The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-10

altar to which he bends is not the Right,
but Success. Nor does he care how success
is gained, or how unjust its means or wick
ed its ends. lie is as changcablc and as
easily changed ms the weathcr-cock; lie
always hurrahs for the man or side that
wins, or pays, and he is better at counting
noses, than in estimating the value of prin-
ciplc. A genuine toady takes off his hat
to high sounding titles, and grccdily licks
up the spittlc of his heroes, as though IL
were a savory dish. lie worships super
fine broad cloth, but treats with contempt
even good and scrviccablc homcspun. He
cringcs to silk and satin, but his expressive
nose shows his estimation of six penny
calico. With right loyal heart he wor-
ships the great mans money bags, and pro-
foundly vcncratcs the iron safe that holds
at the stupid jokes of his idol, and in all
fidelity, sncc2es with vigorous industry
every time his lord and master takes his
snuff He waits to receive his opinions
from his master, as obsequiously as the
slave ever waited and watched to hear the
will and do the bidding of his owner.
The genuine toady is far from being a
modest man. He can obtrude himself even
into very respectable positions. lie may,
possibly. get into the pulpit, into the
" high toned social circle, into Congress,
and even, greatest proclamation of all, -
into the editorial sanctum. As such, he
always follows, (unlcSs he makes Il mistake
of Judgment the strongest party, for he
can, by turns, and with equal sincerity,
worship at all affairs and advocate all
crceds.
Mahomct who seems to have had some
very correct ideas of natural and divine
justice, found it important to arrange in
his creed for different degrees of punish
ment, suited to the different degrees OF
moral turpitude in the wicked His seventh
and lowest, foulest, hottest hell. he appro-
pratcd to the punishment of the hypocritcs
of all nations, ages and religions. The
Great Teacher placed hypocritcs, in n con-
spcuous position in his catalogue of in
famous, hell deserving wretches. But
while no human being should assume to
throw the bolts Of heaven every one of us
should so far condemn the miserable toady,
as to keep clear of his dcfiemcnts. Toady.
ism is disgrace to human nature, and nc
man who has particle of self-respect, will
delilc himself with its disgusting slime.
That man alone is really manly, who fol
lows the lcadngs of his own convictions.
gives honor where it is due, and acts indie.
pendcntly and honestly, whether he pleases
or displeascs the self constituted guardians
of his opinions.
The days in which we live, are noted foi
a strong tendency to toadyism An arts
tocracy of wealth, assuming in our own
country, gigantic proportons-in the alb
scnce, often, of real personal merit, which
naturally invites and secures respect and
honor-is mainly kept in countenance by
the servility of toadies, who fawn on the
lucky ones, that thrift may follow fawn
ing Old fashioned honesty and indcpcn
dencc seem to be passing away, and, unless
this tendency is arrested, republican prin-
ciplcs will he lost and there will soon bt
but one fortune for the common people
and that is to be, to the uppcrtcndom
"hewers of wood and carriers of water
Most truly aas the poet said,
"Ill fares the land, to gathering woes prey,
Where wealth increases and where men decay. >
And the toady is Il fearful example of tina,
decay. Ali history teaches that there is
more than one form of slavery The
slavery of the soul is more degrading to the
enslaved, than that of the body. There is
no good reason why one human being
made in Gods image, should mcanly cringc
to, or abjectly stand in awe of, another
just such being as is himself "All men
are created free and equal" and he is, OF
all men, the meancst, who surrenders, in
vile toadyism, his God-given birth-right tc
another and he is, of all tyrants, the most
tyranical, who demands from another man
his equal brother, that homage which be
longs in right only TO that God who has
made of one blood all nations of men, tc
dwell on all the face of the earth"