The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-03
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ciafinE it's weFthlcsSnez, are hy tbsusanas lesiag each other ffem tAs path sf It's ssncea s,sansssns, to rsske room for themselves, each slbowing wi:h aiI his mighfto get enc step beyond his RsighboF It s nmassng fer dlsntrFesasd observer to lock al the tanuh which this dizssns aSlscs ss ambition prsdacss distant. hesause lisa al the assmisutisa sf Amhtisns journey.
 :. Man never <. bat always b G bsest g Ia the acquisition of hsnors. The experience ia like Isaruing; as yoa proceed. P m @ hills Eesnt eeE hills. sad Alps oa Alps asisss' and when 6 sammit is Galsed whsEsen hssehaFmsr seemed to sis, bshald R sii apsa She peak above. IL is mistaken idea of the Esai oomPssisEsn and character Cf greatness, which psodueea al this ha bub Men generally suppose that il consists In tho poa~sspsen of powsss asd tho waiww ef ts EresswEs Is increased in the same ratio that that power be- comes absolute. Never was . conclusion wider sf the mark. So little has tree greatness ta do with power, that when just appreciation pef,says its charming character, the gOrgon head sf power is never seen in the picture
 A ssccessful cenqseror is apssbeostzed; bis name is gsrsshsd with the tile GnEAT: and history, witf is careless, and often lying pea, writes hm model fer succeeding generals or rulers Let as examine hts greatness by removing the dazziing mask of glory. Has he led forth legions and deiaged kiag dom in bleod' Have his victories produced the dreadful frsitage of widowhood aad srPhaaage all over the lAndl Hath he stripped the hiliA sf their vines, and the valleys of their cora: applied the torch to beaatfa eisus, end depopaiated whole provinces7 The landing courier, whether minister or historian exuting afms fl, and tells you, there k greatnses. Aye, that man is great indeed. He Is great robbber, great murderer. great eP- pressor of the widow and the ofphan'
 4 monarch npon his throne. with Awning syco- phants at bis feet--a nabob of wsalth rolling ia uxury. aud famed by trembling slaves. holding, perchance. petty scePtre. ncarnndiaed with the the blood of innocence and cursed hy the wailings oi the oppressed-these are few of the leading features of the colossal idol before whose altar man kind are lowing. Iii fiery Moioch, eonsn ming whole hecaiombs Of victims with every cycle of the year
 TRrE GREATNESS is not so distant, nor so hardly sttsinsd, is generally imagined. IL does not sist in tine light of armsin riches aloae-iu power to eppress-in Xili to command and execute--in the noisy fame Of the worlds brswling adalation, but in the quiet but god-ke labor of elevating ths moral and social condition of man. and in training hiH fer life, compared to which the present is hut genius which has caused meu to conceive and exc enis great eonGuesss, could have attended them in other arenas of action, such as those iH which a Howard ant Wilberforce labored and became great indeed, how rnDch more glorious would appear thai hAlo which now eneircles their heads. and much holier would be the voice Of blessing and thanks giv :ng, than the mere music of the worlds wild huzzas. He who stands up fearlessly against . great social evil and attacks manfaly he fortresses of until the evil is subdnsd and the fortress demolished, Is greater leTo thau he who led hi. egions across the RaslcsA. and thundersd at the gutes of Rome. The former lives in the recoliec. tiens of the jas while the latter is as Pope said o Cromwell,
 |" Damned 10 everlasting fan,e.'
 The greatness of phiIauthrorist wiil survive the decay of the cypress and the marble. while the honor of the titled sovereign Is ransitOry. Let glance at some examples furnished by history. VO'tsire, in cse of his plays, mentions the fac, that eight strangers met at inn with not sufcien cash among them all to pay their fare. and aftei some li.tIe conversation 1t turned out that the were all dethroaed aeaarchs. il a reference |, a literal fac, when the play written. for ther, were eight dethrOned sOvereigns ia Europe at tha tine.
 ha rf r ko. ing been dePosed by his son. and Imprisoned escaped aud made application to the Bishop of Spires |, grant him lay prebend ia the church. Ths wa refused him, and he died miseraby Poer at Liege. Mary of Medieis. widow Of Hsnry the Great, O France, mother of one sovereign, cad mother-in law ef three, and regent of Fraace, frequent, wanted the s~csssaries of ifs and died in great dis womsn in Europe.
 In 1895, Antonio, King Of Portugal. died at Paris there hs had resided ssF sss1sssiae in poverty s1, ebScurity, accompanied by one servant who wa Don Diego Boihier, one of the arst granSees 0 Spain. sad descended from the ancient kings O Bohemia.
 Hume tells us of singular ease of royal distress 4 oe saNs toAt Sno Rurro Vt AshAfdbos NAAn nr son Charles, had moderate pension assigned them bu. il was 10 iii paid aud her credit SC isw tha one morang. when the Cardinal 1e Retz waited oI her, she informed him ths. her daughter Hsnrssti' obliged te lie aseS for want of fire to warm her To saeh a condition was reduced, in the midst 0 Paris, Queen of England and daughter of Heurl " of Franee"'
 We could give more examples of the fall ef great ness while waking the dangerous sillss of power but these may sutiee. We beseech the young t' turn theiF eyes elsewhere thaa to power and posnp. q see trae greatness; and # they themselves woo' Dc truly great arrive to bs truly good. This is tn grand basis, sad no esAer isaBdaiien is siasie strive diligensIy 'e schsol ycar thoagAts ths yoar aspirations say issa ysV 50 say :rsssfsssy :s yoa wish ss be-
 {" Great. not like Casar, stained with blood Bat suly great as asn good"