Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-02-07

CONGRESSIONAL SCENES.


Correspondence Of the Bea,more Patriot
One Of the best things IN the whole o &
PRENrIss' speech was bis sarcastic com.
meutary on the code of morality by
which Mr.. Secretary Woodbury. appears
10 have been regulated, in all his inter
course with these defaultiug pets aud fa-
vorites OF the party.
He gave to Mr. Secretary a name
which 1 spprehend will stick to him =
He compared him to Mrs. Marsery Lob
kins IN Paul Clifford or as she was
Familiarity called, Peggy, or Peggy Lob
and he !ikened his mild ad,ices to the
leg treasurers, TO the gentle admonitions
with which that famous matroH, when
inspired by the spirit Of moraIizing adj.
dressed 'Lceile Paul Prentiss read a
loud from Bulwer's novel, the advice of
Mrs. Lobkins. aud it struck every body
us SO opposite an illustration OF the Sec
retary's morality, that every sentence
was received with the keenest enjoy
ment. "Mind thy Kitiychism. child,
(said the dame, and reverence old age.
Never steal Especially when any one
De IN the cay; Qoud laughter.) Be mod
est Paul; and stick TO your situation in
life. Read your bible, and talk like a pr
Gus I'm. People goes by your WORDS
more than your ACTIONS, (renewed
laughter) II you want w hat is not your
own, try and do without it, and if you
cannot do without it, take il away by in
sinication, not .dusier. They as swindles
does more aud risks less than then as
robs."
| can give you no idea of the delecta>
BILE manner in which Prentiss recited
this, nor of the impression it produced
on his auditors. Had it been in order,
the galleries would have risen and huz.
zaed.
Better was to come-Mother Lob.
kins put in PauIs hand the sum of fl We
halt pence, and one farthing There
boy, quoth she, (and she shaked her
head fondly as she spoke, much of the
fashion in which MIR. Secretary smooth
ed down his subordinates) you does
right lot to play for nothing, IFS loss
OF time! But remember, play with
those as be less than yourself; and,
there you can go for to beat EN-, if they
says you go for TO cheat
MIR. Prentiss brought up with great
power the application Of the last pas
sage. He reminded the House that to go
- for 10 beat those ,Oho sag you go for TO
cheat, was the very spirit Of JACKSON
ISM. The law introduced by Jackson
was CLUB fa,o. Mr.. Wise was an exam
ple.-While pushing the Investigations
into the abuses of the Executive Depart.
ments two sessions ago, he was obliged
10 go about with his harness on Cen
erai Jackson had but to whistle. and the
Hhoderick Dhu men were ready to O.
beg his behest;
"That whistle garrisoned the glen
At once with full five hundred menu
They were driven to the wall and
slain, who dared to look Into the abuses
of the Government. The man who, an
imated with the love of his country,
and hatred Of oppression, aud scorn for
corruption. boldly expressed his senti-
ments, carried his life in his hand -
tie feit he might at any moment be ex-
posed to the b!udgeon or pistol
In the State OF Mississippi, two gems
tiemen of the highest character. public
and private, were shot dorm for their
pains in examining and attempting TO
expose the frauds. the corruptions, the q.
buses, in which the authorized pett.d
and pampered officers OF Government
bad INDUCED for years, 1t was for this
Mr.. Senator Pondezter was prosecuted.
It was because he dared to look into al
lodged Gefalcations. that the whole in.
fiuence OF the Administration, and the
whole exeTtions of those who were
bound together by the cohesive force of
the plumber OF the public, were directed
against him. Mr.. Ptenliss took coca
sion 10 pronounce an eulogy Oh MIR Pon-
dexter, as just, as merited, as it was elo-
9nent in the expression.
Pfentiss is excellent at Illustration,
and telling story. While commenting
Oh the siowness ofthe Secretary aud the
Administration to discover the existence
OF any deialcatioD, be introduced the
following dialogue, which is no less il.
Illustrative of the position Of Mr.. Wood>
bury, than OF the policy Of AR. Van
Buren,.
Aud how did it happen, Pat, tina,
MisMer Van Buren, always kept in with
the oula general, as he did?
"Why I'm thinking Murphy, it was
because he always had such q tad could
jissiP
"Aod what had his having co,eld to
do with the matter at all, at all ?"
why did ye never hear, Murphy,
nv hoy Of the Fox that had oor.iJ