New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-05
MIR. THURLOw WEED UNDERGOING;
AN OVATION,

! IL. WEE -
AN OVATION.
al want o hero" says Byron; and munich
palities often feel that craving as kecnly as
poets. Aldermen dine-it il one Of the few
things they are never accused Of doing i'll
and, in order to dine magnificentIy, inexPen-
siyely Ito them) and treat all their friends to
"a high old time" it is requisite that they
should have O City's guest. az decent respect
for the opinions Of manknd"--as Dir. Jeier'
son phrases it-does not permit even the
brazen.faced sort that put through Lomber,
Gauscvoort, Hackley, and other such Z" big
things" ut q sitting, and take their share OF
the proceeds according to the rules of the
Ring az coolly as if they had won it on one
of Harry Genet's fast trotters at the Union
Course. to order q $1,000 dinner and invite
all their strikers, bullics, and primnry.meetinR
ipspectors to ego ill.," But only scare up
some notable to whom "the Inequalities of
the City" can be rendered and all is decorous
and smooth as oil. Now this Alderman can give
his next friend the furnishing of'th carriages;
that one can give his most useful friend the get
inc no of the dinner, &C.; and each can have
,cksts IN the feast for half dozen Of his best
electioneerers and ballot-box-stuiiers, while
hats.full of cigars Of the rarest Havana brands
and unlimited drinks can be dispensed to
moro humble but still necessary ser'itors a
Public. Reception IS an Alderman's glory. and
he wisely cultivated his opportunities.
| -But there il another and q darker side to
the picture fifty symbolizsd in Esop's fable OF
the Boys and the Frogs they mercessly
.toned 10 their own (that is, the BoysO Infinite
delectation.
! Kind reader il may be that you are, or,
at least, suppose yourself, special target for
:. the slings and arrows Of outrageous fortune"
Your teeth have declined further service and
confine themselves to the single function OF
aching: you have been manned for life in q
rnilroad crash or crippled by boiler expo.
sion; of your ancestral patrimony nothing was
beaueaihcd to you but the govt; or your
best friend aud your wife have suddenly
departed on tour of Europe, leaving you
amazed, indignant, discOnsolate and ridiculous
or anything else has happened to make you, in
your own eyes, tit subject for a niche
in Victor Hugo's portrat-galery Of The
Miserable. But have you ever been the
object of a Civic Ovation Have you
been carted through the dust and reek
of great city, to be stared at by million
fools and oilers who wonder what its all about
and whose cheers just escape being jsers ;
Have you been stuck up ut the head Of u table
to eat. whcn your hrad ached as though It
would split and you could barely swallow a
mouthfuli Have you ever observed, in au-
swer to the five thousundlh stranger, who since
morning has shaken your hand till 1t is sore
as a bile that it rained pretty hard in Bnlti-
more yesterday, and had the remark caught
up and repeated from mouth to mouth by
three rooms full, all intent on dIstilling from it
it's occult aud diplomatic meaning! If not
and you arc in no danger Of this torture, bless
your stars for the happiness that has crowned
your bameless life, and pray to be eyermore
preserved from Civil Ovation.
We Indignantly repel tho suggestion that
irony turks under the ostentatious zeal Of
Mcssrs. Boole, Genet g. Company to give Mr..
Weed q benefit Wit ia not in their line, and
their jokes are Of the sort usually character
lied as "horse-play." Nor is it the purpose
Of this movement to assert a community Of
spirit and purpose Of feeling aud AIMS, be.
tween the distinguished Albanian now nearing
our shores and the illustrious guardians of our
municipal security. They are simply intent Oh
having good time at shs public cost, and Of
sharing it's enjoymen. with their friends only
this and nothing more
But they will be disappointed. Mr.. Weed
has Travelled, aud knows the ropes lie is MI
old soldier, aud would stand voey of mus.
kerry as coolly as the next man; but ten gold
mines would MT hire him to be paraded uy
Broadway in q coach-Uud.siX, a band of music
in front, aldermen on each side, and mob
bringing up the rear. He can bear q crowd
when its focus ia some ono else than himself;
but he hates to be stared at, and has q perfect
horror Of being called on for = speech. The
Aldermen will doubtless eat many o good din.
ner yet, aud liberal share Of them at the
public expense. but they will never be able to
charge one Of them " the account Of publicly
entertaining and honoring ThurlOw Weed.
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