The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-08

the unfoigned adhesion which we protested
for the political guidance Of Judge Roane
We bend 10 the majesty of the eagle, bul
we shall take care 10 punish the arrogance
OF the eror, who, quitting his lowly lights
aud carrion feasts, aspires 10 the s,ghtless
soar and lofty deeds of the imperial bird.
We are well satisfied with the triumph We
have gained over our friends of the EDqu-
rer. All .tnen, whether Adanlstcs or Cgaw
fordites, consider it complete, and poor
Toms arrogant Wanting. rs the plainiise
cry for mercy. Nevertheless, we shall
keep this editorial bully in chaneery, with
occasional infections of punishment, until
such lime as We think his game is sufficient
" cooled.
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| ~ A fugitive writer says Men ieho dnre,
should have souls to justly their deeds, and
courage 10 confront decusefs not, with a
towards fear, TO shrink beneath reproof -
The Editors Of the Enquirer, crest-Giiien
themselves, like polite generals, have pre-
ferred TO follow the example set them by the
celebrated Corsican. On all of his battles, he
stationed his unfortunate allies in front, expo
sing them to the first shafts OF death; and
then, he either followed up the victory they
had won, or, II they were whipped, aud he
saw no hope of fortunate reverse, he igno-
minionsy skunk off, protected by their re-
treating FIRE. Thus, they say, "We'-Qisten,
| ye Gods -" We cannot wdstc our dmnt-
| siiiOn on such game Mason may Of right a.
muse himself in this way, il his humor so in
clines him! What mighty monument OF
genius, we would ash, has tiie Enquirer raised
for itself during its existence of 20 years p
Where are the proofs OF The superior wisdom
of It's Editorss We ask in vain. Because
their column, have been the Medium through
which Spencer Roane and George Hay com'
municatcd their admirable essays 10 the pub
lie, do Messrs. Richie T. Gooch imagine that
heutaients have grown puripassn with the re.
putaton which these writers have gained for
their paper' Go on, gentlemen, in your ca
recr of egotism, till the bubble burst, well
satisfied with the praise ye receive, the fafte-
ny of fools Chuclsle at the idea that ye are
q giants seuen and.a half feet high" and more
protuberah hnn you are high, and we are that
dwarfs, who cannot even reach the tip-end of
yoiT highnsSses' queu or queues, as the case
maybe, Qor Mason, your "righte wittie' aud
jealous champion, did not tell us whether the
monkey tail had been added to one or both
of your pericraniums since we saw you last,
and neither of you had one then.) We do
not aspire TO the honor of pulling the hair of
a lethargic giant II we are not able, as some
active dwarfs are, to plant onr feet on the top
Of his head, we wilpepper hislogs, and there
abouts, untii we reduce him 10 moderate and
less dangerous bulk When we read Mason s
gigantic description Qor whit was il else y
of the gigantic editors of the Enquirer, we
could not help despairing OF success in a con
test with men, whose bodies,
"Like the tall cliffs that lift their awful forms,
"9well from thevaie, and midway leave the
storms:
"Whilst round their feet The rolling clouds are
spread
Eternal sunshine settles on their mead" -
Query Did not Mason derive the appro-
PIRATE smile of the giant and the dwarf from
the datum furnished by ourselves? lie seems
10 he fond If mak;ny n hank of every mans
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we may Juoge from Tue quotations 1--WE nua ~
leisure to count more thana hundred) with
which he has interlarded his +" sorio-hidirro-
| trdgico-comico' banting. But we have paid
our resueets 10 this n courteous mud caudid''
,yr,,ar e. ano,ho, .a,,,n ,1a r;ro ,ho
Enquirer scattering shot' whenever our MT
aaor may incline US 50 to dn,use q leisure hour
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Inc Snha"oa a'aoamal ffess, IN noti-
cling the late meeting at florence Tor the