Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-05-02

he knowed what he was about it pinned him
down and sawed him right in two he squeln'
and kickin' and singn' out like good teller
the whole blessed time. Thinks |, he put his
foot in il that Teller any how.
Yes, our folks have put their foot in it;
cheap article amt always the best; if you want
a real right down first chop, genu'oiae thing,
You must pay for it. Talent and integrity
amt such common things any where, that they
are to be had for half nothin'. A man that has
them two things can. go-ahead any where, and
il you want hin to give up his own consarns to
see arter those of the public, and don't give him
the fair market price, for 'em, he is plaguy apt
TO put his integrit3in his pocket, and put his
talents TO usury. What he loses one way he
makes up another: ifhe can't get it out Of his
pay, he,takes it out Of parquesits, Jobs, patron
age, or somethn' or another. Folks won't
sarvc the puhIic'for nothin', no more than they
will each other free-gratis. An honest man
won't take office, if it won't support him prop
erly, but dishonest one will, cause he won't
stand about trflcs, but goes the whole iigur'-
and where you have good many critters, as
public servants-why, little slip OF the pen or
trip the foot, amt thought nothin' Of, and the
tide Of public feelin' is lowered, till at last folks
Judge mans dishonesty by the 'cuteness Off.
If the slight-olhend amt well done, they say,
when he is detected, he is fool-cuss him it
sarves him right; but if it is done so slick that
YOU can hardly see it even when it's done atore
your eye, people say, find bold stroke that
splendid business talent-that man-consdera-
bic powers-a risin' character by being
a great man in the long run.
You rccolect the story oil the quaker and his
insurance, don't you? He had vessel 10 sea
that he hadn't heerd Of far considerable time,
and he was most plaguily aleerd she had gone
for it; so he sent an order 10 his broker to IN
sure her. Well, next day he larntfor sartain
She was lost, so what does he do but writes to
his broker as if he meant TO save the premium
by recalIin' the order: Ifthoe hast not insured,
thee need'st not DO it, esteemed friend, for
have heerd fthe vessel. The broker, lhinkin'
ii would be all clear gain, falls right into the
trap; tells him his,letter came too late, Tor he
had effected the Insurance hall an hour alore
ii arrived. Verify, am sorry for thee, TREND
said the quaker, ifthat be the case, for liea
wy loss will fall on thee; Of a sartainty have
heerd of the vessel, but she is lost. Now that
was what call handsom'; it showed great tai
ents that, and knowledge human natur' and
soft sawder.
thought, said |, that your annual parIa-
ments, universal suffrage, aud system OF rota-
ton Of office, had a tendency to prevent corrup-
ton, by removing the means and the opportu-
nifty to any extent We'll, Ii would, perhaps, to
q certain point, said the Clockmaker, If you
knew where that point was, and could stop
there; but wherever it is, am ateerd we have
passed it. Annual parliamens bring in so ma
ny raw hands every yeal, that they are glst
like pawns in the game of chess, only ht Tor
tools TO move about and count while the game
is played by the bigger ones. They get so
critters, with the forms o the
house, that they put me IN mind OF a teller
up for the first time in quadrllIe-
One tells him to cross over here, and alore he
gets there another calls him back ag'ln; one
pushes him to the right and another to the lett;
he runs ag'in every body, and every body runs
ag'in him; he treads on the heels OF tue gals
and takes their skin and their shoes off and they
tread on his toes. and return the compliment
to his corns he is no good in natur', except
to bother folks and put them out. Inc GA
hands that have been there atore, and cut their
eye-tceth, know how to BAN these critters, and
make 'em believe the moon is made OIL green
cheese. That gives great power to the master
and they are enabled to splkeate
handsum in land stock, bank stock, or any 9th
er corporate stock, for they can raise or de-
press the article gist as they please by leglsa-
tive action.
There was grand Legislative spcck made
not long since, called the presumption speck.-
A law was passed, that all who had settled on
government lands without title, should have
right Of preemption at very reduced price,
below common upset sum, if application was
made on particular day. The jobbers watch
ed the law very sharp, and the moment IT pass
ed, off they sot with their gangs Of men and q
camped out all night on the wlId
land, made the afiidavits Of settlement, and
run on till they went over almost deuce oil a
tract Of country, that was all picked out aiore-
hand for them; then returned their atildavIis TO
the office, got the land at preemptlon rate, and
turned right round and sold 1t at market PRICE
-pocetted the difference-and netted most
handsum thing by the spec.
Them pet banks was another splendid affair;
it deluged the land with corruption that,-it
was too bad to think on. When the govern
ment is in the many, as with us, and rota-
ton of Office is the order of the day, there
is a natural tendency to multiply offices, SO
that every one can get his share OF en-, and u
increases expenses, breeds office-seekers, and
corrupts the whole mass. 1t is in politics as IN
large farm is worked at much
less expense and much greater profit, and is
better in many ways than half dozen small
ones; and the head farmer is more 'sponslble
man, and better 10 do in the world, and more
hot