The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-25

'Whc::, and how, did ono of your IN,
petEOrs nature ever take time to tli:n,: Of
that. should like to profit by your cx-
rcricnce.'
Well, it is seldom man profits iHuc!.
by any other experience than his own in
the science of human :.ature, but 70 arnusc
you, will give ii. For scvc:a, years after
leaving college, remained, us you knew
me, strictly cncomprcmi,inm. wcad not
Put NJ with .he slightcss wrons, real or
f'ncied, The consequence was that there
were constant; b.oils and difficulties OF
my hands. Z triilins a!isht Was sure t.
occasion so"Ic exhibition of rcaentmcnt OH
my part IN c1ui:oc;.l w"ru .lust be cx-
planned Immediately, and would r::hc.
have lost all my friends and iort"ne than
to leave unpurishtd the smallest act Of in
justice not apologizcd fo-. 70 be sure,
SAW that certain good humoro,i persons were
in the iiahit of passing over just su.l:
things without notice, and they did no.
seem to lose anything h. it. Every on
liked them, favored them in b;.s:"rss, :,n;.
spoke kindly and respectfully Of them.
But | attributed their way 20 obtuscncS3 .;
perception, and believed that they were
constituted not 10 feel the aanovanc:
! that >,uny ne SO keculy.
And it went on for years. IL
every business transaction Of any c:tcnt
, my inlcxl!':!ity WAS Il source Of constan:
luminosity Oh the part of some one late:
este !, and Of lroa...c 10 myself. Ii
taught ~rh"ui, arc"r,;;y to lie custom 9.
.his c"n';,y, did wh.c stud yu. law, ,hc
| "hoc two Years w"o one Prolonged .Lt
heiwrcn me il my pupils The s&-i.t
cs.. in!.ac'iun "t good oi,cr WAS III. ,ii,ucu
and, Oh p';"ci pie, must be punished. IL!
not :cisrct t'.rn that many Offences are the
result of thong l;lir>,n:ss or impulse, and
,mn,: no. be treated as deliberate badness
Their occurrence may Ue chrrke,i with
cut punishment. WAS determined. how
ever, to SUPPRESS all disorder Is The s:rrmy
hand, and wp:.. mai:r t., cen. !r";ni>,. wi;h
The l:?,; o.! childhood. The consequence,
WIS spirit of resistance and revolt t.r
m":c t"'bIivnt and di>oiIcly than H.,
original cv!v.
! wo"!L differ with Il m..n As TO the >..,
/ ,icm-n: q! Business. Ii H.: l..a.s,cd on his
views, could no. bu, believe that il, was
! III bad lai!. ! made no allowance for the
binding influence o.! ang"r, cn,iLiiy, or
any other passion. lie 'l;lItrc,: with me :;
it was enough he must b. y rascal, and
generally garc h:". tc -ud.,a,aMd that
thought So.
As you may imagine, the number Of
my cncnica s,-'.:ly Increased. | had, in
deed, many warm friends, for apar, from
my uncompromising spirit when opposed
| would make any concc>sicn, if reo;,!e
would only take Il lower tone ;nan that OF
open contest. But men will not sub,ni. to
such terms !c:e:er, and ly degrees |
found the numbe" cf those ranged
against Inc getting greater and greater.
One morning was sitting alone in my
Office, plunged in rather bitter train OF
thought. My friends We're leaving me, my
Social relations were Becoming very disa
! grccable, and what brought the subject ,o
my attention still more forcibIy was ,ha,
my business WAS suffering materially from
this state Of things. Was it my fault? |
had done no wrong, that l knew of. |
could see tha. my course was rendering Inc
unpopular, but WAS Il man to finch from
asserting what he knew to be his RIGHTS
IRON such motive rs that? How far
won'd 1t goe Where would i. end, this
yielding TO the wrongful wl,ius Of others
for the sake Of conci!;a,ing their i;.vor9 |
became Indignant, and springin, from INV
chair, paced the room in spri, Of L:ll.,
determination to play the game through, a,
all hazards, and whatever the ccnseoucuyc. ..
might be.
Eo"rt was in session.. took my hat
and rushed over to the Courthouse.
entered with kind Of independent dcs,cr
alton, and in SO doing happched to max,
little unnecessary noise with Iii,
chairs.
> MIR. Clerk, put down fine Of five dol
lars against Mr.. Watson = exclaimed IT,,
, Judge in tone Of severely. IIc was :
harsh, stern man, very disagrceaLlc to til,
bar j" general, and especially pointed in hi
usual hostility to myself
May ask, said l., if Jour Honor's or
der referred to me =
Yes, Sir. have but this moment fin
ished warning to all persons on the i'm
proper disorder which is habitual here. and
you drown tho very echo of my words will
your noise
Il vas not present when your Homo