The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-07-27

4 8H Nhttf ttFAt %t'tt't '''"f
alive. aad a personal observer of our
Institutions. might learn many ne"
nodes ofmtdguc. by watching closely (
Town elections. and tbcmcans by which /.
ambitious individuals attain or attempt +
BE- attain the houors Of town office /
..Wire pulling as it is called, is here /
carried 10 perfection, aud Yankee 10.
gcnuity mvcuts even more sklllml
than are be seen in the
shrewdcst political rings Of our Tam
many cities
There are in almost all small coun-
try towns some few individuals known
as office seeiers men, who to he clothed
in a little brief authority" will sacri
fec the greater part Of their indi-
vidual honor, and endure, Q great
deal Of adverse criticism who, like
Cgsar, would rather be first in a little
village than second in Rome. The
novelists have not we believe, skctchcd
This character, and yet he has traits pc
culiar to himself. such as distinguish
him from an other men and it is not to
be supposed that he would not be a
recognizable. and indeed, familiar per-
sonagc in fiction, as familiar as we inn
aginc the village politician in Irving s
Rracebridgo Hall or the gossips IN
"School for Scandal II may be said
10 the credit Of many respectable
towns, that they divide their honora
among those who are sensible enough
10 care little for them; and it happens,
very many times that the genuine Of
/ fce seeker is signaIly unsuccessful N
lhis attempts 10 obtain tho crown
/ Most men like the praise Of their iel
lows but It's left for this yotary Of am
Ibition 70 view the position oflister Of
town clerk, as equal to that Of Prime
/ Minister and second only TO Justice o
tie Peace, Soloctman, Or President o
1.-The United States. II by dint Of mucl
clectioncoring, and "horse shedding
he gets the phi, ilege Of keeping tb
records" or some other equal privilege
he feels like Falstalf when repre-
senting the King before Prince Hal
as If he were in reality his majesty hin
self.
For any petty Office he viii do til
most seryile things. Seruae seems
3 good word in this connection Ho'
scrvile must be a life, which is dopel
g dent upon the caprice Of the great III
/. washed" for that honor which is prett
I generally admitted 10 be somcwh
cphemeral. What serylity must thel
be IN that life whieh consists in grei
measure 10 running from one pcrse
7 to another soliciting votes which :
S coguizcs as the FIRST principle Of j
/ action, Scratch my back and /
a scratch yours,
!, This lasth has become a very iamili
o phrase. Indeed few in the Taste
B: states ever think Of the confirmed ,
o fec seeker, without this being su
/, rucstel Ia their miuds This is o
o VI the few sayings that comprehend
.e vast deal, aud is therefore, popular.
=; has AZ the same time always been ]
y marked that when the return scra'
Il viii not accommodate him who prer
b. ses il, and when the popular party w
e not stand by and encourage the ope
at ton the Office seeker seldom fuldls
"a promise
n- Ofall occupations, that Of elect,
II. eeHng fer oneself must be the III.
Sc pleasant The personal inteNic
which the political aspiraHt has "
q various people mus, afford a funiof
81 frcshiug remembrance fer after yea
al It's said that Lord Loughbor0a
au remarked that at ono period Of his
4 hc hal rather i sis pocket be-
~ thaa De refused a bow bat, q ask
b. a.ote. aal t. be refused how ml
20 aQrse aai ii tlc same timo t.
e. obliged - listen to tho reasons I0r 81
at ref sat What d pretty dissection
y. eharactct there .teu j. aPsu such
IL occasion. 0ld esadgos which she
30 Save been buried years before and
" gotten suddenly APP Az and reg
on themselves ID IS bright co,ors a. VI
.ly thsy first lea occasion T. exist
ls these times Language IS aacd sings
ud lr its saxon strength vcy iar
moved fsom the cseminaey y p3lita'
TIC town Office seeker has v
afa n0ie3 faculty u getting Ga 4 irc
,5s vhea such necessity seem g ie
Sos plrent. enenpl.siag the saying
an tfibated @ celebrated British .
iFl tieian that friendship 9 good BE
gen coat iH rainy day. tut ia summer
md uao1uto,tahlc l. short, vheae'