Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-06
NEWARK ADVERTISER.
Letter to a Member Of Congress mhoSe Education
has been Y1poLpcfed


! has been neglected.
DEAN Sin You have reached that elevation which is
the grand aim of the patriot and the politician and you have
done the honor seek advice regard those pub
which henceoh expected to make in
the capital Let first OF all entreat you lay aside all
fear regard those little defects which false modesty leads
you confess The day. believe me- past when the musty
eruditon of the dark ages required in statesman and
there is good time coming when the three RS of Sir William
Curtis, namely, Reading Rting, and Rhmec," will be
as little ia demand as the three Graces
Fix in your mind that every thing within the reach Of
holiness your visage, and go forward The
of eoquence parliamentary lies reeralon of one sya
BILE, Words, Words, Words" Your speech will be mea
sured, not weighed. When il goes home Buncombe all
its little irregularities will have been reduced under the plan
ing machine of the kindly reporter If Piscians head has
been broken the wound will be healed by the sku
hand IT, with a worthy member from New York, you speak
of the committee which soft last night if you point
"Mem gentlemen from the West y if you ou-herod
Herod by such ultra grammar cit you and
sthe lighthouse had been being buit;" all these little
domsms will be restored to the dialect by the vulgar
| school learning of the scribe.
Avail yourself of the national taste for Latin. BE
startled. aware, dear sir, that you have dabbed
much Roman lore but what then II is high time for you
know that is not the like Adams and Marsh,
who prominent in the citation business. Your know
ledge Of the world has already taught you that great wealth
be hastily inferred from d-headed a shirt
bosom with constellation of precious Latin gram
mar which your footman will teach you pronounce is all
the library you need Six most good scraps
sufficient for encolumn speech Such Temporal
ta,tur, ETC.. Amor rincit omnid Pro patria mort.
Let your style be and sounding Disuse
expressions these mark the extremes-tbe
sery hand, and the highest literature the other
Webster could afford to talk plain English you and your
Arkansas friends cannot Never say beginning but incep
tor ring few changes the terms "spirituasm," ss
hetics "high- art "super-sensuous. will explain these
words hereafter they have striking effect, when well
ed As universal maxim, fill the mouth " thsis
fill the ear-and eventually, the pocket For example,
dern oatory will deliver itself thus Assuming location
beside the mausoeum of the British Orbus, the honor
ed cavalier CALCULATED bis emotions with analogous enuncaon
Busby he exclaimed talented, magnanmous parsonage
Twas he from whom progenor received the nculcaoy
aceraon Heroic educator AT his pndagogc should
also have imbbed the classic LYMPH had haucinaton
obnubilated my inchoate vision"
This you will observe is the identical passage which is
thus given the 329h Spectator by Addison the tame
language of his day, thus GAS stood before Busby
tomb the Knight uttered himself again the
DIR. Busby, greatman He whipped my grandfather
very great man should have gone him myself if had
not been a blockhead.'"
Manners form separate topic they will be best learnt
from observation of the most popular Legislature Be easy
The Congress knife your desk may be happily employed
in cleaning your nails II you sandwich in your seat
be careful rise motion till you have dsembaass
ed your mouth of the crumbs II your mans backing be
good favorable display Of your boots the costly desk in
dicatcs nonchaiance To keep your hat while the chap
lain prayers may require effort; but time works
ders. The half of a bowckne escaping from under your
gold watchguad fine figure Of rhetoric in stormy debates
in connexon with ample whskers and long hair, il will
cure you the character Of powerful disputant,
As speeches altogether Tor the constituency and no
longer tend toward settlement Of opinion they need
be listened former days Then, you know they sell
dom used go beyond few hours. II however, any thing
persona yourself" should be uttered, you prepared
with the established formulas about honor, satisfaction"
and another place" These things formidable first
but Of your mess will always be in place
matters at the couner-check quaelsome by showing
that your threats offered Gin Pickwickan sense" II
cartel should however, be sent take to submit the
spelling your footman, such documents apt get
Inc
vive who plume themselves ON these nceties.
Craftsmanship, my dear sir is no longer the mystery which
has been pretended. The whole secret lies in the phrase
Follow your leader" Children think that opinions are
formed by debate in the House. Singular mistake The debate
is simply ceremony, subsequent to the ouofdoor arrange
ment. Consider how pfu would be your any should
believe that your had been secured by the reasoning Of
opponent Ours the age Of machinery. Your pleas
ing task record the will Of the caucus, Just tho bar
invention, called the Annuncato dscloses the number
Of the in which guest rings for servant Your libra
y shall be sent you the small pormanteau there you will
find Wcbsters Speler, Dictionary OF Quotations, Lem
peres Dictionary, and translation Of Cesar Adcu. We
look for no less than eight columns
| am, dear sir your faithful friend,
SIMON sooTH