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Yoj.TTMH XIII
DESULTORY.
{The following piece h from the
* Light* House f a Kentucky dem
ocratic paper edited by Dr Hunn.
KENTUCKY El.iC. nONEERING.
Mr. Editor— Some time ago I
ad in j ii .wfpaptr, that in a ton-
about America, the Arch
Conqueror Bonaparte fiiould have
laid —“ The Rcprcientative system
L.ftroys itfelf.” If it had been a
common man that said so, ! would
have considered the thing as an ef
tufion of Grog but as the expref
'ion came from a man, who can
jut-conquer Alexander, and out
trick old Kick, it (truck me forci
bly that there mult be something
behind it. Therefore, I could
not forget the sentence, though I
could not catch at the how ? and
Thy ? of it—-Long and in vain I
bothered my head v.ith it, till at
iaft—and it was at a late ele&ion
in Kentucky, feeing how things
went on. I (tumbled at once up.
on the key of the riddle— The art
.f electioneering ’nil! be brought to
“ich at: abominable perfection . that
none but the most worthless will any
more offer to give his vote from fear
■if loosing his property or character—
or as the phrase is , risking his popu
larity POPULARITY, POPU-
L ’RI i’Y i Nothing but POPU
LARITY! It Rands at the head
of every virtue and every reward.
It a Juflice of the Peace takes
care always to fhupo his judgments
so as to ple .fe thole that can bring
a parcel of votes into the held of
battle, “ he is f:\fi gaining popular
ity.” He may oinr anJ ‘-v.il!
ft.ind a good poll.” If a captain of
the militia treats Lis company at
melder with v.Yiikey inltead of ex
srciltf, and takes care to cross none
-f liepoiTibly can get over it, or on
y fitch as arc too poor (jr too dumb
to command votes, he is ‘‘gaining
p pularity.” If a dofitor is care,
fu! to charge those wealthy ftand
urds of families, that can bring hun
dreds of votes i:i their trail, or what
‘means here the fame thing, iyfhscn
tial. ht.racb.-ronly half price, and
to take “ his cwr” again from the
K’i, laborii . , ko.n.ft, but uncon.
and plough’.'.at:, 1: • will b • elett
. i whenever he vkafes—-Ifa man
\ no is already blefikd with influ
ence tli.cs care to have his clrll
itv:: t .u:ri‘ and in other “ iunuentiat”
iar-ilits, that vote “cn ncrseT his
yoi ulr. ity v'll bo enormor.c—he
. ;y (it up fur King, and ire wilt
‘go,” if tvcti be flrould be the
•ni.:: licrnrioas villi .u t.:i earth.—
L on the oth.: band, a mamftrute
dot.- c his duty, he L
•rcrtai.hy the “ :noit unpopular char
t'd c\r in the country.” If a mer
r: an*, finds it miflury to put hi ..:-
. * - io into he ianus o 1 a 1 i..
i<r collection, agait.il: one or two
.1 >w peymaiL:';, which have g"c ■
~n ll ) coij . . e ■■ .. r■ e v * .i fi ii . s
udd that i*.c 1 ... loft popular;tv in
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M ON! T OR.
PUBLISHED (weekly) BY DAVID I'. IIILLIIOUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.) —S ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1813.
word “ popularity,” by that “ inufii
room popu’arity which is gained
without one viitue, and loft with
out a fault.” If a candidate will
nut follow the laws of the election
eering system, that is, if he nukes
himlelf not uttetiy contemptible in
the eyes of every honest man, it is
a mericleif he be elected.
Let us follow one of those vote
hunters in his electioneering career!
When by such means as have
b-’en mentioned above, a gentleman
has at Lift made hi infill lo tar pop
ular, as to venture upon offering
for the legislature, he then frequents
(a thing which perhaps he never
done before) ‘he meeting houses.
