Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-01
For The Richmond Palladium.

sShow your small talent, and let that suffice We,
Bot grow moi vain upon il, l advise yen So
'1'is said some men arc born with little wit
But many more, j, seems, without n bit;
The former strive to cut dash,
And think the last a kind Of trash
Above whom they may show their capcrs,
And rs they like, discharge their vapors
Upon their unsuspcctin heads,
And pass them of for worthy deeds.
These take the law into their hands,
And ssraighsway Issue their comman DIS;
They say, they'll for the peoples good,
Select their political food,
And for goOdly sum each year,
Dispense the blessings far and NEAR:
That they win fto", the mass Of nonsense s...n
And fl js for the WisDcss head,
by simplifying every word;
That even the most empty pate,
May get its fill, at a cheap rate.
Thus each his grand career commences,
Umslcr most vsgabOnd p.rtences,
Assaying by dins Of wit and lies,
To make his slender fortunes rise;
Each seizcs his suspicious quill,
And puts his PARTY under drill,
Vows to do all that in him lies
To rid the 60 comment of vice; .
To drive corruption from the land
And e'cr on virtues side - stand;
In each prospectus, VIC behold
AL this, anu more IMAM i nave tCIu
O promises, that speciOus seem,
But which he seems not to redeem
SUCH arc 1aH Buren, politicians,
Who ape the deeds Of tluack Physicians,
These last, parade some potent pill
A certain cure for every i'll!
No matter where the pain may lie,
As from enchantment il must fly
Ii flies alas! from head 70 heels,
And the whole body torture feels:
No way dismaycd, external lotions,
The Q,s0ek parlds III double pOtiOns,
And with new vigor these applies
Until the sor,ured patient!-dies.
Our body polite OF late,
Has well nigh met with such fate;
On evcsy hand those qssocks assail IL,
And soon its vital powers must fail it,
Unless nature spite of tbsir ablution
Should raise its sinking Constitution;
Its constitution, they declare,
To be their greatest, only care;
And every mongrel in the land
Who has quill At his command,
Deals out prescriptions to the end,
That some slight fiaw he may amend;
And be its structure known or not,
IL scarcely matters here jOt;
They'll make the people think they know.
Until they deal their final blow.
Such are the little wits that write,
Aud in goosc9uill take delight,
Bccaus. it brings their glim'ring sockets,
In fun view OF the Nations pockets
For this their fce BILE powers Of diction,
Are drama out in newspaper fiction,
The more untrue, the better price,
From those whose minds are prone to vice,
Who'd rather read a he thus told,
Than truth from those unbosaght by gold.
Amongst the herd Of brainless wits,
That many this description fits;
Some take part, some another,
And some there arc, take altogether;
This latter sort is mostly such
A. neither read, or think 700 much,
But merely echo what they see
The mandates Of the Globe to be,
And each nsw within the organ sends,
Receives q comment from such pens,
In fawnine syeophansic way
As surest means 10 ges good pay.
They know full well the golden prefer.
Is snug within the peoples Golfer,
And this the leaders have secure,
So hsnce they know their pay is sure.
Not one Of all this hungsy gang,
Will list 10 ausht but party sianS:
For should sscorrcsPondent'' send
= ,me ssBaDkin, essay ne has perped,
Begging the forers for some redress,
Against the present dire distress,
And only ishing thus t" mix
But slighs-OpPosing politics
The wit as il 70 show his lore,
Commits the essay 70 the fioor-
Proving his art at review.
Lies in connection with his shoe
And truly that his understanding
Il in a part that's least commanding.
Can SCIENCE hope through such as he
To set the world from error free =
To scatter wide the clouds OF night.
And usher in her radiant light!
To Danish superstision's laws
And plead in virtues holy cause
Vain the hopo: for from this source
No tide Of truth can take its course,
Nut poisoning currents, dark and deep
VIII from this Styyian fountain creep.