Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-20

meetings are, Win q fsWseXCsptt0n5, iHSs
Of mos; profound and perplexed eloqusnce
who are the oracles Of barbcr's shops,
market plaees,and porter houses and who
you may see every day at the corner q
the streets, taking honest nsen prisoners
BY The bu,tcn, and talking thei, ribs quite
bare wilhour mercy and wishons end. ----
These orators, 10 addressing an audience,
generally mount chair, a table, or An empty
beer barrel (Which last is supposed to at.
ford considerable inspira'ion) and thunder
away their coabussible sentiments a. the
heads efsths audience, who are generally
so busily smployed in smoking, drinking
and hearing themselves talk thar they Sci
dom hear word Of the matter. This
however, is Of litsle moment; for as they
come there to agree at al! events TO 9 GER
tain set of resolutions, or articles OF war,
i, is not, at all necessary .ohear the speech,
more especially as few wouid understand il
if IheySdid. Do not suppose, however,
that the minor5persoas Of the meeting are
entirely idle besides smoking and drink.
Ing, which are centrally pracsiced, there
are few who do not come with as great a
desire to talk as the orator himself-eaeh
has his little circle Of listeners, in the
midst Of whom he sets his hal on one side
and deals Gu, matter Of fact, information,
and draws self eyidcns conclusions, with
the pcrtiuaciiy ola pedant, and TO the grea,
qualification ST his gaping auditors. Nay,
the very urchins from the nursery, who
are scarcely emancipated from the demi.
Mon of birch, on these occasions, siru,
pigmy great men below for the insiruc,
tion of grey bearded ignorance, and, like
the frog in The fable, endeavor to puff
themselves up TO the size of the grea, OBJ
jecs of their emulasion-the principal ora
tor"
!" Bot, head Of Mahomes, !" cried I, /" is
it not rrepos;erous to degree, for those
puny whipssers TO attempt TO lecture ag.
and experience? they should be sens so
school TO leain better" 6 MOI a. all, n,epli
ed my friend for as an election is no.
thicg more than war Of words, the mau
that can wag his tongue with the creates
elasticity, whether he speaks TO the purpose
or not, is en'ided to lecture at ward meet.
ings and polls, aud instruct all whe are IN
clined 70 listen TO him You may have re
marked ward meeting Of polite dogs
~nere although the grsa, dog is os,ensi
bly, the leader and makes the most noise,
yer every little scouadrel af cur has
something, to say, and 10 proportion to his
ins gaihcance, hdgess snd worries. and
puFs about nightly, 10 order to obtain the
notice and appreciation Of his bstters -
Thus il is wa,h those lil:ie beardl.ss bread
and butter politicians, who on his cccas or
escape from he Inrisdic,iou Of their ma
mas, TO attend TO he affairs Of he nation
You will see them engaged in dreadfu
wordy cou,es, with old csr,men, ccbltrs
and tailers, and plume themselves mel
little, if they should chance to gam vic
tory. Aspiring spirits how interesting
are the first dawniags Of political grsa,
uess An election my friend is nursery
or no, bed of genius 10 a leg, s. acy AMI
look with enthusiasm on troop Of these
Liiipatian partizans, as so many chal,erers
and orators, and pofFrrs, aud slang whau
gsrsin embryo, who will npe ds5 rake an
importan, part in the quar,els and wordy
wars ef their country
!" As the time for fighting the decisive
battle approaches, appearances become
more and more alarming committees are
appointed, who hold lis,le encampments
from whence they send cut small de.ach
ments of taslsfs, to reconno;tre, hasras:
and skirmish with the enemy, aud ifposs
Bile to asceriain.heir Numbers; every bod,
seem. big with the mighty even. tha, is inn
pending; the orators hey gradually swell
up beyond their usual size he halle ora
tors, they grow greater and greater the
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