Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-27
The Wcnfhcr.


inexhaustiblo subject. Everybody talks
about the weather, and everybody that
writes, writes about the weather. Everybody
tells everybody else that the day is remarka.
bly fine or the day is remarkably gloomy,
or the day is remarkably cold or the day is
remarkably warm, although everybody is
aware of the fact, in either case without be.
ing informed of it. 1t seems to do every
body good to say something in which every
body else will acquiesce The most opposite
of characters have n common ground, in this
matter of the weather, upon which they can
unite. The Free-will Baptists may here
meet with the most rampant Calyinist that
ever fatalized the doctrine of election or
doomed infant myriads to damnation, and
agree most perfectly. The Catholic who be-
lieves as some of them do, that the sacra-
mental bread and wine are the actual body
and blood of Christ, and the Protestant who
could roast him on a gridiron, in the bad
place, thousand years, for no other reason
than that he does believe it, hare no difference
of opinion, when it comes to the weather.
The Southern Fireea who thinks that
an Aboltio ist is the fag end of creation and
never will be satisfied until negro President
is in the Executive Chair of the Nation, and
he can fall down and worship him, and the
Abolitionist, who thinks Fire.eater is u
tiend in human shape, who delights in skin.
ming negroes alive, or roasting them for din
ner, if they chance to meet in conversation
for extremes do sometimes meet-and the
topic is the weather, are as harmonious as
two doves The fact is, in short, that the
weather is about the only topic that men Of
opposite opinions can ever touch with any
sort of safety to the harmony of the meeting
1t is the only topic that strangers can ven
ture upon at all, unless they wish at once to
take up the cudgels of debate, and commence
lamming one another over the head, in wordy
warfare. Travellers meet in a hotel on a
winters evening on the common highway,
eat their suppers, and begin smoking and
talking in the barroom. "The weather is
rather cool, sagely remarks one. Not dis
senting voice All are willing 20 acknowl
edge that the weather is cool The weather
disposed of, in come politics, religion, DC,
DC, and such clatter of tongues and crash
ing of different opinions, and violence of ges
ture and vehemence of assertion and fury of
contradiction, never was witnessed since the
days of Rabel. They don't think alike about
anything that is brought upon the tapis. In
the midst of the confusion, a new conner ar
rives, hangs up his great coat and hat and
advances to the fire to warm himself "Rath-
er cool weather, gentleman" he remarks, to
which all the belligerents, who seemed as
though they never would agree about any
thing again, reply with one universal acqui-
escent response. And so it goes. "a very
fine day we had for church, yesterday re-
marks one lady to another "Yes, it was in
deed "Mr. w. preached an excellent SER
mon, too" "Ahem-I don't see how YOU
can think so. Why, hes nothing to compare
to Mr.. c.. in my opinion" "Well, that may
be your opinion, but would no more think
of comparing Mr.. C. to Mr. w. than would
of comparing little chick.a.dee to an eagle
And so off they go on a tangent. The rnle
holds good in an innumerable multitude of
cases, but, as it is not necessary to date upon
the subject at any length, we will conclude
with the remark that yesterday norning was
= very pleasant one indeed, although we are
likely to have some more rainy weather.
This assertion we make without any fear of
contradiction from the Lecomptonites, al
though they are in the habit of disputing
every reasonable proposition.