The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-12
o l,lrn with 3 SMILE Of derision from


masters knowledge of politics; whose
legal attachments are inferior to those OF
the pettiest pettifogger of nisi prius
court, and whose powers of rhetoric
and attempts at elocution would puta
village orator to the blush. A trimmer,
time-server, man of the very smallest
parts-a sort of political supple-jack,
running around to get somebody to pull
the strings which set his intricate me-
chanism in mOtion--a hand organ, ever
in search of somebody to turn the crank,
that he may be heard-a pair Of bellows,
begging that some one will work him,
that he may puff and blow-a lemon
asking to be squeezed, pump deslrous
of being pumped--a toad, with a rich
gem in his Uranium, whose beauties
will only be discovered by killing the.
animal-an empty purse, always begging
10 be filled, and crying "give give !!
give pin a word, man whose intel
lectual and physical powers and dimen-
sions. are remarkably we'll balanced,
and whose political honesty is equal to
his private worth, neither of which I'M
aided by his mastery cunning would
carry him into Congress-though if he
had his deserts, they might take him
some where else. He has been every
thing, and is everything. He is I'M
trustworthy in all the political relations
of life. As to principles, he never had
any, and has deceived osery political
party that ever entrusted him with its
confidence. His hobby is the President
just now-but Mr.. Johnson is too
shrewd a politician to be deceived by
him. He will use him, and then cast
him aside, -because he knows Raymond
would sell himsbut to the highest bid
der at the first opportunity. He is
bidding for the friendship of the South,
| and aiming at the Presidency. Some
people may laugh at the idea of this
nimble little man presuming so high,
but it's no laughing matter. The AFRO
CANT little thing, like the frog in the
fable, has swelled himself up almost to
tire bursting point with vanity; and
unless somebody pricks him to let the
wind out, he will even aspire to
fill the place occupied by great and
honest men. Some kind friend ought
to take him aside, before he becomes q
honoI,,o ,oonon,aniao and roll hin, th q I
he is making himself ridiculous, and is
becoming a greater fool every day of his
| life. Somebody should caution him
| that little men like him, when invited
to feast of the gods, should not speak
except when spoken to-that he should
keep his mouth shut when Ia the pre-
sence of his betters. Boys should be seen;
not heard. TheimpertinenceO of the little
fellow, is astonishing! We are amazed
at it. and so is the country. That he
should presume to lead, when great men
are content to follow. If the President
has to rely upon such men as Henry J.
Raymond to sustain him in his struggle
against the radicals,--he will lean upon
one of the slenderest reeds in the entire
cane-brake. His glittaring superficiali-
ties will stand the Executive poorly in
hand, when the hour of trial comes, =
and his we'll prepared, but shallow plati-
tudes, called speeches-which do not
rise to the dignity of post 1ordUdial eff
forts, will be torn to shreds by the stern
and memorable logic of the great states
men who will strike him dumb by the
first blast of their eloquenee, land then
we will see Henry J. Raymond thehero
of another panic. But why talk of this
little mans claims to rank as states
man when every body knows he is the
shallowest-pated Ounce in Congress.
No one suspects Raymond Of much
brains,or capacity,-but he might pass
for man of some learning, in crowd,
if he could only keep quiet. tits always
the case that fools will show their folly,
even if the world is not able to penetrate
the thin membrane that cOnceals 1t from
the public gaze. A good old adage it is
which says "Those who live in glass
houses, must not throY stones" Now
we don't happen to live in glass house.
Neither our loyalty nor our honesty
neither ourpublic norour private career---
can be successfully assailed. We are i'm
pregnable at all poipts-and fear attack
from no quarter. Our house is an iron
clad aud not made Of glass. But
neither Mr.. Raymond nor the in
significant insects nearer home who
have been casting their filth in
this direction can say the same. Those
editors houses are of very brittle mate
rial, and cannot laugh seige to scorn-.
80 they should be careful how they hurl
their missiles, lest they recoil and break
their own worthless pates. We don't
know Raymond, but James Gordon
Bennett does know him-and James
Gordon has the key to Raymond's con-
science in his pocket. What terrible
amount of scandal would flood the world
were these two gentlemen to fall out. If
the little man persists in misrepresent-
ing the Norfolk Post, we may have to
call upon the editor Of the Herald
to aid us in the unequal contest.
L. L