The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-04

your money. Auu GHesip, WIFI b 6llglL moo
+ fflcation, commend to this asprant.
. To Indicate the character OF his contempt
D raries, Mirabeau bestowed upon them com
posite names, as for instance the name b
Grandson Cromwell upon Lafayette. Lik
Moliere, aie prends mon bien on ie Ia trOuve,
and will initiate this practice OF Mirabeau b.
} calling Mr.. Roscoe Conkling
THE PEACOCK SPHINX AsPIRANr-CoNK1rs
, Perhaps In your day, my children. Egyp
will have become az hackneyed to the Ameri
can citizen as is Chaplain Junction to til
London cockney, but In my youth Nil
! voyage was only taken by those who desires
to complete polite education, and for this
passed q winter on the banks of the ancien
river. Nothing In the land OF Thothmes I'm
pressed me more than the Sphinx-its maiesti
) beauty, It's solemn silence silence that seemed
: ever on the point Of breaking into speech o
wonderful import. The experience, Of age
rested on Its awful brow, for 1t had seen th,
and Joseph, Cambyses, Alexander, Cesar
Saraeen, Mameluke, French, English ant
Turk. Even the last and most dire invader
the Jew, falls to disturb Its repose. In llveli
ness OF form and feature Mr.. Conkling re.
sembles this prehistoric statue. "A look OF
profound unfathomable wisdom In the midst
OF silence, q certain II could an / would OK
preston is common to both. Indeed, Mr.
Conklings enemies have not hesitated te
charge him with hypocrisy, as did Fox Lord
Thuriow, because It has not been given t1
mortal man to be as wise as he looks During
the recent contest for the Presidency Mr.
COnkling In his place In the Senate delivered
a very able and statesmanlike speech. by
which was overthrow the pretended right
Of the presiding officer OF the Senate to open
and count the electoral votes. In this, Op-
posed to the majority Of his party, he exhib.
tied courage and patriotism and is s,, entitled ed
has preserved Sphinx-ke silence, though
friends authorized to speak for him assure
the public that he condemns the acts end
methods of the successful candidacy for the
to sink him and his advisers In an ocean Of
infamy. The natural curiosity of the public
mind for information concerning these mat
ters from Mr. GonkliDg'e OWE lips was for a
time stayed by q belief that he was gestating
and would In due course be delivered of q
speech" the greatest effort Of his life"
"She had not lived four months In garrison
when she was seized with frequent qualms
| and retchings: In word, she congratulated
! herself on the symptoms of her own fertility.
/ She knew this was the proper season for vim
dicating her sovereignty, and accordingly
! employed the means which nature had put In
her power There was not rare piece OF
| furniture and apparel for which she did not
| long and exhibited such specimen Of her
| taste and magnificence as afforded specula-
| tion to the whole country. Her pride seemed
now to lose all hereditary respect and prompt
| her to outshine and undervalue the elders of
her family. and she behaved with sort Of
| civil reserve that Implied conscious supe-
| riority. She every day communicated her
| importance to the whole parish. under pre-
tence Of taking the air In her coach. Nor WAS
this an undertaking offended with great diff
Guilty; for all persons whatever capable of
maintaining d certain appearance will be
rated in point of character according to their
own valuation, without subjeeting their pre-
tensions to the smallest doubt or examine
ton. In oil her visits and parties she seized
condition, observing that she was forbid by
her physicians to taste such pickle, and that
such dish was poison to woman In her
way. Meanwhile she happily advanced in her
reckoning, the midwife was In the house, the
gossips were summoned, and the most utter
estfng expectations prevailed; but the symp
toms of labor gradually vanished, and, as the
matrons sagely observed, ''this was no more
than false alarm" And SO OF "the greatest"
effort of Mr.. Conklng's life, although the
usual term Of CESSATION has long passed
The descriptions of Mrs. Trimming, from the
writings OF the ingenious Tobias Smolett, nj.
D., Is quoted because in your time a superior
and refined taste will have probably driven
this author from your libraries.
II the peacock be the emblem Of pride and
vanity, It must be admitted that the bird ID
ever solicitous for the cleanliness of his bril-
liant plumage, and conGeding that his enemies
are Justified in ascribing his qualities to Mr.
Conkling, have always heard and believe
that he Is an upright man who scorns low
mean actions and things. Nor should it be
forgotten that Chatham, the purest, loftiest,
ablest statesman Of England, draped his flan-
nels theatrically, arranged bis curl TO add
increased terror to his frown and practieed
his gestures before Q mirror. Bold and def
ant to foes, Mr. Conkling is devoted aud faith
ful TO friends, Is O ready and effective speaker,
a good lawyer, and has much OF the ability Of
q statesmen. Indeed, | am not DISPOSED to
deny that with his character and acquire
ments ne would make a dignified, worthy
Chief Magistrate; but he Is Of too naughty a
nature to make friends, and therefore not
formidable rival. 1t Is remarkable that Mr..
Conkling has ever been d supporter Of and
apologist for our Rain Coniuror' asprant, |
TO whom In ability, in education, and In capac-
1ty Tor administration he Is as superior as
was PrOspero to Cntibnn.
!, And y now, my sons, go to the region called
IN your time | trust will have become as
mighty" in culture, taste and knowledge of
tho laws OF finance and currency as it is now
weak. From this quarter comes my next
subject
THE AsPIRANT WHO rs THE NEPHEW or HIS
UNCLE-THURNIAN.
The works OF Charles Dickens are So rapdlv
losing their. popularity that before you read
! hese sketches they may be quite forgotten
In one of his early stories "Barnaby Rudge'
appear two characters, old Joe WiIlet and |
his son, young Joe. Old Joe was perhaps the
keeper in all the land. He believed Ia nothing
but his own limited experience secuted the
opinions Of others and was filled with d pro-
found reverence for his own wisdom. After |
young Joe had become a fine, brisk young |
man, having Inherited some brains from his |
mother, the father continued to treat him as
U child, never permitting him to open his
mouth and In every way making his life
burden, and in this way old Joe was abetted
by some miserable parasites who smoked
their pipes In his tap-room. At length, out of |
sheer desperation, young Joe ran away and
enlisted for soldier. Some years elapsed be-
fore he Returned, minus an arm, and old Joe
lied in the vain attempt to understand these
new and singular facts.
or the great Scottish Earldom Of Mar Lord
kaimes said that its origin was lost In the
nists OF antiquity; and SO Of the time Of the
birth OF MI. William Allen, OF Ohio, the uncle"
ii Mr.. Allen q. Thurman. Among other sapi-
ent utterances vouchsafed to his fellow citi-
zens by "old' Mr.. Allen is that of the superior
value OF q corn-stalk currency since known
rs the "Ohio idea IT'S only by comparison
with his venerable uncle that the nephew can