Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-01
Oriental SILK buckingham:
Whit do you read, my lord!
"Wordsl words, words"

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Numberess as are the ways obtain notoriey in this
work a day world Of ours did think that so Il
lustrious-so orienta-so silky and sleek humbug, as
'he ight Honorable late member of British parlia
land and seael!ow OF five and-for-
tysocietes silk oriental Humbug Buckingham, would
have adopted different method of obtaining notoriety
than the patry Of puffs preparatory preliminary,
present and prolific in the loafng papers Of Wastreet
and its precious purlieus
We knew he was a humbug we knew that ne meant
20 try to set the wondering world aghastthat is the
new world for he failed most lamentaby in the old
world and therefore we prepared to see and
read much that would sicken US about him and his
descending visit this country in order to enghten
our ignorance and to tighten pockets but we did
expect from SO aged adroit accomplished and expert
enced charatan as oriental silk bubble Buckingham,
some more oriental method Of quilting the good people
of Gotham than pus prepared cut and dried to order
by the penny a-liners and loafers Of Wall street
We expected that, as Richard says, high reaching
Buckingham" had grown circumspect;" but is not
so hurnbugs of all kinds nauseating-but an old
oriental humbug most monstrously So
Silk Buckingham began his benevolent design Of en-
tightening the ignorant people of this country, at SO
much per head last night at the Stuyvesant Institute
There splendid collection OF cloaks and whlskers,
worn by some very illfavored men; and there was a
sprnkling Of very pretty women, who turned up
their pretty noses the weary, STALE flat and unpro
ftabe" stuff that the speaker attempted to palm on them
for information.
Buckingham appears to be about five and fifty years
of age is rather under than the middle stature
fat pursy-has any thing but prepossessng counte.
nance hawk eyes--a hooked nose which have in
duced some to think him Jew, and talks with an in
distinct and disagreeable lisp.
He began his balderdash, by telling those who were
silly enough sit and listen TO him, that probably they
would desire 10 know about him than it would be
either prudent proper for him to tell But that ms
principal object was, to tell them all he knew,
little as il isl about the old world-chargng OF
course for this Information about twice as much as 1t
would require purchase all the interesting works that
have been published containing every thing that has
been ascertaned about the history Of the Holy Land
Egypt, and the East.
He told us that the reason why Americans did not
know more about the old world, because they can
90 there they are all busy at home-a too fond OF
making money-and that when they don't want to make
money, they had no lesure-no taste! Oh silk Bucking
ham silk Buckingham, oh Why in the name Of com
mon did you condescend to come across the At
lantc enlighten our darkness
about Egypt, il was sufficient for him to tell
us what he knew little as it is. For, said he you
are all ignorant about the affairs Of the old world as
am dreaduy ignorant about the affairs Of this country
We hardly expected so much candor. but truth, like
murder will come out-sometimes when we least ex-
pect il.
He went on as follows-but the loss Of his front
teeth, we believe, or something else prevented our
hearing every word though have the substance in
his own language.
Geography, ladies' is useful--very useful-useful
for peope-very-useul Ter studious people-cant en-
10Y politics without itbut class Of countries whose ge
oeraphy is interesting depends class Of people adj.
dress-if lecture politicians talk to them OF Rus
sia and France and Austria, and Prussia and Spain
these all are in their line If talk to merchants talk
TO them Of countries such send gold and silver
to them in abundancegod and silver countries inter
est merchants-not old countries But i'll talk TO ento
mologsts BIOLOGISTS gcoogs,s, doxologiss and al the
other ologists
Look through nature up natures God"
and talk to them and describe the unodden wilds Of AZ
RIGA the plains OF New zealandthese being unfrodden
by mans foot give us minerals and animals, and
so on"
Most learned Theban, you enlighen the darkness Of
this ignorant country called America by describing to
as the contents OF countries where
Mortal foot hath been"
We have heard Of an magician, who cut mans
head of, and sewed it on agan--and the poor devil
that decaptated lived, moved and spoke for seve
raj years aiterw srds--but heard Of head
being
"cut from that which head hai none"
He TO say, that he speak Of ccun-
tries that nobody else had spoken of but which would
interest politicians locofocos conservatives wings and
all-merchants old maids, young women, Jews Gen
Giles, 1nfdelss SLAM Bang Co, Tag Rag and Bobtal
so Of he expects perfect jam, and pocket
rich round from the ignorant inhabitants Of Uncle
Sans country.
He on shall speak Of that country which
the Of wonderful from the deverancc Of
the Jews M to the resurrection morning; and these
countries recommended to you more than any
other in the world becsuse-because-
Because what do you think, gentle reader Because
Mr.. Buckingham has been there aad has here to