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beauty, when '* unadorned is adorned the most" — a style of speaking 

 admirably adapted to the refined taste of a radical mob, and that style is 

 the captain's. Now then for a specimen. *' I say, captain," cried one 

 of the unwashed to him, under the hustings, whilst undergoing the 

 catechising which those gentry are now prone to inflict on all such as 

 solicit the honour of representing them in a certain place ; " How do you 



mean to vote about the bishops?" ''Hold your tongue, you ," 



roared the captain, *' what do you know about bishops?" *' I say, cap- 

 tain," bawled another of the unclean ; " are you for annual elections ?" 

 a No — you d — d fool," replied the captain, *' nor would you be for them, 

 if you had to pay for them'' Now, if not the honesty, there is the 

 bluntness of the sailor in both these replies ; and, strange to say, the 

 rhetoric of a Cicero would have no chance against such eloquence as 

 this, with the class of persons to whom it was addressed. Indeed, the 

 captain himself furnishes the proof, forasmuch as he is popular amongst 

 the OL TToWoLj and, I am told, has a peculiar manner of initiating himself 

 into their favour. For example : Suppose he wanted one of his consti- 

 tuents to open a gate for him, or hold his horse, he would address him 

 thus : — '' Come here, you ten-pound radical rascal, and open this gate." 

 All this appears strange at first sight, but unaccountable as it may 

 seem to be, there is something in it that takes^ and I can produce a 

 striking instance of its persuasive power. A few years back, a 

 common sailor brought an action (at Lancaster, I beheve,) against 

 a captain of a merchant-ship, for ill usage on the voyage, when, on its 

 appearing to have been the second time of his having subjected himself 

 to it, he was naturally enough interrogated by the judge as to his reasons 

 for again sailing with such an inhuman captain? " Why, please your 

 honor," said Jack, '' I warn't for sailing with him again, but I couldn't^ 

 help it; the captain had such iuimii?ig ways with him.'' ** Winning 



