Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-09-12

worthless hero! Earths llslless cumbers:
Born only 10 consume her liberal fruits
How many live i'll pleasure, seeking still
To CRAFTY poor sell, nor careng ought
For good or i'll beyondw
Others seem to live for no better purnose than
to be weights upon the wheel of progress and en-
terprse and to vex society with crime and deeds
OF malevoence. There appears to be multitudes
OF such thronglng our sea-board cities and other
wise peaceful metropolitan marts and towns of
the great Vest. Their erraud to our globe ap-
pears to be the most difficult object to scan unless
to play the thief, plague society with their pres
ence, and to grace ultimately the coisters OF our
county and state prisons. Such are, notwith-
standing their high pretentions often, indeed not
The true djgnitares, the blessings and benefac-
tors of human society whom we would humbly
commend.
Some men apparently aim very highland by
the way it is noble to set a high standard of true
cXceIlcnce-but they do this only as mere pre-
tcnce. They desire commentator without be-
ing worthy of it--they would be esteemed as
gold when in fact they are but mere dross in the
scale. Such sometimes assume the air of the
sage, the profundity of the philosopher. or the
dignity of the divine. Let not, gentle reader.
such deceive thee with their prcpossessions or
assumed righteousness. TO such we address
ourselves from cur humble position in society.
Look thou from the mountain summit,
On the human world below;
Fathoming with mental plumme
Depth .! soul from hcghth of brow 2"
Please to look once more from vour Alpine
highuess and behold those forsooth far below
thee, soaring on the wings of their native excel
lence and yigor far, far above thee with joyous
pinions.
Wealth and cmOIumont confer no real me rit
neither is true dignity to be sought among the
proud, opulent, and would be-nrcat of the earth
Ii is mind, morals, and true rectitudc, after all is
said that really makes the man of worth and cX-
celence, and shapes the character of earth 5 true
nobenen. Not9race then Of manner, nor beau
ty, nor ''blood royalty" nor wit nor faS hon, nor
all the Establishments Of art and wealth, can i'm
part to any, true moral dignity. lilies and flour
lshes above and beyond all these. 1t is not lock-
ed up in the impcnctrabie rcceSses of the heart
1t is principle that lives in the affections and
blooms in the life of every who in truth "does
Justly, loves mercy, and walks humbiy with God"
Here in the best and srictest sense is the true
standard of the dignity of man.
Todesccnd. therefore, in the scale of this Just
equilibrium of moral worth is but to leave the
highest round of human attainment. While
then an intellectual man is a noble being, an
honest man is noblcr still, while a christian is
the uobcet of all. Thus bv these delightful ora
da,ions man ascCnds towards God and at length
becomes allied to angels and heavenly spirits
Bot the reverse of all this we find in the down
ward scale. Most commonly men descend from
moral greatness ami intellectual rcnown by de-
rrces some however precipitate themselves
There Is not perhaps a more melancholy si.ht on
earth than great miad in ruin or fallen soul.
Heaven assist us to ascend with sure and
steady step the ACTIVITY OF human greatness and
10 soar continually upwards and onWards not
liz.