New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-07
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4i,as world ID authorits nounced to be
M ana ese, son Hsts Of Adam has
},ia ~ er those which are directly
,ih,tea e ts great Mil ,Te particular intirmity
IN the hnsTlaSe race, MpaS As bad temper. Bad
ta5,,5as fhe rit,I iof Dc and crimes
tlai worse than tsef and should, therefore,
S aafdsd against at all times are born with
nd ternpeis, and if not tFsilst in youth,
HTe are Iabs to spend exstaaees, and die
With such te1npers.
Private individuals, or those whose bad tepefs
cannot affect many besides themselves may clam q
certain privilege in the indulgence OF their birth
right but public men, engaged in affairs OF the ma
ton, Or following oecu pations which place them
much in the public eye have no right to such indul
gences Wemust not be understood as meaning that
high SPIRIT Or that kind Of temper which rises in the
face of insult oil oppression, is bad temper BY bad
temper we mean that feeling which assumes personal
infallihiity, and resents as offensive md insulting
those little differences and collisions which are the
inevitable result Of human intercourse, and would be
if we were al saints. This kind Of temper is the
worst thing that can possibly afRiet man in public
life. It not only subjects him to- untold Yexatons,
difficulties and dangers, but itself to
others, and spreads among people who were previous
" peaceable like the contag OF dls
ease This we see illustrated every day.
The man, however, who has good temper-and
This we hold not to be quality, but result OF
careful training and educatoris happy he belongs,
j in fact to the happiest class Of human beings
good.humored man is blessing to himself, his family,
his friends, and called public station, to his
country Whether rich poor, great Or obscure, the
good .humored man is d sun Of genality and happi-
ness that warns and blghte1,s every one near him
striks lis as singular how badhunor be preya
lent. Here again, We must ask not to be misunders
stood BY good:hunor We do not mean the senseess
behavior Of fools or clowns, the nmobility Of
spoonies We mean, the perfection Of politeness, Of
consideration for others the quality Of going blithely
through the daily routine Of life Of smiling at mole
hills which others deem mountains; of carefully and
considering everything that savors of
Idsrespect or insult before taking action in other
words, the quality being gentleman, always and
everywhere. For good humor must be the founda-
ton Of gentility
When we contrast the effects Of good and bad tenn
per- and reflect how easily good temper might be ac
little mental exercise, neglected in the
/ trainng-we cannot but depore the ascendancy that
| bad temper holds over good, in public places. AT
/ Washington, mans popularity--or notoriety, we
ought to term itseems to depend upon the amount
Of bad temper he may be cursed with. A crowd Of
Ltempered men get together to transact business
they get intoia row, and presto in few weeks, an
epidemieo of itemper RACES throughout the country.
And SO it goes, creating animosities, retardng bust
ness, and inuring the public good, from the Senate
4 chamber of the nation down to the Council chamber
4 of city.
We have been led into these remarks by the bicker
ings that have ately taken place between members Of
our own City Council. Fierce Debates and sometimes
personalities take place about some little matter
4 which goodhumored men would not condescend to
debate about. And not only among the members Of
the different Boards do these sehoolboy discussions
Il arise, but the Boards, bodies, sometimes haggle
over little matter pertnacously, that it becomes
farce to all except the unhappy wights whose per
4 sonal interests may happen to be- concerned. II
4 augurs badlytfor a new deliberative body to com
nence Wranglng at the start and from the progress
that present Council has made in that respect, We
are really afraid to estimate the condition Of things
some months or a year hence. E1
i We therefore earnestly and respectfully beseecf
our city fathers to train themselves to better humor
and endeaVor to act like brothers hereafter We
a know that it is impossible for them to agree, upo1
q many things that come before them STILL no matter
+. what the bone of contention may be, we cannot SCI
theneeessty Of their losing temper, and furnishing
exhibitions to the spectators many of whom, we ar
satisfied, go to the Council in the same spirit tina
they would to cockpit to witness the spirit Q
belligerency in its purity and bet on the result shou
a fight take place. We give all the members da
credit for their devotion TO the different objects the.
& may have before them, and admire many things tina
8 they have done. But we can never admire thei
chickering's, which we are certain niure the city in
terests more in the long run than the adoption 0
A every plan presented eouldpossibly do