Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-11-21

;. weak points of human character with caust
but good humored pens witness tho following
which has hit or two for Us oil around (exceE
the Printer, who q they have nOushs to be psou
Of ere Of course exempt from that faiingD
. PRIDE.
There is vast deal OF many kinds o
pride in this world. which seems TO grow
spontaneously, and to gain upon the wor
'hv Efforts OF the humbly inclined 10 put i
down. Ii has been preached against
time out OF mind. but the preaching has
been attended ~ith Indifferent success. L
seems as though some people couldu'; helf
being proud-:hey take to il as naturally
ae some folks taketo drink. Some imbbe
the subtle passion from their loving moth
ers in their earliest days, their very sus-
tenance is spiced with it, and their veins
swell big with the poison. which increases
with their growth. A a general thing. we
hate proud man. and we don', think him
entitled to any geniIer regard from the
world at large. for. 10 our notion. no mon
has right to be proud Of anything in this
world, unless ii be. ez groiia, handsome
daughter. But We see men, every day.
proud Of lriAss; and we SEQ many sorts Of
pride.
"a pride there is Of rsnk-a pride OF birth,
A PRIDE Of learning. and pride Of purse
A spiritual pride-in short there be on earth
4 host Of Prides, some better, and some WORSE"
There are, even ia this great democratic
country.a pride of rank. and pride Of birth.
Auli-repubI,can as j. may seem in land
where all men are acknowledged to be free
and equal, and the women, too, there are
those and plenty Of them, who could be
looked upon as the
Exclusive lords
OF this worlds arissocracy,"
men who perhaps were isugh, 90 to feel in
their early youth, whose arisiocrstic moth.
ers perhaps gave them lessons in lordly
sw0ggering with their earlies, trowsers.
Sume happen to be descended from hon.
orable men Of olden times, aud Of this they
are proud TO degree. 1t is true, that
Large streams from little fountains aow,"
and, that
Tall oaks from little acorns grow;''
but the converse is no less true. that
10 vast bills some "small potatoes" grow;
and the Interference s,that man who 10 90
small that he has nothing else to be
proud Of but his ancestry.is but q poor shoot.
of whom the old stock would never have
been proud. Some are descended from the
Revolutionary heroes" IL their grandla.
theirs were generals or colonels. they them
selves are looked to with respect, and their
ancestors names are sounded loud in eve.
~ fourth OF July Grafton, whilst the descen.
dan, ol the humble private soldier hears no
echo Of his ancestors fame, and gets no
credi, for being descended from honorable
men.
There are men in our own community
whose ancestors were fortunate enough 10
possess many broad acres Of the virgin
soil Of this valley. Wyoming Valley
par excellence "The Valiey"-is classic
ground /: in fact, il is The only truly classic
DIRT yet discovered this side Of Italy though
perhaps the former proprietors had not
found i, om neither indeed did the old
Romans consider themselves and Rome
classic in The paimy days when they dined
on peacock,' brains, which seem so classic
o dish to Us. Well some Of the descendants
Of the old proprietors Of W yoming consider
classic. too. They look upon
as hereditary sons Of the sod,
inheri,ing their honorable fathers virtues
as well as their acres, and therefore, with
the consequential air Of family grocer
when butter is dear and "eggs 10 eggs,"
they move about the world for the vulgar
to gaze At; honorable. because their lands
would sell high; and pairieians by birth
not born in Rome, but 10 the next beat and
only other classic place under heaven.
And these ore proud. Having sprung from
such pure "Auic soil" they look upon the
rest Of mankind as poor elOds, fit for moth.
ing better than plain ungiazed earthenware.
There are many who are proud Of their
learning. We see il in the old and the
young. among both men and women; and
a mos, ridiculous pride it is. We see il in
the old learned lawyer, whose wise head is
fortified by spectacIes, and the gray-haired
experience ofmany years. anj who quibbles
and quirks with the honorable Court and
his brethren al The bar, with loud voice
and pcrcmptory tone. which frighten the
iimid, and perhaps cause the sacrifice Of
justice to impudence and all 10 gain the
admiration of the crowd. We see j, in the
youno ou;bhler. who talks by the hour ab