The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-12-20
Ist EpistIe to a know Nothing
There is u demon dark and grim,
With hideous scowl and savage mien,
Whose very yiDers breath can bane,


With hdeous scowl and savage mien,
Whose very vpers breath can b.ne,
All Joys; he is "a self-made man.n
Angels are known by their works; so are
devils, and men canopied in chariot of bra
zen ignorance are ever in our midst. They
may be known by mighty air Of srperiori-
ty, and an amazing swell Of dignity.
Our quiet town is blessed by some of
these exhibitions of the human form. And as
they pass rs in daily avocation, we cannot
sometimes but feel uHr natural-born pride
humbled within US that we are doomed to the
compani ionship of such specimens of the
Almighty's handiwork. Ineed not be person.
al to prove the truth Of my remarks. Earth
cannot contlin them; Heaven is too small
for them to turn around in, while their leap
ing souls shot into Humming birds eye
with squirt gun made of a mosquitoes bill,
would fail to make it wink. And can we
call them humanPr are they adulterated!-
The greatest eulogium We can pronounce on
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The God-like Perscus, with the gorgon head,
As, ,o'er Sybsran sands, his airy journey speed,
While CORY drops distilled as quick he few,
And from each drop envenomed serpents grew.
Better for the welfare of this community
were it to sec He'll, with all its yelling min
ions stationed in its m idst, than sanction a
trampling under foot of humanity, and COM
mon dcconcy. We might repeat train of
deeds that would make the hair Of fiend
incarnate stand, but forbear on account OF
time, but not from any good feeling we have
for them. The day Of reckoning is not far
distant. For time they may revel, then
alas-they fall, and great will be the fall
thereof. Earth will quake, and the gates Of
Tartarus be dressed in mourning! Mighty
dignitaries whose intelletcs can pierce be-
yond the topless throne-whose swelling dig
nifty transcends all earthly things--whose
tongues hang Oh pvots made OF lies-whose
self-boasted prowess extends not beyond their
mouths, need farther eulogy. Ignorance!
Superstition! Bigotry! Fanaticism! here we
find them blended. ......a. ..
Overlooking with grace, but wrapped in ig-
norance, and stained with cowardice, the tim.
id may fear them, but the bold scorn their
putting. Human steam engines! swelling
about to burst with spurious gas. We have
frequently noticed that the first principle in
the nature of one of these, is to underrate
the works ofothers in comparison to his own
"a sure pressage of the shadows.
Business drives him, and as he passes, you
may observe the holy wag of his head, ,--as
he enters the sick chamber his eye flashes
for plunder. We trust it will not be deem.
ed amiss for US to give few hints for his
consideration, at the same time confessine
that we despair of giving advice that will be
Of any benefit to him, unless he will resolve
to follow the dictates Of his superiors. Lei
him quaf even moderate quantities from the
goblet of Truth; let him practice thorough
discipline OF horesty; let him overcome
that mean propensity of his slandering.-.
But alas! that such hint should ever b.
needful. There ever has been a great dir
ference between the mere appearance, and
reality Of things. Human philosophy could
to some extent teach this one the knowledge
Of what is good. Self-interest and the vari
Gus motives of Tordly policy do often lea