Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-03-26
Selected articles.
By Winthrop Maskwcrth Prasd.
YES AND NO.

SnAxsrERE.
.M.Lozeirs Treatise on he .qt ofsGying eyes"
"He humbly answered, Yes Bob.'"
ANON.
Our opinion is very much strengthened by
the belief, that many ofour friends will assent
60 il, when we assert, that no art requires, in
a greater degree, the attention of a young
man, on his entrance into life, than that of
saying "Yes." A nun who degns not to
use this little word is bulldog in society;
he studies his own qualification rather than
that of his friends, aud of course accom-
plshes neither: in short, he deserves not to
be called civilized being, and is totally un-
worthy of the place he holds in the creation.
Is il not right to believe the possible fall
lacy of ones own opinions? Yes. Is il not
truly praiseworthy to sacrifice our conviction,
our argument, our obstinacy, upon the shrine
of politeness2 Aguin aud again we answer,
Yes! yes yes
Nothing, indeed, is to us more gratifying
ahan 10 behold n man modesty ditlident OF
ihe powers which nature Inns bestowed upon
him, aud assentng with proper sense of
his own fallibility, to the opinion of those
,vho kindly endcavor to remedy his faults or
supply his DEFICIENCIES Nothing is to us
more gratifying thnn to hear from the lips Of
such man that true test of a complying
dispostion--that sure prevention Of all AMI
.hnimosity--that immediate stop tu all quar-
fels-thai sweet, civil, and compacent, III
offensive inonosS lable-Yes!
Yet, alas how many do we find who,
from an nffectation of sipgularity, or fool
isil love Of argument, do, as it were, eXpunge
fhs admirable expression from their vocabu-
iaries. How many do we see around us who
in the daily habit Of loosing the most advan-
tngeous offers, OF qUarreling with strangers
and of offending their hest friends, solely
because they ohsliuate!y refuse to call to their
assistance the iDfallible remedy for all these
evils, which is TO he found in the three letters
Dpon which we are offering brief comment.
We are sure we are only Ginning in with
1he opinion of other people, when we lament
ihe manifold and appuling evils which nre
the sure consequences OF this Discrimination
TO affirnntvcs. To us il is really melancholy
10 look upon the disposition to contradiction
i,y which some of Our friends are character
ized,-to observe tile manifest pride of some
tho unreasonable pertinnciiy OF OILERS
OF n surety it we Grc doomed, at any future
season, 10 PUT on the yoke of wedock Mrs.
L., and all the little LIS shall be early iuslruc-
te1 in the art of saying Yes"
Look into the pages of history! You will
find there innumerable examples in support
OF our opinion. When the Greeks begged
Achilles 10 pocket his nfIronts. and make an
end of Hector, he refused. Very well, we
iiave no doubt he did all for the hest; but we
are morally sure that Pa,rcclus would not
have been slain if Achilles had known how
TO sny y" Yes" We all know how he cried
about il when il was too late. To draw nn-
other illustration from the same epoch: how
disastrous was the ignorance which PLAN
IL I.,I.I al. l,,,, u mn
foot for the restoration of Helen. Nothing
was easier thnn to finish all disputes, 10 step
out of all difficulties, by one civil, ohliging,
gentemaEly "Yes." But he rellised-and
Troy wos burned. What glorious results
ssould contrary conduct have produced
II would have prevented peck of troubles
both to the Greeks aud the EtOuianS. IL
would have saved the ancients ten years,
nndthe moderns twelve hooks of boodshcd.
IL is almost unnecessary to nllude to the I'M
prudent, the luckess Hippolytus; lie never
would have been murdered by marine mon
ster, il he could but have suid "Ees." Bu
abe word stuck in his throat, and he certainly
paid rather dear for his ignorance.
ayes" cries a critic, " | agree with al
fhs, hut it's all so old" We assent, my gooC
friend, and will endenvor 10 benefit by YOU
suggestion. Come, then, we will look fol
illustrations among the characters OF our owl
hge.
There's Lord Dweteie, the misan,hrope
Tie has n toierdble iUrlune tolerab'e talents
aud toierabie person. lie plays a to'erdbie dc-
compartment on the flute, and tOlerdbtc hand
at whist. Yet, with all these iO'erdJte qualili
cations, he is considered most intoisrGblt
man. What is the meaning of this seeming
ly anomalous circumstance? The reason !;
obvious-his Lordship can't say "Yes."-
This aboninable Ignorance of our thvorii'
art, interieres in the most trivial incidents o
life: il renders him alike miserable and dis
agreeable. "Will your lurdship allow me I,
prefix your name to dedication Z" says Bill
Atiic, the satyrisr. {" must go mad first,
says his lordship. "Duretete! lend mo
couple ofhundreds says Sir Harry. "Cnn'
'pon honor" snys his lordshp. "You dea
creature you'll open my boll this evening
says Lady German. an be id il do T!
soys his lortlship. See the catastrophe. iii
Aiic lalnpoons him Sir Harry spits in hi
face aud Lady German votes him bore
How unlucky ilGt ho cant say Yes"
Look at Young EuSiaee, the man oihonor
lie came up 10 town last year with GOO
dress, good address, aud letters Of iniroduc
ton to ball-a- dozen great men. lie mad
his bow 10 each of them, spent week will
ehcH oi uIeb, "heh"eu caSh w uS"' ~"
now starving in garret upon independence
and cold mutton. v hat is the meaning G
all this? Enslace never learned how TO sa
"Xes" "Virlus post nummos Eli! youn
man Z" says old Discount, the uslirer. 81 can
sny think So" snys Eustace. Here, Eus
tace, boy" says Lord Fanny, read over les
scenes, and let me have your opinion Fl
for the boards, think, Eli y "You'll excus
me if don't think they are" soys Eustact
"Well! my young friend" cries hlr. Plianl
'we must have you in Parliament, suppose
make an orator of you! You're on the rigil
side hope? al should vote with my con
science, Sir" says Eustace. See the hnals
lie is enlisted for life in the Grub street corp