The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-10-04
M.r..,;o,,.,-Tbe Editor ofthe Eagle

ulo lUldBHoAtoH NS~'J' 80 I
fiaud. swindlihg aud corruption ait 'hro'
his brain iu all conceivable shapes. Tie
mania siezes hlm abeut three weeks pri-
OF To every elec;iun, and the torture he
mus: endure is terrible To think of, The
columns Of his paper teelnwith warnings
10 the Demociacy to he on their guard
aud with awful tOrebodings of some un.
expected movement which may result in
robbiup him Of his "bread aud butter"
Firsi If all. winged biped with claws
upon his fingers and toes, III the shape ut
li,llr Fieud, seeks every cre,ice ia his
scuII, Of which thcie ale plenty. aud
holds up flaming hand bill with slander.
Gus imputstiUus upon candidates and foul
mo0thed vpilhels in the composition;
next comes small edition of Faustus
with fnIged tickets and the brain of the
Editor is in excrucialing torment at tho
idea That friend m y he cheated uut
Of his place; then follows an innuinera-
ble quantity of hule Fairrs. singing luI-
ably songs aud promising future fortune,
aud the Edition faily dances in rapturuns
delight; hu' while this famciful vision is
upon him, a humber Of prowliUg. hide.
"ls l"klug COINS make their appearance
aud ransack every cnruer ofthe Editors
Uranium as if they were lookipg for some
Thing that wasn't there, the pleasure fit
vani>hes and with hsiI erect, eye balls
extended. hands clinched aud body in
convulsinus, he cries oul "secret orgalNza.
ton" and terribly tragicol is the yell ot
dependency Scarcely hus he shaken of
this agonizing picture, when he sees a
thousand friends sleeping upon their
posts aud cries alnud for help, the enc.
my nppears aud he imagines oil is lost.
Then agan the first vision. The most "
ful If all, again makes its appearance anl
the editor exhausted sinks upon his
kuees aud cries Fraud" corruption,'
"mixed tickets" "swiudIed VOTERS" un
til he is fairly gone.
Snon the lit returns, the torture is re'
newc1 and thus the maria keeps upot
him until the election is over. An idel
can be formed Of the terrible state oi til,
Editors mind by gla"cing a, the lastauc
coming numberof his paper.
| While our hand is in, we may as wei
caution the public against the game
Of "crying sop thief" Pharisees some
times stand upnn the corner Oft stree, Il
and make long prayers. but it is not eve
~ one that says Lo,d Lord shall en-
ter into the kingdom Of heaven. Some
men are like sepulchers, whiled without,
but within full of dead mems bones. BY
their fruits, not by their professions, shall
ye know them. Men endeavor to cou.
ceal their own faults by accusing others
Sums meu make on effort TO build them
selves up by pulling others down. The
public may as well be cautious. The
. hypocrite approaches under the garb o
. sanctiiy. and this is true in politics a
b well as religion. When you hear MAJ
=? pra,ing about his love for the "poor man
u aud his high venorotion and esteem fo
the dear people" put youI hand npor
your own aud the public's pocket, Th,
!. individual who lovss the poor. will fee
in his pocket. not his mind, and will M
be continually prating abou. "charity.
Theindividuslwho loves the dear people
/, will MT Try to cuch their votes by telliu
!! them that they can aeCey err, who woul
q reverse the maxim, Ito ctr is human, I
=. forgive Divine" and who will play til
demagosue that he may be in receipt d
a a few hundred or thousand dollars a yea
II without working for il. 1t will prove
d source Of profit to study human narur
i, as well us the abstract science Of polite,
> DuTY! PaoNPTNEss! The fullow
. ing article appeared in tho Eagle wee
before last. It was copied into tn
IVatchm0A last week. We would in
fer from it that NJ request had been sen
To Doctor Ol1ls 10 come hume and stnmI
the district. Yet he came! l.. d. Camp
bell had been earnestly requested to d
so by some Of his constituents, yet b,
could not consent TO do so. He will no
cnrnaI That Ia th., J;N,,ra,ca ha,,.,a,