Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-17
Meier was youth 20 slt!ivaicd;
And when knerls 10 ay for marcy,
II docs no good, but vice warcy.
Larkaday. oh, Iackaday.
~ nat, 4 ,,ty1Jn.. -

PITY Billy larkaday"
o,Iom,n He COMEDIANS of !beng traduced without
mercy: hunted by buodhounds, like the poor inaias
IS ror;d, and all because h has been manly enough
to think and speak for himself: II shcft' ne rs III
peculiar and Trying s'uatmn
All Ibis while however, the process OF conversion IS
oo;r, on Ike the progress ot a mnuct dancer, "ho'
After 6ournq to the right and left, advancing two steps
forward and one back wards, at length larry goes over
10 The opposite side of the room hrst, hr only us
sents from his party on oic single punt ne stops "
Tie half wav house establishes an armed neutrality
bejonrs to no party and plays Jack OF both sides ne
argues without canning to conclusion, ana eNphh7
himself BY mysliiicatlon He wrIggcs ana TWISTS
,bout through all the of doubt and obscurity,
AID his INGENIOUS scli.love whispers 10 him nll the
while that Thousand palpabir inconsistencies can De
ANA uaiua,rd into one great CONSISTENCY
Tho. Wings however, having hawk eye Tor ms
hind nj nauc at once detect these premonitnry syp.
toms and are willing to let him take his own time aud
his own way They know they are snre Of the hs
a; os and ike many anglers, permit him 10 coquetie
.;,, mo b,jt awhile They laugh in their sleeves 70
SEQ him come smelling and nhhllng at the hook then
,prn;ny away and then returning posing ilnsei
with ever. in and tail, and ever and anon cIrci'ns
| around The concealed mischief, every moment ap
nroochnn more near: al length with desperate har
H. swallows the bait and the angler, s"sc OF his prize
wantonlv INDUCES him IN lew desperate pinhScs-
n. lets him run tie end ot his l'nc and then bring:
linn IN with Jerk that whirls INN stu higher 10 IN.
forts to escape every moment become weaker by Fcpc
l;,ion and a, last GragS him unrcs!sng to land,
miserable laccratcd victim, drenchcd III Blood pant
/ inn far breath and shiverng with exhaustion.
! The WHY'S now openly take hun up, and whoever J.
ems taken IN is sure to fall lower than ever IL Is '
destiny Of aposates to be dcspscd BY both sides II
Ills coputrv no man can mnintan though by some rare
chance he NAV arrive al, high station, by dcceFih-
and deserving the people. Their maxim ~ ina, IA
/ honest man is the nobcs work OF God; ana IL! t"'
wisdom Of the sage, joined TO all the inspirati" OF "
MUS If VIGOROUSLY divorced from integrity, VIII n~''
rnp their confidence or their Affection me-
NAV use but they will not trust him; and when the!
are called upon for their surages, the r"gue ana p"S
tate III appeal 10 them in VAN. The hazes 0! ",
.rirue the violation Of principles and The vague, WIN"
nt course of dupcIty, will never conduct traitor
The chrome Of the majesty OF the people OF the = D
Il BIZ chance ;hcv do his speedy downfall Will BE- al
example and warning. :, ;,
/ The: Wing convert finally becomes den''ird WIN y"
party and from that moment his control over ms oi
assuci,,rs j. zone The instant he is detected, he :
lost liz. is no longer the stool pigeon TO lure who
tocks Ia the Why net He no longer answers the
burmese II they achieve the victory, they can no" az
I without him and like the boy with bladder u'"e
his arm, the" !!ircw han away the moment tacy nav
learned 10 swim alone lie mas lost al favor with IL
old friends and thos" who have gained by lbs tFeachcF
vii meyer trust him more He Will, perhaps, be per
ntd 10 serve them without wages; he will Dc toera'c
50 lonr as his ratings administer to their spleen
their l-AoSc#: he viii lie patc'. on the back Tor ever
new exhibition OF ahicct subserscncy; atd when III
r,,.o;uiur shTcEs and patches of influence that cling
Tho rarr,; back of aroStrcy become tlTradhare an
,or,hrss-vkrn his own people and his own Sta'
turn their backs upon him. II" VIII be dismissed VI
tho Louors of WING DIN>EN to contempt ana OBJ