The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-05-25

the fair dealer and the pirate, or between virtue and
prostitution for we can Imagine no prostitution more
dsbssaq and sbject Than the sale Of mans faculties
and influence 10 the ndiscrmnse use Of every knsye
that may be able TO pay for them however vile The pur
pose 10 which they are to be employed.
A. boring has been refined Into profession il may
be well to give an unsuspectng public account Of
the character, classes and habits Of its professors
no reader must not imagine that borers are nothing
more than indscrininale crowd of unfortunate
Legislative msndioams, The art has been improved 20
such degree that there various species OF borers,
all OF whom have their appropriate spheres and snhects
The sklfu taciieian employs more OF each kind,
so that all the various depths OF Legislative management
are iathomed. and every accessible point Of corruption
reached and operated upon.
One class Of borers is the sly borsr, The instant he
reaches Harrisburg he takes remote room. and affects
seclusion. lie moves in mystery. Darkness Is his
pavilion, He speaks in hints and nnuendos, taking
good care, however mention his immense influence
over governors and secretaries and senators, and his
power TO control and direct he entire machinery Of
Government. He lodges about from room to room,
sknks ron passage 20 passage and Is understood 10 DO
wonderfully shrewd and efficient. His mode OF boring
is to boast and promise His boasts soon discover
ed to he mud and his promises burst in treschery but
nothing dismayed, he invens lies, aud by dannt-
less shameessnes indefatgabe industry, and low,
sinister trickery. which is dgnIed by the name OF cum
ming he again finds fools who believe and who, pro-
ALL he affects but little, but he persnsdes his employers
that he has been omDipoten and ssves his credit.
Such men, retailers Of small secrets. heroes in little
aud agents IN paltry treacheries. may be
| seen skuking about the rooms IN Harrisburg every
season. chaeng for votes, and boosting in their windy
nohingness Of more cunning than Mercury, and more
power han Jupiter.
Another species 10 constituted by the political borr
He is generally roaring ward leader and is employed
10 buy up or Tighten off members TO whom his political
Il fantlu re-n miuati linn n
wanders from tavern 10 tavern. and dsrourses with
vehement the political revolutions OF his
ward 10 every man he meets. Your political borer is
characterized by torrent. streams Of tobacco pouring
down The nrrowed channels Of either side Of bis chm,
and moreover by close and absiemous adherence to
vegetable diet: to wit, mini juieps.
The sporting borer is bird Of the night As he SITS
up late, engaged in The performance Of the vruous di
ties Of his high calling he Ia unable to rise TO breakfast.
The professors OF this branch OF the art drift into the
breakfast about half past hne o'clock, with ned
and swollen faces, and unable to ascend the
Caplioan Hill until they aided by the OF s
rted gentleman. highly esteemed in those crcleswc
refer to Lewis Cognsc. Esq The sporting boer passe,
laws al the gaming table His favore game is what 10
elegantly called poke There be, it is said, sundry pa
trotic members who fond Of this game and though
they play II necessarily and it is said, unsklfy. va
they Arrays pin. Il is strange we do not pretend 70
account for il.
There is yet another class worthy Of all commemora
on--we mean the ahmenfioe Jorers II is their pecu.
liar duty TO pass aws-.hrough the almentary canal
There certain members. the business of whose life
is to be fed-it is the business Of the borer eee
them. Nor is his duty confined merely to relieving thu
hungry. Some OF these members drnk-o
course pery temporarily At ten eleven o'clock il
y the duty Of the alimen,ve borer to take such
bers down to relieve aud reward their wearied virtue
with oysters and brandy. The duty thus commenced
must be persisted in throughout the day He must be
continually drinking with thirsty memhers--carefuly
n spFvInn in ALL 80 thoh A. ,,u ht thas
incentive borer forms his pensionarv feeders into band
and marches them to an oyster cellar, collects them
~ his ROOM where champagne and oysters close the do
ties of well-spent day
There other divisions which mark the various cha
racters Of the profession There. for instance, is the
saar,ed borer, who attends year after year watch the
interests Of bridge company. other company.
which bears opposition for il knows that it deserves it.
There too is the corporation borer, the president Of
coal company, navigation company, railroad COM
paDy, ciamorons for more prvileges-more privileges
more privileges The bills OF these corporations
at Harrisburg would support FIVE hundred poor There,
TOO Is the oGiee-hnniing borer who urges law Great
ing an office for his espec al hchoof Thousands Of in
d'vlduals have thus pensioned themselves off loan,
insurance, and savings companies, &C. There, Also is
the Spiss borer-a worthy wretch-half mendicant,
half prosuie---who begs employment Of all who have
projects at Harrisburg and is thankful for trfe from
any or all Of them.
II must not be presumed that these men, degraded
character unworthy Of respect. Far from it. General
tolerance has made the practices described familiar
that they have lost their hdeonsness and who ought
10 be honest and respectable boers
Men OF high POLITICAL pecnniary. and social trusts
seen engaged in unwearied efforts to influence rather
than inform the Legislature and much has undoubtedly
been done with those concerned would blush to
made public. The profits have been immense hired
borers have made fortunes in few sessions and this
profession the most degraded which engage the in
telect Of man. has proved among the most gainfu.
We are rejoiccd that have succeeded in exciting
public attention to these abuses and hope that herea
ter no respectable citizen WILL by his example, encon
rage practice corrupt and dangerous. Let public
condemnation mark those who pursue IT, Let the vr-
tnous members Of the Legislature, and we know that
there are many, very many, pure and hgh-mnded men
in assembly, frown down The practce--for they
dot, And, finally let the people inquire into the
duct Of their representatives, and remember, for
demnation on the electonground all who have by their
and support encouraged the corrupt acts Of
the borers. 't.... ~. +,