The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-12-20

| tattered nigntcdps and delapldated Dreecb-
es! Know that am formed Of materials
lighter than the gosssmer, and more trans
parent than the zephyr. ] scorn this base
and sordid collection of faces tattooed like
barbarians, or wrinkIed like the vlsage Of
a starved baboon. Ye homemade mscre
ants fabricated Of the fag ends of damag-
ed calicoes, the saving Of miscrly house,
wives, and the sweepiDgs oftallor's shops
how dare ye pollute with your presence,
the rose.colored, gilt-edged offspring Of
Lord Caper's cast-of frill, and Lady Abi-
gals abandoned ruiilo, born in London,
baptised by his Majesty's statoner, and a.
dopted by Miss Fribble, as the pure medi-
um of her poetic musings, entitled Lines 10
! a Nait factor. Avaunt, then, ye vagabonds!
Ugh All !"-and the sivery gable died
. away in furry of Mysteries.
Lines TO Z nudlestick !" muttersd
croaking antagonist" What are thy dish.
water efl'usons-thy ilsping, sentimental
| Obs and Abs, and breezes and treeses, and
prizes and sighses, shackled together by
/ the feet like convicts for transportation,
compared with a grave essay on political
economy, autographed Hpon q sheet Of
stout toolscap by the pen Of my renowned
author, the Hon. Napthall Numps:"
"And Of what value is either, though
ever 80 beautifully or strongly engrossed
on smooth and superfne surfaces. when
brought into competition with the worth OF
an advertisement, scrawled albeit. and blur
red wlthal, upon paper more dingy than
the title page Of last years Almanac p
asked another interlocutor, in moderate,
though triumphant tone. k'
"Thou art, indeed, servicable in thy pro-
per station" whispered another; 4" nor, IN
! this contest for precedence, are my claims
TO be put down, merely because, as an Ed
itoral article, my exterior may be some
what rough and revolving. An important
transformation is shortly to be effected by
| the compostor; when, whatever may be
our outward condition in this present state
of being, we shall all stand an equal chance
to be Judged according to our intrinsic
qualities. And be it known, gentlemen
aud lady manusc ripts that your characters
are commonly decided by mine. ! consti-
tute the standard by which all your merits
are measured The fire Of criticism frs,
attacks me; and ye are condemned or com
plimcnted in proportion to my good or II
success with gentle readers."
Several voices then seemed TO Join issue,
| and we could only catch detached eX.
preston as it shipped away in its peculiar
modulations from the general mass ofgb-
berish.--Some squealed deaths and mar
rlUges," others bawed "politics and the
Presidency" here a low breath sighed
"loye- stories" and there a shrlll whoe2e
calculated "ship news"
"Such is man !" remarked a speaker at
the bottom Of the drawer; the sound OF
whose voice restored order among the cla-
| morous combatants. "Such is man--made
up of contrary elements, distracted by in
congruous opinions, allured by different
tastes, deceived by external appearances.
and proud Of some fancied superiority over
his follows. One imagines all excel lcncc
to consist in gold and varnish another
looks for glory in political distinction q
third seeks happiness in intellectual pur.
suits, and few find il only in the Practice
of moral virtue. Diverse, howevci, as may
be their desires and their prospects, one
common doom awaits ALL Uc make up n
newspaper, as men make up IA world; oui
properties are scanned, and our places al
lotted by the editor, whose"--here We
could hold no longer; whcreupon, pulling
forth the drawer, ont sprnug q mouse, an
there lay this identical record of the whole
matter.