Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-01-15
llSGgL D A MOSS.
IFton the Baltimore Patriot.
POLITICAL FLUNKEYISM.

'Al"i' 'SuCCCSS HAS Lndglcdi influence
upon some minds. Faults are lessened,
virtues magniied, errors overlooked, and
wila; was yesterday subject of indignant
animadversion, to-day finds It's ready apol-
ogisls in the altered fortunes of The assal-
ed. II is the way Of The world We ex-
alt the victor unduly; we hurl barbed spears
al the yanquished. AT the mature age Of
sixty-6ve, Mr.. Buchanan suddenly finds
himself famous. A few thousand votes
less in Pennsylvania, and he would have
been nothing more than poor despised
Cincinnati platform. As il is. he is the
observed Of all observers. Political Mac
Sycophanis are crnoking "lhe pregnant
hinges of The knee before him. They
af1ec. 10 discover, even in the most com
mon.place remarks that fall from his lips,
prolundtv of wisdom which they were
incapable of fathoming until their mental
perceptions were quickened by The hopes
of good fat Office. 1t is an excellent
thing TO have crossed The p0aS a$in0runl
in safety, but The path beyond is difficult
one TO travel, as Mr.. Buchanan will find
before he reaches The end Of his Journey.
Bachelor clergyman is a remarkably
loveable individual i'll the eyes of maiden
Parishioners malrimonially inclined; but
wedlock dispels the allusion in those whose
hopes have been disappointed, and the
ONCE charming young minister degeneratrs
forthwith into d very commonplace per-
sonage, shorn of half his good qualities,
and by no means So talented as people
imagined.
A President elect, with hundred thou
sand Offices in his gift, is gentleman
crowned with every good quality; but
President ,te facto, with the Offices distrib-
uted, suddenly loses his attraciiveness in
the eyes of neglected aspirants, who begin,
for the first time, 10 discover that the knol
OF lhe Presidential white neck-clnth aciH
twist round ominously under his left ear
that there is something peculiarly sinister
III the cast OF his eye, oI which they were
previously unconscious, anG that The po-
htical idol whose praises they have chanted
and whose battles they have fought, is su
very i'll put together, as To be easily shiv-
cred into fragments under the blows of
inimcal lconorlast. But The diary of an
admiring oifice-seeker, in the first flush of
ambitious expectation, presents very diff
ferent picture from what is subsequently
drawn by the same person when he finds
his claims upon the government are not
likely 10 be recognized. Let us open
leaf or two, and reproduce what We find
written there.
EN ROUTE.
Started from nglown-credentia
all in due lorm-slrongesI possible recon-
mendations from b., G., and d. Very
confident OF a good place-puzzled what
to ask for though. Strike for collector
ship, but will take a first class consulate
rather than miss.
wHEATLAND, MONDAY.
Presented by Forney. Extraordinary
improvement in Mr.. Buchanan since we
met last-thought him cold and selfish.
facie and nreIiable-6nd him courteous.
benevolent, bland and Of sterling integrity.
Mutually pleased with each niher-shall
ask for colleclorship.
wHEATLAND, TUESDAY.
Am more and more struck with the ma
jesiic simplicity Of the President elect.
Talked about the OsIend Manlesto-alI a
mistake-A Adminisra,io deceived him
never expected it would see lieht-more-
over, was mesmerized by Souie, and signed
it under The influence Of his will. Mem:
Interesting fact to Pschy ychologists-mus,
write the daily papers all about it.
wHEATLAND, WEDNESDAY,
Great crowd here. Couldn't edge in a
word for long time, so | stood off and
watched the cOmleRaDce OF the President
elecl-much struck with lis remarkable
beauty. Even the triAlng ocular defect,
sngularly enough, is no blemisf, but adds
marvelIously 10 the expression. Neck
cloth spo'less while-the type Of inno-
cence. Rather like il than not, especially
on him. Conversation shifts from politics
TO relgion-His Excellency much anlma.
ted-speaks warmly of The Presby,erians.
Mem: Mr.. b. Presbyie.ian-must
write that TO the newspapers.
Conversation continued. Aneedote Of
Mr.. BIS visit 10 Bedford Springs; met
Methodist Protestant clergyman there;
liked him exceedingly; thinks the Metho-
dist Protestant creed undeniably excellent.
Mem: Mr.. B. Presbyterian Methodist
Protestant.
Conversation continued. Refers to his
visit to Philadelphia; invited TO occupy
seat in the Episcopal Convention; went;
didn't like Washington Hunts remarks;
thinks, on the whole, EPfscopalianism adj
mirable; knows nothing Of its marriage