Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-08
Don't Like Him.

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ingiaa, Of this city. We are not surpris-
cd that the editor of that paper doesn't
like Mr.. C''s preaching. He expounds
the Gospel in rs purity, and it can hardly
be expected that the editor Of the Ga
zette con- Ccomprebepd anything of that
kind, OF that he should like it if he did
Understand IL. II Mr.. Chivington had
preached "abolitionism," the editor of
that wcolly sheet would have bestowed a
whole column Of praise upon him 0na-
hd Nsbraskidn. II
Wonderful to tell, Mr.. Theodore Hen
ny Robertson! Your sociological piety
is enough TO as,ound the natives. How
long.h !, been since you came to the
,osaclusion that Mr. Chiving,on~ "expounds
the Gospel in its purity You must have
undergone q sudden conversion, for not
long since you could swagger, swear,
drink rot.gut whisky, and tell fish stories
with the ease of one long skilled IN the
arr,
We have read Of the Great Awaken
ing.'lnow going on in the Eastern States,
and the conversion of pugilistic Awful
Gardener, bt we confess a little surprise
thnt ssch q notorious and case-hardened
sinner as yourself, should become a sane
tilted saint.o Il, is possible that your sew
eral defeats in securing political pap, had
an effect TO produce pieiy.
,But, who is this Theodore Henry Rob-
er,son, that pretends 10 edit the Nebras-
kians Much has been written about this
late Pattern Saint, bat, ill now, we have
RETAINED from lifting the veil and expo
sing his ~corruptness TO the public gaze.
One peep behind the curtain will be suf.
fcient TO convince the most skeptical.
He halls from the Western Reserve,
where Republics are sometimes ungrate-
ful to men of his caliber and pretensions.
Being naturally an ambitious youth, he
could. not endure the restraints usually
placed upon infants of his growth. His
patriotic heart burning for distinction, he
resolved upon leaving the parental home
and 90 forth and write his name high
upon the scroll Of fame, or perish In the
attempt. His maternal ancestor knowing
the uncertain,y of success, warned him
agains, placing all his hopes in earthly
things; but such was not the counsels OF
his do.ing father; he says, My son,
you are right. Get DISTINCTION get ii
honestly if you can, but, at any rate, ge'
distinction
This promising urchin, with these pre-
cepts isdelibly stamped upon his mem
DRY, bade farewell to the quiet home o
infancy. As we, he was too unsophisll
Gated to adopt at one fell-swoop, the las
injunction laid down to him by his father
bu. was inclined to put more trust in tn
advice bestowed upon him by a solicitor
and afiectionate mother.
After encountering the usual hardship
attending similar cases, he made his fir;
appearance upon the provincial board
as country pedagogue, where he lost n
time in impressing upon the tender mind
Of his pupils, the superidtirs greatness {
the Robertsons-particularly the one tn;
had eondesceRded to preside over their il
structions.
Time passed on, bu. as yet he had n
immorislized himself, except in hoggin
several fye-year old pelticoat juvenile
As the first flush of excitement, a,tendir
his debut into public life, began 10 die ava
he wearied Of the task that was impose
upon him, and was again looking abrot
for a new field, and more glory! In dl
consulate hours, to cheer his fahcring spl
it, he would often repeat. =" step by ste
we ascend The hill Of fame" ill goaded
respiration, he made a hasty exit fro
the old log School House, IN search Of d
bsubie. fame. lie now resolved to I
the law. Remembering tina, nearly all Il
great and leading men Of the country, h
mastered Blackstone, he innocenlly, ina
inedhhatthat was the only obstacle that la
between him aud a four-years' occupan,
Of the White House. Whenever a dou
Of obtaining such an eminent pOsiliO
might by chance enter his Uranium.
would Pop his head into a neighboril
mOlasses cask, and shout at the top Of !
voice" Theodore Henry Robertson, Pr,
idenl Of the United States; son Of GC
John II. Robertson, Western Reser,