The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-20

cOnieDlod set oil vsgraDls, preying upon
and destroying the life Of any booy pol
ric, or ecclessIas.ic, wou'd dare con-,
,roven sleh positions. Why such crea
lures, Msssrs Editors. ARE reckless out.
laws, waiting for tina aUspicious moment
when by their slanderous tongues whet-
ted with feDdlsh enyy, they may drag
down the respectable and truly sincere
members TO their own degraded level,
and become The dignitares Of The
Church on their Iuius: and alas! some ol
the digultarles are sometimes IN the
plot with these wretches.
There is another principles amongst
these wlitewas4ed sepSIchrss, which has
not been overlooked, VIZ. that, whea
they pass within the, pale OF the Church,
any comment upoa their conduct is sac
religious. Are they not to be reached,
Messrs Editors, by moral rebuke. when
they deserve it2 Are they sain,ed.
when they profess Religion 7 Are they
prpeligedio say, "Wbo dare arTaign
me al The bar OF public opinion for any
misconduct, However egregriousl Let
me tell you, .Cilizen,' public opinion
has that privilege and sho will enjoy it.
'Crizen' speaks of 'inquisitlon;' his
crew, If they had the power, would out
rage tie pages of HISTORY, in cruelliee,
and saint a Nero-Well might his
grand 'lnqulshor' say:
with what vile tools
We operate to say or save This creature,
Black with a double treason, now Will earn
Rewards and honors, and be stamp'd in
y story
With The geese in the Capital, which sabblsd
Fill Rome awoke-
and we're permitted to pay compli-
mem 10 his abilities as grand master of
phrenzied persecution, | should 4most
40 u;edIy soy
And he the ribald, whom see amongst you,
Fit iudgein such tribunalP
But to the characters oil the play
'Coley's' occupations gone.' lagO, one
ofthe dgui,aues, has supplsntedhlm IN
Ibis menlal Office, His character has
recently done more justice to his patron;
he was not paintedto life in my last,
aud lest some good honest Christian
may bearihe odIum Of his character,
will draw the outlines Of this intriguing
parsonage. He is one ofyour plausI-
ble, smooth faced creatures, his out
ward maa maDifesimg a disposition TO
he .al unto all mem for policy's sake,
and, only when well entfeached md Out
of view. will he prick you with his steel.
In days gone by, had .he'mos, imPli-
cit confidence in bis religious zeal, but
his case stands parallel with the black
bird, whea the uegto spied him 10 bie
master e -corufeld, Perched on a tree, g.
said, ''you brack crilter, you sing psalm
and amentalion, eh! aud at de came
time you got de debil in de heart, you
a,,er smassa's coIn.' He may palm
.,lassll upon The community as a ttular
saint, for aught l care, bat he has that
sauclimonious air, the facsimile Of 'Ju-
das, when at the last supper, he said,
.Is i'll, Lord enough Of lago, | am
sorry be sloops to do the dirty work
for the mongrel crew.
Little fJget' is still living, though he
does not crowd much upon community;
his soul has great play upon small.
piece of ground. The self opinionated
Literary Lion, still oveHops the COM
munny and figures with his duck gun,
which having a small calibre, and bar
rel, throws the shot close and reaches
oply The game in sight III mistake
| not it is patent barrel, 60 loads to the
| minute; it will prove expensive on &c
\ cout of the quantity of ammunition nec-
4 essary, unless he has factory of his
| own; but Ihaso my objections to those
patent firearms OF any rate, for they car
| ~ more powder than Iced.
Gu zen Messts Editors, is still his
| ,ed on in his ''dirty work" by lago, and him
who figuies on the Blank pages Of historic
bore did you say, histrionic too ffIeudl we
N lett 20, and ifthe plays are again introduced,
A we may look for Comedy, unless the patent bars
rell be directed this way, which may make tie
Il finale little tragcal.
\ 'Cn ZEN may think he can screen himself
from the public eye, but he IS grossly decelyedi
for Justice Shallow appcrs chagrined, and wrl>
thing under some recent wound. l had hopes
\ that vii n he attached himself to The Church, lie
4 would atone for his gross aOuse ofhis betterS,
A whom he assailedtwiihoutlpro but he
! siirienGs lllmselfto do tho dirty work W hich
: he does up in sy becoming his servile taste.
The Bali Boxes have weighed his merits,
- aud we will leave him to his littleness.
a Survey the monty crew, and we may cay ip-
= dyidua,ly Of each,
I "Nougot oegood can come from euch a scourcs,
Nor would we augh! with him, nor now, moi
ever
We leave him to himself. that loves depth,
(lfhuman baseness. Pardon is for men,
4 And no, for repiiIes-we have none for
And no resentment; things like his must sting
\ And higher beings suffer; tits the charter
or LifS-The man who dies by the adders fang
J. May have tie crawler crushed, but feels no an
l. gel;
L Twas the worms nature; and some men arr
v worms,