Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-04-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


However paradovlca the assertion may appear.
1t Is certain that there are tunes when a mans IN
significance are his best recommendation; bar.
py mcdlocrty Of talents screening bun from be-
coming an object Of eavy. Such beng invites
no scrutiny, and proyokcs no criticism. Nobody
feels The least curiosity about hts actions opIa
ions, Has religious OF political leneuts are mat
ers Of perfect InditleTcCee as they exercise no N
nncnce over others, and he Is sutlerd 10 pass
quietly on his way uneuylcd, unmolested and un-
observed, happy IN his obscuny and thrice hap
nv IN hs nsgnfcancr.
But With all tins there - one thing for which
such man i peculiarly qualified, and that i'an
".iraiiable candidate. Cor party which either
has no principeso OF is afraid 10 avow them. When
nothing is known, nothing can be brought against
hum, No one has ever thought 1t worth While 10
record OF remember his achons ~ OPINIONS; mad
a. be- wa. nothing before YOU can make ANY thing
Of HIM now. lie takes anew start, and may steet
Tor my point ofthe compass without crossing his
tack.
Some such sort Of aman - Gen. Harrison
who has been selected as a candidate Of the va
rous fragments Of factions which constitute the
universal Wing party 50 called containing hIto
Of every thing lie was. without doubt, preferred
To- his distinguished competitors, on the score OF
tia, exemplary medlocrlly ior which he IS so SIN
| gulatly llluslrous aud such is the magical etec.
OF this happy mAgnilcance that even his unsue
ec.slul rval- do no, think hs good lmtune worth
enyylng They unite N support with most com
nendabe mdguanmIty and, without doubt, laugh
IN their slenves ike Charles the Twelfth OF Swe-
den, when he talked Of sendng one Of his old boots
to preside ovrl the Senate OF Stockholm.
The selection Of this old man wa', indeed
astcr stroke policy. Nothing was, more easy
than 10 make hlm any thing the Pary pleased. y
great General, such was the cqnlyocaI character
Of his exploits. that, WHEN ever vctoty sad been,
nancd, It was difficult to tell whether II was ON
mp TO his fortunate bundcr4, or won by 0lherr, 20
DESPITE OF hs lmbeclny. His military lune was
enycloped IN doubt, andI ia very mystery render
ed It susceptible OF the most enormous cNage-
fatluns. The msts thai had gathered around hts
reputation, produced that species OF sublmhy
which Is derived from ubscunly, aud contributed
not only TO enlarge his dimensions, bat to dstoH
his liuIcness into strange, Unnatural and dlsrfo
poihonel magnitude.
So also Hilh his qualifications SIS an orator and
statesman. The same happy obscutiiy shielded
him from the conviction Of Being either one or tho
other An be had ever SAID was forgotten; and
a. c,cry act Of bls lie has been stamped with the
medoculy his character, those who relied or
the ob,cuny o( the past, could fnd little OF no.
hing, either to prove OF d'sprove hs pfeisnilons
an that was necessary was for hHn 10 say NJ
hing. ai do nohlnc remain perfectly quiet; APP
pear "a little before the public possible; 1--we
on a siuocurc drink wnc, aud call II "hard CIDER
and there would be nothing TO prevent his
passing lof a EIcro. Statesman. and an Orator
at least long enough TO serve as IAN ara'abl.
Candidate"
THIS il tho great dGicuy with The NoI'y OLD
gentleman. who finds It right hard to keep ihe So
ctct Of hs lmbccllly, and IS 50 aStonlshed NJ h,s
sudden greatness, that he can scarcely be KEPT
quiet It's keepers aye Obliged to walcn hm
CLOSELY, and CbntuO hn under the pfeience Of
farming, 10 the North Bend, wlefc. We are cred
,hy informed he IS permitted to deliver naugura
addresses 10 pIgs aud pouly, IN order to alay tho
c1eryc.ctuce ol hl- gauuliy. The same author.
~ states that al the geese have been hanlshed from
lhr premises, ga consequence Of the whole ilock
tnuHg salued one OF the Generals naugurais
with a tremendous hiss, which was considered
lathtr onmous aud d,srespecul The old gentle
man taxes Ihls supervision and RESTRAINT IN great
dudgcou, and swears, wtcnhc gets into the " hllc
House, he w|i talk MS much rs he phases whcth.
81 he lets the cat cut of The bag not, for he u
under contract IN serve only i"ur years, and those
Who have made hm great mau, N spite of ma
ure, may take the trouble Of keeping hm SO do.
uug that time.
Il understood, lh1i he u never left alone lo'
a moment lest he should LEI out We secret Of his
beng 40 Abyuoul. to tie Democracy He
keepers arc aware that tbs modest, moderate
and assuming sect DO not require ANY further Us
Z -ufauros OF tie Generals devotion, and ask ne
b, public, n consideration ol having Gtceved SO
. many private pledges Of his orthodoxy. In shor
~ the poor gentleman lills better tbau prisoner
. aud Ike ~. mysterious divinity OF the Fadlal
= laha, Is carefully screened from the sight OF hi
worshlppcrs, iorfcJr they should discover he Is
netting bul supcranuualed bid woman. In the
mean TINT, The m>ls become more iupeuerabe
! the ubscmny more ptolou d, and The shadowCC
hero more sublime IN his Dimensions. lie Is OF
! " The brighter from the surrounding darkness
and his silence almost becomes awful. IL
looms greater and greater, like the shadows 81
departing day, and like them, will be greatest q
the moment his sun sets forever. His hight
l., good fortune viii be the disappointment OF b.
I! bed-ridden dreams oil ambition; for he may TIC
escape an ordeal through which he cannot pa
:, without betraying his weakness, and have the VI
- paraleled felicity of carrying with hum 10
grave the secret Of that mbccIiy which II.
possession OF power would most assuredly d.
:, close Fooled, he may possibly die hide gIt
- mall successful his empty unSubsantal 'eru
IS ton. vii vanish Ike specifies al ne dawn q
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