The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-29
MANNERS.

| 'oS'"Sy, "uu thaI HIS lts iOunNltlon III TOOo
manners and sound morals, coupled witt:
Intelligence. Ind. ed, where manners am
morals are; right, the intelligence is never
wanting. The best conditions of birth and
wealth are -fortuitous-depeuding for thei,
continuance, upon chance; but good man.
ners and sound, morals can be swept away
10y no accident or misfortune, being self-sus
taining and impcrishable. Abundant and
almost perpetual instances proved that the
best:and noblest of men may spring from
the lowest temporal ranks, and that riches,
and titles and honors, may be acquired by
men ofa obscurist origin. What is it, then,
that can and may properly distinguish men
III regard, and lift one above another OH the
principles of aristocracy! Why, simply
this superiority in manners and morals.-
HJust SO far MS men excel in this direction.
they are better and noblcr than their f,l
lows. They are an MISUNDERSTANDING
in the very nature OF things, to mix or as.
s'niate with inferior conditions Just us oil!
refuses to mix with water. The hi"hcs,
enlightenment is marked 10y these Sims,
and while 10 ilmannercd, bat.mora!l.d
person can be gentleman, the real fore
most gentleman in all the world is le whose
manners and morals are best These are
the base arch and capstonc of the liy!ics.
order Of men.
Taking our position as granted, we sadly
Fear for oar coun:ry's future. TO the OBJ
serving there is 10 other feature in our ma
'iona character so marked as our tendency
to lrIile with anu tralnple on manners and
morals. This is particularly true of the
younger classcs-of our children and youth.
Reference and modcsty have little to do
with them. They are far enough from, The
example of their fathers, and are growing
worse day hy day. 1t is n novelty nova
days to see girl or boy make obcsancc to
age, or i'll any way treat it with marked
respect. Not so were their fathers and
mothers tauglrt-not so did they behave.
The i''.manners Of the young are becoming
rcproach to the age in which we live
they are blot, a shame. II the school.
master is abroad, he has sadly neglected to
teach his pupils what is Of the utmost con-
sequence 10 them and to society-root!
manners and morals. Better school them
more i'll these, even at the sacrifice of ace-
bra and logic. Hero alone is where orr
age IS falling of and backward, and in no
direction could full be more fatal. Let
lis sec tosit that we do not plunge down be-
yond recovcry.-Erchamye
Tile Lo0c Of Ilome.-If noblcr sentiments
than the following, which were uttered hy
Daniel Webster, ever fell from human lirs
We have yet to see them. They arc indcc.
pca'ls Of the rarest value, and should e
cherished i'll the very heart Of hearts bv
every one:
"lt is only shallow minLe prc:cudcrs
who make either distinguished origin IL mat
ter OF persona! merit, or obscure ori-in Il
matter Of personal rcproach. y man who
Is not ashamed Of himself need not be
OF his earl y condition. 1t did hap
pen to me to be born in log cabin, raised
;mong the snow drafts of New Hampshire
at period SO early that when the smoke
llrst rose from his rude chimney, and curlcd
over the frozen hills, there was no similar
evidence Of white mans habtation between
IL and the settlement on the rivers Of Can
aIa. Its reminds still exist: Imake it an
annual visit. 1 carry my children to it, and
teach them the !iardships endured by
The generations before them. I love to
dwell on the tender rccocctions, the kind.
rcd ties, the early affections, and the mar
Fations and incidents which mnglc with all
know Of this primitive family abode; I
weep TO think that none of those who H..
|'abited 1t arc now among the living, and if
ever | fail in aIectionatc veneralion for
him VINO raised it and defended it against
savage violence and destruction, cherish ed
nll domestic comforts beneath its roof. and
through fire and blood Of seven years rcvo-
ulionary war, shrunk from no toll, no sac.
rIfice, to serve his country, and to raise lis
children to condition better than his own,
may my namo and the name Of my poster.
ty be blotted from the memory of man,
kind"
New Source Of Poison.-It is suggested
that stale sausages may have caused the
Hotel malady, as Professor Liebig
says they produce the same symptoms with
poisons and often occasion sickness
and death, for which there appears to be no
known cause. The symptoms of sausage
poison, accordingly to the Professor, are,
"" gradual wasting of the muscular fibre,
and OF all tho constituents of the body