The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-02
LOS TEENHPOS.
NEW SERIEs-jAYTo THE FRS

LOS TEENgPOS.
 NEW SERIEs-CAHTo THE FIRST. SOME time ago laid aside my pen,
 Hoping to have for 1t no more occasion, Determined rot to take it up again.
 No matter what might be the provocation-- Yet my resolves have intellectual been,
 And, after most mature deliberations 1 seize the tomahawk and scaping knife, And, once more Tn the arena, join the strife. Where shall the lash be laid4 The world is wide.
 And gives large scope for Satire's biting whip Prides pompous strut Ambitions naughty stride
 Scound els that skulk, and mannikins that skip While ignorance goes shambling side by side
 With mpudence, and holds power grip \ worthy pair, in these days much in vogue The path to poweris wide forf1o and rogue. This IS the age of little men. Look round,
 And who fill the high posts of the nation-- The frogs again in palaces abound,
 A puny brood, whose sudden elevation Astonishes themselves, are strangely found,
 Usarpng giants places and yocation- little petty fry, q croaking race, Honered with office and paid off with place. The age of little men There was day.
 When we governed by the wise and great Merit and talent, wisdom, worth bore sway ;-
 Ger the glad waters rushed the ship of State, Holding in safety her majestic way,
 Virtue at helm, and liberty her freight When honor to the noble was aeeo d d, And worth alone with office was rewarded Now t is not so-4the owl and pygmy brood
 Have erawled from dim obscurty to light, Clamorous unfedged buzzards for their food
 With office and emolument bedght With creed corrupt and many projects crude,
 They turn the day of Freedom into night, And squeak and chatter while like bats they cling, In corners dark, under the eagles wing. The avenues that lead up to the throne,
 Are filled with hungry parasites and slaves, With lean and leech-like sycophants, that own
 Each one master pandaring beggar knaveg, Clamorous for office party boon, Or earned by service which corruption craves- As flies in unclean places buzz and swarm, Engendered of the filth by sun-rays warm. And so we go -the Demagogue bears rule,
 And fatters to enslave, the popuace, While men are held, as children are at school
 In thraldom by the booby and the base And so t will be while none but party tools
 Are duly qualified for power and place. While honor and reward on service wait, And little men can triumph o'er the great Platter the people laugh both loud and long !A
 Swear that whatever Jackson does is right !- Cling to the strong side just because lis strong
 Utter in sounding phrase your maxims trite Drink, laugh, carouse with every vulgar throng,
 With cant and humbug well armed for the fight! BaWl Justify for Jackson and Seyier You'll want no talent, defeat need fear. T IS thus that we have seen the pygmy spawn
 Of ignorance and craft grow great apace; lnstinctive slaves, on power they gladly lawn,
 And by servlty creep into place, The rabble's pride, the wise mans scof and scorn,
 Whose elevation is the States disgrace And such must all be who desire to raise Themselves to power in these degenerate days. TT is thus we see the councils of the nation
 Filled up with party tools, to low chcane, Cunning and intrigue owing their high station,
 Poor pettifoggers, of their office vain, As It enables them in their vocation
 To be more useful in their master's traln-- And such men rule country which was free And glorious once, no longer so to be. T is well enough! The people must at last
 Learn wisdom from experience, though too iate' We hurry on to anarchy full fast,
 With reckless drivers at the reins of state, And nothing but destructon's trumpet blast
 Will etartle us. So be 1t !-'tis our late. Why then oppose! What single naked breast The food-tide of corruption can arrests This world $ queer concern, we must confess
 Somebody always leads it by the nose, And so the ruler do n't the mob oppress,
 They care but very little how 1t goes. Give them enough to eat, to drink no less
 And take care not to tread upon their toes' They re easy ruled--let them believe they fe n0'' And you may rule them to eternity. Yet I, for one, if ruled have to be, .uA Would fan be ruled by great men, not oy eh'a The small fry may rule others but not me-
 Give me Napoleon no king at a There s something grand in such slavery
 If one must he slave, but when we iah Before the footstool of throned monkey, ,..4ov We should be deckcd with long cars like dohhes