Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
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mp his mind that his interest lay on the
Kings site he lett the Woolsack and
addressed the House Of LORDS, con
cludiug his speech with the impressive
exclamation. And when I forget my
King may NV God forget ,ae! On
hearir z LGru lhurloN y imprecatiUn,
Pitt IL sad 10 have rnshed oat of tie
House, oxciHin.ing several times, "Oh
whet u rl.cai!' Burke, or the sam,
occasion. nlutitIcd, The best thing
that can hairen to yoa;' IT, d Wilkes.
eyeirg the Charcelior aelanca. said
soto ere, God forget you, lie will sec
you damned first
George ". was protesting th lie
could not do what he h.. Il said "n Lis
honor as t Gentleman, l." vou;d got do.
"PuTdon nie, sire," said ,ae Date oi
Wellington; dont agree With you
at all. Your Maj 'sty Is not al gentle
man. The E.ug started. Your
Majesty, | say" continued the imper-
tubable soldier, is not IA gentleman,
but the sovereign Of Euglaod, with du-
ties t. your cople tar above any TO
yourself"
When Fcargus O'Counor WAS charged
in the House with being Republican,
he denied it, and SAID he did not care
whether the Queen or devil was on the
throne. Peel replied: =" When the hon
orable gentleman sees the sovereign of
his choice Oh tue throne of these realms
hope he'll enjoy, and I'm sure he'll
deserve the confidence Of the crown"
Lord Eldon is credited with Eeat
retOrt. He was presenting an anti
Catholic petition from the Glasgow
company of tailors, when Lyndhurst,
who had lately changed sides ON the
question of Catholic relief, said in a
stage whisper, " What, do tailors troub,
My noble and learned friend, replied
Lord Eldon, might have been aware
that tailors cannot like turnc0ats."
On an occasion when Col. Barre
brought forward notion on the Brit.
ish navy, Lord North said to friend
of his sitting near him: Nov Barre
will give us our naval history from the
beginning, not forgetting Sir Francis
Drake and the Armada. All that is
nothing to me-; so let me sleep on, and
wake me when we come near cur own
times" His friend at length reused
him, when Lord North exclaimed:
Where are we?' "At The battle Of La
Hogue, my lord" "Oh, my dear
friend" said North. you have woke
me century too soon."
Mr.. Jennings recalls OConnels COM
ment on the defense set up by par
liamentary reporter for misIuoting the
iberator's speech. viz, that the rain
had streamed into his pockets and
washed out his notes. This" O'Con-
nell remarked, " was the most extraor
binary shower of rain he had ever
heard of, inasmuch as it not only
washed out the speech he did make,
but washed in another and an entirely
different one" Familiar is OCounell's
sneer at the fewness of Lord Stanley Is
personal adhereEts after some general
election:
THUS down thy hill, romantic Ashtourne
The Derby dilly carrying six insides"
Equally ready was his parody on
three members of Parliament, Coils.
Sibthorp, Perceval and Werner, two of
whom looked as if they never needed u
razor, and the third as if he repudiated
one:
Three colonies, in three distant counties
born,
Lincoln, Armagh and Sligo did adorn; .
The first in natchless impudcnce surpassed;
The next in bigotry; i'll both the last
The force Of na,ure could no further go,
70 beard the third she shayed the other
two"
John Bright's scriptural illustrations
are often marked by Il singular beauty
as we'll as pertinence. Referring to his
own reluctance to accept office, he said
that he had always been charmed by the
story.of the Shunammite woman con-
tanned in single verse of the Old
Testament. Iu return for her hospi-
tality the prophet wished to make her
some amends, and said, "Shall l speak
for thee to the king, or to the captain
of the hosts?" Bright went on to say
that it had always appeared to him
great answer that the Shunammite
woman returned. She said, l dwell
among my own people,"
Sheridan describes Dundas as one
"who generally resorts to his memory
for his Jokes, and to his imagination for
his fact" Asked by some one on the
conclusion OF his speech on the Hast
ings trial, how he came to compliment
Gibbon with the epithet luminous"
which so delighted the historian, Sher-
idan answered in u half-whisper, l
said voluminous." But perhaps none
of Sheridan's elaborate epigrams pro-
duced such an effect upon his auditors
as an unprecedented sentence uttered
in the course of debate on the liberty
of the press: Give them" said he, 80
corrupt House of Lords, give them II
venal House IF Commons, give them u
tyrannical prince, give them truck
ling court, ana let me have but IN un-
fettered press, will defy them to Gu
croach hairs breadth upou the liOer-
tics of England
MEXICos YANKEE POPULiTIoA.-
Mexico Is ailled with Yankees, as al
people f,om tho United States ara
called. Ihcee lanhees embrace ougi-
Derrs, capitalists, tourists, specn!aturs,
.irumincre and aavrniurers, The last
name, however, are u disgrace to our
nation, Il, hey comprise gamblers,
tramrs and other high personasos Of
both sexes who. traVo! lueugnlto. The
countre ahuuu@s in vast natural re-
sources, tut is almost entirely nndovel-
oped. The gold and silver iuluos are
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