The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-06

soAhe importance. and 10 have frll his
n.gaiiy huri hy the exclusive arrogance
Of The arganis'; and. therefore, ne had
RECOURSE 10 Tie only mears whereby De
e"a'a esmnnsiIaie his imPorlaEse--viz.
withholding she supplies. . %
u must be moHiiying 10 human vanity
10 Observe how strangely, and ye, how
surely, The world goes on in spite Of II.
iossts. Down drops bubble after bubble
On ms our sumner stream Of life. and
Other sasb!es start up 10 supply ihsir
pisrr, AMI as som give way n their sur
eessnis, so that one bubble seems uf IN
m"re importance i..an another; butwhile
ne bubbles last. they slime eaily. and are
Iuil oi 'h-ir own emptiness: and il they
be proud II their emPiiaess. li.ev are hap
rs ihai they are sn fGll ul l.. I, is oH,y
Wien man Is in very low spirits, and ii.
most sinking in,o despair. i',al he can re-
ally think himself being uf no imnor.
tanee; he then feels Ike a balloon whrn
all the ras i nul. | wonler who is ,l,e
most important person in the lard NAV
"F's show. One would naturally say,
tlss laTil mayor himself; I do no, know
thai. unless he Is a very great goose in.
deed. lie has hal his digaiiy in view
some years before; he has rehearsed il
all IN his mind. sn ihai ims.inatinn has
stripped some Of the gliding of his gin
| gerhfesd. | remember hearing Of nne
lord MAYOR WIN was nightly dislenie.l
with sense Of his own impnriaGce even
before he assembled ils civic i!Irane. Its
dwelling was near Q1eenhilhr, and ap-
! Prnachasle only through very narrow
streets; IN Que Uf these his carriage came
10 sudden stop. " Drive on" said he
10 the coachmsn. " There's a cart in
the way, SIR" "Cari in the way! What
business has cart g. stand IN my way!
| AN The lord mayer elect" FIR a nan
To feel q true sense III his own importance,
he must feel thu, ihines cannot 20 on
Hiihuu, him. lie must feel himself TO be
a ctnIre--s mainspring. IN this point "
view. dn MT know whether the city
marshal be not rs great man as any in
lord mayors show. lie rides general
~ an bouncing Eat horse, which horse
has sls1 consciousness Of It's own dig.
uiiy. 80 there seems Ia be a synpalhs Of
majesty between man aud horse. and The
Iwo lusm nne civic reniauT; moreover,
the city narshal carries truucheon. 81
lad Cesar aud Alexander. according g.
Their pleture., and Ihey were very grea,
men,. But they did not wear 50 tue q
cual - The city marshal, and though they
were covered or crowned with laurel. vet
the city marshal has a comfortable and
smaH cooked hat, which j. f,r more
convenient covering on the OH of Novem.
Der, especially If /. happens II he \ wet
day, a. is often the case. But after all
Tia, may be said lpr the ely marshal, |
hare my danb,s whether the man 10 ar.
mour is mol parsonage Of quite as much
Importance. lie is kind OF living his
i1fieai TOm1nre-i mummy Of chivalry.
C1uHas.ed with him, h,w insignificant
aid elIsmiaaie the mnderns look. Al
eyes are upon him, especially the eyes of
!, lh1se who now see the lord mayors show
Tor the irsi time; aud he can easily per.
suada hunss!r that the sight would be
worth na.aIng we're IL mt for the man in
armour. Again. lhere is another impur-
/: tthI parsonage IN the procession, who
must uo' be overlooked or passed lightly
by. aud thlI Is the lord mayors coach.
man. There is nothing ia the whole
procession ID match the neatncss of the
l,tsle cgs!s M his WIG; and what great
bruad seat he has To st upon! How ele.
valed his station! lcloaks down on The.
res, al the show. and even turns his back
on the loEd mayor himself! The late
Mrs. llamilIoa, in her Popular Essays,
speaks Of the propensity t. magnify the
idea Of self; nov, this propensity max be
amply INDUCED in by the Lord mayors
. c1schman, wha takes into the compre-
=. hensi,e an1 complex idea Of self all that
iae Big CO 'ch behind him, and all those
. tlne horses before him, with Iheir red ma
:. roeco harness and brass buckles. Alb
s,ractian is an exceedingly d,iiicul, phi!o-
+ soahcal operation, which the lord may
: or's coachman canuut cas- ly manage; and.
uereiorr, he never a.templs ID abstraci
: from the idea of self, The coach and horses
by which he is accompanied. But we
might examine the case and feelings oi
r every individual connected with thai i'm
/, posing aud anli-ulihtarian spectacle, an ]
{ lind in the basom Of every one some
: sweet consoling sense Of his own impnr-
: ,ance--nr. should there be some solitary
: cynlc, whose hear, swells not with the
pump and majesty Of The scene. he makes
= up lnr II by thinking that he is an indvi-
l dual OF too much mind To be pleased with
: such uiles. A voluntary nothinguess is
=. altogether beyond the forilude Of huma.
nifty. .... --. g..
| Reader. did you ever pay much ausn.
5 lion To the general elections Because,
2. If you ever did. you must have observed
huy much The inheritance of men il de.