Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-08-13
HOW THE CALLED JApEs VINCE!

Of the late election all acrimonious feel
ings, personal as we'll as political, which
had been engendercd during the contest,
would.at least for the present, subside in
to quiet repose, and, us we hoped, posi-
bly, soon be forgotten. But we have err
red egregiously in our calcula,ioas-and,
our wishes, which, 10 say the least, were
i!not reasonable, are effec-
tuaaly, not to say rudely, thwartsd BY tho
continued virulence and scurrility of the
federal organ.
True, the editor proper Of that paper is
absent-but he has LEFT behind him, as
pro tenn. monkey-monarch Of his tripod /,
a pcnny.a.line hierling, who, for native
|impudence, brothel.like lewdness and gen
eral vulgarity and meanness, s'ou;-Hawks
Hawk" as decidedly as the polecat sur.
passes the opossum in intellectual acumen
and propriety of habits.
Who is this .fello,o that rents cut his
learning ~ by the line and receives
weekly wages for his -Websterisms?--
| Who is he that he should aspire to "fol
low in the footsteps Of so ialustrtous pre-
dccessor" as the daddy Of all the monk.
eys and the great charicature ofthe whole
human species? Who is he that he should
presume to occupy that mich among So
ciety and things long since assigned to that
distinguished "c6aN Of humanity?' Who
is he that he should obtrude his brazen
face before the public through the col
umns Of public print and ofic;ousIy con
stitute himself public monitor in a com
munity that knows but little Of him, and
who, as yet, have certainly shown no in
decent haste 10 know more?
That he is held in peculiar estimation
in this community is probably true-ba,
that that consideration is very "considera
Bile" we are disposed to doubt-and we
should therefore like to know from VIVA
part Of that "peculiar estimation" he de
rives the right to criticize the proceed
ings Of our citizens, or to blacken, witt
scurvey billingsgate, the character O
those who have been sustained by the
people, and who, conscious Of their ad
vantage and superiority, have never stoop
ed to lay aught in his way. land here a
word Of advice may not be out Of season
We tell this wretched adventurer that ii
he desires TO attain to any eminence a
mong US, he must abandon the vain and
puppy purpose Of attempting to pulldown
Those who are above him, and seek, BY
Industry and honorable means, to raise
himself to their level.] But who is he
that he shonld permit his unblushing i'm
pudencc to drive him into acts of sucl
gross indecency as to cal. forth not less
the contempt than the curiosity of the
people? Who is he?
If we are not greatly mistaken he is
the same genius who suddenly and with
out the premonitory symptom Of q shad
ow lit down among US few months ago
s.just caught" from some Of the fishers oil
New England, and who, as is generally
the case with these fresh fellows, all a
once became the greatest lion in the hul
city. And If we are not further mistaken
he is the same individual who togethe,
with a group Of the same sort Of fish wa.
recently very graphically described by a
writer ia this paper, *as small fry sci
Of fellows who annually work their way
through the lakes Of the north and final
ly spawn themselves upon the banks and
pralries Of the interior. '--as knowing one,
just fledged from colleges, stuffed full
up to the eyes and ears with conceit OF
their superior abilities, and who com,
here determined to turn up their sharp
blue noses at all competitors, and resolved
by hook and by crook, to fleece the PEG
pie Of their money, and to cut up all man
ner Of legal and learned fantasies for the
exclusive edification Of the lgnoramouse
Of the woods--who, leaving their coun
try for their country's good, come her,
for their own good, and seek to bette,
their fortunes by peddling their notions Of
law, politics and religion, whether the
people want them or not, and thus s,cal
Of the ''sight-unseen'' effects done up in
their little blue "wipes" for those sub
stantial things which eventually enable
them to fourish-fellows who make it .
point first to ingratia,e themselves among
the women by pulling rhymes and ridicu
lous pretensions TO piety and who by con
stantly carrying copy Of Mason's Sacree
Harp to church finally nasel themselves
into the notice Of a whole congregation
fellows who, following up On advantage
extend their adventures throughout al
the ramifcations Of psalm singing socie
ties, mora! reform associations, funera
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