The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-18
. a FOR THE OFFiCE-HUNTERS'

=. .f that which occurred four Thousand
,eors ago on the plains of Shinar, IS presen..o
- the admiring contemplation OF those ou's,oe
S.r,sr;sns who do not form portion OF '"''
,-sa, Republic. From the plains OF on"a.'
nson the frs, confusion of tongues, the ''"ao.'
80. of the earth scattered in all directions 10
,o,es, corners. Once every four years
;,h.b,ants of the republic assemble rom
III quarters of il, and concentrate upon WASH
;,r,or. The unfortunate men oil baoei iound
,he:, ,,o,her tongue SO utterly annihiated that
of ,hem could understand each other,
end az there were no teachers OF languages and
no,vs,ot, dictionaries, in those days, they
,,rs, have been sadly az loss. The more
I,ckv men of the Union speak language
xh;ch all can understand, which needs no in
,erpreter, the comprehension of which is so
general, that it may lay claim to having been
the first ever invented.
The two movements have this in common :
that the first broke up the elements OF prlmeval
so.ie,y from the very foundation, and the latter
does the same thing regularly once every four
wears. The societies formed by the first must
have wandered many years about the earth IN
search ofnew habitations. The societies gen.
Grated bv the latter, are little more than No
made tribes. They wander back and forth
from their homes TO Washington, as regularly
as the Arabs cross the desert to Grand Cairo,
on the one side, or to Mecca on the other, and
thew are ac,uated by the motives which impel
both the last named peregrenailons, widely
different as their objects are known TO be-
The Arab Caravan goes to Cairo to make mo-
uey-,o Mecca TO worship. Fhe American
Caravan goes 10 Washington both TO make
money and to worship.
EVERYBODY abuses the ofice-hunters, and no.
body seems disposed to take their part. We
once read an ant cdote of an old sailor, which
as il contains moral very appropriate TO the
occasion, we shall relate, in our manner, for
1he edifcation of our readers. The old fellow
had strayed, by some means or other, into
church, where he found preacher holding
forth at great rate against the follies and I'M
quities of the world. He especially Denounced
the "enemy of man. tine devil, as people
whose speech is not polite call him. Now,
as Jack had very seldom been to church in his
life, and had never heard of the devil, except
as very agreeable shipmate-as he had,
moreover, true sailors love of fair play, he
determined to stand up for his ancient COM
rade. So W hen the preacher was in the very
tempest, torrent and whirlwind Of his invective,
he sprang from his seat, threw OFF his jacket,
skinned his tarpaulin over the heads OF the
amazed congregation, spit in his hands, and
shouted, "hurra for the devil; d-n my eyes
if stand by and see any man imposed on
Now, that Jack manifested great magnanimi
ty, whatever may be said Of his taste, nvol-
unteerng to defend the cause ofan Individual
whom nobody else dared openly defend, we
do strenuously maintain and that he deserved
great credit for his boldness, we likewise per-
,inacously insist. In like manner we shall
claim the applause of the world for underta-
king the defence of the office-seekers, whose
cause is equally unpopular, and who, unless
we stand forth as a champion, cannot find an
advocate in the whole world. The odds were
scarcely able to sit upon his war steed, entered
the lists to do battle for the fair Rebecca of
York, against the stalwart knight ofthe TEN.
pie, in full heal III, and almost match for him
in his best days. David was something of a
champion, when he went forth with his sling
and pebble, to meet Goliah of Gath, whose
height was eight cubits, whose spear was as
the beam of a weaver, whose terrible voice and
aspect had melted the hearts ofthe boldest Is
raelites, even as butter melts in the sun. But
we claim applause for degree of galiantry far
greater than either Of these could aspire to-
Singlehanded, we 60 forth to do battle for a
despised race, against the whole world. live
fall, we shall have none to weep for US, for we
shall fall in cause which has received the ex-
ecration of mankind. If we succeed, we ex-
pect not even the thanks of those for whom we
peril, ifnot life and limb, yet reputation /; for
so conscious are they of any want Of merit OF
their own, that not one of them has raised a
voice in their own defence. This silence is
unaccountable, save on the supposition that
they have heretofore had no ready writer
among them but they shall have this excuse
no longer. We will be their scribe, and by
way OF commencement, we ouer Inc following
circular, which we hope to see unanimously
adopted at their next general meeting, if they
ever have one:
CIRCULAR.
dearly Beloved People Our motives in
addressing you by this endearing title will, no
doubt, as all our motives are, be misconstrued.
But it will be easy to prove that you are, in
deed, by US dearly beloved To do so il will
be necessary to consider only single ques-
non' Do we not dearly love- your Offices o
surely you can want no proof of fact so pal
'paoie to the least acute observer. Then if we
love the offices, must we not, of course, love
lnose who have them in their giftl That, you
will say, perhaps, is not 80 clear. But what
binds the world together SO powerfully as the
chain of bene6ts-,he giving and the recep-
ton Does not the child 1--we the parent And
what fort Because of the benefits il receives
at his or her hands. Have we not always
been grateful childreni Have YOU ever heard
OF our doing a single thing contrary to YOU,
wishes? Have we ever been charged with ,
single &C, manifesting an independent spirit
Have we not always knuckled and cringe,