The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-04-06
For die WoodulLle Republican,

For the WOodUILte RcpH6ttcdH.
With what repugnance do we listen to
the hackneycd phrase" what Every Body
says must be So" When we attempt to
vindicate the character Of a friend from
calumny and the undeserved reproach of
the publlc-a friend whom we know is Just,
honest, liberal, and ue1er all circumstances
precisely what a man ought to be--a friend
who has been so unfortunate as to gaiu the
i'll will Of some viprous calnmniator who
has poisoned the minds of the people against
him. Ii is only when engaged in the de-
fence of such a being that we can fully APP
preciate the weighry importance of the
sayings of Mr. Every Body, for if an indi.
vidual tells us that Everybody says things
opposite to what we have affirmed, it would
seem presumptuous in us to say more, even
If we know that we are right. Mr.. Every
Body has of late become very DESTROYS of
renown, he takes a great interest in pro-
mitigating both public and private affairs
without the slightest regard for truth or de-
corum.
! believe that it is customary when any
important parsonage seeks celebrity, for
some of his friends to give a short history of
his life and adventures. In pursuance of
this custom | shall endeavor to give a brief
sketch of my too intimate acquaintance, Mr..
Every Body. His generalogy is unknown,
but we have evidence of his existence, ma
ny years ago, They expression "They say"
as used by some of the Greek authors, seems
to be tantamour.t to what Everybody said
and Virgil S description of Fame which be.
gins thus "FGma, NAHUM, quo non aiiud
veLocius utum," gives so complete u des-
cription of Mr.. Everybody Of the present
day, that am inclined 10 the opinion that
Fame, alias Everybody, is the same
respected sir, So much for his antiquity.
Now let us return to his department at the
present day. That portion OF his character
which first presents itself to my mind, seems
to be enough to condemn almost any hum
BILE individual, but | think that | need no,
fear to relate it, since the faults of distin.
guished ~personages are not weighed in the
same scale with those of the humble, lesl
the folbles of the humble should seem vir
tues, by the contract. That portion OF Mr..
E~verybody's character to which I refer, is
: his extreme carelessness for the good thing,
] men do. His motto seems to be, "let the
7 evil that men do live after them, but let The
! good be inter ed with their bones"
Another portion of his character, one 70
which he is peculiarly distinguished, is the
all absorbing interest he takes in meddling
with young g%entlemen's prospects of future
bliss, in deed what Everybody says on sub
jects Of this nature, is conclusive ard admit:
not a shadow of a doubt, with his partisan;
but some think that he views Sleeps eye,
through a rejecting magnifyer, which gen
orally reflects an undue portion of discredit
upon the unfortunate ogler who comes with
in its range; and in this opposition faction
we find many modest young men who scar
cely dare to DO polite even to the old gen
aeaen, if they suspect this fearful parsonage
with his magnifyers, is in the neighborhood
MIR. Everybody is a great favorite with
those free-talkers, usually dcnomnated tat,
tiers. They quote his expressions more fre.
quentIy aud freely than those of any other
existing authors.
Shrewd men often impose upon the pub
lie for a time, sentiments which greatly
deroeate their interest, by concealing the
truth behind a veil, cut from the folds o.
that substance commonly called "whitt
lie." and though this veil is seemingly
transparent, yet the minds eye is as eflectu.
ally shut out from the truth by it, as the fly
in a room is shut out from the open air by
the whtened walls. which he essays to pene
trate. MIR. Everybody is indebted to such
concealment of the truth for his success.
What Everybody says. is similar to the
Oracles OF the Ancients, which were so ar.
ranged, thai, il made but little difference
what happened the Oracle was precisely