Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-29
LIKE WHAT IS LIKEABLE!

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poltcalopponent not without their advantages. II
you cannot convince him, which you aro certain
never to doand the YOU argue the more certain
il that result-you may by the force Of your logic,
Tho strength of your retort tho pih and point, and
facts at.ducel. produce some effect upon the calm
listeners who enquiring after truth, and have ia.
ken neither the ono side nor the other. You may
strike from the hard Aint with which you contend
Ing, some lucky spark, which niuy kindlo the dry
rubbish around-snd that fire may up tho cold
bosom of way tarer, who" in his turn, may inau'
ence his friend and the scintillation may awaken
| IL neishborhood, warm up county, regcnerate ds'
trct and, perhaps, waited by the wind, scatter the
fakes into the corn OF the Phistines, better than
! Samson 8 thrce hundred foxes.
But. i, rarely happens Tho, good ever springs from
dspuation among tiiends particularly IN the pre-
sence Of u willy adversary, who stands pathnS hrst
one anu then the other the back, egging both on,
and while each one snars and growls, seizos an op
portunity to dash one against the other with delect-
able relish, producing. if possible a savage tight
As Leigh Hunt aptly remarks i'll one OF his adlni-
rsble ESSAYS "Agreeabiy to the good old maxim that
comparisons are odous, our rosdera We hope viii!
continue 10 like what is keebe in any thing, for its
own sake without trying render 1t unlikeable from
its inieriory to something elsa process by which
wa might ipgeniousv contrive to put SCOT into every
dish that is set before and 10 reject one thing sitter
another till we were pleased with nothing
Now our friends might, if they would, extract from
this quotation little honey with which to hll The cells
they are aiding construct in this Democratic hVe
of ours We are all working away, each bee after Its
own fashion, one in gathering pollen one III making
wax one in extracting honey and filling the cells one
in icadny the Young srubs in guarding them, all!
IN nroyidinr for a winters wants. Why turn IN"
s,nrs whic are given US for defence against foes t"
iuure esch o.her' Instead Of putting SCOT into our
own dishes let US strive to garnish them with the III
,le aornmeu,s and savory reishes that good house
wives know so well how 10 employ in order 10 rehoer
them inviting and palatable. Instead OF c0n'eh'''s
that our venison rOyscrs are not equal 70 some eue'
veuison or ovster. that the receipts by when 'hey
81. cooked are not as good some other receipts let
ps contend a. least that they very keable quite
yassable indeed ssvorv Ii the record we have made
OF them is not to your liking and YOU think some
other might be better just set it down 10 difference OF
tastes and then remember the old adage: "Ds gu't-
6us non est dsps.andum." II any or set OF men
can display better records than candidates for the
reiocin in our way, that Virginia has SO many true
sons whose actions glow -~~ry Y..s AMI whos.
lives are worthy to be set up as examples to be ,mi
tated aud admired.
We had an old friend once. who pride1 himself up
| on having good fire, who in bis own estimation,
understood exactly how to construct it, where 10 lay
each In mp of coal how 10 stir it, and when 10 stir it,
bow to cause it to throw out The greatest quantun OF
1 hoot md bo,o IN look cheerful md be
most comfortable. Every body knows that Virgi-
mans Of a people in the world delight in poking and
punching free, 10 kicking up the most conceivable
ouantum Of dust knocking FIRE into hts and in fact
throwing It utterly out of the 2ratA III" "---L
to the discomfort Of the good wives Who love clean
hesrths and wvlbrushed furniture. Now, when
ever one OF these I'D sety visitors, coming from toe cold
would rsize the poker, friend in the gsnest rnan-
ner IL the world prepared for the occasion rising in
due season, would taking hold OF the poker, my
dea: sir lust look at that ire stand s,ll moment
and don't poke it, and you win be aS warm aa a
toast"
The Democratic Convention have buih ny, AZ they
. thought. genial, blazing f.e, to keep the whole
), household and comsortabie; why should our
, friends turn in to punching aud poking ii Why
should they throw cold water npon it Let them
| 'NS'' ~-.'N
while cutting the wood and throwing it on, il
~ ~ we do put little too much just privately whspe,
in "do not be quite rxtravogant," we will
take il kindly.
OF all the things in an argument anger II certainly
most 10 be avoided. The that keeps cool ha'
greatly the advantage. While his antagonist is boil
ing aud bubbng and getting up steam with loud vo
D cferstion, he is calmly surveying the ground hn'
| ~. onl, han md
opportunity is sure be afforded by the npetuosit,
y and fury Of his opponent. 1t it be political orro
4, nent md YOU can perceive that no 10 etod you MAJ
: rely upon ii, with absolute certainty, TINT your hi
d have told with powerful effect But if be friend
calm end soothe him by kind and gentle remark;
he talks loud, Jjust in proportion let your voice b
| mild, aud he will be sstouished at the sound Of hi
= own roar There is better advice than may bt
gathered from The following anecdote told of one wh'
Z kindly offered to another uoder such circumatance
: pinch Of snuif:
: ave happened once To bc compelled IN moot I
point o no very friendly sort with stranger whom
- We never saw before, Of whom we know nothing
and whose appearance in the matter Conceived L
be altogether unwarrantabie. At Of the deilca
test OF all conjunctures In the question, and when b.
presented himself in his laost equvocal light what
i should he do, but with the best ar in the world take
out snuff box and offer us the philanthropy OF
Il pinch We accepted it with us grave II facc as
offered, but, secretly, the appeal was irresistible
1t was as nuch TO say-"Qaestlons may be mooted
doubts OF all entertained, people are thrown int
:. strange situations in this world but, abstractedly
g what is anything worth compared with quiet mo
mont and n resolution to make the best OF perpeSi
tyi Ever afterwards, whenever the thought OF thi
dispute came into our recollection the bland idea o
the snuff box aways closed account with it; nm,
D our good will survived though perpleIity re
mained also"
Now, we know that questions may be mooted among
friends that doubts may be entertained as to tho pro
priety OF this or that upon the political chess
board, that partsans are thrown by circumstance:
into strange situations, that they oftentmes
" perpexed By the events that surround them, but
under such circumstances do not ay of at tangent
nor shoot up like rocket, nor jump into fusion ON
, nbus. Examine the company i'll the omnibus, aud
see il they are better than those with whom you have
heretofore associated. Ponder the question whether
YOU will feel more natural sociable, more friend
w. more easy with the new up,reI, or with the old
tried friends Look at the fashion Of their dress
Would it look well on the limbs Of one who never
wore sny,hng but the old fasbioned and genlemanly
drs,s of the DAYS of 9S and 99 Admit that some Of
in days gone by, did for short period try On the now
fashions vet if we are satisfied that tho old uni-
form boc,u.s us better than the new, and we nre
6abtinc under the same banner with you, and receiy
ing and giving heavy blows with and for you, why
should you not welcome US back
For ourselves we endesvor to pursue straishtfor-