The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-16
Governor Peirpoint and the Legislatu re'

Governor Peirpoint and the Legislature
There has been such an effort made to cstao-
lish breach between the Legislature an"
Governor PElRroISr that, whatever o'her Peo-
pie may think, his Excellency may very nav"
rally begin 10 suspect tina, somebody wants
his place Indeed no has been told mat !"
ought To resign. Ye; the Governor mas "'
time to reflect cooily upon the advice, an" n'S
not Welded his Judgment TO It's Pi"P'i''
That gentleman is. indeed, very ."''
comfort BILE man-calm in temPef'"""'oi'1
able in the flesh He is not going W w i'eh
,binrs-cyen such n rash lhihS rs 'ha' Vi
- =, tho Office of Governor of Virginia.
!, isa very respectable position for ma TO
have. even III the day of the desolation OF the
venerable old State. 1t is certainly not one to
be surrendered when man would gain no
thing by it, and would be remembered more
for his folly than his wisdom for the last act
of a public officer is the seal which stamps al
his others.
Governor Francis ii. PEIRPoINr comes
from Marion county, in Virginia, mo"
called" West,) where the people are sue.
and sagacious, by reason OF BENG oofh '"'.
as he was The native of Marion call''o' o'
surpassed in sharpness of intellect. NO 'i'n
c,n more readily see what other people are
driving at and no man can more successfully
,rsvan, other men from discerning what he Is
about That point in Il Marion man cXpioi's
is never fairly discovered until entirely sue
cessful and completely developed Ii TINS ne
the genius with which the Tutelar Deity OF
the locality imbues his children, since ne re-
sides in the picturesque village OF falrnoh''
the county town the banks OF the dear
Monongahela, the resident citizens OF tha'
place are 10 be presumed super-excellent Ill the
peculiar traits of the region. Now, win these
facts before us, how are we TO anticipate thiI
our very good Governor, thus ushereo anu
educated into the world, is 10 be decoycd INTO
n piece of indiscreton only hurtful TO nm
self Such thing would not be believed III
Fairmont and were he 10 be thus dciuded, ne
could never hope TO be received into Fairmont
society again
Yet not fully approaching the sage DISPOSE
ton and sound discretion of our very esumlpie
Governor plots and inducements, dangerous,
have been laid to set the Legislature and nm
the one against the other: and, moreover, 10
induce him, in rage, to fling his oifce III theii
faces and retire, tragically, from sac old man
sion The plotters had studied 4soP, ana
especially the fable of the fox and the crow
and endeavored TO profit by 1T. Our f'sof
was burned up in the great hre, along Will
everything but our HORN and WoKcEsTEK'S
Dictionary; but we will endea'or 10 quote IL
in substance:
A fox one day, espied crow sitting on the
limb of n tall tree, holding in her beak tempt
ing slice of cheese, which he ut once coveted,
and took counsel with himself how he could
get possession of il. knowing the force OIL
dattery. and skilled in its use, he proceeded TO
try its effect. He commended her grace, the
CAV color of her plumage, and confessed him
self overcome with admiration and unable to
describe the destinations of her person. ~
lovely n being could not but be endowed with
n charming voice would she be so kind, so CON
descending as 10 honor a poor being like him.
self, who was compelled to 90 on all fours, and
could not soar into the pure atmosphere like
herseIf-with a song? The Governor sitting
on the limb-Pshaw. we beg his pardon. The
crow. from her perch, was quite beside herself
With satisfaction at so civil q speech, ana
could by no means refuse compliance Win so
gallant a petition. So she opened her mouth
TO sing when down fell the cheese with nor
rid grating croak, such as crows are In the
habit of uttering. The fox, delighted with the
success of his trick, picked up the cheese Win
a brief comment upon her shocking music, rs
we'll as her vanity, and departed.
The moral every body understands. Inc
strategy employed in the case of the Governor
was a very creditable imitation of the fox;
but then the Governor was no crow. He was
not 10 be had. He contemplated the fiatterer,
sitting in his chair on Capitol Hill, with the
utmost placidity, and when the address was
ended-he turned over another page of the Dis
match, which he had in his hand at the time
crossed his legs and said-Fudge! There
was evidently never a greater mistake than TO
suppose for a moment, that Governor PER-
POINT would run away from the Executive
Mansion, that somebody else might take his
place, merely because the Legislature, eXer-
cising its constitutional authority, elected two
very worthy gentlemen to offices in the base
ment of the Capitol!
The UsurY Laws.