The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-22

~ TOT the Unior'
OBSOLETE IDEAS.-No. /.
Political Faaafieiism.

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There is spurious kind of fanaticism which is always
to spring upout of the genuine species like fungus
from rotten wood Though mpcilcd by entirely dieen,
principles and in pursuit of different objects il fails
by uncrrng instinct to ngraft itself the original stock
and TO avail itself of the jealous ardor Of TO the
false and hollow pretensions Of the other Sincerity like
charity, covers multitude of sins and mankind often
wrought upon look with compassion If complacency,
the most outrageous and eccentric eats Of madman,
the ground that the poor victim does know what
he is doing Among the Turks, who the great
objects of Christian sympathy idiots and madmcn be
leved to be inspired and held in profound veneraton So
too, the fanacal Dervshwhose vocation spin
ming round like top without becoming dzxyis oonsid
cred parake largely in the spirit OF the Prophet and
enabled live in ideness the credulty Of his fellow
creatures
But different nations have different modes Of manfestng
the credulity and the enlightened people Of the
word-namcly those of the United s,ates-have much
more rational way Of playing the fool mailman Some
times they make end of themselves they becv.
the world is coming end sometimes, in aspiring
association with spiritual beings wiser than themselves
they lose what little wit they have inherited from their
cestors and at others they brought to the belief and
absolutely act the principle that love your ncighbor
means nothing than doing him all the harm In your
power But all these misguided and unfortunate beings
are rather objects of pity since doubts the sincerity
Of the victim who offers himself up sacrifice his con
Ncuons Whatever they may be. He who dies martyr 70
humbug must assuredly be true believer
For this reason, altogether repress latent
feeling Of compassion for all really conscientious fanatics
who have what the Scots call flea in their bonnet, IN
other words, perpetual buzzing whirgig in their nod
dies that unsettcs and conounds the understanding
and the senses that they but one obec, time
and that rs II were, through glass darkened Most
especially they objects Of compassion when they
take notion towards politics and attempt TO attain
to power by mounting the back Of fnnatcism as 4
political hobby-horse Experience has shown that they
aweysget prodigous tumble and il they escape fr'e
re OF the scu IL the opinion of the learned phys
clans who have had cognzance OF their cases 1t is in rcs
measure owing TO its extraordinary thickness and that
from the pauc Of the brrn they thereby escaped con
fusion in that quarter Notwithstanding these lncky ~
capes however Of them have become crpples for lie
and now are viii probably long be- placed on the
retired list BY the way Congress win soon take uP
Miss Dxs BILL we would suggest that provision should
specially made for mad aboonsts and that Mr. Gddng
be made superintendent il he viii only promise keep
civil tongue in his head In every society and every n
stituton the most distinguished person generally selected
70 preside and certainly can have higher claim
TO the suPerntendence OF respectable bedlam than che
honorable, abusive scurrilous and modest member from
the Connecticut reserve At all events his rawlings would
be moro probably exhibited anywhere else than in Con
gress.
MORTALITY AMONG rHr CmrprwAs.-The smallpox Is ms
king fearful havoc amongst this unfortunate tribe M
lie Feve who lately came through from Lake Superior
ports that he passed lodge in which six dead person
were lying and that he informed that there an
other lodge short distance tbcrefom, which consine