The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-01-06


He has cunning for every thing but to conceal his
cunning, and, after all, what has it brought him to
Like his prorotypeaamong the bipeds, he loses
than he gains, (your cunning people always
marked and despised y He suffers the odium, not
only OF all the crimes he commits but of all that
committed, whether he have been accessory or not
The dog has feasted many IA sheep, and gone
off to quiet nap in the sunshine, leaving the fox
to bear the blame. Every one is on the watch for
him. Every one distrusts, understands and hates
him. He is a poor, outlawed, hunted wretch, and,
with all his cunning, nearly starved. But look at
Master Tray. Look not only at his demeanor, but
at the confidence and privileges which he has slyly
lusurped. What sycOphant How he fawns and
flattcrs You think it is affection So thinks ev-
lery monarch of his toad-eater. Ifyou doubt the
lperior cunning of this fat offce-hoder, examine in
to his manner of life He is the only which
lives IN abundance. enjoys all the results of ciyiza-
ton, and does nothing. He is a perfect monk in
exemption from temporal duties. His situation is
"A sinecure Other beasts yield their labor or their
lives as tributes for protection and support extend
ed them by the lord of creation. The OK strains
beneath the yoke, the horse pants and foams under
the whip and the burden. The poultry have hol-
iday of it, which, like other holidays is very well
while it lasts, but the end is awkward. The decap-
taed hen iquidates her debt with her life and the
gallant cock, after his brief but brilliant despotism
snatched like a Roman emperor, from the throne
to the block, dearly pays, by premature death on
the scaffold for youth of delightful aluence and
dignifed leisure. The sturdy and hercuIean calf
too, led, in the perfection of his strength and beau
ty unsuspectingly, from the meadow to the saugh-
terhouse-is there pity, oh ye eater of veal for
the animal spirits the bright feeling of life and en-
joyment, extlnguished in his youthful frame pro-
vide your careless banquet And the poor simple
sheep, with their innocent and happy lambs, group
ed, a summer morning, upon a velvet field, in the
repose and voluptuousness of perfect content Is
it not like of the innocent, the quench-
ng in those sinless hearts, of the conscious light of
a pleasing existence?
Our friend Tray hath share in this inexorable
balancing of accounts. He tolls not. He bleeds
not. lie does not even pity those which toll and
bleed. lie stands by laughing at the execution of
his old compatriot, the cock, and plays with the
e gaspng head and quvering trunk. He lies nnshud-
e derngly down while the murder of the lamb is 60
d ing on at his side and makes meal from him even
before he is cooked. Like we fed abbot, he lives
on the fat of the land without earning it. Indeed
d he wheedles man out of a capital living and, like
all such favortes, he is lnsoent in proportion he
is prosperous and idle Mark the fellows arrogance
At over the population of the barnyard His despot-
il ism among the sheep! His persecution of the un-
), happy pigs His superciliousness amid the poul-
10 try. His impernence to the cat He is a thorough
,e bully to every but his master and his masters
,e friends, Then his presumption There is no end
/ to it. lie thinks himself lord aud dictator of the
whole country, lie must examine every one who
visits the farm, and he has hearty hatred too of
iyour strangers and lntruders, He mnst know who
is passing the road. He has the iuquisoral
propenses of continental custom house officer.
lie would stop your carriage if his mouth were
strong enough. If he cannot arrest your wheel, he
will frghten your horses. Failing in that, he in
suits you with bark, and glance more malicious
because Intellectual lie is a perfect Wosey in
bearing to all but his master. Upon him he de-
pends for this state and authority, and here peeps
out the sycophant. Here is obedience fawnng,
cringing, oad-eatng How he watches his time
to fatter Set him another and he would
spring upon the noblest courser in a moment. He
wonld tear innocent dove without remorse.
There is no limit It's ferocity. Yet he has no in
dependence. Kick him, and he yelps and sneaks
\, away. Bully him, he crouches and licks the dust
~ beneath your feet.-You cannot rritate and rouse
b his sefrespect.-He is the same to YOU after the
. most cruel injustice as he was before Beat him
n without cause trample on him, it is all alike You
!, are his master He was born to be favorte and a
=. save.-He is insensble to oppression He never
% exhibits the hardy and frank Indignation of cat,
: against blow or insult He does not show
h even the firmness of mule. He is plant mean,
and cowardly. Men call this fidelity, while the res
oluton of the is obstnacy, and the natural re-
sentiment of the cat, i-temper and treachery.
have nothing to object against making him work
like the rest of us morals. We will have none of
his fawning
There is a saving, "work like dog ~ curious
inasmuch as dog is among the few animals under
the power of man which do work He pretends
to occupy himself He will sit sentinel, most osten-
tatiously, by the hour old jacket and car
ry you umbrella in his mouth, to the admiration
of sreet-passengers. These pretended services are
only show. Harness him Make the fellow
churn Let his long holiday have an end Let
him come in for share in the Improvements of the
age! Let him feel what rcpubllcanism is Let
him taste the cup that has to drain Why
should be slave and dog go free!
u Nep York Mirror.