upon going to strike up the solo which was
to Uavish every ear, discovered that an
enemy had maliciously soaped his bow. So
you sec, sir, it was not born with him.
However, though my friends, even APP
0ohn despaired Of me, the cacoethes loqucndi
yves not to be subdued without struggle.
was for the present silenced, but still
attended our meetings with the most laud-
able regularity and even ventured to &C
company the others to moro ambitious
Aeatre, The Devils Of Temple Bar > where
truly, I may say, that many time the
DEVILS own work was going forward. Here,
warned by fatal experience that a mans
powers may be cverstrained, at last con-
by dint of practice and encouragement,
brought my tongue to recite those magical
elements of parliamentary eloquence, with
sound emphasis and good discretion;' SO
that in short time had completed my
education for the Irish senate. Such was
my state; a popular throb just beginning
to revisit my heart, when long expected
remittance arrived from Newmarket.
APjohn dined with me that day and
when the leg of mutton, or rather the bone,
was removed, we offered up the libation Of
an additional glass Of punch for the health
and length of days of that kind mother who
remembered the necessities of her absent
chlld.s In the evening we repaired to THE
Devils One of them was upon his legs !;
n fellow of whom it was impossible to de-
the filth of his persen or the Hippancy of
his tongue; just such another as the great
Harry Flood, our talented countryman,
would have called the highly gifted
gentleman with the dirty cravat and
greasy pantaloons.' found this learned
person in the act Of calumniating chronol-
0gy by the most preposteroxs anachron-
Jams, as far as Gas believe shortly after
wards told him. traducing the illustrious
dead, oy affecting confidential intercourse
very dear friend behind his back, who, if
present, would Indignantly repel the impu-
tation of SO insulting an intimacy. He
discounted upon Demosthenes, the glory of
the Roman Forum; that FULLY was the con-
temporary and rival of Cicero; and in the
short space of one half hour, transported
the straits of Marathon three several times
to the plains of Thermopyle.
Thinking had right to know something
of these matters, 1 looked at him with
surprise and whether it was the money in
my pocket or my classical chivalry, or most
Erobably the supplementary tumbler of
punch, that gave my face smirk of saucy
confidence, when our eyes met, there was
something like a wager of battle in mine,
Hpon which the erudite gentleman instant
IL changed his invective against me, and
concluded by a few words Of friendly coun-
sell (horresco referens) to 'orator mum !,
who he doubted not possessed wonderful
talent for eloquence, although he would
recommend him to show it in future by
some more popular method than silence
followed his advice, and believe not en-.
tirely without effect; for when upon sitting
down, whispered to my friend 8 that
hoped de did not think that my dirty an
tagonist had got clean Off
'On.sse contrary, my dear fellow sale
ne, every one around ME is declaring tina
1t is the first time they ever saw him 81
SCeu dressed.'n
TIE ARMENIAN MuRDER.-Those of our con
temporaries who are SO indignant with LORI
s. Denbigh for having said that he was al
EMglishman, bat before all things q Catholic