Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-27
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HUNaNITY TRUE TO ITSELF.

The human race, however battered and per-
verted, has still much in it that Is lovely, and
which serves TO indicate its high origin and i'm
mortal destiny. If we look on society with Il
fault.fnding disposition, We can discover enough
10 deprecate. We shall find se!iishness, Jeal-
ousy, anger and malice; but if we look candidIy
we shall see far more that will MAKE Us love
our race. The child, following the guidance of
its native instincts, the very warp OF Its being,
rushes into the sunshine, and hunts, not for
poisonous weeds, but for fragrant flowers. The
tear that nature bids him weep, is irradiatcd
with smile before it leaves his cheek and when
he turns his trusting face upwards, it is to ad-
mire The glories Of the gorgeous day or the
brilliant beauty of the starry night, not to frown
on clouds or to search for approaching storms.
In like manner he looks trustingly into the face
Of humanity, expecting TO find truth, purity and
affection. Nature teaches him to expect that
which belongs there, and if he finds it not, how
keen the disappointment.
We, who are children Of larger growth should
initiate his example. We should look for sun
shine, for flowers and smiles-for truth, bencr-
olence and justice in our fellow-men and treat
all, however rough and uncouth the exterior, rs
if we were dealing with those who have yearn.
ing for love, righteousness, and immortal bles-
sedness.
The dirty urchin, barefooted and ragged, that
halls Us for penny on the street corner at
night, when the chill wind whistles or the pelt-
ing storm RACES, may be noble boy struggling
heroicay TO save sick mother and starving
ss,ers-or he may have been sent there hungry
and cold by n drunken father, to beg for mouey
to buy rum. under the penalty of n Aogging if
he goes back empty-handed Spurn not the
little fellow rudely; an angelic nature is his-n
diamond in The rough it may be and needs only
to be polished to slime lustrously. Give him q
bath, dinner and SMILE and the good and the
beautiful of his nature will be brought TO the
surface, apprcciable BY all. Human Nature, al
ter all, is kindly thing. ald capable of all sorts
of virtues. The very fact tha, We blame error
aud sin, shows that we appreciate virtue and
goodness, and expect them from our fellow-man.
As we stroll through the marts Of trade where
all that is selfish in man is supposed TO prevail,
or wander through ,losc precincts Of the great
CITY where the poor aud the abandoned are
packed into mean and filthy abodrs, We are Of
ten reminded that the spirit of goodness still
lives in nan, however much j, may be rbsrnred
from general observation. We saw Il wretcIed.
dirty, ram.ruIncd l"afrr wandering to fnd a
friend TO treat him. or Il six penny job that he
might treat hmseIf--we saw this man passing 4
lille. sickly, halEciad begsar child as she sat
crouched by hatchway. Wcll-dresscd men
had scorned her painive surpiicaIion. and re.
PEELED her little skinny hand but this vagabond
gazed moment ut the child, and while his eyes
luoislened and Ills lips quivered, hunted through
the empty pockets Of his tatered garments and
a, last found solitary penny, which he placed
n The childs hand, saying: :" there. take that ;
it is all I've got, wish it was more" lie pas.
sed on, and We thought Of the good Samaritan
and the widows two mites
We saw lady rich and fashionable enough
one would suppose, to be heartess, imperiouS
and utterly selfish waiting to cross Broadway
through the crowd Of carts and stages, when Il
laboring man who was passing with his little
daughter, kindly offered to escort her over; she
accepted his assistance, but while protecting The
lady he received blow from passing vehicle
which injured hi. arm and ruined his coat. The
lady, seeing how much he had risked and snl'
fered on her account, and the utter dIsmay will
which he and his little girl regarded the ruined
garment, told him to come to her house No. -
- street, and she would not only give hin
another Goa, or the means to buy one, bu, also
nm entire sui. for his little daughter, together
with an order for years tuition in one Of the
best select schools in the city. We turned away
with swimming eyes and left the ll'lle group ex
pressing to each other mutual thanks, assured
by these little incidents, which single stroll