, 1868-02-18

To The Editor of the 'sSt. Croix Avis"
Sir.


Sir.
You are doubtless aware Of the fable of the
Ass, who His Majesty the Lion, No! l mean
His Excellency the Lion, entered into a treaty
with, to bray as loudly as he possibly could,
for the purpose of rousing, by fear, the timid
beasts of the field from their lair to enable
His Excelency the Lion, to destroy such as he
required, and came in his way, to satisfy his
cravings of hunger. You are also doubtless
aware, that the Ass did succeed to a certain
extent in this respect, and, that after His EX-
c~ellency the Lion had satisfied his appetite, the
Ass v%entured to address him thus: how did Your
Excellency like my conduct on this occasion,
did | not acquit myself we'll Ay, replied HIS
ErceUency tie Lion, you acquitted yoarSe5f so
wclk, THAT DID | NOT KNOW YOU WERE AN Ass,
| SHOULD MYSELF HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED.
There are some individuals who are such
sycophants, that they can very properly be
likened to the ASS in the fable; with this diff
ference however, that generally, in their at
tempt to gain applause from their ~superiors for
their conduct, they overreach their own calcu-
lations as no superior could condescend to
be frightened by an ASS, that cas parey Of
las OWn making.
Il have no spur
TO prick the sides Of my intent, but only
TauIttng ambation, which o~verleaps itself,
And falls on the other side"
An article appears in your last "Avis,"
signed go. Krause," which breathes a spirit of
%vulgarism, personality, and s%eryility, unparal-
leled in the columns of your paper. Had the
illusions therein contained, been conveyed in
general terms, they would have been more be-
fitting the spirit Of one, who | suppose would
like to be considered a young gentleman and,
they would perhaps also have called forth a
certain amount of respect, according to the
merits of the several cases. AS the article APP
pears, it stamps the writer as one wh0 has been
trying to qualify himself for the degree of an
A, double S, No! | mean an A., S, S, to min
lister, it may be, to the sentiments of another,
who might himself perceive, that any individual
who could be moulded, to express such unpop-
ular and discreditable opinions, might perhaps
be moulded, for or against, to suit any other
purpose.
Mr.. 30. Krause," in commenting on the
opinions advanced by your correspondents,
against the suit instituted by Government
against you, has qualified them as 'those
worthy craters of the volcanic affections, of
certain strata of this community" For the
present [ shall take no notice of this ampertin-
ent remark, merely observing, that this igno-
rant youth may live to learn and to experience,
that "Mose worthy craterS Of tie ~volcamic qfec-
tioaS, Of certain strata Of this communHy," I'D
nit perhaps Of more extensive ramiications,
than what lie is at present aware of and, that
they are not mistaken in their comparison be-
tween what was asserted by you in your Avis
Nos. 3 and 4, and what is stated in the pamph-
let referred to.
I pray you to enquire of him what kind of
"No. s" I am to "see," to find the article
signed zone of the Liberalists )" as supposing
he alluded to "Avis No. s." I lost no time in
referring thereto, but found no article, with such
a title. l consequently concluded, that like
his deductions in his article in your last "Avis,"
the "No. 81 and Zone of the Liberalists,"
are things which he has himself manufactured
from his own, perhaps, disordered imagination
but which have no tangible existence.