The Recorder, Or, Lady's And Gentleman's Miscellany

In the debates on the Judiciary bill, Mr. Giles received a small rub from one Dennis, a member of Congress from Maryland. The speech of the latter is full of impertinence and untruth. But here follows the passage to which we refer.

"Such a genius is the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles.) That gentleman we all know has light in abundance, and if the path we have to explore be dark and intricate, he might have taken his lanthorn and have gone before us: we should have been glad to have followed him, and had the benefit of his illumination. But he has departed from the highway leading to the place of destination, and like an ignis fatuus; has attempted to lead us through bogs and morasses, in order that we might be mired, or get lost, on the way;

The gentleman commenced his observations by giving us a retrospective narrative of the rise and progress of political parties, their respective views, and their different tendencies. And truly, sir, the history which he gave us was such a one as I have long since read in Callender's history of the United States, and his Prospect Before Us; but such a one as I had not expected from the Gentleman of Virginia."