The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-09-14
UNIVERSAL FAME.
BY !. X. PAULDING.

- ses111AAN1s
II is amazing 10 observe how liule
mankind know Of each other, although
he vanity Of hnmsn nature whispers
every distinguished person. lha, his tame
Is, or all oEe day be universal. The my.
RAIDS Of Asia AID Africa. v ilh e few coli.
,ary excspnons, never heard Of The illus.
IrIous heroes, statesmen, poets, and phi
losophers OF EUROPE; and vast portion
of the Inhabl,ants Of the latter. are igno-
rant ol The very names OF The great men
OF the east. But instead OF an essy, we
will give our readers sorry 10 illustrate
our mesning. @+
IL happened once on time. that an Is
rseliie, an Egyp'ain, Greek Turk. a
Persian. a Chinese, a Frenchman, an Eng
ishman, q German, an Italian, and an
American, mel BY chance al caravansa.
~, somewhere in the east, and being al
gre a'trsseliers. speaking many languages.
entered into conEerssIIon with each 9th.
er. As usual, they all differed in their
estimate Of human happiness; The eompa.
rstive value Of the various enjnymen,s oil
If"-,nd above ALL in their own intIvidu.
nj imp france, in the scale Of nations.
Esch one held up his own county as the
acme Of perfection; and the utmost he
would allow The o,hcrs. was degree of
mefi,exsc,ly corresponding Nth their ap
preach towards the inflllble standard of
his own self-inporlsnce.
"The Isla.iies." s,id the Jrw,
"were the chosen people; therefore they
mes, be The most tue and virtuous OF
mankind" s
"The Greeks" exclaimed the A,hen
ian, "were the brightest race that ever
adorned the world. Look at their laws,
their literature, and their ar's."
POOH" cried the Egytain, lyon had
nothing but ~ha, sou stole from us. You
we're ignorant barbsrians. and so would
h we renamed, if your wise men, as you
call them, had not come to Egypttolssr
their A B C."
by your leave" said the Persian,
",he rauses Of Iras being the most an
cienl people Of The earth. mus, have been
The parents Of all human know ledge"
I'll, Yah!" quolh The Chinese, every
body knows my natiun is the mot an.
Client by at has, f"rry thousand years,
and tina, The foreign birbarians derived all
their knowledge from them"
&" Mashallah! said the Turk, taking Ills
pipe from his mouth. +" Mashallah!
there is no religion but that Of Mahomei,
and no knowledge but that Of the Koran.
The I.raeliies are tchoufouts, the Chris
tisns are dogs. and there Is no truth but
among the followers OF the Prophet
"Peste!" cried the Frenchman.-
"ihere is nobody knows the tue art Of
divining but the French"
There is no nation whose music is not
intolerable. bu. The lIalian," said the
Neopol,an. ..
The Germans are all philosophers"
quoth the native of Weimar.
ives, but Eugland." cried John Bull.
ais the country FIR roas, beet and free
dom. nab ,dy eau DENY that"
~ do," exclaimed the Yankee. " The
Americans a The only free people in the
world"
Mashallahl whence did you comet"
asked the TUX.
From the New Word"
al never heard Of it BEFORE" said the
Turk.
"Nnr l." sad The Persian.
/" Nor l." SAID The Egyptian.
"Nof said the Chinese. "l don't
believe there is any such place"
Nor l." said the Turk. "There is
bu, one world. one God. and llahomel
is his prophet"
"What aparc-l Of iguoramuses!" ex-
, claimed The Yankee.