HUMAN NATUR.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 6 April 1875, Page 2

HUMAN NATUR.

For art may err, but nature cannot miss. —Shakespeare. The strife is o'er. The Mayor's brow is bound with a victorious wreath, and [ Mr Eowe is 53 rote* (practically) a worse man than his late antagonist. The result of this election is just what I prognosticated, though I may have had my misgivings that some opposition sprite more potent than mygelf would lend his aid in pulling Billy through. His surroundings killed him — politically; that child of a wayward nature, the Manikin, was found as usual to be powerless for good, while his appearance as a part; of any candidate's retinue was calculated to hare a very injurious effect upon the character of his master ; and the more so as it is known to many, who like myself are fond of picking up " unconsidered trifles"-— not pecuniary trifles—that the Manikin's sole ambition some time since was to have an opportunity of putting it in for Mr Win. Eowe, to use the Manikin's peculiar »tyle of phraseology! There are other birds of a similar feather, but the Manikin is a salaried aide, and I therefore give him the preference of special mention. May he receivd his emolument, and may it grow like tne penny of the honest boy in fable history. Mr Eowe has been defeated, but that does not imply that the ablest man has won the victory. Mr Davies has not a tithe of the ability of Billy, and if Mr Davies has got such an uncommon amount of that common seme he speaks of, he will be perfectly aware of this fa ct himself. The election has taught a lesson, which it is to be hoped will be taken advantage of by Mr Eowe, wljo has the opportunity now to' retrieve the position which ho has lost through his own neglect of his personal character. That's what's the matter. When respect is wanting, money is as worthless as chaff. Therefore,; Billy, let me conjure you to amend, and cast off the miserable varlets who hang about your skirts like vultures o'er the carcase of the slaia. They impede your steps, Billy. Therefore kick them out of the way. There is yet another piece of advice I would offer to Mr Wm. Eowe, learn to take a beating. Never abuse men of whom you may have to expect someting in a twelvemonth— Let us be patient, these severe afflictions not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benediction assumes this, dark disguise.

Better men have been . defeated by greater odds. Those who voted against Mr Eowe voted for Mr Davies not because they saw in that excellent tradesman any feature which would render him conspicuous anywhere, but because (while he can exercise the virtue of silent voting) he has, according to popular fancy, maintained a good character. For myself I confess that the termination of this election contest has induced me to love not Mayor the less, but Billy more ; and I shall be prepared to see him in the state of mind felt by King Richard on recovering his spirits—that is, Billy will be himself again—when he cuts off his tail. I hear that the Manikin has expressed himself wrathfully concerning Puck, on account of what Puck has said. Well, amieus Plato, Amicus Socrates, sed magis arnica veritas. Puck.