The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-02-03
QUARRELSOME PEOPLE.

."' Niger "''l They i!v Inlo atoms and
'' - :" ','> will, minute pa,,,cl.s Of
r.,",. Ga ii W. ascend into the r,,,m
"m'' na'nrr for = comparison, they
''v l'' I'>'n"'l /" kittens, which nrc play.
,- al; .n;al''r au'l graceful SO lonr ms
,r->"nr l1.n!> over Their backs from
I'''!s '"wnwar'is, hut if we happen
'''>"' ia" acton. 'l''v Sn""z" and yuwl
'''' sick their claws into us! They do moi
"'w lis to he too intimate with them, and
"" rla:: with them ut all, it is with some
,pid"'pn, AMI constant and watchfu
:n"mhrance Of their little foble. There
81" 'w" kinds of fnarrclsomc people. One
.s,> is ""!y !!-;rmnercl the other is i'll.
"'"'"l; both are la,l enough, hut the
liter Is the worse. We NAV learn to cx-
p" .,'' ih" Irritable man, and to pity his in
""m'v of temper hut, if we are tolcraLlv
"'I'u:",l ourselves, we DO not sympa-
'H'.r with those m"rn,c human porcupincs
taos" TuiIS are always brstiug icrcelv,
u Ni'r III" never happy unless they are
''rr'ing. There are plenty Of examples
e.: F"''h classes all around lis, and every
nrdv knows where to find them among
lis own acTnaintances.
l'n>'ncsS men quarrel most frequently
"''' ,'',nin- business matters. Triihg dis
IS nh"u: the most unimpnrant things
90" int" m""n;aius SO huge that there is
"">HIbli'y of pa>>in. them to effect
"crn"i!iali"n. 1t is sail that there is
'eT''r II quarrel in which both arc not to
.' ri"'"!. and, with certain limitations,
:i,lv is IN 'l"ull that this assertion is true.
Occasionally, men have Inarrrs thrust up.
:: til'',n, bat tn. instances are extremely
'i:' !" whirl, a little l'aticnt explanation.
~ II candid admission Gi an error or over.
'"it has been c"nmi%tc,l) would not have
sept the peace and done violence to no
''i"r'Ple. Sometimes a man may be i'm
ncrlincnt, ard even Inclined to bc abusive.
bat ii l'e is not too large it is better to kick
i'm than T." crafty linn hv rc!alating.-
''n, ii would he still better TO kick him
"nI y 'in the minds eye" ana to dismiss
aim rs civily as possible. Nine times in
ten, the rl,"!crc gentleman will be- asham
ed oI himself whc" he gets cooler, and one
time in Il hundred he will acknowledge his
error. It's remarkable that the most viu.
IcEt 4alIcs originate in disputes which
&'''''er party would ever dream of appeal
'h@ [" the CIVIL tribunals to recify.
We have another popular kind Of birk
"'ing, whi,'h we call family :,uarre!s.'
these som"linra last for generations. In
rs Democratic coan'rv, wc have plenty
'I'''H:.n", and Carulcts, but 10 Hcmcos
..:'i ''".'c'" to poison and stab themselves
T. 'rc"nc'lc Tin: dca' iy Ic!@. File original
:''''"i i inherited, am! with it an appetite
i"r gore winch would lie positively fright
- "'.'v it never in'ulycs its loncings.
'.">. family fouls arc too ridiculous to
'N '"'"'. The "lr; OF John Smith lla-
- ''"hn brow" because ,h'ir fathers or
:.'':| father Ci they ever had amy trod
ga o''t a""l''erS toe, or because they cheat
! ,.''" other, Is infinitely disgusting.
''r":""'y The most universal ground of
:'''''hS i politics.. lhcfe are tut few
'''''e'" P"''''c''''S' iN'thous'i Tie 4nes'
'.'''' ""'''' separate parties are not gener
"''y '"oS' III w'''ch lie masses need
LAC III! Si@t'a' interest," at least not
''''-' interest to awaken hatred and en-
utter S'r'''' sun partlsans are violent. In
our "''s' S''"''rr"s"r'cs, distribution OF pub
'''''' P'"rct"' ana United States Banks,
''e'',' ISSUES we AL remember how
" "~''' l." i!s"s Tor and against them, and
." '''.''''y We nate" one another on ac-
"'' "' item and even yet, though these
war e''''S are "ea" a"d buried, we have
'-''' "''''c' III Tic hatcicts we used TO