St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-14
Defnitiye.

Defnitive.
The experience of the past few weeks
teaches US that we must "deGne our j,o,i~
tion'' or be constantly liable to being mis-
understood, and SO to giving persona! Of
fence.
Well, Or normal state is mutual antag.
onism - the superior sex; and consenp.
for their affecta.ion Of superiority.-~
No DOUBT this is very wicked; and We sius-
Ply state ii a. a fact; So thu, our realcrs
may not mistukc every wunl OF reverence.
On or part, toward any particular digni
tary, as sign Of personal hostility. when,
il many cares, it might arise from our ne
tural lack Of urpreciation Of d:gn;tnries in
general,
When NE meet an ordinary great man
with the extraordinary pre;entions Of Iris
class, we try 70 Gu tivuse respectful consid"
erations by keeping in mind tha! the Lord
made him for some wise purpose; and,
that although we may not admire the
length Of his ears, still. even s|lal is nvt:-
essary 10 fill up his particular niche in the
the tetnp!'. OF the universe. We. tnus try
our very hst TO be an,iable, and wien
falling, as is generally the case, deserve the
forbearance Of that superiority we are 50
constitutionalIy incapable of appreviasing.
We never do feel hit aitagouisn to,
wald> any woman, seldom meet one for
whom We dc not feel some sympathy, re-
spect or affection; and have haIr formed
belle! t|4at she doctrines of lr,nsmigrat'on
ard pEo sression may be true MT. r all their
:eeuta1;ons. We incline 10 the idea that
The spirits cf inferior animals pass into
superior organizations Of matter, carr, ing
with them, Tue growth Of their iorner ex~
is.ence and 50 get 70 Ie monkeys, men,
horses, elaphant,; then snen again;
next women, then l'irds, then wo!uet.
agai' and lastly 70 to i've rs dise'nbod.
ied INTEL, ,ences. We shall NJ. attempt
proving our surt,,ise; but We cannot
account f'r Our ins,iuots upon any ether
Typo hesis.
We arc occasionally staggered l!y meet
Ing s. man who cotnpeis OUR rcopsct and
.nakts ,,s feel t',at he il in the latest stages
Of e,nto+'ied Development. Sach meet
is1gs have been very rare; and the only
one voucI,safed TO us in Minnesota was
That with the Rev. Lowry. We wen1 into
u warehouse where lie was preaching aud
before hearing him utter full sentence
our inmost spirit srrang forward to bow
before his. In his gray hairs and mental
greatness ne was the counterpart Of our
cwu old pastor, our spiritual father, Rev,
Doctor Black, long since in the better
land. Our citizens here, oil know Mr.
Lowry. When they remember him as most
nearly filing an idea! Of human greatness;
they will be able TO feel that other public
snen who may in reality, or in the est;rna
tiou Of their friends, be greatly his supe.
riors, viii receive no personal Sight from
US when we are called upon to speak Of
them as they appear to us We re-
peat ''as they appear to u.s. for, we hope
TO be kept from ever attempting 70 repre-
sent any person, place, or Thing in any
other light. We are not accountable fer
the use Of other peoples eyes, or for any
other stand point than our own- When
any Of our public men appear to require
! notice Of us, or the public good to require
that we should call attention to them, We
| shall say exactly what we believe to be
true. From Our natural aniipathies it
| would be difficult to run into exiacies of
admiration even if we should try, which we
certainly shall not; but if man is sober,
honest, truthful, eloquent OK indu ,trious,
coed sou, good husband, good father
or good citizen; if he be one able to
serve his fellow citizens faithfully in any
particular position it will give US great
l1leasu re to state the fact. -. IN .a<4
| Then again, if amongs! our aspirsnts
for popular favor, We discover any double
dealing, dishonesty, false pretenses Or any
manner Of triekstering and trucking it
will give Us a double amount Of pleasure
10 defeat him if in our power. - '&@'> }:
! We shall endeayor in the light or the
hereafter, to keep our politicians III mind
)tha..hey shali "give account Of the deeds
done in the body" inst,e socialbody, in
| the religious body, in the political body. as
well as n this body Of flesh and bones.
T This being our rule q action people
need not expect Of us the light sompli,
/ men,s, fea,hsry puts, and ssereetyped
phrases Of adulation which are but too com
|3naon in newspaper columns, The press b.
1.-THE multiplied ratioyof it's speed and rower
! 10 under moral obligation to promote the
! best interests cf humanity sby peraIsdina
4 man 10 hbco1ps n,ors and illette like .hil
Il II OfeA md ttlla ditoE re,