The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-15

"''o" ~ 10 ''o 'ce'loie, when IL matters then
! PRIDE, their prejudices, or their interest.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS Ills PLACE.
"A rare, Il mythical character! 1t is often
: advertised, often believed, but has ncvc,
yet crossed my path. "Biggam is an cx-
: cc'lent n'an-he thoroughly knows his
; place" str;'ghtway seek Biggam's ac-
: q'aintance; for a man who knows his place
must be one OF eagle eye, rapid intuition,
, and rare modcsty. lie cannot know his
own place without knowing that Of every
} one else and us this is the most difficult
, OF all social problems, ] am naturally eager
to see the man WHO can solve it. On in.
) vest'sa'ion, Biggam turns out by no means
. IN eagle. | find him a man Of servilc,
t'nld, crnging disposition, acknowledging,
with great a'acry, the superiority of those
who are more wealthy, or of more conse-
1ncncc than himself lie is either flat.
lcrcr, or IL "mush Of concession" liz does
not know his place; he only knows that it
Is pleasant for others TO have their assunp.
ton OF superiority recognised, their opin-
IONS unco";:Sc!cted, their efforts unopposcd.
Ono OF the most conceicd men ever knew
that Is to say, the man having the most
eXorbitant and unwayranted estimate Of his
own capac!ty-was one of these concedinr.
un"rrcsing gentlemen said TO "know. their
place" lie knew his place ST. little, that
he WAS always attempting TO do that for
which he was utterly unfit, and always fail
'ns' but verbally acquicscing in his failure,
ana saying, Il have not Your talents, or sue
cess would have followed"
TIE MAN WHO HAS NO NONSENSE ABOUT
Jim.
"Wardlc is a capital fellow, i assure YOU
--no nonsense about him." Who has not
heard Of Wardle! Who Gun honestly saw
he has the pleasure Of Warde's acuuaint.
ancc got introduced to one of the War
dies, fondly hoping that at last had found
the man with no nonsense about him.
'ut the illusion quickly vanished. found
HIM large man, bald and vcntripotent,
Ioud in voice, coarse i'll manner, and mar
row IN intellect. lie wore mutton-chop
"h'skers' and had strong opinions about
i"re'S"crs, who, he thought, were all dirty
AMI cxllcs. lie had strong views Oh .poIi-
ties and statesnenship, without any acquain-
'alnce with history or political ecoromy.-
lie thought birth aud blood were nonsensi-
cal pr'Judiccs, and refinement cifcminacv.
lie never read novels; his newspaper suf-
'lccd. lie despised poetry, and all that
stui. lie bought pictures as furniture, but
pronounced the Old masters sail humbus.''
lie knew nothing Of philosophy Or science,
but asked for common sense. GAS Iona as
have co'nmon-sense, sir, l don't care a
button who has philosophy" lie sent. his
eldest son to college, and ran in debt to
keep him there, not that lie saw any good
III Greek or Latin, bnt he was us proud of
"my sons friend, Lord FidlleGddIc," rs if
lie had great deal Of nonsense about him,
In the domestic circle he was at once hars,,
and feeble, sct.willed and yaci!atinr. lie
ate, drank, slept, and snorcd with robust
energy but, on the whole, lie did not
strike me as being wholly without nonsense.
Other people besides, Wardle have met,
VINO bore the same proud character, but
found they were frce-aud easy people, who
conceived that taking evcrv possible liberty
with you, Your name. your books, your
E
i'"'ses' and your friends, was proof of their
having no nonsense about them; or else they
were course rude people, who Jared upon
yonr l sensbiiitics, and made virtues of their.
very deficiencies. +
l ne best men lil'ave known have been
more generous than prudent, mora ;,nao;.
native than Bctham, less v,rtuous than ca.
to. They have been fond of children, Of
ANIMALS, OF poetry, of art, of sentiment, Of
joking, Of honors of picnics, Of dances, of
private tlleatricals-in short, men with no
amount of nonsense mingled
IN thclr daily lives; but. one. form of non
sense they were entirely FREQ from. and that ],
Is = the he pretension Of Having no: nonsense
about them. y ~ sSsssa ~.
Tl!Ea,hAs l!a,sh WHOSE WORD IS AS COOP AS HIS
= -. sy$<nosp:,t - ~, If s~ II
J, This also is a type which would seem IN to !,
Be abupgant, if We trusted to the unproveh nps
statements stat Of lax admirers. But I, ,haye],,
nevseF'nnet !, s; ea with u observe,I do not say
!he man whose worlds as good as his bond1 i
Is s altogether myth;&far.froin s,it. Men
noble'irntegrity lave met, and ID men men of in. i
legs'ty iot :s se mol y s men who would dplush
= 3 tio shonglit ofsan njns.ice, aud men, /
who, ps hstEs might tlank an injustice, ,wouid4
bs slow te aot exen ,tfie 8oplest