The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-14
MODERN CROAKERS.

History IS Il frog pond, full of croakcrs. On
Thncydid-s = aud II Ier"dutus down to Gro,c r.l
Euck'e-hom Moses down To Motley, the lusu-
brions plant rescundS from the marshes ii I'LL
cras. Things have always been going wrong
death has ever bfcn in TIE pot. IL we arc to
rely upon writer's, there was II time when tn"
world inrnct. smoothly OH its axis, and there
mover will be. The past is one wide field Of
| crime and dcSvation, and the future an endless
vista oil woes greater than any yet experienced
ny the haplcSs human race. How wcary and
aoul'sick sounds the voice of the wiScst of men,
Solomon, "Chcre Is nothing new under tn, SUM- +"
How Tie prophets, the poets, the historians of
all nations echo back the cry, 'All is vanity
and veNati"n Of spirit
certain mournful comfort il to he derived
from the sad experience of mankind rs nttest,,l
uy tie chronicles Of cid. If things have always
been in a bad-a very bad-way, it is something
I" know that people managed, after u fashion to
live on and worry through their trials In
spite of wa:s pcStcnccs, and falnimcs innune-
rable, the powers of nature were kept steadily
at work, the seasons came in due order. the
children of men were born, aud food and rat
nl"nt adequate to their wants were voucl,safcd
unto them Life has never ceased to he n
grateful boon to the sons of Adam. There
never was an hour when mankind with one con
scr' sought release from the anguish Of exis.
tcncc in universal suicide. Nay. there never
| was moment when the vast majority of man
Kind did not find the " fever called living" IL
delight, worthy of indefinite Wotractiun. And
Yet the cr"akcrS have never ceased TO croak.-
The moralIsis and nlnorais's alike have abused
the very thing Of all others which they most
highly priced: the thing for which most of
them would have bar,creI house and lands, name
and fame, family and fr,cnds even homer il
aolr
Why is th:-i The sufficient a,.swcr will I've
found IN the fact that man WAS not born To b.
e., Il II. L
iliOu not know that the very universe itself
would not ease thy craving?' The further an
Sw"r s, that life is too often mis- spent and indeed
wIInlly mis- spent hut, 10y reason of i'll an.
nexrl opportunity and carclcssy guarded pas
sion, brought 10 protillcSs conclusion. No
wonder, then, that there should have been and
SHOULD still continue to hr abundance Of cr"ak
els. But, if cr"aking still continues thi, much
may lac said IN favor of the modern cronker: lie
cannot croak with the hearty good will, the rin,
and vocfcrousness Of his predecessors and this
because !h" on" ELL iEl "r,uut essential cf sue
'ms>iu! croak,ny .ls been taken away. The
croak"r, like any other professional artist needs :,
larry" and npp:ccialivc audience. Such an n,i-
dirnrc is rather har,l t" find now a.d,vs ewing
not To the fact that the lovers uf good crnaknu
have ceased la exist, hut because they have been
50 dispersed unI ntcrmiX"d with hopeful active
morta!S that the modern cr"akcr. thou Il, he crnak
ever 50 swceily, can attract few admirers in any
one community.
Ii il were worth ones while To 20 40 in
sane thug ar.uc with IL cruakcr, il mi -l.t
be said that. although Things have always
."ri" wrong. au ara always u"i.. 10 hr wnisr that
is Jio reason why we Shoui,l trouble ourselves
ah'nt them. tn tive cGii rlrv. il j. ii g:srG and
c""cnt reason VIII" should not ,r"nll- our-
selves. The sun will c'r;;nly s,' tn,lH"rr,w
night, and il may he very dark, in.ic"d for there
have been good many dark nights before to-
morrow night, and very likely there will be
great n:any after il, tut il:a, is reason why
we should refuse to light the gas aud 90 supper.
less /" he'd. Nay, if We are too poor TO get up
n!tiung $" brilliant ;,S gas, at least
Sci fire TO Il carnplcne lamp aud he aS jolly
as it is possible 10 he in view Of an OK
ploson which may consign us 10 Il horrible
death
Ent W" have no quarrel with the croakcrs.-
Some OF them mean very We'll. and all Of them
THINK Themselves very wise. There is, Doubt.
les. IL. for fr''.s. In the spring Of The YEAR
their caCorh"nctn: concerts are truly Musical
W." are not 80 Suprr~.ii.tivr us the French no
hiiity, wi", while r>i,lin. temporarily in ihc.r
chateau, forced the peasants I" whil, the ponds
all night t" keep ill. frogs from c,"nkins. No.
The lr,trach,n ci"ak"r:; may have fair plav--so
long aS their complaints do affect the grow Il
OF early l"as; and their hirm,n brethren, -"
'"n@ aS they do no ,rusitivc. harm. may 90 SEQ.
fire. +" far We are cunccfncd-- --R,I,:n.vre
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