Devoutly he enters among the con*
gregation. If it be a Baptist meet
ing, he by no means fails to declare
to the elder, or t ; the preacher,
that he has not a moments doubt
their mode of baptif.ng is the moll
ancient and evangelical lie will
Lint broadly, that Lis lady lias > ver
had a great predilection for that
profeflion, and declares, that if she
lhould defirc to be immersed in the
Jordan, he neither could nor would
have the least objection. Next
Sunday he joins a IT\ fbyterian Sac
rament as devoutly as before, and
declares himfelf fi tutted with the
corredtnefs of their mode oi wer
fhip, and principally with thefupe
riority of their preachers, they be
ing men of learning and clalfical
education.
After this, he as if were acciden
tally enters a inethodift congrega
tion, and all but—fullers hitpfilf to
be converted by the “ powers”
elicit- and by their wonder-working
preachers. His very next trip is to
the—tavern. Here he meets hi
‘•friends, ids r.ighbors, all very
worthy nil-, gentlemen—well met.”
He finds the whilkev to liave “a
twang” and mi!- tor a how! of ice
punch. Round goes the toast
Here it g<esi For Squire X!
Jly vote i his at the ntxt election !
“And mine!” “And mine!”
re-echoed through the room.—
Now his arms thrown “round hi;
tipfev friends,” he takes a ch: w oi’
one, and lends hi: pipe to another.
Home he fiag-;:rs cuncious to have
done a good days work for his elec
tion—Next h j frequents the log.
rolling?, loui'.Tcl hunts, (hooting
matches, v:. Th--re his firft step
is info the After joking
fret ly vsit; the oi l maids at the
firft place, he informs the miftrels
of the house. that hi ; wife will fend
lame rave pickle*; tor the dinner.
Gut he launch*: -then to join the
men. Hera he (con causes the li
quor to l • consumed, and “ loth
•o qu;t luck exce i.t.t company,”
1 i,;s for Tome “good old Ilyfon”
t. . m his house—Then he rides to
r urt, one of ti e cheapelt markets
f vote?. But his exploits there
wifi be bed: il/.iftrafed by a little
iiory wk; h I riylel: v. itneiT.d.
(1 .T G. ): ! ctiered for congref
ami was eb. :..Tt! .:n:* at court.—
An old hu.nl;!e i.ut wife Dutch.
nr;n kappa:: and t hav- Lv*u drag
g'd *.; . t TANARUS”
vis much thought of by his neigh
bor: and combquaitly the Cos!, fitii
ing for vot s, ran across the street
to meet hiis , and with both hands
ftrtNhcd out, exclaimed, “ How
do you do Mr. iv.vankenburger i——
How have you been Mr SwaukeQ*
bur*'er ? You look as ii you nev
er would get old. How is :he oid
lady Mrs. Swankenburgtr r I in
tended to call at your houle com
ing up to couit, purposely to Tee
Mr;;. Swankenbyrger: 1 had un
derliood, the good old lady Wai
much alllicled with the rh- uinati!in
—but I was taken Ly my friends
tlu- otlicr load—l am glad my wor
thy old friend to fee you here so
well! If it is in tny power to serve
you, fiy ft !”
“K.dvry, I.o’vvay, Lo’wa) !”
(exclaimed the patriotic Dutch
man) “koVay! are elec
tioneering a’nt you i —l haiv Teen
nnd met you a hundred times be
fore now and you would x 4 ot notke
me more than a (habby dog ! 13ft
now a'i ar once it is, “ How do you
do Mr. fiwankenburger! How is
your lady Mr. Swankenburger!—
Nil tny wife is as clear of the I\ iieu
matifin as a Jay bird. KoVay.—
Y’ u (hall have none of tny votes.”
Thus cur “ great men” fit ft eater
the lower hnuie, then the fen ate,
thm they travel to Wafliington tc
make Peace and War for us.
Bonaparte it L be a fcoundrd,
is certainly a knowing one. Ihe
representative fyilem wiil bed.firoy
ed by electioneering , if the people
do not (hortly p.ut a flop to it.—
“ I'or a people wanting to iltem-
Telvcs there is no remedy.”
OPUR.
