The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-25
THE DEMAGOGUE.

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Il who seeks 10 crafty invariabIe seltishness
fby pretending TO seek tho public good.
For profitable popularity bic accommodates
! himselfto 10 all opinions, to all dispositions,
TO every side, and to. each prejudice. lie
is a mirror, with no face Of its own, but a
smooth surlac-, from which every man Of
ten thousand men may see himself reflected.
He g!ides from man to man, coinciJing
will, their views, pretending their feelings,
stimulating their tastes; with this one, he
hates man; with that one he loves The
same man; he favors law and ho dislikes
il; he approves md opposes; he is on hoti;
sides nt once, and seemingly wishes that
he could be on one side more, than bott:
sidcs--he attends meetings to suppress in
temperance, but at elections makes every
! grog shop free to all drinkers. He can
with equal relish plead most e'oquently
for temperance, or toss Oft dozen glasses
in dirty grocery. fle thinks that there
is time tor every thing, and therefore, at
one time he swears, and jeers, and lcers
with carousing crew, and at another
time, having happily been converted, he
displays the various features OF devotion
Indeed, no IS capacious christian-an
epitome Of faith. lie pionsly asks the
class-lcader of the welfare IL his charge,
for he was always Methodist, and always
shall be, until he meets a Presby !;
and then he is Presbyterian, old school or
new, as the case requires. However, as
he is no higot, he can afford 10 be B,ptst
in good Baptis, neighborhood, aud with q
wink, he tolls the Jealous elder that he never
had one Of his children babtized, not he!
He whispers tothe Refprmer that he abhors
all crceds bn baptism and the Bible. Al
Ter all this, room will be found in his heart
for tho fugitive sects also, which come and
golikc clonds 10 summer sky. His f1atter-
ing attention at church edfcs The simple
hearted preacher, who admires that plain
sermon should make man whisper amen
and weep. or at least wipe his eyes to coax
tear. Upon the stump his tactis TO less
rare. He roars and bawls with courageous
plainness, on points about which nll agree;
but on subjects where men differ, his mean
ing is nicely balanced on pivot, that it
may dip either way. lie depends for sue
cess chiefly upon humorous stories.
glowing patroit telling stories is danger
ous antagonist; for it's hard 10 expose the
fallacy of hearty laugh, and men cohvuls-
ed with merriment nrc Glow TO perceive in
what way an argument is a reply TO story.
Perseverance,, effrontery, good nature,
and versatile cunning, have advanced
MANY bod man higher than good man
could attain. Men will admit that he has
not single moral virtue; but he is smart.
Smart! il does not occur to many that there
is much difference between men and game;
and that officers aud laws nre much more
than bcaver-traps; or public m"n very dit
ferent from smart trappers. We object TO
no man amusing himself at the fertile re-
sources Of the politician here painted; Tor
sober men are sometimes pleased with the
grimaces and mischievious tricks Of versa-
tile monkey; bnt would Il not be strange
indeed ifthey should select him for a ruler,
or make him an exempar for their sons?
Quarry or MiLK.-We huvo often re.
marked that i, is the quality ofmilk, rather
thnn the quantity, which gives value to the
dairy-cow. Great astonisI,ment is some-
times produced by statements of the h.ge
quantities ofmilk yielded daily by some cows.
But such statements nre OF little conse-
q,,ence. Tho most remarkable cows FOR
the production Of butter, have given but
] medium quantities Of milk. For instance,
the celebrated Sussex, or Cramp COW, which
for several years made an average Of 500
pounds of butter year, gave. Al the most,
but twenty quarts per day. john Ilolbert.
Of Chemung, N. Y, states that he has found,
by churning tho milk separately that otc
Of his best cows will make as much but
ter as three his poorest--all giving on e.
qualquantity Of milk. He s.a,es, also, that
100 pounds Of milk drawn from his cows
which give the richest milk. will make one
pound more butter than 100 pounds drawn
lfronthe whole herd and he adds that there
is more difference in the quality thanin fire
quantity. Ilis advice in conciusionis. that
al dairymen shouldIook we'll 10 The quality Of
milk their cows give.
MR. GEINNELL's SRARcInN0 EXPEDITION.
One Of tho vessels, Intended for Mr. Grin
ncll's expedition in search of Sir John
FrankIin, is now lying near tho Tobacco
inspectors in the East River, New York.
and work was commenced on her on Friday.
The second ono will be procured immed..
atcly. The one is To be called "Advnnce,'
and the other "Rescue." They will leave
about the lst Of May, fully provisioned md
equippedfor two years voyage and pro-
coed 10 the shores Of WeIlngton's ln'et and
Cape Walker, ia the hope Of finding some
trace oc Sir John, in such copper canisters
containing notes Of his VOYAGE, &c, as he
Fwas directed 10 throw over board from time
10 time.
A woman renewed her Subscription to q
j u I'D nancr saYinu -; be WAS too poor