The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-08
LYNCHBuRG. JUNE :. 1927
NOTHING

,,lv to chronicle small beer" But i
.ho,IJ he remembered. that the mind has is mo
r,cp,s of lassitude as well as the body. and that
no effort can rouse it into activity. II look, a
broad with vacant stare upon Heaven, Earth
sodOcean; all seemto be " ri0ed Of their sweets
Incapable of suggesting single idea which has
not been rung through all its changes hundred
j.. fines: and even these appear TO be weak aud
1.,,nsensical. They are nanscous as gross food
/ :, 10 a bed-rildeu invalid, OF vine to an unprac-
,;scd hon rira,t aftN a last night dobauch.-
However. inspired or not, we must say some.
fling. Shall ii be POLITICAL We grow sick AT
tbe very idea of politics. We are in them neck
md heels from enc weeks end TO another (Sun-
fays not excepted until, whether we are eating
or drinking, walking or riding, lying down or
etandng up, awake or asleep, think, speak,
write aud dream of nothing rise. But what can
we dol how avoid the hard necessity imposed
on us by the Fatcs All around us-,he air VIC
breathe and the earth we tread on--are full of
che contagious pestilence " Pennsylvania will
certainly give her vote to Adams at the next e.
lection - we hear on one side. "tldOnbtedly.
cir we answer "Wh.t think you of Kentnc-
XVI" " Safe for the administration, sir And
thus the whole twenty four states are gone thro',
with the usual embellishments Of argument, as
serlion, denial, eulogy, abuse, sc. But this is
o, the only source of this evil nor the only food
which eives it vitality. We receive large sup
nIv of combustibles in the shape o. newspapers,
rs various in their political aspect as in their
dimensions, and differing widely in the tenn
nor nc they do in the ability with which they arc
conducted but all of them fl Of politics. BY
thcbye, it IS quite gratifying 10 see how AMIGA
bIy two of these bflligerentS (fhe Enquirer and
InteIligenccr. for instancc) repose together on
our table totally regardless Of the lard
things ther are made 70 say Of each other.
II is well that they are no. SO pngnaclons
as their Editors appear to be, o. even tdf Me
lean would find it difficult 80 transport the mail
IN safety. But TO return from tins DEPRESSION.
Some 81 these combnstiblcs. particularly those
which are printed on Il large sheet with small
tpc, affect such wisdom as of right apre'ialn-
eth unto a grave aud didactic style; scornne le-
vitv. wit and humour. as beneath the dignity Of
their vocation; and disiaining 10 win a victory
cxcept by the process of ratoc,nation, or by So
nhistrv which may be mistaken fox it,. \ few
CLEANS Of genius are seen occasionally 10 burst
through the dullness of the pondcrouS misses
which these Invaluable supUIihcs usher TO the
II. ii.
0uagmres y hich generate them. Others, again
arc msipid-af'ordmg sort OF harmless food TO
Old women and childrel---ucyer having any OPT
MON of their own because unluckily every queS
ton has two sides toit, and the probability Is that
offence might be niven 10 one side or the other
In an age of politics, like this when every srav-
niger Is a statesman. sucl prints OF course must
bespiri,ess things; dnll as the fat weedthat rots
atTethe'swharf;n and dry as the crumbs which
toothlcss are Iumches with the relic, oiits youth
fIl grinders. Others. again. are all wit andtfc
despisng Don Gravity, with his bald head and
specialized nose, as much as they Do Itnheer
nullncss. with his goodly frontal proinboran's,
asnme cars and lcadcn eyes These are the 60
nula disciples of Dcmocritus, who do not wait
IN win that they may laugh, but who laugh that
fcv may wiz They deserve success, If they
40 not ret it for, men who can not only laugh
Themselves in thc midst Of political strife re-
mari;ablc for the sngrvpasSlons which it eXcitcs,
h-1t who sra!, 10 ass'iagc thcm with wrll-timcd
flashes of morriarnt," can have no malice IN
their grios, though the person grInaca atmay mt
relsh the Joke There areotherS, " foil Of snrn )
and fury" mingled with no small portion OF sell
importance. These strut on the stage With q
most AUTHORITATIVE air. much as 10 say, "
am Sir Oracle; and when ! speak, let no dog
bark They ,hink they are entitled to an un-
due portion Of Difference, and lay about them
most lustI, if the tribute they exact is not duly
prodarad. If "a, orr should have the temer'-
ty 10 co.ae in direct conflict VII disc giants OF
the scrbbling tribe, they rave like madmen IL,
|. Che Fuiaso style:
--o Bou,bardno has ,ereivrl 'low,
Ana Observation-Disclosures stisii de-
And the EXETER Of this angry mood may con
grau lie bimsefif he be not placed beyond tht
pale of editorial courtesy. We absolutely know
Of two cases in which these furious Editor, ceas
edt exchange With members Of the fraternity
because they could not agree IN opinion. They
were determined TIM hose who could not givf
in silent adhesion to .reir opinions should no
profit by their vision. There is another class
winch partak,ng OF the characteristics Of a,
the oilers. cannot be identified with either -