Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-22
:. POLITICAL sQUIBs."

VII IUuIOUdttUu " ttUtSutSs \
which we have seen, is the following from the
New York Commercial, in which the Reprimand
is done into verse, and the sense Of the original
conveyed in familiar aud ineligible language:
Sammy Houston! stand IN! you've been charged with
abreach
OF the rights of this House. and our freedom Of speech.
You have beaten a member for stating a fact
And the House can't afford TO approve OF the act.
It's a delicate matter for one Jackson man
tn censure another; but well NJ can
pH do il. So, Sammy, you know we have lost
Nearly all of four weeks, AID how much it has cost.
To consider your case; you've had counsel allowed.
Aud been marched up, IN state, every day, through the
crow;
We have heard all the law.learning out Of the book,
We have also heard you discourse on your own hook;
And now, in q . moral and dignih ID way,
| proceed to the u.terance OF what I've 10 say
No matter what led you 10 make the assault
The House thinks, deci ledly, you was IN fault;
And they censurc yoa, Sam; 10 be censureo you s'ah''
And must administer their reprmsnd'
II it were to q paupet that I had to preach,
Ur changeling or scrub, who knew no parts Ut Speech
I should lay down tue law with por.entous effect
And make him hereafter bah ave more c'rrsct'
But as you've b. Ell a member your sell, twouid DE vsin'
And il YOU see fit, you may do 1t again
You mas lick any body else you like. and may ride
About. with the Sergeant at.Arms by YOU s'dei
And then may, perhaps, hive the pie assure to stand
Again betnre me, grlti X my reprimsnt.
You certainl, know that II all Ut our body
Should be licked every day. it would look rather oddyi
And the ,earons aud Fsuxes and Irollopes might tell
Some t,u,ls which in print would not sound very well
Oh! Sammy, for shame! think Of This. my dear son!
I AIN sure. had you thought Of the risk that you run,
OF dispiessinE the House in the manner aforesaid'
You would not have done it. aud there'd been no more
said.
Thus the House is avenged and my eloquence
stranded,
And you-Sam-considcr yourself REPRiMAsDED!
The following questions (says the National
Gazette) may be supposed tn be among the add''
tional questions put BY Mr.. Cambreleng to the
President of The Bank Of the United States. with
Mr.. Biddle's answers:
Question do you know MOrdecai Manas-
ses Noah. king Of the Jewsa
Answer. II never saw his majesty, and have
not the honor ofhis acquaintance.
Q s.-Supposing him to be a middle-s'zed
man, with a Romanish nose, sandy hair, round
abdomen, and rather arch look.-a handsome man
in the ensemble, is it not your opinion that such
a person would be very apt at a bribel
Alt might be so; but there are SO many
counterfrits current that ] cannot say.
O. s.-When James Watson Webb got the
discount. did you notice that he is webfooted,
club listed, with bushy black hair, and a blue
beardl
Al believe so.
o. 4.-Do you know how many buffaloes there
are in the Westa
A.-Not exactly:-the only one ! ever saw is
that YOU recommended for a branch, with Mr..
Rochester for President.
O. 5.-Did you ever circulate on The Sehenec.
tady rsii-road2
A.-No; I believe the foundation is bad, pitch
and tar having been substituted for granite at
the bottom, and the frost has already destroyed it
before the locomotives have been put on.
O. Gin your answers to the 162 questions
which | propounded, did you try to render me
ridicuiouss
A.-By no means: l tried to prevent it; but
I fear without success.
Q. Odd you ever read my Report on the
coasting trader
A.-As manv times as you estimate the coast
inc vessels of Great Britain, eight hundred thou
sand times. always with renewed wonder.
o S.-Do you consider John Quincy Adams
the only man who can save this UnIonl
Al admire, very much, his description of a
partisan politician hanging on the skirts of a
leader.
Q, 9.-Do you know why my three names be-
gin each one with a G?
Al understand that you were born to be
Chairman of the Committee of Commerce, where
fore, l presume. your three initials.
Q. lois there not reason to apprehend that
the late Treaty with Great Britain will cause a
r~evulsion in the single business Of North Carroll
ua?
Al think not.
Q. 11.-What is the effect of the Safety Fund
on the bucktailss
Alt hicks them.
Q 1a.-Have you not heard that the French
Academy had Perpetual Secretary!
A-Yes, and that the post was filled BY wits
Of the first order and repute.
Q. l3.-Have you any objection to my self-ap-
pointment as perpetual Qnerist to Congressa
A.-None whatever;-you are a wonderful
adept in the Socratic method.
q. 14.-In case the world should revert to HE.
roglyphics, how do you think I shall be desig-
nated9
A.-Ofcourse, BY well-deiaed note Of inter-
r~ogation.
Nhou vudoe Cl.vton u,.ot. r.. I.ty.- tr a.