Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-10-26

There is no class of people falling so
rapidly into disrepute as the mere politici.
an-the man who is too lazy, too proud,
or too shiftless to follow any avoeation,
but depends entirely upon Office for
livelihood, when in nine cases out of ten,
the only one he possesses the requisite
qualification for is ''dog- killer" His Pc
culiar practices and habits of ingratitude
and treachery. show him possessed of the
proper disposition to Stay such uufortu-
nate members of that faithful race as may
fall into his hands, while his worthlessness
proves him to be fit for nothing else, and
consequently he must be fit for that.
Unfortunately for us, our day and ge-
neration is particularly cursed with this
specimen of creation. We have those
among US who are forever applicants for
Office, and are never satisfied. They
may, sometimes succeed in their aspira-
tons, but they are no sooner out of one
Office than they are candidates for ano-
Their, and in this strife for self, they SO ma
mage to manifest such patriotic motives,
that many are deceived by their hollow
professions we have ourself been the vic
Tins Of this class of cormorants who are ne
yer satisfied. The only remedy for the
dangers to our institutions incident to the
existence of this class of men, is to dis
courage and denounce the man whose only
object is to obtain for himself the honors
and emoluments of office; and it becomes
the duty of every honest man and every
patriot, to look around him and see if he
cannot discern among the political aspi-
rants of his own vicinity, some of this
class, and If he does, mark them, for, as
the Alexandria Standard justly remarks,
''we scarcely know what greater pest
can infest society than the corrupt aspi-
rant of political promotion. Impelled by
his passionate lust for Office, and aware
of the inadequacy of his own merits,
he shrinks from the use Of no artifce
which offers a temporary promise of sue
cess. His pretended friendships are
are as selfish and unstable as his mean
spirited enmities. His affections are
trained to keep pace with his calculations.
He worms himself into the confidence of
IL man one day to betray it the next. In
trigua is the breath of his nostrils. Over
the successful termiuations-of a cold
blooded plot. he rejoices as for the per-
formance of good deed.
ga fellow by the hand of nature marked,
Quoted and signed to do u deed of shame
His moral sense, deadened by the cor
rupting influence of his base practices, he
supposes all others to be as destitute of
honor and virtue as he knows himself to
be. 1t is lamentable fact that the ne
cessities of partizan organizations often
give to such characters Fictitious impor-
lance. Busy in the low and discreditable
work which knowledge of their charac-
ter assigns to them, they imagine them
selves to be the leaders of parties and the
controllers of public movements. In the
long run the injury which they intltct on
their party is as great as the hurt which
they do to public morals. The party or
the community that gives countenance to
such men. subjects itself to scandal and
discredit. 1t is the imperative duty OF
every honest man, but more especially oil
the press. to expose to public indignation
and scorn these pot-house politicians,
whose patriotism may be limited to the
circumference of dollar. and whose aspi-
rations yet range from Clerkship to a
Cabinet appointment"
COUNTY CouRT.-The County Court
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