Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-16

Mcssrs. Spencer and Gushing, those supple pu.
pi's Of Gil Bias early friend Fabrcius the ooiman
ore certainly putting to admirable use the Wallets
lessons of pIianey and its advantages distancing all
the Inferior OF the sfiLls lekins cut. "a nirs
Mr. Profit, out-brassing Mr. Wise. and gu, facing
eyen the sub!G,e sh,meles,ncss of Mr. Webster
himself
Nothing, after all, "a, the adroi, Fabrieius say.)
like the comforts and the success of Laekeyism.-
The aekey can never lack. Servility is the ART
OF commanding. He who walks erect must break
his shins Oh every obstacle tina, comes in his way
and can easily be Tipped up by every lower thing
tina, can lay hold on HE legs. Going on all fours
tho safer because lowiier, has still its Dangers
Certainly, one in that gets rid Of the incon.
vcniencss Of bearing his head aloft, locking events
and men in the face, and letting them see yours
IL saves one, likewise, frcn the unpopusrity which,
in democracy, ever atesds the iGsoent loneliness
OF s,arding up. There, the tall are sure to be
dragged down by thousand hands, and hardly
any man is so shor, bu, that he will do well 10
crouch still lower. Ono can creep IN PAGES where
one could not .tand and to climbing, tina, las
every body kno Ss) ia naturally done in a posture
and by the aid of limbs very different from those
used in the rough old upright, downright, perpsn
dieular art of standing. No: remember what the
wise poet .ays--ihat
"Low;!nsss is young Ambi,ioa's ladder"
| This Deity relaires us, when we would win his
favour, 10 get down upon our knees; but to please
men, orc mus; so LILLE further, and get upon oil
fjurs, at least.
Still, the qusdrupeJ mode Of progression is only
safer than the biped. Four legs are, Of course
harder TO tip, and climb better than two. But, af-
ter all, why encounter the dangers OF crawling, any
more than of ualking1 Creeping has as miny nd
vaniag-s over craw ling, as tha,shas over stridng
along. In the FIRST place. you can then never fall
being already as low ss.you can get. Then, you
are truer. because closer. to the mere surface oil
things; which is oil that, in democracy, any man
should allow himself TO see, and which your fellows
that stand up overlook. Then they who are on
their bellies do not look at the sky, which might
suggest TO item inconyenicni anJ even disturbing
thoughts. Further, the four. legged progres,on'
tho good in other respects tends TOO much 10 the
straightforward, the rcctinear: whereas creeping
favours all the reptile modes Of motion, the ~rgg 10,
the twist the s,ide and ao,hns, 10 short, carries
one, al last So easily, safely, smoothly, through
the mud OF denocricy or the sims of court flvour.
Butwe must return TO eur great pattern OF Wallets,
Fabricius, and his art of getting along. lie, We
are determined 10 shew, is The immediate model Of
the Ministers that are and OF him tina, is 10 be-
Listen 10 the worthy f1o,man; who, after relating
how he had passe! through as miny mutations Of
service as Secretary Spencer or Caleb u uo,em (iho'
certainly lie had never written Syracuse Address
like the former, nor nine lives Of Gsn'l Harrison
Ike fha fell In ha l,., I,., -
STOPPING, go, a capital place ia the serVee of very
Conscientious cInnon, for whose portrait one would
almos, say Ms Tyler must have sat. as Messrs
g. { T.. for that Of the valet. This is the di
rector Of a large hospiial-an institution certainly
not very unlike the receptacle OF disease, Sged
by MIR Tyler, where all sorts Of vogrants are fed
and clothed into insolehI faines' a, the public ex
pense. The worthy chief asd his career are thus
described Ly his fic-to,um.
"Signor Manuel Ordonnez, my master, is a man
''of profound piely, who walks with his eyes al
"~ays fixed on the ground, and Urge rosruy in
CHS hand. They say that, from his youth. having
"nothing in view bu. the putlic funds lac at ached
"himss!f TO the poor. with indefa,sable zeal; and
accordingly. his cares have not BEEN i'll rtquted;
every thing prospers with hin." (tIs's as lucky
as Mr. Tyler himself, you pereeive.) "Whai a
"bessing 1t is, that he has made hmeelf rich, by
managing the affairs Of the poor" Idiots, might
be added: for a case recently decided in the Chan
Gerry Court mere serves TO shew that Mr. Tyler is
able to put to profit private, "a well as public,
trusts. He will understand US, we prssums)
The simple San,illane here suggests 10 the adfoit
time server that this is rather dirty way to sue.
cess and that he must feel il, at times, little hu,
initiating. "You are mistaken, Gil Bias" rejoins
hs; "thsfe is no situation in life more agreeable 10
zone Of any humour than that which | now enjoy.
"The employment Of laeksy is, own, trouble
"sone TO silly fellow: but TO q lad Of spirit i; 10
"fu Of charms" so says FabrieiuS, and SO think
the Ministers and asprants.
The valet proceeds to 10y down the rules for
thriving basey these VIC will give, not for the
sake Of the gentlemen Of the present Guard, (who
abundsnIIy understand themJ but for the guidance
OF its future recruits.
"a superior genius that go,S 10 service does not
"eonfne himself 10 the menii circumstances Of his
duty, like a simpls,on:" 10y no means: he never
thinks Of attending to his official trusts that is for
the dull fools to do, who think merit the way 10
advancement. Oh no y "He goes into a family TO
"eomnlanJ, not to oboy. lie begins 10y studying,
his master; nc accommodates himself 10 MS tOiDes
"gains his confidence, and then leads him by the
"noss" (Mr TyIer's heal, it will be remembered
is one the easiest visited in the world and furnish
cd with an admirable handle, by which TO steer IL
"Tis thus proceeded with 10Y director I soor
discovered his hypocrisy and pereeiyiog he wan,
"ed to pass for a psrton Of great sane,ity, pre-
"tended 10 be bis dupe: that costs nothing. diC
more; | initiated him" tyos, wrote letters onS
spoke speeches, TO sheE ~hlt a conscientious mat
he was;) land acting ia his presence The same fare
cha, no plays before others. deceived the decey
ser, ond am by degrees become his fac totum." =
flo then proceeds to shos how, by this course o
management, he will probably DO able 10 sueeee
him whom be cheats, and lrepin the public, in hi
place.
"Under these auspices, hope ono day 10 b
"eonoerned 10 tho aGiifs Of the poor" tho demo
eracy.) Gin which case may chance" (like his Ac
cideney) Ito make my fortune too: for find my
"seif a. we'll inelicoI towards thsm as he can b,
"fof his heart Commend me 10 the employment Q
"a laeksy. When master has vices, superb