The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-19

en-, continue Ia breath freely leaving il
20 tc determined hercaf,cr---h the matter
,hoald lie deemed II suf.cicn; Importance
---vhe;hcr We mc guilty Of ungcn,le.
manly and di~ourtcous trcaimen, Of the
gentleman or It's, he is mel IoS~es scd 81
.ha, innate i,celes'y pa universally award
ii h. hin that suo.los'y which ever snd
always characterize, aud gives dignity TO
true mcri,--and adds the lrigh.cs, huc TO
The chaVlct that cncirclcs the brow Of gcn-
ius
We feel hound to say farther in relation
10 the dipnihcd--t though entirely uncof.
Cd for notice Of us--,hat the gentleman
an, ounces ,hit he has no, fccn a, VII -
frnii' cf goose qaill con,roscrsy with
aud from his tone We infer that he has
simply extended lie to vs. tin a more
convenient season Ma conscience
as Balie Nchol j ar,e might exclaim--
What mWcies have VIC not escopedF-
lu; oh, for a seer to tell us of our final
doom. We certainly shall have TO join
friend Stonsbury in lis especial thanks
giving. after all, if for nothing else than
To- return thanks for the manifold blessings
We have been permitted to enjoy up to the
present time, aud the avcrted evils which
if not contemplated to have been brought
upon us--,hc junior editor has ut no
time been AFRAID to mediate. Now.
as for ourscif, we do not hesitate to say
that We are afraid Of all species Of fights
and unnecessary controversies. Our OBJ
{ jectlons are three-fold. In the first place
, we do not like them secondly, We are
not competent TO carry them on success
fully and necessarily our Mird objection
to them is, that we al,cays get .Royyedi
yet with all this lack of conlba,ivencss,
We would not appear quite the simple
coon to come down to any man on the
bare assertion that he was the ycritablc
, Captain Scott.
Men, in their brief passage through this
life, often find themselves placed in such
positions as would seem to render prop
er resistance to real or threatened dangers
necessary but in all cases where danger
TO body or mind is likely to cnsuc, deal
Of caution should lie exercised before
shaping ones ends for flight or an at
tack. AS for instance one man may
meet another, both equal perhaps in
strength and position; the chances being
5 thus disposed Of, as a matter Of course,
; cach-if possessed even Of ordinary
, courage-would at once join issue in the
f defence ofthcir supposed respective rights.
In this case however, if either Of these
. combatants possessed poisoned stillctto,
and the other not, il at least would be
, deemed honorable in the possessor of
, such an instrument, not to use it unless
at the last gasp, and when all other chan
ccs Of victory were gone. Again man
with far more courage than eithe, of the
, above, in meeting mad-JuH in the road ,
would be quite likely to fly the fence,
though serious questions might suddenly
arise in his mind as to the respective rights
Of each to the travelled way. Another
man mag find himself in narrow cut, or
: on the bridge Of railroad with the engine
close upon him; here Of course, flight or
resistance is alike out of the question; a
fatal stop is put to farther 'prosress'-and
the poor victim has only to submit him
self to his fate, and bring his mind to sub
nit to the most serious. and II possible,
tie most "npoeticot ride upon the rail
ever as yet heard o. In tie category
with this last mentioned unfortunate iudi-
vidual, should we at once place oursclf
in any meditatcd collision with the junior
editor Of the Scntincl;- and we therefore
hope that he may, in his grace, allow us,
for time longer, to pass on our way--if
not rejoicing-at least in peace with our
brethren Of the quill and scissors.
! To the gross personalities contained in
his notice Of us, and his still more gross
scurrility,-Whcther manufactured in his
own prolific brain, imported for home con
sumption, or furnished by such toadics
a may he found ever ready 10 tune their
duicct notes to please willing eara---wc
have nothing to say; though we will ven
ture to suggest that drilling hogs, with
a hope Of sharing i'll the acorns," would
be found far more profitable if not
more respectable employment Howcy-
or, if the gentleman chooses to plume his