The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-03-11
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host approaches,
.Far off bis coming Shines"
his white plume is Of ample length, and
reads its doleful history IN the bereav-
I'd necks and bosoms OF forty neigh
boring h%en-roosts. Like the great Su-
waroff. he seems somewhat careless in
the forms and points Of dress ;hence his
epauletts of cheese may be on his shoul.
ders, back or sides, but still cleaning,
gloriously cleaning in the eyes Of his
fellow soldiers. Mounted he is, too,
lei it not be forgotten. Need | de-
scribe the steed which heroes bes,ride
on such occasions? No-the memory
of other days is with US. We see be.
fore us the General mounted on his
crop cared, bushy.!aiied mare, the sin
gular obliquities Of whose hinder limbs
is described by thai most expressive
phrase, "sickle hams"-her height just
fourteen hands. sail toId;" yes, sir,
there you see his "steed hat laughs at
the shaking of the spears" that is. his
"war horse whose neck is clothed with
thunder" The General thus mounted
and equipped is in the field, and ready
for action. On the eve Of some despe.
rate enterprise, such as giving orders 10
shoulder aims. it may be. there occurs
Il crisis, n of the accidents of war
which no sagacity could foresee or
prevent.
A cloud rises and passes over the
sun! Here an occasion occurs for the
display of that greatest of all traits in
the character Of commander, that tact
which enables him to seize upon and
turn to good account events unlocked
for as they arise. Now for the caution
where with the Roman Fabius foiled the
skill and courage Of Hannibal. A re-
treat is ordered, and troops and Gene
raj, in a twinkling, are found safely bi.
vouacked in a neighboring grocery!
But even here the General still has room
for the exhibition Of heroic deeds. Hot
from the field, and chaffed with the un-
toward events OF the day, the General
unsheaths his trenchant blade, eighteen
inches in length, and with an energy
and remorseless fury he slices the wa
termeIons and cheeses that lie in heaps
around him, and shares them with his
surviving friends. He ]"weIcomes with
bloody hands, and "to h%ospitahIe
graves the thousands of shippers that
appear before hun. Other of the sin.
ews Of war are not wanting here
Whiskey, that great l%eveIIer of modern
is here also, and the shells of the
watermelons are filled 10 the brim. As
The Scandinavian heroes Of old. after
The laligues o. war, drank wine from
he skulls of their slaughtered enemies. !
n Odin's Halls, so now our militia gen.
IRA! and his forces, from the skulls OF {
Melons thus vanquished, in copious i
Of whiskey, assuage the heroic
ire Of their souls,afl the bloody scenes
If a parade day. But. alas, for this
hort lived race Of ours, all things will
ave an end, and so even is it with the
achievements Of our General. ;
Time is on the wing, and will! not stay
lis flight; the sun, as if frightened at the {
events Of The day, rides down ;
he sky, and at the close of the day {
when 'lhe hamlet is still" the curtain
If night drops upon the scane; J
"And glory, like the phoenix in lis fires.
Exhales its doors, blazes, and expires" {
Such has been the experience in war
If General Seabury Ford. And now, !
having a full understanding of the quail i
fcations Of the learned General, both /
rom study and practice, it is to be I
that the people of Ohio will give r
reflection to his p%relensions d
s a candidate for Governor. U
In the mean time, would it not be I
veil to consider whether the General, e
hould he be elected to The office Of y
Governor and thereby become com. t.
,ander-in-chief Of the Ohio militia. ii
would adopt as his cannon balls, good u
ard Reserve cheese, and thereby in a
rease or. promote "home manufac- d
lres;" or whether in case Of an actual
Engagement, he would "fesign and go v
ome;" as he and the other wing men, c.
ers OF the Legislature did in l842? p
Should we be furnished with the history of Gen.
,abury FUrd's life, in time, we will, in our next. d.
We an account of his transactions in the RrNNrr )
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