Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02
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"sn1ut machine" on Baron street, We en-
terrain no unkind feelings, and it is with
reluctance that We speak of him at all,
for in doing so we are but casting pearls
before swine. 1t wrenches n man too,
to kick at nothing; and, as our lungs
are rather weak at best, we would prefer
not to be engaged in the business. But
as he is just now attempting to put on
the airs of a free man, and is striving
hard to make people believe he is some
body, it becomes US to tear from his
shoulders the lions skin, and expose
the uncouth ears and body of the ass
that is hid beneath it.
1t is well known he is a hircling, and
is bound to obey his ignorant, selfish
and unprincipled masters. For him to
attempt to palm himself off as a writer,
is prcposterous; he can't do this
mental deficiencies arc too we'll known
in this community to practice a fraud
like this. His couvulsiye efforts, there
fore, to ape the airs of a free man, and
to hide his character as a slave, can de-
ceivo nc one, for his awkward attempts
only produce q rattle of the chains and
q clanking of the fetters that bind him
to the dirty work to which he has been
assigned. OF course he can't help it,
but it is well known he was born with
a very limited quantity of brains, and
his present situation is indeed a humil-
iating one, and should arrest the atten-
tien of some Benevolent Society, or
those whose duty it is to take charge of
persons whom God, in his wisdom, has
afflicted with half idiocy. He is a
wretched specimen of humanity-a vile
scab upon society-and combines in his
composition hatred, revenge, sel6shness,
treachery, and all that is u%nmanly, sor-
did and cowardly. His character is
daguerreotyped in his face so indcllibly,
that no one who has given the least at
%tention to the study of p~hysiognomy
can be mistaken in the creature. For
a wise purpose the Creator provided the
most venomous of the snake species
with a rattle, that men might be warned
of its approach and avoid its poisonous
fangs; with the same humane object in
view the Supreme Being stamped this
things character in his face, as a warning
to his fellow-men to beware of him.
But, Notwithstanding the degradation
of this creature, and low as he has sunk
himself, it is astonishing to see with
what e~lacrity he jumps at the crack of
his masters whip, and permits himself
to be made their cats paw. He really
appears to enjoy his slavery and to hug
his fetters-kisscs the feet that treads
him to the earth, and gloats over his eff
forts to blackcn the characters Of those
who defy his malice and laugh to scorn
his attempts at defamation. He is a fit
se,ccr through which his ~uirtuous and
honorable masters can vomit forth their
filth against the impregnable characters
of others.
We are now done with this creature,
and beg the pardon of our readers for
occupying the space we have in noticing
him. There is a point at which for
bearances cease to be a virtue; beyond
this he has gone, in his cowardly as
sault upon our brother, who is not here
to defend himself. Had it not been for
this, we should have passed him by
him wallow in that slough of infamy TO
which an intelligent public opinion,
always honorable and just, is certain to
consign the cowardly slandercr-the
pitiable wretch who knows not how to
observe the common ciyilitics and de-
~cencics of life.
Hen- We should like to know whether
our Probate Judge, and a lew others,
have found out what kind of a speech
Campbell made at New Paris, on the
day Of the Convention. They wanted
to know lift was an american, "Dem-
ocratic," or "Rcpublican?' Nobody
there could tell, and we would like to
know if they have found anybody since,
who could. Report, gentlemen
PIN IT TO THEIR BACKS The
Washington Union says that the recent
forged letter, %purporting to be from the
President to Mr.. English, which has
been copied and endorsed by the Rcpub-
lican press, who we'll knew it to be a
miserable fraud, should be pinned to
their backs, "that it may advertise their
desings and their utter generalization