Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-17

tan harangues m the Senate, among other interest,"
ing matters, treated that grave Lody to definition
OF, and dissertation upon the word "bambooal.. !"
The way, IN which the Senate entered into the
hunour ofthe jss', and quizzed the prompous block
head may be gathered from the following extrac, Of
his speech written out by himself.
Sir said MIR. Z. this name fiscal oush, to be chang.
eci u will bambocz the people anG lead them ~
from the true idea OF this Bank; il will conre,I m
true Character, that ola Treasury or Goyernnen,
bank-the thin: - much dreaded and decried IN
General JaekSon's and Van Buren's time IL Is n
bimSooz'Ing name. and ought to be changed, fSomc
member near repeated the word bamboOzle doubt-
msly) es, said MIR. Il. II is a good word-an old
English "ord-a powerful word in its place-and
appropriately useu here. | have used II before i'm
tHe senate, am Jushed It 10y Johnson and the hes,
lex cogsap her', and the finest writers IN he English
language. You will recoloct, Mr. President. I'd
dressing himself TO Mr.. Southland in the chair tho,
you Father snsesed at this word hen frst n,eJ !,
herei Waereupon called IN the Hercules, De- Sam'l
yohnson' IL" ~ and r. X 5. and he quickly set ed
the matter IN my iavUr Some Of the Illustrations ri
It's meaning, which then read will not be forro,ten
50 we'll ~
Mr.. Archer. What were they2 was no, hers
Mr. D. no ore Of the little pnges) bring nle the
6ook-brng me Johnson. (Tne bow Lrousht ny
here, said MIR B. listen. He read:
pose upon, to coniound
Alter Nc mad BAMBoozLED about the money.
john called tor Observation-Disclosures
ga. the people upon earth, except these ,yvo q,
ihrea worthy gentlemen, are imposed upon. cheat
ed, dubbed, abused, BAMB Observation-Disclosures.
Mr. Is. SAID here was good authority Tor the verb.
70 bam'ooz'e; there was a'so good authority for
the noun substantive, bGmJOo=ler. Listen to John
son again:
"BANBoozLER, trickirs fellow; a cheat.
mere are set OF fellows they call Uauterers and
BAABoozLERs, that play such tricks "-.fublrTthroL
Ihls IS good authority, said MIR B. but IL il NO,
all richardson, more modern than Johnson and
a standard photographer has redeemed and est,b-
!!sheu the word IN our language. He says the mean
ing to delude, 10 misead cheat TO cozen 10 de.
eeTe, 10 oeSuIe aud he gives several illustrations
some very suitable TO our times. Thus:
ALTER Nc had BAMBoozLED John awhile about
the 5000 and the 2s 600 John called Tor counters:
but what Nth sleight OF hand, and taking from ms
own score and adding to that of Johns, Mic brought
The balance always on his own side."-SpLCrs His.
Of John Bull
This whimsical phenomenon
"BANB,ozLGs tie account again.
AMI draws me nOleus voeus in "
King in Stumbling Block
"But, says |, sir, perceive this is TO YOU all BAu-
DoozLisG. Why you look as II YOU were Dan
Diesod TO the tune OF a thousand s."-TaiL.r,
Ifhe reading of these illustrations oec,,ioned
much anus ement in the Senate.l
There is one other definition, which we bee leave
to atd
Bam5oo=!s-verb active-to take other peoples
bank notes and by slight Of hand, pu, them into
your cravar.
Ba"6on=sr-A trickery feIlOw-a cheat--a era.
vat suffer.
There are a set offelIows they call humbugger.
and baIabO'EtTs, that play such trcks-ml king
cravat s.'ffner- Of hank notes.
AS another specimen of the Typographical obiI.
tiles OF this learned Theban, We give the following
from the same speech. 1t is TOO good to abridge /:
It's name IS fiscal; and what IS fiscal. lint baro,g.
Jog TO ia" treasury IL Is from the latin adie,tiT.
tsedits, and signifies belonging TO the tre,sr,rv.
ItSe Is treasury, irom the lilu noun fseus. The
ELthCh say y2us ior treasury, from the same noun.
fiSedS ana t1e2hS arc from the Greek phasEos, and
PhasFnlos. The primitive meaning of the Greek is
p'S OaHhel ana belonging To the bIg barset com.
monty called honaper, or hamper bosket. This is
TIE primitive sense: the fguralye or metaphorienl
sense IS treasury, and belonging 10 the tr.,s,,,v
and the reason Of this metnphorlca sense ~ al,
mat ancienily governments collected their res as
the priests Old their tythcs, and ns many I,nJI,rd.
no" collect their rents, that Is 10 say In KIND Thus
"hsh he EHeAi, barley, olives, grapes, SC. were
ripe, the Government taK-gothcrefs entered the
ned with the owner and gathered the GoVe,prnc,,
snare, which was always large share and r,nuir.
ed large baskets TO receive Il. The farmer rad ,
/ little basket, and the Government big basket
hamper, Or as our good housewives call il n ham.
pcf-"hich had handles to IT, and required ssyera
men to carry II. This big basket received the 70
Tor the ueasuryi what put 10 il was put in IN,
treasury and hence, by an easy metaphor, tn,
! treasury took the name Of big b ,skct. Thus ~,
trace the word fiscal 10 this bill, to the latin f.cu
and hscaus, and that to rs Greek root phnskos an,
phaskalOsj and ia comes TO the same thing that
to say belonging TO the Treasury"
This is on unansweubIe argument against tn
| Fiscal Bank. We knock under.