Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-27
From the CONNECTICUT CouyQns.
STATE DULLES.

There are persons IN private life who ar.
known BY the name of buIies. These fel.
lows are Of quick resentment, noisy, bIuster.
ing and quarrelsone. Such men as they hope
to intimidate, they threaten with all the VIC.
lcnce of abusive language, and even run their
fists into their faces Bat no sooner do they
meet with firm and spirited resistance than
they sneak out, aid With stoicaI apathy suffer
themselves to be weaked by the rose, or kick
ed and cudgcled. Ola II mer, who MS gift
ed with the most extraordinary knowledge Of
human nature, pictures 70 TIC Lie one OF this
kind Of gentry. In the language Of his trans.
lator-
Thersites-c lanor'd IN the throng,
Loquacious, bold, & turbulent OF tongue,&c
This same totRue- valiant Therstes so re-
markable for his Do4st;ul s violet hAangues,
the poet repres ents as beng the greatest pol
troon in the Whole Greci2n camp
Long had he iir'd, the scorn of every Greek,
Vext when he spoke, yet still they heard him
speak.
Whether in common or in high life, Their
sites, man OF empty boasts and impotent
threats, whose 'quivering heart beats against
his bosom" In time Of danger, is noticed mere
ly TO be laughed at Yet there is wide diff
ference between those who act the bully in
private life AID those who do it officially, as
conductors of the great affairs Of state; the
former bringing disgrace upon themselves Oh.
ly the latter branding with iuiamy the whole
nation which they govern.-Thcre IS nothing
perhaps that tends more directly to make
whole nation contemplate, than this rdicu"
lous kind of conduct in its rulers; all the
members of the body polite: in such Case, ne
cessarllv suffering disgrace with It's head.
1t was excellent advice which was gwen 0y
prince Eugene, famous statesman and war
lior of former times, to his sovereign" Me-
yer threaten any power without being able 10
strike" Wise experienced rulers all act up
on this sound principle They do not, Ike
old beldans, scold their enemy and make tao
ces at him, nor do they think to terrify him by
menaces which he himself must needs know
are impotent and harmless These are the
expedients of men Of dwarfsh understandings;
of men who have more zeal than knowledge,
more heat than light, and whoare better httea
to cobble old shoes than to manage the ardH-
Gus affairs of government. An eagle poun-
ces upon his object without the previous pa.
rade of menace whereas gander tres haFa
to terrfy by his attitudes and his Kisses; but
no sooner is he resoiutely faced than ne runs
away.
The congress Of the American revolution
was not taken from 6 goose creek ;" nor was
it with vaporing and braggart threats thai II
met.its formidable foe. The members OF thai
august body, generally speaking were states
men of profound thought, enlarged views ana
firm texture of mind. They were sa'ectla
from the great mass Of the nation' tor theE
eminent wisdom, and superior weight OF cha-
racter They had nothing OF vain-eloF!ouS
yaporing and boisterous rant Their dcmean-
or was grave alike moderate and hr"i.--
Their course was steady; their speeches were Nc,
short and pithy, dispassionate and cool nc
state-papers of those times will be admired So
long as the English Language shan exist
They were read with admiration oy the e%PS-
rienced statesmen in Europe. 1t was saia tnae
eonae of the shrewdcst politicians OF (TIeaI