Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-01
Th G Extra Ledger.
BY DIR. BIRD.

Among the nuImberless tyrants, il
and out of Office, who III le the soy
ereign American people With rods o
Iiren, none can compare whether i
respects the despotic rigpr of then
1 rule, OF the patient sqbmifsiyeness o.
their subjects-with heir high
ltnightinesses, the innkeepfrs. Steam
boat captains, and stage proprietors
Imay, in their vanity, cbntest with
them the claim to superiof fity in pow
er; and, indeed, the und9ubted priv
ileges both these classes possess to
main and kill their eli stomers at
will, would seem to put them at the
head of tn { powerful. but no honest,
disinterest4d man who W ill consider
all the circumstances, the power OF
the lordly Boniface over the comfort
of bis dodgers, and the uniform des-
potism Of his rule, can hesitate to
award the palm to their rivals. In
other lands, circumstances have de-
graded the lords of the S spigot into a
condition Of subserviene$ and vas
salage to society; and they are in
sultingly regarded, and, increditable
as If NAV appear, they q ven regard
themselves as the servd nts of the
public. Here, in this ha ppy repub-
| Gc where all are free but the people
that have assumed their proper atti-
tude, as masters of heir patrons,
whom they RUE with autocratlc Sc
verify, grievous to behold hnd lament
abIo to suffer. High an low, the
princes Of metropolitan hotels and
the kings Of the log-cabih tavern on
the wayside, they know their power,
and exercise it. The metropolitan
Ipotentates, indeed, sometimes affect
a certain citizen-king-hk$ humanity,
and govern with decency and suayi-
ty; whilst it may be observed OF the
others, their eompeers, thht t ho lower
YOU descend in rank al hong them,
the more savage and irrespective be-
comes their tyranny. THUS with the
lord of your town innI you may
sometimes venture upon 4 little com
plaint Of the cook and chdmber-maid,
without fear Of being kno oelled down
for impertinence; and, sometimes ina
village hotel, you may prefer a little
on the subj9ct of horse
meat and clean sheets, Without the
absolute certainty Of be ing turned
into the streets. But ev en here, We
must not expect always to find our
dignitarics in Il good huhfor' hf me
possession Of power, IS p constant
proyocation to the. excfcise OF IT;
and we know not when the monarch
may put on his robes OF state, ana
shake his sceptre Of uthorlty. FL
is but a little while, as Every body
knows, since a royal primo +, with his
whole cortege at his heels, was
turned out Of doors, or at least re-
fused admission, by tV o dill tferent inn
keepers, sceptre in hand. 1t is true,
that in both these INSTANCES the royal
parsonage was entirely unl Known, pc
inq mistaken in, one case, for an op-
era fiddler, in the other for something
equally insignificant; othefwlse; mlne
hosts had been happy t9 kiss the
dust from his royal shoes out of a
mere republican respect for great
ness.
/ The king Of the eabin-tyopr true
country tayern-keeper r-i9 quite an an
other sort Of person, with whom to-
COMPLAIN, to exhibit any symptoms
of rebelliols discomfort, il to awake
the sleeping lion. What cares he for
yobar fine coat, your long, dangling
wyatchlchain. ! your gentlemlnly swag-
get, your titles of distinction-your
colonel er general, your doc ptor, your
reverend, Your honorable? You are,
.l;;r his .c,istomer-a suitef for meat
oni d,inls which be gracioubly youch-
safes you, taking no con Flderatlon 4
fborofora axceptr q certain humber of
ninepence, or half-dollars, tosetner
with a due addition Of reverence 4
naturally belonging to the master, II! Of
the house that shelters J on. nisI
house, though every chamber Pc
reeking with mud and rain, IS rs
house, and if you don't lille It, ycu
NAV leave it; his beds, though forty
human souls; with boots on, may
have nestled between the dncllangN
sbaets doing battle all night sWith