Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-01-28
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EuI N1e AuNefE8er.
"WhAi VIII not masters do When servants thns
BANANAS BUNS, Esq.-Sir A,
the principal contributor % the Shield
and Banner, you have q righ', par ex.
cellenee, 10 q passing notice. And when
your late elevated position rs q legislator,
and the grand results to the State are re-
membered. il surely becomes The well
served constituency TO paw the grateful
tribute OF. well done, good and faithful
servant. Fame sir. u the perfume Of
heroic deeds and men Of great quail
Ties do not always succeed in public life
and as a model, or representation, We
will take yourself in proof Of the uni.
versally admitted propasition, that 'frail-
iy belongs to the nature OF man. How
ever imbling this may be To great minds
that are generally found inhsbiting ele-
vaied regions, il is nevertheless a truth,
and will afford an excuse for the present
motto THAT brings the Senator down
10 occupy the lowly station of a public
servant, nor must you arrogate TO your
self masters place, when you take your
seat in Congress. These humiliating
doctrines sir, might have been dispensed
with, if il had not been for the disobedi.
ent and refractory 'factionists.' 'disorgan-
izers,' of the north. How much more
easy and becoming the canaille to have
uncovered themselves 10 oil the 'democ-
racy' when that 'democracy'i is found con.
centraied in the giant editor Of the Shield
and Banner. 1t is exceedingly difficult
TO tell what must be done with them to
be Subdued, they must, like Manctus be
hro .n overheard, and like him be per-
mited To have the satisfaction of drying
themselves upon rock. Your power
ful and pointed political articles that
weekly adds so much grace TO the Shield,
sinks the scales when weighed against
alike productions from the pen Of Cros-
well, of the Albany .Argus, [by.the-by,
the greatest politician in The United
States, and like him you may divide and
derange, but to reunite belongs 10 other
minds. You have arrived sir, at the
standpoint: ia view Of the entire d. moe.
racy OF Richland county, they have an
uodoub'ed right 10 look at you, and to in
quire into public man in all the tenses.
Their inrerroga,ions are solely for the sat-
ismclion of the sovereign people, nor
will one word be 'set down augh, in NAL
ice.' For Nicias admits that the public
is more disposed to censure than to praise,
nor do we wish see you measuring a
hair, or weighing feather, 10 get at facts,
but plain answers 10 plain questions are
demanded and expected In the presen.
junc,ure, perhaps humility is best, the
attempt to fly like an eagle with the wings
of wren, may exhaust strength. llav.
ing a constitution naturally slen Ter, in an
impaired condition, lingering along by
slow degrees, you have arrived a, The al
tentative Of parting with the last public
pulse, or dropping prematurely into po.
lilical grave-a warning to politicians of
like calibre never TO raise more spirits
than they can conjure down. Liberty
sir, liberty is Columbia's boast, but the
public may cease to employ you as one
of its guardians. The schemes of
Burchell can no longer be serviceable-
the secret is out--.he arcana open, but
what need you care? you have fea,hered
your nest, md you can at any time flee
away. But In order TO silence the >bab-
bling of the offic;ous, will YOU be SO con-
descending sir, as to give definite answers
TO the subjoined interrogalories. Did
you approve Col. Todd's nomination,
and go in for TIE banks ? Did you hold
meetings in different parts Of The county,
and write communications against the
State ticket in Mr.. Glessner's paper,
when the lacking mind of that gentleman
took the arm, and refused any longer to
publish 2 Did you vote for Chase for
the United States Senate? Did you
agree in uniting with Mr.. Chase to 90 for
the repeal Of the black laws? Did you
write home, when at Columbus, TO Col.
Hooker and others, to keep down public
sentiment against you, for violation Of
faith to the democracy? Did you op-
pose Col. Medary because your brother
did moi get tie cIerkshjp! Did you at
tempt the distraction Of the democracy,
because your brother failed 10 get sub
aIlern clerkshp in the house Did you
exercise all your influence, or any, at Co
lunbus, against Ohio's favorite son, the
Hon. VIM. Allen, in being President Of
the Convention =? Cause,-discovering
you voting for Mr., Chase, an ultra aboli-
,ionIss. Now sir, if any Of these charges
are true, it is better 10 have one thorn
plucked out, than all remain. Scramb.
Ling will soon be over for the fruit, for
constituents becoming poor and scarce,
will see ii is useless any longer to shake
The tree. But (the fatcs forbid i.) if all
all sare true. even then, n,the clique can sing
"Such was his worth, our loss is such,
We cannotlove too we'll or grieye too much. u
'a NIcIAs.
p. Sis there no danger that you
may abuse some one nearly as good as
Yourself? BE careful N.
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