The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-23

carried off, on tip-toe, not only the heads, hut
the hearts Of amateurs-Iike the Turkish b.
shaw, at frat wondering that 4psople should
dance in that way for amusement"
The Facing -both-ways Family.
There is gentleman mentioned in Bunyans
Pilgrims Progress whose peculiar mental and
moral characteristics are indicated by his name
"a certain Mr.. FACING Boru-WAYs He seems
to have left large number Of inheritors Of his
nature, If not of his name, judging from the
course adopted by many Of our public men,
whose rotary or vbratory politics have earned
them national" no.oriety-f not reputation.
To ensure such notoriety, all that is needed is
sufiiciency OF the small coin of brass or blus-
ter--and consequently great deal of that spur
ious currency has been thrown into the market
An agreeable lsxity Of principles, public and
private--a convenient habit of forgetting that
which all the world else recollects gratitude
that has lively recollections Of favors to come"
butts utterly ob|ivious Of all parts: and vanity
as impervious as the seven fold shield that pro-
tected Ajax: these and a few other similar traits
characterize the interesting family referred to-
The curious observer will have frequent oppor-
tunities in this Metropolis, Of inspecting now and
then specimen Of this class, Though in bad
state of political preservation not alone Janus
faced, but Janus-hearted also--false alike to the
pretended friends it fawns on with fulsome adu-
lation, and the foes it hates because it fears.
The Friendship only Of such a class is to be
dreaded:
| Whether in forid impotence it speaks,
And a. the prompter pulls, the Puppet squeaks :;
Or at the public ear, familiar toad,
| Half froth, half venom, spifs itself abroad,
that is, whether the thing under examination
happens to be mounting haranguer, or the
selfconstituted organ of some clique of sposmen
"A mercenarY fighting for its pay. Our cor
respondent, Slapdnsh Rhorer, in yesterdays pa
per, evidently drawing from life, and with an
original in his eye) has so happily sketched
off an outline Of the latter, rs to render the
task unnecessary for us-more especially as We
have lately shown up some specimens in colors
taken from their own palletes--poor daubs, it is
true, but good enough for the subjects.
1t does not, however, always happen that per-
sonal and political lubricity, in the public as
we'll as private relations of life, accompany each
other like substance and shadow. Many pro-
fess to draw distinction between public and
private morality distinction which we can
neither admit nor comprehensive according
to which, many public men square their rules of
action
| These gentlemen are even more plenty than
the former class we have described-and some
of them may be found seated in gubernatorial
chairs, and attempting the difficult feat of keep
ing themselves steady on platforms swaying vio-
lently from side to side-by leaning first one
way, and then the other.
There are also many prominent politicians
even in this city, who in every line and lineament
of their public faces, exhibit the hereditary like
ness to the highly respectable Mr. FACING Born
WAYs-and at some leisure moment we may
give series of sketches Of the principal mem
bers of this interesting family, but at present
will content ourselves with few complimentary
notices from the Knickerbocker presses, of the
A4s'hi'y Auihi6 VI uSoSciudue HoW HIS tilc
Chair of State once occupied by aPETER the
beadstrong' and @WALrER the doubter."
In the late message Of this high functionary,
there are to be found a series of speculations
and suggestions, which rresistibly remind the
reader of those "long passages that lead to
nothing" in the house of GRAY the Ioet.
Commenting upon these, bewildered editors
uagratefully attempt to thwart the bene-
VIOLENT intentions Of the Governor to please
everybody-and be prepared to jump down him.
self on either side of the fence, when the hounds
come up on the other
The Argus IAN Old Hunker Compromise
paper) thus gently insinuates lubricity:
On the subject Of our Federal relations, the
Governor devotes more than glance to the
subject Of the Compromise measure Of the late
session. Though not all that we could have
wished, his remarks on this subject are perhaps
as decided In tone, ms could have been expected
under all the circumstances. We are gratfed
to see in the message distinct recognition of
the fact that there IL n general disposition
evnced to acquiesce in the measures (of CON-
promise) and to regard them as final settle
ment of the territorial controversy"-and the
previous declaration that ''the questions result
ing from our recent conquests having been dis
posed of By the action of Congress, there can
be no sufficient cause for jealously and dissen-
sons between North and South But pe should
haze been better satisfied 10 hare seen something
more erplicit on the subject Of the Fugihpe bill
most important and essential feature Of the
Comprehensive only part Of it that is in danger
of disturbance from Northern interference, and
all that the South gains by the adjustment nj
we do not propose to enter into this subject
now.
That is the voice of New York Hunker De-
mocracy, to Which, il seems, the message on the
whole was satisfactory But their very antipodes
claim that the Governors thunder is theirs also.
Hear the New York Tribune Abolition Whig)
From The .Asp York Tibune.
Gov. Hunt has done his constituents no more
than justice in vindcating them from the charge
Of disloyalty TO their constitutional engagements
in resisting, to the extent Of their ability, the ex.
tension Of hnmnn slavery. lie speaks mode