The famous Indian warn >i Split
. • fi rved as a volunteer on board
t:u Detroit, and Walk in the-Water
a died as captain of marines on board
tlic Queen Charlotte in the iatc
brush witlt romtnodore Plrry.—
Split l: ‘ was killed by Splinters from
the main malt, behind which he
endeavored to tret himfelf. IVsilk
in!!:: 1 Safer jumped overboard as
the Niagara bore down upon them,
r,:.d tried to tvalk it: the-ivaicr to
Malden: with v.hat success has
not tranfpiied; but as tlje a£Hon
took place feme miles from Put in.
Hay it L conjectured this cmplr.i i
nts chieftain before he reached
the fhorc and walked under the wa
ter to immortality. Dtmo. Press.
It is doubted whether Sir James
To is of the true marint o breed.
If the British ?e: is kept iong
pent: .1 up, he [rn Irish ra:] will
certainly get the to!.
The Biitifh, we find, do not el
ifh out Pi. fry ; we cameftly hope
that they may l<..*on have an oppor
tunity of trying cur Porter. Ibid.
Or. Plaster 2 . Is giving lessens te
Cfutncey.
■ To ir.ftruCf bow to rule,
T ic 4 took Isaac to fchoo!,’
And lure never a lad could*learn
• In a fortnight or To, (Lifter :
* Bv tl;e Tail of i eo %
T T t"! ‘ rn’l ‘.wr of—fi.ocing
[Lis master 1
[Payable half yearly.
{ NuMItER 665.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Nlw-York, O£lobcr ]£.
kite editors ol the New-York
Gazette have received by the Gan
ges, arrived at Newport, a file of
Lipjon papers to the i 7th of Au
gust, giving a detailed account of
the late battles between the allies ho
the Fiench army under Souls, &c.
“ The French loss (fay the Lis
bon Gazettes <.;( the !7th and i.sth
August,) in the actions from ‘2.sth
July to the 2d of August, exceeded
*o,(x>o men.
“ The following is the official re
turn of the killed, wounded and
mining of the allied army, in the
feverul afilohs from the i.Jtb. July
to the 2d of August :
killed wounded niifting
British, 540 3510 500
Portuguese, .322 1817 201
Spaniards, 26 167 11
“ Total lols of the allied army
in the diftbrent actions 7,!<*OT
“Among the officers who were
wounded arc Generals Crawford*
Stewart, Gordon, Adi. Gen. Ma
ters, and Major-General Paik ”
In a letter from an old friend,
dared Lisbon, August 18th, we find
the following poftfeript:
“ The reports of to day are, that
Lord Wellington has received ad
vices of the armistice in the noi rh,
being broke up. is advancing into
France; and that he has left St.
Scbaftians and Pampaluna in liL
rear blockaded, and not besieged.
Other reports mention, that both
places have Turn nuered ; but no re
liance can be placed on cither.”
Another letter from Lift; n to
liie editors Rates, that “tlu. Brig
Hepfa, Bailey, of New Yoik, is
condemned, at Gibraltar for a vio
lation of the blockade cl New-
York.
J. ar .'h; vs Ing. —We (fated, a
few days ago, on the authority of
a Northern print, that the brig Ar
gus u ; as 840 tons burthen, and of
course much inferior in iize to th-
Pelican, the Britiih veflll which
captured her. We now learn, from
ind.Tputableauthority. that the bur
then of the Argus was only 298
tens and a fraciion, much less than
we had fjppofed. And yet, much
exultation was displayed in England
on her capture, and the command
er of the i'.ikrr.Tj was promoted on
the ft; ezgth of that achievement.
Such is the character our tars have
attained, among Englishmen, that
no honors are too great for him
who can catch a few of them.
National Intelligencer
The United States brig Enter
prilc Tailed from Portland or: Ti;rrf
day, the 7th ir;ft.—and tin. brig
Rattiefnake from Portfraouth on
Monday last, on a cruise.
[ 1 he Rattltlnakc had been pre
vieufiy challenged by the Britiih
Li ig Young Emulous (late the US,
bug Nautillus) and lias gone to give
the battle. God .'ire the Rattln-.
igf:? >. fib* ■