The St. Landry whig., 1844-11-07

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dangerous thing" We are sometimes forcibly
reminded of this truth, by looking over q few Of.
the papers issued in our town, our native land.
We too often find men, with barely sense
enough to stich tgpe, ostlyrunaway apprentices,
setting themselves up as Sights forthe people"
who arc scarcely able tospcll . word correctly,
and never can be learned the dipiSion Of one.
Impotence is the only recommendation they
carry with them. "Unblushing etirontery' their
main arguments. We occasionally find them
with DR.. before their names, but in such cases it
is soon reversed, and the DIR. is found following
them in the shape of a Or. Again we see them
furnishing the goose quill, when they soon
earn the appellation Of goose, without the quill!
Finding this way of SERVING the public uaprofit-
able, we see them attaching themselves to the
bar, where liquid drugs are taken with greater
gusto than boluses or pills-by one we can be
kiIled--by the other only made mellow. Some
times we find them running for offices they are
not competent to fill, and then, being beaten by
those whom they defame, they crouch to them as
the dog that lickcth the hand of a whipping mas
ter. As to principles, they have none, except
the principle Of m~oney-making. Such men are
generally at the command of the highest bidder;
and that man, or that party, SO unfortunate as to
become the purchaser, most generally is the
~looser by the buying. Too lazy to work them
selves, though always pretending to be the fast
friends Of the '4dear working man." they c%ontin-
ually grind the poor mans labor, to ''make a
splurge' in the community, and gain for them
selves the name Of gentlemen. Whenever they
inbg a man honestly disposed, who is willing and
aElc, both mentally and physically, 70 earn a
lit ing, they Immediately make a desperate rush
at him, with such beautiful epithets as STRIKERS 7
s'bullies,' and such like and knowing that they
never offend against the law, they appeal to the
bad passions of men, and ask the aid of sJudge
Lynch to protect dishonesty by an onslaught on
honesty. We could ''na-me" many such within
the purvicw of our minds eye, but the public are
already TOO reH acquainted with their where
abouts. Sometimes those men have families
we trust the "Head of Families" has made them
better citizens at home than abroad. But, with
their domestic affairs, od-breeding forbids US
intermeddling give wish the same could be said
for this class of individuals Should those men
happen to be so lucky as to remain in one spot a
few years longer than they have been permitted
to live in another, they become like the dog in
the manger--neither able to oat the contents
thereof nor willing to see others eat off it. We
often find those men the products of other chimes,
and ndt seldom of other nations. Should tAcyc.
the case, a nati} Of The soil has no right what
ever upon it. MAJ, y arc always the better citi-
zen, in their own estimation, than the other can
be. Should the person that stands in their way
be ever 50 true to his country, his slate and her
institutions, they invariably, to turn attention
from themselves, call others rogues, and are the
first to run and cry sstop thief" But the strong
est point in the character of those men, and, in
deed, the only point Of character they possess
over and above thelsordid one of~money-making,
is their aversion tohonest labor. Any thing tc
turn a penny, but work. Head-work, with them
is their only capital, and hand work is decidedly
vslgar. But, "nobody likes to be nobody,
but every body is pleased TO think himself some.
body but the worst of the matter is, when an,
body thinks himselfto be somebody, he is toe
much inclined to think every body else to be no.
body" In view of all which, we ask the public
to scrutinize them well, and give them that coun,
%tcnance and support their irnpudcnce and off
ciousness so richly entitle them to.
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FROM ST. DoMINGo--Captain Dawes, of the
brig September, arrived at New York, report.
that a few days previous to his sailing, a mercan.
tile house receiyeda letter from England, stating
that the British Government had offered a loaf
of four millions of dollars and six war steamers
to the Dominicins, if they would allow them t.
work their gold and silver mines for a limited
number Of years. Peace and q~uietness prevails
throughout the Island, as far as heard from: it i.
also very healthy.
THE PATENT oFFIcE.-We learn from thu
Baltimore Sun that the business of this interest
ing branch ofthe government continues to in
crease. During the month of September the fol
lowing patents were issued and transmitted
New York city and State, 20; Massachusetts, 6
Pennsylvania, g.; Maryland -(of which Their,
were two in Baltimore y Connecticut, 2; Soutl
Carolina, 5, Washington City, 2; Ohio, L; r
Island, Louisiana, lin all 46 besides fou
to England. The amount Of fees paid, $4,4l2
Caveats entered, Is.
MEXICAN INDEMNIrY.-We learn from the Ma
tional ntelligencer, fthe 18th, that the Obi
Statesman, published at Columbus, states, on tn
authority ola letter from Mr.. Shannon, the Amer
can Minister at Mexico, dated Mexico, Angus
26th, that the instalments now due from that go
yernment to the United States, under tho treat