The retail politician's anxious thought Deems this side always right, and that stark nought; He foams with censure; with applause he raves-- A dupe to rumours, and a tool of knaves; He'll want no type his weakness to proclaim, While such a thing as fools-cap has a name.
Franklin critiques the fickleness of politicians and their susceptibility to public opinion.
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