Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-11-17
Nj is G E lii A II Y
FROM THE NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER.
A Letter 10 Member of Congress- whose Educa-
lion has been neglected..

tloh huS DCCu htSlCCtCu'
DEAR SIR You have now reached that elcva-
ton which Is the grand aim of the patriot and the
politician, and you have done me the honor To seek
my advice in regard TO lhuse public appearances
winch you hencelOrth expected to maze IN the
capital. Let Inc FIRST OF all enlreal You lay aside
all fear in regard TO those ltle detects which false
mudeSty leads you 10 confess. The day, believe
me- Is past when the musly crudition OF Tie dark a
gcs was required IN statesman and there is 4
good time coming when The three RS of Sir Wi
liam Curtis, namely, Reading. 'Rting and ruth.
metc," Will be as littc in demand rs the three
GraccS.
Fix it in your mind that every thing is within
the reach vi Dodncss Adjust your vlsaue, and 90
forward. The secret oil cloluencc parliamentary
lies IN the reitcratlOn OF one SYLLABLE ..WordS
Words, Words" Your speech will DC measured
not weighed When i; goes home 10 Buncornbc,
all lis itlle irregularities will have been reduced
under the planning machine OF The kindly reporter.
Ii Pr:scian's head has been broken, the wound
will be healed by the same skilIul hand Ii, with
worthy member from New York, YOU speak of
the committee which .sol" last night; or if YOU
point at .'them gentlemen from the West;" or if
you out-h erod icrod by such ultra grammar as lit
concerns you and H. ''lhe lighthouse had been
being built - all these little idiomsms will be re-
stored to the common dialect by the vulgar school
learning Of the scribe.
Avail Yourself of the national taste for Latin
have not dabbled much in Roman lore; but what
then 1t is high time for you to know that il is
no, the book-worms, like Adams and Marsh, who
are most prominent in the citation business. Your
knowledge of the world has already taught you that
great wealth is not 10 be hastily inferred from
gold headed cane or a shirt bosom with constcl-
laon of precious stones. A Latin grammar, which
your toolman will teach you 10 pronounce, is all
the library you need Six, or, at most, seven good
scraps, are sufficient for ten-coumn speech
Such are Temporal mutant,T, etc. .1,nor rinct
omnia; Pro patria mora
Let your style be s0nOrCUS and sounding. DiSuse
common Anglo. Saxon expressions; these mark the
eX,renes-the nursery, on one hand, and the high
est literature on the other. Webster could afford
to talk plain English you and your Arkansas
friends cannot. Never say beginning, but incep-
ton ring few changes the terms ''spirtuaI-
ism - aesthetics, thigh art" ''super sensuOus"
will explain these words hereafter; they have
striking effect, when well uttered. AS a universal
maxim, '.il the mouth - this is TO fill the
ear-and, eventually, the pocket. For example,
modern oratory will deliver itself thus assuming
our location beside the mausolcum of the British
Orbilius the time honored cavalier CALCULATED his
emotions with analogous enunclatiOn. Busby he
exclaimed; talented, magnanmous parsonage!
Twas he from whom my pTogentor received the
inculcatory laccratiunl Heroic educator At his
pedaporic source should also have imbibed the
classic lymph. had not haucinatiOn obnubated
my inctioate vision"
This. YOU will observe, is the identical passage
which is thus given, in the o20th Spectator, by Ad-
Olson, in the tame language Of his day, thus: "As
we stood before Busby's tomb, the Knight uttered
himself again after the same manner DIR. Busby,
a great man! He whipped my grandfather; very
great mani | should have gone to him myself If |
had not been a bockhead.'"
Manners form separate topic they will be best
learnt from observation of the most popular Legs
lature. BE easy. The Congress knife on your
/ desk NAV be happily employed in cleaning your
nails If YOU eat sandwich in your seat, be care
sul never to rise to motion till you have dsembar-
! rassed your mouth of the crumbs. II your mans
backing be good, favorable display Of your boots
| on the costly desk indicates non-chdlh"ce To
/ keep your hat on while the chaplain is at prayers
NAV require an effort; but time works wonders
| The hatt of bowie knife escaping from under YOU
gold watch, guard is a fine figure of rhetoric il
stormy debates; in connection with ample whlsker:
and long hair it will secure you the character OF a
powerful disputant
/ As speeches are altogether for the constituency
| and no longer tend toward settlement OF opinion
they need not to be listened To as IN former days
Then you know, they seldom used TO 60 beyond
few hours. If, however, any thing personal I
YOURSELF should be uttered, you are prepared Wit
the established formulas about "hOnOr," ''satsfac
ton :" and "anoiher place" These things are for
mdable at first, but some one Of your ''mess" vii
always be in place TO arrest matters at the "coun
ter-check quanelsome," by showing that YOU
threats were offered ''in Pckwickian sense" "
cartel should, however, be sent, take care TO subm
the spelling TO your tOOtmau, as such documents al
an, to get into the newspapers. and some Miniature
martirets still survive who plume themselves q
these niceties
Craftsmanship, my dear sir. is no longer the my
tery which has been pretended. The whole seer
lies in the phrase "Folow your leader" CHI
dren think that opinions are formed by debate
the House Singular mistake The debate is sin
ply ceremony. subsequent TO the out-Of-door d
d rangement. Consider how pltiful would be yo
case if any should believe that your vote had BET
secured by the reasoning Of an opponent! Ours