Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-18
MORNING. LEADER
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social LIE. aLf u
There are but few blessings which eulti-
vnted men and women esteem more high /
IL than those Of social life, when conducted
upOn such terms and such an under,
standing that there is allowed free play
for those higher emotions to which social
life ninisters. The man or woman who
voluntarily isolates himself from the soeie-
ty Of his fellows, and retires within himself
to enjoy bis own individual CONSCIOUSNESS
as an oyster or a clam might Dc, had CLAIMS
OF oysters brains, is 10 a morbid, abnorma
condition. He lives in violation Of one OF
the plaInesG laws impressed upon mans OF
ganiEations, that which iinpcls him olsesk
the society Of his fellows. There is no an
imal more naturally gregarious in his in
stincts than Is the human animal. 1t is
this which crowds our large cities with so
many people who might improve their
temporal interests 20 much more by leay-
ing the busy hives of men and settling up
on piece OF soil of their own.
Occasionally you find a human being,
more frequently woman than man, who
experiences q grim satisfaction in wrapping
himself up IN naughty isolation from the
rest of mankind. such a being is sure, ul7
timately to be a misanthrope, OF at least to
i've with On intellect and heart beclouded
by'the malaria that rises from a soul eyer
engaged IN introspsetion, and not protest
ing itself into hearty, joyous, social actiyi-
sOciabiHty is largely the resuitrOf cul-
ture Ii is true that many human beings
are very garrulntis BY nature; but garrai-
itv and social culture are BY no means the
same. Social culture implies reciprlootiy
ofiptercolrse, while gnrruIity Is an inOr-
dinate talking upon one zida, with compar-
ative passivity Upon the other Social cul-
ture enables man with ease and; self-con-
& zElin through the whole range Of
sution. s d. b emotions. He is not embar-
rassed By the drorl Bumors Of his compAn+
ions. Theouips and quirks offancy andimtsg-
nation which attend the more stately and
serene movements of the reason, are accept
ed and replied to with the same versatility
with which the eminently social man par
Jrius the logic of facts of his adversary.
To be highly cultivated social man on
woman should be an object of ambition
among the young. ,sTo be such, there must
be free and liberal culture of mind and
heart. Eoone who has grown inthe poison
Gus atmosphere Of mere forms and conYen-
tionaGsies oan attain social distinction.
The greatest and most eloquent eonyerssN
tiondlists are never IN their bapPiest
moods unless they are among those whose
acquaintance has become intimacy Sd
eiety that is "stiff" "formsl,p e 'Heeremoni-
;ous,' more Estidioqs about the cut of your
O hair or the shape Of your boots than about
your brains or common sense, is not at AL
adapted to calling forth the social powers
Of man, and justso far is undesirable. So
cial life must not be hampered by any
non essentials, if we are to see the highest
manifestations of it. To do 50, always
crush out all social impulses and results in
q formal, Uer1IHvr' '''gsg s.1 GU " y
. mode Of social intercourse ELI -srs4 d
Men and women, in seeking each others
society, desire some sympathetic converse,
They seek those whose intellectual culture
and emotional powers are akin to tAfir :
-s.4--., s,sv1vTure can not be fed and
made hearty upon the mere husks of social
intercourse. They must have something
more than the stale, fat, formal and dn-
profitable talk about politics or new books,
which is imposed upon them by the formal.
and earemoDious regulations which prevail
IN many aristoOratic companies. Many a
man or woman has attended receptions
and great parties, and has been in I'm
speakable misery all the while. They go
for politeness sake, and forp poiiteness cake
they suffer untold .nliseries during an eve
ming, often wishing inwardly that they
might quietly and unObserved Tescape
from tho susooating and chilling at
mosphers. The dead fornalities ef
polished society are dealt I out
4nstead OF the life-giving utteranees which
indicate a fellow-feeling and intellectual
sympathy which are worth far more. Mark
what Bacon saith: For crowd is not a
company, and faces are but gallery of
pictures and talk but a tinkling cymbal
where there Is no love" 4~ad rp p
If true social enjoyment is to be expert
Sneed and genuine social culture to be re
allied, It must be by a free, familiar and
sympathetic interchange Of ideas and in9
pTessions.
There must be Professionalism IL social
hfe, If Society is ever to be emancipated
from the cold fornalities which hedgei It in
The young, if they arc ever to become good
Oonversationalists, must not have gfown
IN siclkly atmosphere of rites and ceremO-
MES. There must be for men and women,
as there Is always between youth Of similar
age and circumstances, an interehang ge of |
social greetings not dictated by the dsspot-
ism Of fashionable society. 81 ,1f
The POSITION Orthe Democratic Pnr4y.
1 'l,- Isl 8l.
There are but two class Of persons ID |
the Western Continent that look with ap-
pro7Rl upon the attitute Of the Democracy.
Those are rebels and sympathiEers with |
rebels So far as that large body of Amer
lean citizens who are in the army are CON
osrned, they owe no debt Of gratitude to the |
democracy. i