Litchfield enquirer., 1846-11-19

or lnfSr Of Others. Il broke like u voice of
snchtnsment upon the ears ofthe men and mat
sOaslaE The Revolutionary memory. Once ut
terea within the wall Of old Faneuil Hall, it
spFsaa hksa trumpet-peal from house to house
sne Isr.h hamlet to hamlet. until the nation
FooSed and ready 70 stake their lives and
- on the altar of Patriotism And sure
acha word, spoken at such q tines might
H pAk in upon the quiet repose Of despot-
s@ 90 up the sluegish blood. and awakentO
hsw aergs and effort thore who had before
pssssa On with the currsnt-contented with
then chains, because they knew not of freedom.
Tks hAd meeklykissed the rod which had long
.chaasanec them, simply because their fathers
< had q tanght them by Precept and example,
and bscause the disgrace and penalties Of trea-
Ss6n we're denounced against all those VIII
,,vhoula not join in the shout Of ''GOsl save the
king!"
M Dat ciDil oppression il by no means the only
j aaseies OF dependence which is to be dreaded
.oahA deprecated. The politician who starts in
.Aile with the express object of living by the
3sasTnolumeuts Of office, voluntarily places him.
yelf in the most undesirable of all positions.
ssC6mpelled to fatter the class whom he secret
" denounccs as the " rabble," and to cr'nge
Ind fawn to win the influence OF those whom
he detests, he must almost necessarily become
an adept in hypocrisy, before he can hope 10
succeed. To the mid Of an honorable aho
hieh.minded man, what situation can DC more
humiliating and debasing! The victim OF le-
cal despotism might hold himself erect con-
scious Of his own integrity and bearing no
\blemish upon his honor. But the oftce-seeker
MT oply stands before :he world in the charac-
ter u a'demagogue, but he is self.condemnec'
Carrying in his own bosom the knowledge wflch
must necessarily extinguish his self-respect'
Like all demagogues he must be loud in his
praises Of liberty and MISUNDERSTANDING
NJ his democracy, and shouting himself hoarse
in honor Of the idol Of his party-but is such
man independent" Practically he knows
M more of the meaning Of that word, than does
Mehamet Ali about Christianity. }.Es
Then there is the time. serving priest, whose
aim is to render himself popular, and who is
afraid to spread his sails until he has first as
certained which way the weather.cock stands.
R,, ,est we should be misunderstood, we beg
qe,ve to cav a word by way Of defending our pe'
.;,;on. for we are aware that, to the critical
ewes OF some, we are ventnring upon ha'loweo
ground, We would therefore remark, that we
have no sympathies with the indlscrim1nate
war against the clergy. which Of late lsbecom-
ing quite too common in certain quarters. AS
body, we regard them as far above even the
SUSPICION Of being popularity seekers and DE-
aieye il to be their earnest endeavors 80 10 pre-
vent the great doctrines OF religion as 10 40
vance the welfare Of mankind. But, though
we have said this much, we must be peFth't'eo
IN express our fears that there are some VINO are
overriding the functions of the sacred cfhee,
who care more for the fleece than Tor the hock'
and " no aim rather to honor themselves than
AZ ADVANCE the glory Of God. Such ministers,
who seek to please the various tastes and IAN
ciss OF their hearers more than they do TO In
cnlcate the plain duties and principles "i the
vosnel, have indeed difficult and thankless
task to perform. Can such men boast OF their
independence'" As well might the Gagged
patriot pirate Of, and the Siberian slaves sing
peans to Liberty.
Next we weuld mention the "private citl'
zeh" who gets trusted for his living and depends
upon good luck to enable him to make his pay
ments. This is individually numerous and
-espectabie class of the community, and IT we
have a special regard for our popularity. we
must speak Of them with becoming respect and
canton. Certainly we have deal Of sylnpa-
thy for the last named class, for they may at
least imagine themselves driven into such I'M
fortunate extremes by "the force of crcuin-
stances" ave must have living" say they,
aud il they can't obtain it by the sweat of the
brow, they must get it by"h head work." But
The strangcst Of all anomalies is, that such men
should pass for. and be called " an independent
set Of I. lows % What sort of " independence"
must that man be possessed Of who cannot
leave his shop or his office without dunn in
his hat or a balliff at his elbow, and who can.
not turn corner without being unexpectedly
brought in contact with the frowning look Of
creditor? Can he hold up his head in mans
true dignity, and carry IN his countenance thst
self-complacent look, which belongs only to
honesty OF heart and independence of feeling'
He may affect indifference to the opinion of his
fellow citizens. and endeavor to persuade him.
self and others that he cares not what the world
may think or say Of him f; yet his efforts to an
pear what he is not. proves but shallow imita-
ton, and only serves to render him ridiculous.
There are certain other classes in communi-
: " which we had designed to mention while on
this subject, but the limits Of brief newspa-
; per article win not permit US to say more at
. present But before concluding. we would say
to the reader, if you would retain your indie
pendence Of thought, feeling and action, shun
a he life Of an Office -seeker-if you are design
Y ,.te occupy the sacred desk. beware of bscom-
aFcringing popularity hgnter-and If you