The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-02

Moral racnlsiss has any direct isiuepss % his esn
eral characser. They aso ~ controlled ~, %
they consnft With bin 1ntellect We must except
howsvsr bsnsve.ssss Y ws'sa = az en-, ~ no 10
neglected. This ID the only Moral Facuity that
maintains strong though not uniform equality
with the Intellect
Mr. 0reely q often ~ dissatisfied with the
positions his organization forces him into, - his
opponents are but having once taken them, his
conceit makes him defend them. He loves and
hates his works at the same tine-loves them be-
cause they are his own; and hates them because
they are no better--because he has no xaitary pur
pose TO accomplish by them, and because he ID
obliged to defend them, which he cannot help de-
ing. long he continues 10 place 30 high An e..
innate on bis lutellec.-so little on the power Oh
God. This Self Esteem or Csnceit in Mr. dreey
h. by many persons, mistaken for Firmness. N
which he IL quite deficient. Mr.. Greedy Dod'
ger Dodgers are Artfui--not Firm. II MI
Greedy had Firmness, he would not be running
from one extreme 70 another. and changing MS
plans 30 often
ness can have no fixed purpose do Right, and
leave the result TO God, ia not Mr.. Greeiys motto
The Tribune and the Tariff now, Aoelton,l
frst: God and the Right next When Mr.. Greey
does seek the Truth, he looks for 1t in the wrong
way-throueY his intellect, instead Of to God d
rectly."
"In his private department, Mr. Greedy Is much
below very ordinary men. He is generally ex-
ceedingly loose In his personal arrangements; and
not choice in his personal associations. A man
from the very lowest dregs of society can make I'D.
vances to him, with a. much freedom rs . man of
character and standing for the reason that as we
have before stated, be is not Materially inpressi
BILE. He knows no difference between the polish.
ed gentleman and the ungraceful poor. He only
knows them intellectually, Ideally. A coarse vul
gar man, that, without knocking, would enter his
room, walk mp to him, slap him familiarity on the
back, and call him Horace would be better re-
ceived by him, no matter how interrupted than .
gentleman who would wait An hour, until he was
disengaged, and then eourteously accost him.
While he would hardly be aware, apparently, of
the existence ofthe latter, and would allow him
to stand awkwardly. hat ia hand, he would be sub
missive to and afraid of the former He has no
power to resist an onslaught made upon him by
rough, low fellow; having but little Destructive
ness and less Combativeness, and these being sub
servient to his Intellect. He would rather fight
from the fifth story, his opponent being-the fur
ther away the better. than on the platform. He
is quite afraid and that is the chief reason OF his
great lovesof law and order
"Mr. Greedy is generally supposed to have much
Firmness. He has scarcely any. But, when
aroused in his public capacity. by opposition to his
self WILL his pride becomes offended; and he will
show force of character, by some intellectual ef-
fort, Self Esteem being the largest Faculty in his
Animal propensties, and one without which, or
S4nseQ As ne ID otnerWlSe, ne never coulu nave u
ken any stand, as public man. And this is what
is mistaken for Firmness. The whole force OF bis
character is never brought out unless this Faculty
be attacked; but, before he will face any one
even then-before he will make An oppoHent or
have one-he must consider him of consequence
he must think that be really has some force to
work against. When once reused, he uses ali the
means at his disposal to ensure success But he
has no bottom to his character no back ground, no
endurance, and he is easily persuaded. He there.
fore exhausts himself greatly in conflict, He
ton, and o sufficiency of Secretiveness, to make
| him hold on to wha: he considers the requisites of
! success. He takes every fair advantage, and
shows that he acts fairly, and every unfair one,
honestly. in one sense, when his organic inability
10 discriminate between the True and the False
ia considered