The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-09-01
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Mr.. Editor IL know you have q
tear Of sympathy for the afflicted, and
are ready to avenge the wrongs Of all
the persecuted-at least SO far as
"qcoyds" will serve them. 1t is to
this end I address you. shall plainly
state my case, and leave you to judge
it. It is the fortune Of some men to
be born rich, and some to be born
poor this, however. is not my fortune.
Ny fortune, is to have been born
great" I have been great from
the very hour I came crawling and
sqnalling into this somi-baTberous
existence. / was a great child, so
the midwife said, and score Of dis
interested relatives endorsed the opin-
ion. was a great boy-great in SO
! many things that it was next to an i'm
possibility to discover in what particu-
lar thing | was greatest. Hence the
difficulty my parents had to encounter.
It is common difficulty; they could
not discover to which one Of the learn
ed professions my precocious genius
naturally inclined Hence--in the
fear that my talents would not be di-
rected into a congenial, and agreeable
current they left me alone to Aoun.
der in the great world, and take care
of myself.
When the down on my upper lip
called for the razor, and my chin wore
The livery Of manhood f; / was called
out during a canvass, first to serve the
Young mems Rough and Ready
club, in getting up Muslin banners,
and tallow candle transparencies. Then
to sing Cantralto for the 'Glee club,
and from that, to the chair F: and from
the the chair up, up, up, until my
head ached, and began to grow dizzy,
with the very hight into the very area
ofpolitics, into whichI had been dn-
consciously led by NY own native ge-
MUS.
The people said I was great" my
friends told me the same, and [ really
felt that independent of all these con-
siderations, that | was really man
of huge intellectual preponderosity.
Now commenced my troubles. Be-
ing a great man. with the title of Hon
orabIe attached to, an otherwise beau
tiful eognomen Of cource my opin-
ion was gSeat correspondingly; and
it was sought after, to head the "pe-
tition" the Recommendation L be
came suddenly known to all the Great
men in the nation, and received week.
ly patches, of Great desert looking
Daily and Weekly papers-pamphlet:
on Observation-Disclosures, general infor.
nation for the People, speeches, and
what not. As for letters they ca0e
in from all quarters; from smaller
great men than myself, asking places.
All ofwhich were broken open-scann.
ed and thrown under the table as they
should be. If a lady was travelling
through the country with 'prospec.
tus" of new book" some other great
man at some other place, would be
sure to give her letter of introduction
to me, all of which was very fatter.
ing and very proper. But enough,
shall never get at my greatest greiv
ance. Here it is is: If there is any
mode Of redress-as Il am an unavoid
able great man stilD you will obligt
a great many who are in the same cat
egory with myself. have the for
tunc-or Should say, rather in this
case-the misfortune to be Demo
GRAFT" For this reason every thin,
in the way Of a Democratic news-pa
per--is thrust upon one. There are
fourteen, now coming TO Inc, as varied
in quality, lin size. And there is ar
iron rod hanging over my head, which
threatens political determination, if
do dot take them, and pay the sub
scription punctually, without the three
DAYS grace. This is supportable. Blu
some times my friends mention me il
some honorable connection for Of
fce-something that / am peculiarl,
fitted for, on account of my talents
At the bare mention; every party pape'
in the State, katches at my beautiful
name, and after sticking in the heat
of the paper some such document a