The Honourable Member
The
Honourable Member
A Member of a
Legislature, who had pledged himself to his Constituents not to steal, brought
home at the end of the session a large part of the dome of the Capitol.
Thereupon the Constituents held an indignation meeting and passed a resolution
of tar and feathers. “You are most unjust,” said the Member of the
Legislature. “It is true I promised you I would not steal; but had I ever
promised you that I would not lie?” The Constituents said he was an honourable
man and elected him to the United States Congress, unpledged and unfledged.
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