Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-02-27
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HOW TO BEAR DISAPPOINTMENT,

/ Under the head OF "I'he Deleated--or lis
nothing when you're used to i,''-the faceti-
Gus and original Neal, of the PHILADELPHIA
Saturday Gazette, 'perpetrates' capital
sketch for the times. The author occupies
some space in showing, by illustrations, wha,
avast difference there is in enjoying the plea
sures, or enduring the ills of life, when Won
are used TO (which evaporates the poetry
oil the leather of new pair Of shoes, and makes
Othello's "llint and steel couch of WARP a
"thrice-driven bed of downs or the poli,-
clans defeat, he has it thus:
1t may be, however, that people in general
regard political defeat, especially if the ind-
vidual himself chances to be on the ''returns,''
among the killed and wounded, as not exact
~ coming under the head of the entertaining {;
but other people know--we know-that even
tins Is nothing when you are used to it.
Here, as elsewhere, ''lhe hand of least EMPLOY
ment hath the dantier sense" And then the
freedom from every trammel which it involves.
Bless thee, friend, one walks home after such
disaster, with not shadow Of real care up.
on his mind. Whatever of ssorsoyy he may
suppose himself to have, it is but grief from
the store-house of Imagination. He is ex-
emPt from all solicitude. He can betake
himself with confidence to bed. A minority
slumber is rarely disturbed by the roaring
shouts of a torchlght procession.
1t is not expected that he should shiyer-
! ingly rise at two O'Clock in the morning, 10
make thankful speeches for the honor which
had been done him. He can take his meals
and read the "returns" in quiet, unannoyed
by either bell or knocker. He is not reouir-
ed to give the 'cold cut" previously given to
him at the polls. When he walks forth, his
way through the streets is clear and unem-
barrassed. Nobody squeezes his hand, and
asks for his influence. He is not obliged to
perplex his brain for the coinage of piouant
replies, in answer to fiat and wearisome COM
| pliments. Success must smile; but defeat
may indulge in his humor.
And then, what cares he for securities
fleis safe enough in himself His affairs, too
may stand as they are-no winding up and
packing up-no changes to disturb his house
hold goods, or to distress his adhesiveness
No winter at Washington, or soiourn at Har-
rsburg, to be provided for; no coritations
about how to remain popular, and how TO sat
isfy all the world and the worlds wife He
who is defeated may think as he pleases, and
es. lie is neither compelled to have opinions
nor 10 "defne positions" He has no dignity
10 support, pinching him under the arms. and
rendering HIM as uncomfortable as an unac-
! customed coat, and whether he is aristocratc
III his department or otherwise, nobody knows
and nobody cares.
| Who, then, let us ask, would not be de-
! feated candidate? Who would not be. like
Jaf1I LOT ,Io
+ is for the constituency" To repent of blum
ders; not for him, the free, the unlrammeled
the independent, the unvoted for If the a(-
Iairs of the republic go wrong, let others
weep-"thou canst not say did IT'D
But the gentlemen whose portrait is given
above, the Gazette has an apt and happy
wood cut OF the Dedicated One" in an alti-
tude before his glass, shows by the lierceness
OF his expression, that he, at least, has not
learned the philosophy Of politics. Hating
before the mirror, from his hasty traverses
about The apartment, he exchanges scowl
Tor scow with his image, as if to divide him
sell and go TO bullets. He would also see
whether he is mistaken in the merits of the
man who had been presented for suffrage and
had been denied.-But he can discover no
change-no falling of, and his wrath increas-
es. Ut Is plain, alas, that Stentor Stubs is not
used to 1T; and that he is, as yet, unable to
take that philanthropic view of the case,
which would tell that if he had been success
tul, the other side must per force have been
sad. certain amount Of sadness is inevita-
bic. If you listen carefully, each hurrnh has
ITS counteryaillng groan and the benevolent
man whose luck it is-whether good or bad,
we shall not now undertake 10 decide--not
10 be elevated, might do much towards con-
sollng himself by rejecting upon the happi-
ness derived by others from his mischance.
ougnt we not--let the query be pondered--
ought we not, In the transcendentalism of our
humanity. In dcsirc ILL.,. IL