The weekly Butte record., 1863-05-30

shelcuts Oh Two classes OF people 10 De lOuOd
IN every community, We commend 10 the at
tention Of our readers, leaving it for them tc
make the proper application in the midst oi
their acquantances
SKIN MILK CHARACTERS
Ruskin, the celebrated artist and author,
depicts the wavering courage of Parliament
during the Crimean war, by saying that there
never came news by telegraph of the explosion
Of a powder barrel, or the loss of thirty men BY
sortie but the Parliament did not lose conf
dence Immediately in the justice of the war,
and reopened the question whether they should
/ ever have engaged in it, and remained in a
I doubtful and repentant state Of mind until one
OF the enemy's powder barrels blew up also,
upon which they were Immediately satisfied
again that the war was wise and necessary
one.
We Ike to see people take sides on any
question, and stick TO them through thick and
thin, until they have reason to change, and
when they have changed, to stick TO that side
also, and make themselves felt. We like to
see the people in earnest, having a belief, and
ready to stand up to it. We do not like those
luke-warm people who take hold Of everything
as though they were in doubt as to the cor
rectness OF their position, and ready to change
over with any stray breath of criticism or
wave of disaster. Some people are eternay
on the fence, watching for an opportunity to
JOIN the stronger party or to follow in the
footsteps of some other individual to whom
they look for guidance and support. They are
invited to examine the question and to join
one side or the other; and they ask how Smith
or Jones goes? If Smith or Jones goes upon
the Guelfs, they may adhere to the same party
Tor the present, bat so feeble they can change
over to the Ghebelins without any trouble. if
Jones or Smith see fit to make the change
They are never ready to come out bold and
wear the red rose or the white rose but keep
in the shade, and lend their voices to swell the
loudeSt cheers. They call this the course of
safety, and they brand the men of decided
opinions with opprobrious epithets These
skim milk characters are always looking out
for man traps and examining the compass If
they hear growl they tremble, and take back
all they have said, and they can smell gun
powder for miles. They have 10 idea of self
respect, no enthusiasm for great principles
The course of safety which they seek without
ceasing is not free from dangers, for fear is
bad counsellor, and boldness frequently carries
the day where timdity would waste all in
conflict with imaginary dangers. These cold
blooded people make some fatal mistakes
They have 50 little feeling that they think
they can hang upon the skirts of party or
sect while 1t is prosperous, and never become
really identified with it so that they cannot
desert it when it comes to trouble. They are
pretty well understood by their fellow mortals
and instead of being reckoned independent, as
they would have it, they are allowed to be the
meanest of the set to which they belong
Reader, have an opinion of some sort-the
best you can get; and be sure you have it so
well grounded that you will not be ashamed to
wear it on your sleeve. If you are not sue
cessful, you will at least not be contemplate.
TWO FACED PEOPLE
Two-faced people are to be met with in all
places ndamong all classes of men, Weknow
Of no epithet that has a more disagreeab!e
sound, or which CRATES more harshly on the
ear, than to be called twofaced. Such people
have no settled policy, but are beaten about
BY every wind which blows They are taking
with their new acquaintances because they
say soft and pretty things, They fatter and
pretend to be very friendly, and are cold and
calculating and full of treachery. They man
age by houied words to worm out of the IN.
suspecting all their secrets, and turn the nfor.
nation thus obtained against their victims
when an opportunity offers. They work in
secret, and do an Infinite amount of mischief.
They agree with every man they meet, and
are always smiling. They are the friends of
everybody, yet will desert their best friends in
the hour OF adversely. They never openly
denounce, but are panied to hear that they
have heard unfavorable reports of this and
that man. and hope such reports are not true.
They are to be found in the social circle in
abundance. They are foremost in charitable
societies. They manage to get elected upon
the board Of management or as treasurer,
where they can make an exhibition OF their
benevolent and humane dispositions by dis
pensing the bounties of others. They never
give a pcayune of their own money, but are
liberal with the funds Of others, at the same
time charging well for their services Such
men are twofaced hypocrites. and have not
in their whole composition single glorious
impulse; yet they will get up in public assem-
bles and talk about the unfortunate poor, and
how their hearts bleed for them
They will tell people how important it is
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