Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-10


The savings and witlicisms of Lords
and comrn0ners, not exactly s0hriqiets
o. SMILES fcr individuals, have been
numeroas and varied. Moss readers
win call t0 mind some. at any raess ct
these flights Of ready Wit. condensed
epitomes Of malnred experience, sug-
gessive forms Of expression. Every
man has his price, was Sif Robert
WaIpole's mode ofexpressinR hia belief
that bribery and corruption were almost
universal; although his hiographeF states
that the charge was brought MOI egaipst
al politicians, bul against those wlio
made very warm rgolcslations oi palfi.
olism.. fAiring bis vocabulary" vac
carran's description of a dnli enaeeh,
made hy dun member. The "Begun
speech" was The best speech ever made
by Sheridan. and one Of the best ever
heard in the House Of Commons; i re-
lated to the grievances Of Begun, or
native princess Of India, and was the
subject Of long study and preparation
BY him. The dagger scene" was en-
acted by Burke. A dagger had been
sent from France TO Birmingham By tbs
revolutionists, with an order for a large
number TO be made like il: Burke, hav-
ing obtained possession oft for time,
drew il from under a cloak, threw il
down on the floor OF the House Of Com-
mons in a somewhat theatrical way,
and exhorted his countrymen to keep.
French principles from our heads and
French daggers from our heaH;" but IL
was admitted on all hands that he = lit-
tie overacted this scene. Lord Chez
terfield claimed to have bled for. his
counlry;" for q brother-pecF, who had
dabbled little in surgery, one day bled
him for feverish headache; the titled
amateur, gratifed at bis own success.
voted as bis patient requested in party
division in the House Of Lords. Making
"the crown not worth wearing was
the teFse description By Chatham of the
probable effect Of particular measure.
"If the ministers perseyeFe in mislead.
ing the king, viii not say that they
can ALLEVIATE the affections Of lie sub
jects from bis crown, but | wIIl affirm
that they will make the crown not
worth his wearing Sowing dragons
teeth" had reference 10 the later and
declining years OF the Irish Parliament;
the English Government proposed to
heap new taxes on ireland, and caused
q violent commotion in consequence Of
the proposal; Mr.. Burgh. in The Irish
House Of Commons, said: England
has sown her laws like dragons teeth,
and they hayc spruEguP in armed men"
~ All government : compromise. has
Ebeen desidt as = mean and tricky
| apothegra by extreme politicians; but
Burke had thought out his subject we'll
when lie said: "AlI government-in-
deed every common benefit and enjoy
ment. every virtue, aud every prudent
acts founded on compromise and bar
ter: we balance Inconvenience, we
give and take" "The people, our SOW
ereign :" il was strange TO hear 80 DEM
ocralic toast as this proposed by the
Duke Of Norfolk at "A Wing dinner, OF
the very time when the French demo-
Gratis were infusing alarm and dread into
the English mind il cost him the lord-
Iieutenancy ofthe West Riding. Ham
/ mer il into them," was Fox's mode cf
impressing his meaning on The atteD-
ton Of the House, by speeches full os
repetitions; but il is believed that he
thus claimed credit for defect which
he could not help. A memory for
Jokes, and Imagination 1rfacts," was
sarcastic hii at the mental cbaTaeteris-
ties Of Mr. Dundas by Sheridan; the wit
had ioiied thIs down in bis notebook
long before, az capital hit which he
would use on any favorable occasion.
"a minute-gun speech" was The name
given to a speech made by Lord Butte,
on account Of its pace being 50 very
slow and solemn; and the joke was
made more pungeDt by a remark that
at might be considered as announcing
the funeral Of bis ministry" "WbeFe
Law ends, tyranny begins" and stab
bing The constitution. = ge owe TO Chat
ham: ''ihe wisdom Of our ancestors" 10
/ William Grant: aud "PlUto's tears" 10
Burke, in allusiOn TO tears shed bs
aobIe lords, not Tor dying laws, but for
their expiring places" One Of tie 6D-
est things said By WilberfoFee had re-
Iasion 10 Pitts fiTmness 10 Terisling the
spread Of French Jacobinism in Englaads
.iHe stood between the living and The
dead, and the plague was saayed."--
Chambers Journal.