Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16

led that a man 10 honeif, 10 diiinter-
cited, and 70 fagacicus withal and
one toe, who had. The good Of his
country 70 much at heart, fhouId
thus remain unnoticed and unapplau-
ded Il little worldly advice whis-
percd in his ear By hrewd old poll.
ticlan, at once explained the whole
myitery. He who would become
great faid he, /" muit ierye an ap.
prer,icethip to greatness and rife
BY regular gradation, like the matter
of veflel who commences by being
fcrub and cabin-boy. He mutt fag
in the train of great men, echo all
their fentiments, become their toad
eater and parafitc-laugh at all their
Jokes, and above all, endeavour to
make them laugh ; if you only now
and then make great man laugh
your fortune is msdc. Look but
about you, youngfer, and you will
not fec Jingle little great man of
the day, but has his mifera bic herd of
retainers, who yelp at his heels, come
at bis white, worry whoever he
points his finger IT, and think them
felves fully rewarded by fomctEnes
fnappirs up crunlb thar falls from
the great mans table. Talk of pat
riotifm and virtue, and incorrupti
bility tut, man ! = they are the
very qualities that fcare mun;6cence,
and keep patronage at a di!tance.
You m hit as well attempt to enticc
crows with red rags and gunpowder.
Lay all thefe fcarccrow virtues aide,
& let this be your maxim, rhat can
didate for political cminencc is like
dried hcrring--lle never becomes X
miuous until he is royrnpt.
Dabblc caught with hungry avidi-
ty .hcie congcnial doctrines, and tur-
ned into his prc-deltincd channel of
action with the fc-c. and rapility of
ftrean which has for a while been
reffyained from its natural courfc.
He became what nature bad fitted
him to bc-his tone fof.ened down
from arrogant felf- Efficiency. to the
whine of fawning folicita,ion. He
mingled in the capcuf5 Of the fov-
ereign people, adapted his drefs to
Gnilitude Of dirty rasgedncfs, ar
gucd mott logically with thofe who
were of his own opinion. and Ian
dered with ali the malice OF impo-
tence, exalted characters whole orbit
he defPaired ever to approach jut
as that icoundrcl midnight thief, the
owl. boots at the bleilcd light Of The
iun, whole glorious luiturc he da,cs
never contemplate. lie likewife APP
piled hinfslf 10 difcharging faithfully
the Aonourabls duties OF paitizan
The poachcd about for private fan
ders. aud ribsld anecdotes-hr fol-
ded ha0dbiils--le even wrote one or
two himle!f, which he carried about
in his pccketand read to every body
he became ! iecyctary At ward-nee-
firgs, fer his hand TO divers rcfo!u-
tions OF patriotic import, aud even
once wens 70 far as 70 make fpeech,
in when he proved that patriothim
was virtue-the raigaiae 6.l,niD a
;s.at n,an--fhat this was free coun-
try, and he himfelf an arraut and in
conteitibls buzzird
Dabble was now very frequent
and devout in his Wits to thofc tenn
pies of politicks, popularity and
imoke, the ward porter-houfes ; thofe
true dens of equality, where all ranks.
ages, * talents, are bro't down to the
dead level Of rude familiarity. twas
here his talents expanded, and his
genius fwelled up into its proper iizc,
like the loathfomc toad, which lhrink-
ing from balmy airs, and jocund fun
thine, finds his ccngenial home in
caves and dungeons, and there nour-
ifhes bis venom, and bloats his de-
formity. Twas here he revellcd with
the fwiniih multitude in their de-
bauches on patriotifm and porter /;
and it became All even chance wheth.
er Dab5le would turn GU, great
man, or great drunkard. But Dab
blc in all this kept feadily ia his eye
the Only deity he ever worlhipped :
his intereit. Having by this famli-
arity ingratiated himIelf with the
mob, he became wonderfully potent