The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-06-09
CHAPTER vi.

Doodle. such day as this. day indeed!"
Noodle. IA day, indeed, you never saw before!"
III. Fielding's Tom Thumb
"oppose vilIainy with courage. When danger
threatens. modesty is but a weak and treacherous
friend. p. anonymous.
The day succeeding the events re-
corded in the proceeding chapters, was
one Of jnbiation in The town Of 49,.
Gravity, for the hour, had lumbled from
its centre, and msrriment was set a.
breach. 1t was the ,por,od when, by
ordination Of rhe constitution, q, new
President was 10 be chosen, and the
election returns having rendered il GER
tain. that the fayorite candidate of the
town aforementioned had "won by a
tremendous majority" great, as ! said
before, was the rejoicing. The occa-
sion, too, had drawn TO A., from
the surrounding country, persons, OF
every variety roaring blades and lads
ofliberV; political aspirants, who dear
" loved 10 mingIe with the popu!ace; |;
and aged men, who still yearned for
the 'exciiement of politics" and
brandy. The oudest lungs were at a
premium, and SO was .bald.face" whis-
sey. Ia the centre was a pole--a
hickory one, Qhe deifcation of cocks
and s.coons" had been reserved for the
refinement of q later date,) to wering as
the mast of a three decker, round which
revolved, and danced, and hobbed in
noisy orgy, boys just disbanded from
the nursery ,bnre.armed wood. choppers,
bundles in swallow tails, and shanklng
seniIity in 'tattered inexpressibles. O.,
II great was the fun that day in the 10 wn
Of A.! Exploding machinery was
there too, ofvaried description;-crack.
ers, fre-dragons, pistols, blunder-busses
and muskels, which would not Ego off"
in the time Of Corvallis. :
But the scene is now shifted to an old
field adjacent to the town, where two
great men Of the fallen dynasty are to
be shot in effigy, and vast and hurried
are the preparations therefor. About
forty volunteers from the crowd repair
to a distant part of the town, for the
purpose ofhauIing to the place Of exc.
cution revolutionary slx.pounder, YER
ruginous from encrusting years, and
which had lain unswabbed since the
battle Of the Cowpens. The "mortal en-
CINE" had now arrived, and every thing
was inreadiness except the effigies, one
only OF which had been completed -
that Of the father Of the then chief Execu.
tive; father and son were the victims
intended for this fgurative martyrdom.
The effiey just finished, and which had
been done in lamp black. on a seven
foot length Of canvass, showed no in.
tention on~ihe part Of the artist 10 fat
ter the original. There was something,
indeed, very outre about it altogether,
and it resembled one Of those carrica.
tures we have seen Of Scaramouch,
when CONFUSING his audience in the
early days Of Italian farctcomedy.--
The second extravaganza was now un.
der the brush Of a second and different
artist-a ready.witled, dapper little fel
low, called Moses Little, more com.
monty, Little Moses, who had been
schoolmaster and factotum for many
years in the town of A.. As his
system Of Iimqing may have something
of novelty init ! shall partly explain
it, by quoting portion of the dialogue
accompanying the performance.
"Why, Noses" said Talbot, the only
son Of Aurellus Talbot, a remarkably
handsome young man Of about three.
and-twenty, with reckless daredevil
look, and who had just now come up,
show is this? Do you begin with the
feet irst7" @3'Il sa.8 81 baa Il
"Why," replied Moses, who had a
ready excuse for every blunder. s'as a
man leaves this world feet foremost, it
is we'll to be getting them ready before
times; in architecture, loo, OF which
painting is n subordinate part, we al
ways begin with the underpinning."
"Ha! ha! very good! Painting d
part Of Architectural! house
suppose; but that foot you
have made much larger than the other;
you should have an eye to proportion"
"D--n the odds about that, Mr.. Tal.i
bot. Ell pede or rather, er pedibas Her.
Cullen. The man, you now, is poIiti.
cally disappointment throughout, and
so ought his effigy TO be-" and Moses
glanced round him in triumph, as loud
laugh followed his explanation. V si'es'
"But whatis the cause Of that humpl
Why make him crook.backedrs y ~
"Thats Mr.. Talbot, is intended to re
present what the learned and eloquent
Tuily denominated "onus cipitdtis," the
OF the Presidency, aslmay says
and This curvation of the back, is de
signed to iaustraie that the load was
TOO heavy for him.n 1Rtasl ge99 bs
d. +.