The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-09-21

The puzzns sons Of party mex, appeared
In dark eabals and nightly junlos met;
hnd now they WHISPERED close. aud now uprear'd
IN important shouldef-thcn as if TO pc.
:, New iieht their twinkling eyes were inward SET.
No sooner Luciier recalls affairs,
Than forlh they rush in slightly fret;
when 10. Push'd up to power aud crow ned their
cares
In comes another set and kcketh then down
staus :"
The man who eIcctioneers has often 10
contend with host Of troubles, m striving
10 draw an accession of strength to his side
OF The question. After tOling assiduously
day after day, and week after week, he is
too often doomed To the dark suspicion that
his efforts have been worse than nothing
though We sometimes see men without a
great share Of either eIoquence OF POPULAR.
~, exert considerable Influence merely By
DIN! OF straight ahead perss vcrance and as.
sidulty. Though these John Trois NAV
sometimes, from m ignorance Of vulgar 10.
callty, get out Of their election districts,
where alone their powers of persuasion can
avail aught, and are perhaps only set right
by the g suppressed hOrsciaugh" of the
bystanders, though they may talk an hour
TO stranger, and at the end of II 6ud that
he - deaf as post. Yet even worse ms.
haps than these will at tunes shock their
spirits. Such mlstoflunes occur abroad,
where they are perhaps alike unknowIng
and unknown. But let Us look at one Of
them on the election day-a period, in his
estimation, big with the fate Of nations, and
that Of sundry gallons OF gin, rum, whIskey
end cider What anxious cares Cypress
hun lie sees, perhaps, the /" leaders OF
the opposition, (Nho, Notwithstanding, are
perhaps not all Broughams) marshalIng
their forces at tho polls ~ what seems 10
hun myriads. Where, where are the wor.
thies who so s;fenuously promised him their
co operation f. no answers. "where p
and he, 90 himself answers, No matter, so
long "a they are not "a the place, the anls
place they should be, let happen w hat might.
For such Romans IN y ould not give a three
penny drluk He stands like NanUs amid
the RUNS Of Cartharge, the image Of dtsap
pointed ambition. HIS eve al length brigh.
tens a. he marks amid the opponent rank-
a man whose vote he thinks he can defeat
ard as the unfortunate puts has hand towards
the ballot box, stuffed With minute bot all
important documents, he challenges al once
hts night Of suffrage.
Nf Long refuses 10 swear 1t in and
consequently. Mr. Long can't vote. For
brief moment, the demurrer assumes a look
Of triumph. But what change comes Ger
tho spiui Of hgs dreams, wnen, on picking
up the votes Nr. Long has contclnptuousll
cast from hm, be finds, too late, that the,
"cre those OF his own party He seek,
his o"n home 10 disgust, aud takes 10 his
bed, resolving lar tina, day, 10 1t the World
and the election Nag as they may.
By Gar The most important among poli;l.
cal Characters, y he 'yho -'ts upon The fence
It indeed It be no, improper 10 slsie htm
political INSTEAD of paiiic character. To
cnIny h,s fnll dignity, however, the fence
slfaddlrr most know his own worth. tie
must not remain ~ onr constant, immoyea.
he position, a. II he intended keeping 1t
forever. 4 tar a. may be he musi make
Al appear TO those on both sides ot han, hat
he Is "Jus, on the p3int Of jumping of
mong them Thus wuuid each strive, BY
an means possihe, 10 cuuciliate him and
strike the bal,nee. which see ned ycrginy
ALREADY, IN their eWn favor. he must b.
~ulllreutly non committed to preserve his
true motives ard character as a neu,raltst
from discovery, or even susp,ciou. Some.
nmrs he may perhaps incline s. tar 70 one
side, that Us pafllzaus may thpl, him FAR.
Iy 4" come over but ere their cVullauons
arc az IA end, they will see hun rs lar on
the other side. However sure III times el. 4
Their party may b.. of bun, he WILL II he
understands himself properly. Herer ief go
fhe fence. lie IL o. true to his principles
as tie most invctcra,c party man, and has
the advantage without doubt, for the other
supports bis party his fence, 90 the contra
ri, supports HIM. Placed on high, above
the storms career he views with contempt
the strife Of the Ignoble multitude HIS
fence Is hls all, le, him quit that, and he
straighiway becomes nothing more than a
mere patuzau, aud is
-" faller, allen, fallen
Fallen iior, his biah estates"
An attentions before Iavishcd on him
now CEASE. The party which he espouses,
consider him now as their own secure IN
hertance, with whom farther pans taking
would be suprriluous. Tothe same couclu
sion comes the opposite coterie, iuasnuch
as they consider him entirely lost 10 them,
and beyond all hope Of recovery. Thus,
"olheo's oeeupa''on's gone"
PRO BONO PUDLICO,
Waite Hall, Sepi. 6, 1888.