The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-02
saturday Evening, Nov. ~. 1883


appetite whetted by four years Of abstinence
from cumPnlsion, and in many instances for
a much longer period, leads The lover Of
liquor to an excess which is dangerous, pro-
vided he gets a taste Of the "ardent." But
an appetite for the spoils OF Office is even
more difficult to control, and the FIRST OPP
p~ortnnity to appease II, is embraced with a
nervousness which neither the judgment nor
conscience can control. The following par
agraPh from the New York Euenia0 Post
will be credited without any hcsitancy when
tits understood that it appears in u leading
LocofOco paPerin New York city:
From the very day the election of Gen.
Pierce became reduced to a matter of com
parative certainty, down to the present hour.
he has been logged from city to CITY,
from village to village, from his office
70 MS house, from his house to his barn, from
MS barn to his kitchen, by a horde of preda-
tory politicians, determined, at every sacra-
nee oil convenience or propriety, to make an
early impression on his mind of the value of
their services in the late contest, and TO show
how largely they contributed to its ausoic.
ious result" rN
The ~slanderers of Gen. Scott appear to
nave no regard to d%ccency or propriety.-
"Ihe cohesive power of public plumber"
which banded them together to hunt down .
noble and gallant old veteren who forever 40
years devoted himself with an ardor and nm
trlotlsm scarcely pOralleled, to his couuirv,s
honor and his country's interests. is now
urging them to forget all sense of proprietv.
dnu IN their hot haste to whisper their own
praises IN the ear of Gen. Pierce. thew follow
Mn 70 his office, his kitchen and his stnbIe
70 tell him how skilled they were in tn,
WORK OF calumny and abuse and how efrec.
tual their baseness proved in procuring hi,
elevation to an office he never dreamed NJ
Ii Gen. Pierce is an honest and vel. me,n.
ing man, we pity him; il he belonrs to IN,
schooi OF Locofoco dem1gogues, he can cas-
ny dispose of all his peculiar friends h,
promising what he never intends TO pcrrorm
Nevertheless we can almost forae, to h,
IN earnest IN the matter, by imagining tn,
picture which this horde of hungry o6ic.
seekers presents; and il we only had the inn.
mortal dellneator OF "Boz" to transfer it I,
paper' u would afford amusement enoug,
10 enable every disappointed Wbip 10 for
get MS defeat. There would he Genor,
P'erce on foot, Che don't ride on borsoh.oI
AoW) running from his horse to his st,bI,
ana rom his stable to his kitchen, from vii
iqg' to village and from hamlet Ia bsmIe,
WIN a pack Of men after him all anxio,s n
serve their country and each one beorino
notices OF various kinds. One excloims al
ooiiedGen. Scott 4 coward, and that mad.
you some votes" Another in n loudor ton.
Tvs, II charged Gen. Scott with robhino
. soldiers and made some of my neiphbor,
oeheve It," Another chimes in with ,
slueaking voice, 81 said that Gen. Sco,t y,.
tnree miles of, smoking "a cigar, when N,
0'm'hg OF Vera Cruz took place, and
round one mar fool enough TO believe ms -,
announcer says III charged Gen. Scott wit,
putting a common soldier In the guard hons,
"r appearing on parade with a fly speck o,
his shirt bosom, and my constituents al
ways believe what | tell them" And SO OF
TO the end ofthe chapter, each one convict
ing himselfo of Islander and falschood in IN,
presence Of the man Of whom they are beg
ging favors.
HGen. Pierce has any regard for himself
ana any desire to reader his Administra ton
decent and respectable, he will say TO one
and all of the hungry pack, "You are not the
men want; it is my purpose to labor for the
good OF the country and cannot carry out nv
purposes, surrounded by a pack Of individu-
ais who have falsifed history and slandere ed
one Of the purest patriots ofthe country, and
VINO would ruin me, II by such a course
their selfish purposes could be promoted"
The CALoRIc SHP.---The New Yorl
Times says: "The experiment ofMr. Erics
son, of applying heated air to the propulsion
of ships, Is rapidly approaching crisis. TIL,
trial ship for this object wa launched IN thi
city several weeks ago, and by the first q
December her machinery will DO ready t
test the feasibility ofthe discovery as a sub
stitute for steam. Opinions are much di
vided on the subject. The revolution whic
It proposes in navigation is too wonderful
not to enlist the l%iveliest concern anon
business men. The principle, If s~uccessfu
with water craft, is capable Of application I
nearly all machinery now driven by steam
Mills, factories, and railway locomotives ina.
employ it, The discovery, rapid extension
and employment Of the magnetic telegraph
are not more remarkable than this will b,
fits practical working should corrospon,
with the now sNnguine hopes Of Mr.. Erics
son and the friends who are furnishing hin
with the means"
Young Mems S)irec.--On "Wednesday
evening last, the young men of this city gave
asoiree at the Tallmadge House, which was
well attended. Beauty and Fashion were
there, and the dancing was kept up until
late hour. The Music, by Messrs. Hite &
Decker's %cotillon band of Liibopolis, wa
excellent, the dancers lively and all in tn,
best OF spirits. The refreshments. prepare,
Wy the ProPrietors Of the House, was excel
iently arranged and there was enough of ,
good variety with Dlentv IN sn.,o Aun.-