Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-10-03
The Victim OF Poiltlcs.

Tie gutter paced his elbow ca step
ping stone, and ike Juliet on tie ba
cony, leaned his head upon bis band-s
hand tina. would perhaps have been the
/ better for covering, though none would
have been rash enough to volunteer to
be goys upon IT, He was in dilapi
! dated condition out at elbows, out at
knees, out of pocket, out Of Office, out
Of spirits, and out In the street: and
out ana enter y IN every respect, and as
o"tre mortal as ever tbs eye Of man did
rest upon. For some ,iua Mr Brush s
reflections had been silent. Following
Hamlet 3 advice. he gave them an un
derstanding, but no tongue - aud be ss~
!leved hltnsslf at intervals by splitting
foslornly into the kennel. At length,
suffering his locked hands to fsli betw es,
his knees. and beaying deep sigh, he
spoke
4 long time ago. nay ma used to
put on her spaeks and say, Peter, my
son, put not your trust IN princes" and
from that day to this haven't done any
thing OF the kind, because none on 'em
ever wanted 10 borrow nothing Of me !;
and uevsr seen prince or king but
ono or two, and they had been rotated
out otfice--to bofrg nothing Of them -
Princes pooh Put not your trust in
polltlcianers -tbem's my sentiments.
You might just as well try to bold AT
eel by The tail. don. care which side
they're on, for I've tried both ,aud know.
Put not your trust in poitlciaaers, or
you'll get a hsst.
''fvn years ago it came into my bead
that things weren't going ou right; SO +
pretty nearly gave myself up teetotalIy
10 the good Of the Republic, and lef,
the shop to look out for itself. / was
brpful of patriotism, and SO uneasy in
my mind for the salvation of freedom |
coatt'nt work. | tried to guess which
side was going to win, and stuck to it
like WAX sometimes | was one side
sometimes was a-t'other, and some
times stFadlIed till the election was
over aud came up jis; in time to jiae the
hurral!. II vas good WAS af.ay and
what good could do il | was mt on the
'ected side !! But, after all, it WAS nsvsr
i. bit OF use. Whenever the battle was
over, o. matter what sitle was sharing
out the Ioayes aud tbe fishes, and step
ped up, I'll be hanged if they didn't
cram all they could into their own
mouths, put their arms over some, ard
grab at the rest with their paws, and say
Go away, white man, you sn't capa>
bIe." Capable. what's the reason | au't
capable I Eve got as extensive throat
as any Of 'em, and could swallow the
Ioayes and fishes without choking, if
each loaf was as Big AS grindstoue and
each fish as big as a sturgeon. Give
Petsr chance, aud leave him alone fer
that. Then, another time when I cali
ed q want some spoils,' says |, "a
small bucketful of spclIs. Whichever
side gets in, shares the spolls, don't
they g 50 they first grinned, and then
ups and tells ule that virtue ike mina
was its own reward. and that spoils nigh:
spoil me. But it waa 10 spoi|s that
spoilt me, and ~ loaf and fish that star
we'd me. tn spoilt because | couldn't
get either.
Put not your trust in po|iticianers, |
say i. again. Both sides used me yst
alike Here I've been serving my coun
Ilry, moro or less, these ten years, like a
patriot-going to town meetings, bur
raing my dayIights out, and getting as
blue as b'azes-bIoeking the windows,
gettiug licked fifty times, and having
more black eyes and bloody noses than
you could shake stick at, all for the
common good, and for the purity of our
illegal rights and all for what. Why,
for nix. II any good has come of il, the
country has put it into her own pocket,
and swindled me out of my arn'ngs. /
can't ge, no Office Republics is ungreat-
ful 1t wasn't re,pa7'd | was after. !
scorns the base insiniYation. I only
wanted to be took care of and have
nothing to do bat to take care OF the
rubiie and I've only got half - nothing
% do! Being took care Of was the
main thing Republic 's nngrateful! {!
Im tlasted if they aint. This is the way
old soldiers is served Well, we'll live
and learn-lye and learn The worlds
not what q man takes i. for before be
finds it out. Whiskefs grows sooner
than what experience does. Genus and
patriotism ant got no chance -san't got
nary luck"