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Monday EvcnirE. RInlch 20, 1852
CuNsRrs rssroNAL FIsricrFrIAs.-"lt il

CuNsRt ssInNAL FIsTicuFRIAG-"l is
an III wind" says tue Richmond Wig,
"that blows nnbniy good" But when
those breezes in Congress arose. we were
unable To divine to whnm auy possible
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venerable sac was about To ne fa|si6
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Fox.
We copy some oflhe precedents cited
by the New York Times. Here is one
from Cicero (n the EpistIrs, B1"k tx Ep
81, al Aticum J Of Julius Cesar in de.
fniug his position:
"Having only TITLES to write, never,
theless send you, my Altcus. an account
Of the late shindy in which our Caesar
was engaged. He was denying roundIy
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knife, (glddioIum) but was restrained by
the Cnnscript Falhers, who shortly after
formed a ring. and voted civic crown Il
both orators"
Plutorch tells the following story oI
Kschiues, (L,)c of .Eschines. sec. 81 J
"He fetched the orator such a blow in
the face as was cheaper Than a syll"gisP
but DemOstheues, with that delAO$ai
which belongs 10 him. Aew at his rival
aud was about Ia gOuge nul his eye, whel
the Assembly clied out that they wer,
satisfied with the arguments aud virtue
of the Two (ha(OkdguthOD gentlemen"
An occurrence in the House Of Com
nous, as reported by Hansard (voI xcvii
p $685. is rell;ed in the famous debate
between PHI and Fox. on tho bill for in
creasiug the Spanish line:
"Mr. Fox here assaiIed the position o
the Premier with rapid sarcasm aud keen
personality, calling the honorable gentle
man blackguard aud a-uf a-.To
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CO juice in tho face Of the other Fox
nothing dauned. clenched with his ad
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rolling in true Cornish hug. with ucca
sional spirting Of ciaret aud several mil
ling punches in the bread. .busket. Aie
suitable time. tho combatants rose, ex
changed their torn coats for better habits
made bows aud apologies. and receive
the cheers Of the House"