The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-20

OTHER FOLKS.

OTHER FOLKS.
Tie xorld-by which We mean the |,
people in tend not quite Ill oi them,
bot those only who have moi an ideawhIeb
they did not borrow Al secondhand from !,
their nrifhbnS-keeps it.elf in very |
ridiculous lumull Of anxiety, heasiburn-
ings. ieslousies and Temptations. from
mere want &c independence Of thought
and action. We are so hampered by con-
ven,ionalisms, controlled by customs, and
held in bodily lear and mental slavery by
The thought OF !. Other Folks" tha. there
l. hardly an Independent being LEI, uPon
any esrlh--there are few upon the ciyl-
lzed ea,,h. and next 10 none in whst is
called . society.
| Proper respect Cor The opinions Of 9th
ers is not only allowable. but necessary
and commendable: bu, this eternal DIFF
, renee 10 the notions Of those abou, US 10
mere lrlles--,his labor TO destroy every
accidental trace or mark Of individuality
In uas issviss -vrrnUugnt snd sction-'his
continusl consul alton OF " Other Folks,
IN matters purely our own end nobody
; else's 'f,hst bsIharism is Sheridsn's IS
: a. Ridiculous as it is troublesome. Old
. Poor Richard pronounced that il would be
no such tax on the p icket as il rs TO dress,
! If il were not for Tue ey es Of other people;
and the same remark will hold good oil
every thing else, as well as mere costume.
What is tie reason that in all The rage for
}. societies AID associa ions, somebody has
II not started club, the members Of which
e may keep esrh other in counienance, ~
doing their own business, seeking thei
e own innocent pleasure, improving theI
x own minds, dressing their own bodies
d and ealing their own dinners, in their OWL
in way? Such a" Young America" as This
ID would be greater discovery than lha
Mt made by Columbus. .
l. This tyranny OF " Other-foIks.don,'
is has in good sooth become despoilsI
III which noboIy would submit to, II oshe
Folks did not. We met, the other. morn
oi ing, flock Of sheep, IN one of the sleei:
a. The leader Of fashion. keeper Of the con
lie sciences, tegulstor ofthe manners, aud d'
n signstor Of tie path Of the flock, took
ly INTO his sapient sleeps head TO plong
o. though mortar bed; AMI forthwith eve
be ry sheep of the Nhole flock went 'hrors
les the same. Now these sheep were not
od whit more ridiculous in eirpertinac'ou
as copying Of other sheep-ioiSs, than shos
he of VS. are. who would SINCE off our hair
he a solution of squaforus, provided onl
other men-fulks and women folks did s
las aud told us il was the fashion. Grea'
nd absurdi,ies, are done, and have been don
he ever since there was one human ben
IN alive to look another in the face. Gan
I'VE not in these days Of progress have IN
la Young America" established! ..
on, Nine1y i've hundred,hs of our van
felt are purely MISUNDERSTANDING aie o.
lte- tually imposed by /" Other Folks. v
J OF kick up grea, riots and rows. p"l'nc
polemical, social anil mobocrs'ic'', al
bid and beck Of other Fnlks, and all !
inc while SUBMIT, conventional tyranny. a
Mr. shrink and shudder under nyenuonsl'
AN. pionage and Psul-Pry>stl,eness, wh
ION, the slightest exerhon IN the world wol
see give us such taste OF freedom from y
It a social tyranny that We should mol RESI-
lion we go, suri,ii Of true, actual bona
We a l,berty-the permission 10 brs a,he thr'u
wa. our own nostr,ls af'er nur own fashior
.mb There is no need OF being slnguia'
ac- none ofthe aifec,a,ion OF singulariiy-'
YOU as lutte necessity for The ob.r"s'"n
a,er opinion. or the contradiction oil ~
70 Folks" in their peculiar notions, OF
lnad their adherence 10 the customs WI
!, in merge the man into The multlude,
,s,s. sink the individual into The atomic par
o. in q one-colored whole. Let US see Z
g, il large party can be raised. TO m'nd u
are own buslness--how many can be coat
,ir.d if need be. 10 become fools IN their
de way, and consult their own CONT
=, I'M Who knows, when the new "fo
r,,at America gets cleveliy under pTogr