Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-01-28
From Meals Saturday Gazette.
THE DEFEATED ONE;
OR 1r's NOTHING WHEN YOU'RE USED TO IT.
BY JOSEPH C. NEAL.

IL certainly makes gIeat uHeIehCe
when you are used TO il, Every body
knows-fOr The phrase has become pro,
verhical-lhal il is nothing when you are
used to it, whatever it may be. By the
process OF habitude, the disagreeable los
es its piOgnancy, and pleasure fails in IL,
delight Familiarity so domesticates the
occurrence, that al length, as a matter Of
course, it passes without note. A child
is happy with its new shoes in the MORN
ing-bul be fore the afternoon arrives, the
poetry OF leather has evaporated. Millin.
cry, when worn for the first time, has
lis bisses: aud there is ecstacy in furni-
lure, when il has Just come home. But
the tendency is always tOa level. Graf
ificaliOn has no endurance in it, aud the
same is true Of our sorrows. u is said
indeed, lhatMithridates had so accuslOm-
ed himself to the swallowing Of pOisOns,
that malice domestic could not dispose
ofhim by resort 10 drugs and chemi
calls. A prescription, no matter how
carefully compounded disturbed not
the physical organization Of this cunning
one Of Pontus. He was doctor proof
impregnable 10 apOlhec aries, and trium-
phanl over pharmacy, by dint o. being
used 10 it, AMI then, again when peO,
pie are used 10 US, how depreciating is
the effect. The most impressive and
majestic presence is soon InnOticed.-
Instead of inspiring awe and reverence
at home, people about the house do not
hesitate to tell sublimilv himself, that
theV did not know he was there-that
they thought he had gone out, or that
they we're not aware he had como in. II
was not so at first; but one may gh used
even 10 the term.
Observe, moreover, when you have
cause for beng coy 10 invilatiOn-when
YOU are not in costume, or lOUk haggard
for need Of the razor--yet are pressed 10
come in under assurances that nobody
is there.' How often does il happen, by
the agency of use that this same nobody
is a comprO hensive term, Nobody, in
such cases, is the husband or wife-'no'
body,' perhaps, 10 each other; but still
considerable somebody TO YOU The un-
shaven gentleman, TO his much annoyance
and exceeding embarrassment, is entrap.
ped into rooms quite full Of nobody
and like the incau'iOus BraddOck, falls
BY ambush. Always ask who 'nobody'isi
when told that 'nObodys lhere;' and in
quire how many people constitute 'n0-
body' in that family. Dozens become
.nObodV' bV being nsed 10 them.
This world is right, then, there is moth
ing like being used to it. The AsiatiC
devolee sIepI soUndy on the surface oI
an iron bed, until ten penny nails wenI
more soothing and delightful TO him than
the softest feathers. With choice oI
aillows, he would have selected a stove
pipe 10 repose his cheek. And Othello'i
sAln,y and steel couch of war, was t.
him a thrice driven bed of down.
Il may be, however, that people il
general regard political defeat, especially
If the individual himself chances TO bt
ON the return among the killed ant
wounded; as moi exactly coming unde
the head Of the entertaining; but 0lhe
people know-we know that even THU
; is nothing when you're used 10 il. Here
as elsewhere, the hand Of least employ
menl has the dainter sense. And lheD
the freedom from every trammel whicl
it involves. Bless thee, friend, on
walks home. after such disaster, wit
not the shadow Of real care upon III
/ mind. Whatever oil sorrow be may sup
. ra.a h;mself 10 havc. it is but a grie
' from the storehouss Of Imagination. b
3 4 exempt from all solicitude. He ca
4 Le,ake himself with confidence to bed
!. A minority slumber is but rarely disturb
/. ed BY the roaring shouts Of torch i,ig
o procession, hg, ,,, ~,
% il is not expected that be should sbi'
5, eringly arise at two o'clock in the mOrI
a, inc. 10 make thankful speeches for q
,e honor which has been done him, OF
er invite Tom. Dick and Harry g come
be and sOil,his carpets and drink bic wine'