Do you think a Congress of ours could convict the devil of anything if he were a member ?" "My dear boy, don't let these damaging delays prejudice you against Congress.

Don't use such strong language; you talk like a newspaper.
Congress has inflicted frightful punishments on its members--now you know that.

When they tried Mr.Fairoaks, and a cloud of witnesses proved him to be--well, you know what they proved him to be--and his own testimony and his own confessions gave him the same character, what did Congress do then ?--come!" "Well, what did Congress do ?" "You know what Congress did, Washington.

Congress intimated plainly enough, that they considered him almost a stain upon their body; and without waiting ten days, hardly, to think the thing over, the rose up and hurled at him a resolution declaring that they disapproved of his conduct! Now you know that, Washington." "It was a terrific thing--there is no denying that.

If he had been proven guilty of theft, arson, licentiousness, infanticide, and defiling graves, I believe they would have suspended him for two days." "You can depend on it, Washington.