Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-08-08
UNIYERsAL F4ME.
BYy. K. PAULDrNe.


cry distinguished person. that his fame
9s. OF will one day be universal, :, The
mYTiads Of Asia and Africa, with a few
bolitary exceptions, never heard of The
illustFiOus heroes, statesman, poets, and
philosophers Of Europe and vast pOr>
lion Of the latter, are Ignorant of the
very names of the great men Of tie east.
But instead Of an essay, We will give ouE
Teadersa story TO illustrate our mean-
ing. t-t..s Lax -.,. b.. =
Il happened once on a time, that an
Israslite, an Egyptian, a Greek, Turk,
4 Persian, Chinese, Frenchman, an
EOglishman, German, an, Iialisn,- and
an American, mes BY chance alta cara
vaDsarg, somewhere in the east, and be-
Tag all great travellers, speaking many
languages, entered into conversation
win each Oiher. As usual, they all diff
tered in their. estimate Of human happi-
ness; the comparative value Of various
enjoyments Of llfe--snd, above all, in
their own Individual imporla nee. in The
scale ofuations. Each one held up. tis
own country as the acme OF perfection;
and the utmost he would allow tile 9th.
ers, was degree ofmerit exactly coi-
responding with their appr zach towards
the infslIIblc standard ofhs own self i'm.
portsnce. III ~. .,.,. z..s :, -.
The Tsraelites,' said the Jew, swsre
The chosen people; therefore they must
pc the most true and virtuous of man;
kind ''" '''' w. =
The Greeks, exclaimed the Athen.
ian, were the brightest race that e7er
adorned the world. Look at theis laws,
their literature, shd their arts
'Poohr cried the Egyptian, you had
nothing but what stole from us. You
were ignorant barbarians. and SO would
have remained, il your wise men, as you
call them, hsd not come 10 Egypt to learn
their A B CO.
tBy your leave, said the Persian, 'the
natives Of Irak being the most ancient
people OF the earth, must have been the
parents Of all humSn knnwledge.' 'l@
'EIi Yahv quoth the Chinese, 'every
body knows my nation is the most an.
cisnt BY At least forty thousand years,
end that the foreign barbarians derived
allthelr knowledge from them.'
'Mashallah! said the Turk, ID king his
pipe from his mouth 'Mashallah! there
is no religion but that Of Mahomet, and
no knowledge but that Of the Koran The
IsTaelites are tchouiouts,t the Christian,
are dogs, and there is no truth but among
the followers of the Prophet.' {
'PesIc!' cried the Frenchmsn-'there
is nobody knows the true art of living but
the French : q
tThsre Is NO nation whose music is
not intOlerabls, but the Ltalian,' said the
Neapoliian. ... \.
'The Germans are all philosophers,
quolh The native Weimar.
tYss, but England. old FnglaDd,' cri1
ed John Bull 'is the, country for roast
beef and freedom, nobody can deny
that Ea
Il dos exclaimed the Yankee. THE
Americans are the only fee people in the
world ae 5sag, II
.MashslIahl whence did you comet
esked the Turk. ss saal aasra
/. tFrom the New World u, y
q nsyer heard Oft before, said the
Turk.
'Nor Isssid ihe Persian. So
'Nor Issaid the Egyptian
sNoF I said the Chinese. 4 don't be-.
Iieye there Is any such place.' 'e
Nor II said the Turk. There is bu,
one world, one God, and MahOmet is his
pOphel.t y sa@ 1a J5
Bal aparcel Of igpOramusesl' ex>
cldimhd the Yankee. aaa e3 a. aE
As tits impossibIe TO settle the claims
Of nasiOns BY those looEs, generaliiies
the company proceeded to particulars.
each bringing forward the greatest mel
and ateat achievements Of his country
men, in battle array, to support his pre-.
tensions efsuperiOTity. 1898
WAS there ever so wise man as Sol
oman, 10 greet apOet as David, or sC
braves warrior as Joshua, who made
tue sun stand still, or such q prodigy o
learning : as Rabbi Ben Hammeskend
who wrote beyond the comprehension
ofell his readersi' asked the Israe
lite. &
'Didthe world evor prodcne such he
70 as Napoleon, such poet as VOliaire
such tragic writer's as Corneille and Ra
cine, such comic one as Moliere, 9
such dancer De Vsstfise cried III
Ffaachmasl assule gs a'a'
Baks exciaimsd The Englishman. =
sWhst do YOU think Of Wellington, Ne
con, Shakespeare, Bacon, Locke, New
: ton. and ell thar SORT Of thing ?'fs9 sos
They can't hold candle to AFminiu
oF kant, o. Gall, Or Schiller, or Goethe
said the German. Sac tst
Norto Julins Csasar, nor Scipio, NJ
lss nor Cicero, nor . thousand Of