Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-06-21
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 81. isas.
The present Contest.


The learned Erasmus in his Encomum on Folly. alleges
be merely the peculiar Of Providence but
chosen favoue. SO mothers VIGOROUSLY love their deor
cd offspring far than their shapeest SO the popular
wisdom Of sddsge has long ago settled that Fools
uek the best and that sagacious people, the Turks
look is well known with especial reverence upon
Idiots, visited by Heaven with seeming curse, but a
real boon. In all times and nations, persuasion has
vaguely prevailed that the Gods took particular delight
manfcsng themselves the innocence OF tender virgins
and the simplicity of children And indeed all this absence
OF human skill, of intelligence capacity and the like.
should certainly constitute strong claim upon the Creator.
who, having refused people all intellectual gifts
bound TO make up them in Good Fortune. Upon all
these principles, it is to that John Jonesis right
and that the country before been blessed per-
haps never will be again, with Administration much
the of Heaven the present one.
Homer well recollect declares that in his day.
Jupiter kept alongside of his throne upon tap pun
cheons, the of Wisdom and the other of Folly Of
which he dispensed mankind, but unmi,ed Into
the wise mans cup, he always poured small dash of alb
surdiy and drops of Wisdom always qualified the
FOOLS. In short, Jupiter totally opposed either
brandy flat But of all the weak gog that he
dealt man. supposed that the mixture which
he sheds into Mr.. Tylers bowl being
toddy without either Sugar Spirit la almost
rey of the barrel Joves left hand with hardly the
least sophisticstion from that on his right
Upon the WHOLE there is great doubt if
be by any what il has long been cracked up be-
Nonsense which the child of Darkness and of Disorder
and the mother OF Locotocosm (ts destined successor
Of elder birth than Wisdom, and it the Gods who only
up this earth themselves with
after dinner committed, from the beginning, the amusing
msguidance of human affairs She and her sworn ally
Fortune have every thing their way. Princes chose
earthly gods love her. and she is preferred by the peo
pie, whose voice is that OF God.
Folly indeed, accomPshes the true aim offe which las
every body knows is but conientment What high what
great what consummate statesman hero sage
satisfied with himself Mr. Tyler who pleased with
hmsefjust in proportion the disgust which he exces
all others
Laborous wisdom ION the other hand her rival pleases
with her hard and her lessons which
expect enjoy until they all become good and wise;
and then they would have need OF ihem-so that all
gross contradiction. She, with her struggles against
the appointed order of Nature and Folly but makes
tresses renders of them. Did she not ruin
us, in the Garden of Eden And has she been modest
ing since nventing arts, which but sophstcae
us-laws, which the good don't need, and the bad won't
observe-governmen Of which all tyranny
and learning, which fabcaes weapons against the
old FORCES OF the past and with the growth of which real
knowledge grows every day less and less.
Who lucky Fools. Who are gay1 The same
Who are fat, smooth, hearty Ditto. Who are rich p
Fools again. Who honored and popular Lackbrans and
them that Of fools-hey who have Just
mixed with their folly enough make them knaves.
Who admired Geniuses never.
Then, who dismal Who are care-worn7 Who
are lean Who go in shabby clothes Who have void
in ho pockets and their stomach Who watch Of nights
and haass themselves all day Nome certainly but the
unhappy people who, fighting against the purposes
and the will OF the irresistible multitude, To be wise.
Is it plain then, that had our choice none but
fool could elect - have sense
The Gods only can be safely wise. Had il been good
for be So they would surely have taken care that at
least majority of us should have regular and steady COM
potency ourselves But the bencent caution of
Providence has restricted Wisdom the very few and
more completely discourage it-given it a very hard
tme here earth, where Harry Clay odous all his life
and Johnny Tyler reigns President.
Folly them like Fate, IS Oyer-rulng force to which all
should make haste submit. The wise like the Whigs
of fools who struggle against wide and headlong
stream; and, insisting upon semmng IT, borne down.
barely able keep their heads of water while they
SWIM but after long worrying and laundering to sink
at last while Lncofocoism light a cork or bladder
rides with the torrent and scuds with the gale dancing safe
y along the muddy Of wild popular opinion that
doesn't know, in its lapse what rocks are at hand what
CULTS it will presently tumble into