The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-23

lurking and sk1lking about. as IL watch
ing an opportunity 10 pick somebody's
pocket. Al dinner party he passed fnr
q fool. lie slipped ths dishes near him
sheiheT he liked Ihem or not: drank
whenever he wss asked. because he was
AFRAID is refuse; took every one far great
nan Who staggered and talked large; and
made enemies nf people BY keeping away
from them as IL he meant Co slight them.
The idea Of being introduced 10 any one
put him in le;eT: and being called once
~ witness IN court oi justice. he siam
mered. eonlradicled himself, aud made
such Piere Of Ork o: il. that his friend
lost his cause. because the jury tid not be-
lieve lac t,ld the truth. Some think him
proud; Others affected: others aEislocralic
in the choice Of his aeqn ainianees: oilirIs
that ne is tickle, and takes offence Easily;
Others that he is sly; others that he is a
fool; and all because he il afflicted with
the unmeaning disease called mndesly-
which he has heard praised lill he thinks
Il virtue, and which prere:.is the man
from showing The man as he il. The
truth j.. his nature is, in some degree,
weak! AID he has also fallen into a mr,s-
physical error. In very proper dislike
10 im?uaence, he has fallen into the
Opposite falling Of modesiy. One is
certlinly forever lauded; the other con-
hemned. But contend that one i sboui
Ms undesirable as the other. The world.
taken as an individual. is cunning. II
praises modesiy, Why' So that il can
have its will; so that il can choose The
best Of every thing. So that We poor
devils. who allow ourselves to be taken
in by its interested enlogies. may stand
oul Of the way; may offer il our tribute;
may bring with IL our 1.-THE pigs; may
let il play the prince. and sleep while
we work. The world is an old fox
Out upon il! | am its equal. | am
as good as il any day. ! go by the law.
| have a right to my dinner. | cane
here upon the earth TO eat, and drink,
and sleep. and enjoy myself as we'll as
other people. lend nobody my umhrel-
Ia. give no steamboat man my place
at the breakfast table! | DO not blush
beneath the gsz. oil any one. Who are
other people-ihe very best of them!
Pooh! for other peoplr! Have they mo-
ney. rank. family! SD have !. Or, il |
have not, its no fault OF mine! Who are
your great authors and orators! your
statesmen and rich merchants. your
generals and great personages' Who are
they, after all, Were they not born of
Adam! Does nature care fur them! Don't
the sea spit in their worships' faces'
Don'l The cholera carry them of! Does
the tonthache beg their pardon and call
next door al the shoemaker's! What 10
the world! Beshrew il! A fddleslick
for il! | snap my finger under its nose.
let il strut-who cares! Who'll strut
hundred years hence! Shall I be con-
founded-shaIl be pu. GU. Of counsen-
ance--shall bow and blush and s.smmer.
and lose INV self respect, and forget my
identity. and strike NV c0lurs, and sur
render my fortress. a, the sight Of a hand
ful of dirt and ashes-kneaded up ever
so cunninsly. tucked on, in gold leaf and
briph, stones, with feather stuck in its
hat! Is i, a millionaire! Is il a politician!
Is il a prince! Is il a soldier! Or is it a
great or even a good man who expects me
TO get out Of his way! TO give him my
seat in the steamboat! TO lend him my
umbrella, By our common father. Adam.
he must not think Of il. lie does not
know me. | am ma,i--an honest man.
Sheath! VIVA, is there better any where!
know what life is. | know where the
good Of i, lies. know where il is hol-
low; where il is fleeing; where il is all
show; all smoke. | know where TO bend
aud 10 do reverence. | know how TO
be modest when alone; modest before
myself; modes. at night under the silent
heavens; modest on the summit OF a
mountain, with plains. rivers. fields, and
towns spread far beneath my feet. am
modes. when | see the eagles cleaVing
through heaven. disappearing from the
earth, aud leaving il in scorn behind. |
am modest when look on the bee at his
patient toll; on the ant working in the
sand. pause and tread aside. respect
those unprelending and honest little crea-
lures. Never have injured one willing
". am modest before an elephant.
whose sagacious silence seems TO say.
" Man. you should be Gagged as | am. IL
Won had your due" ] am modest when
| lind the sweet violet half hidden in The
wood. breathing its lttle perfume upon
the air; or when | walk through the deep
woods, or oFer the broad hills. lying
century after century in the sunshine. /
am modest when calm and unprejudiced
preacher u,lers truth from the holy desk.
/ am modest over The graves Of the young
and The good.
u,belore my co-matss here on earth
before the set OF scrambliag fortune
hunters and mere pleasure seekers. run
ming up and down our streets, traversing