Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-09-30
VIt is not The easiest thing in Il


PIt is moi the easiest thing in the
world, jus, now 10 write. We have
discussed the Eastern question, and heard
il discussed, I'LL we have become totally
indifferent as 10 the woes Of the Turks
or the oppression Of the Gear Nicholas
We have written whole columns in
praise Of the French and English. for
their msgnanimous interference in behalf
Of Turkey, but as they have only en-
numbered the Ottoman, and tied his hands,
and eaten his provisions while he did the
fighting, we have come to the conclusion
il was misplaced. Baby Conventions,
and Babies generally. is favOr,e theme.
nowadays, and very prolific cne. but
as we are in state of single. .blesscdness,
we can't speak with any practical knowl-
edge Of the subject. We have delivered
any quantity Of sage opinions on the
Nebraska bill, Japan, Sandwich Islands,
Cuba aud Mexico---those subjects have
become very musty. We couldn', think
of dsbbiing inpolitics. the thing is little
too dirty, and altogether too much mixed.
Speaking of politics, singular how ideas
follow each other)'we will write, and our
subjsc. shall be
TAN.
Don't be startled, gentle reader, at see
ing in print the name Of this very dis.
tinguished parsonage. The world is IA
miliar to him-he knows every nook and
Granny in it. He knows all faces, for he
makes mankind his study. In fact. he
knows all, and to many is the best friend.
For full six thousand years has he
bsen fought against, but we verify be-
lieve his power is greater now tran then,
that each year he has gained strength,
and wa-si mishtisr.
There is no effect without a cause, and
vs have ofen wondered at his increase
Of his subjects, when even the victims
themselves ackno wledge that it should be
the contrary. We have got at the truth
but few of mankind know the nature Of
their enemy. We have been accustomed
TO seeing him represented as frighful
monster, with hoois, horns and tail, with
an ugly leer on his phiz, altogether a
1emurkably unprepossessins individual.
Great mistake that-he is nothing Of the
sort. He might have been SO in days
gone by, but as times change, he, like
modern politicians, changes with them.
Had he that shape, but few would follow
him. Man seldom worships at the shrine
of a monster. Hidsous deIormity has no
attractions.
He comes in thousand shapes, bu.
all Of them are pleasant to look upon.
He knows the peculiar workings of ev-
cry mind, all the weak points, and to tho,e
he applies himself. To one he comes in
the shape Of wealth, fills his mind with
thoughts Of it by day; and dreams of it
bv night. By degrees he shows them
the means to obtain it, and once fairly
upon the road he makes for them, the
case is hopeless. To another he ap
pears as Pleasure. He starts al innocent
recreation, the next step riotous living,
then gross icentiousness, then less of self
respeci and utter recklessness, when with
all original good crushed out, they are
ready for the grave. To another he ap.
pears as Ambition. In this par. of the
country. this is his favorise guise, aad
one which always wins. He whispers
Political Preferment, and has no lack of
follower. He leads them on little BY
little, they become more and more unscru-
pulous. till finally, completely entrapped,
they surrender a. discretion. Should
any rrove refractory, he helps them to
seat in the Legislature, and grins exull-
nntIy-they are his, forever and ever.
Sometimes he comes wrapped in CT,
gar, he peeps from tobacco boxes, grins
from the cards at the euchre>table, abides
among money bags, presides at meetings,
is stamped on pill-boxes, turks in BRAN
dy.boltles, and sometimes gets into pull.
pits. He has the shrewdness of pawn
broker, and the impudence of a quack,
of both Of which characters he is the
original,
Resist him when he appeals to your
favorite weakness, and yon are safe -
tamper with him, and you are lost. Be-
ware Of his first advances.
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