Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-02

FRESH EMERsoNIsMss Nature ia the heat uos. fture-master. The awkward man b Rrscsfui when he IS asleep ,and children ct pisy or et rest present fitting attitudes it for artists to
 Iaie is- short, but there is always time so, courtesy. -
 It is an excellent Quaker custom of having e pause of silent prayer before meat. Interpreting a moment of reflection between the turmoil of ble. '"-1.--' e, ,F"'-'' - - = - -
 A man should study ever to keep cool he makes ; his interiors his s1periors by heat
 The main point of conversation is to stats platitude. 1--Ss'a: se-"''o'A VI
 When a., man meets his fitting mate. society begins. While one man pins us to theiwsli. with another we walk among stars.
 How often is nature, hidden elsewhere, be- t,ayed by laugh. The Choctaw or the negro element sedulously concealed except in this feature, will betray itself in the loud squeal of merriment which salutes jest.
 The hunger for company is keen 1t should be discriminating. The great fault of our 60 cial custom is that there is no limit toour calls and visits.
 We need not fear for the underplaced man he will find his level. It is for the .overplaced that we should have misgivings. In the caucus men ask is he republican, or Is he democrat, then has he taletns and ability, and then is he honest and to be trusted. These afirmatively answered, they make him their candidate, GOV. CT him with honor and success and go home and tell their wives what good thing they have done, forgetting to ask the fourth and chief question, has he the will, the personal force, the power to assert and maintain his DO. sition. - Z" F. HSe] g-i a-E F hate to hear the assertion that our govern ment excludes the highest class, as in New York we are told that the moment man enters pol. itics he loses social caste. This is absurd, . wretched skepticism on its face. No bar can prevent the gentleman in our society from giv. ing his aid to promote the general advantage.
 The consideration n which riches arc held among us is possibly not without meaning and right It is a testimony of the belief that wealth is essentially a test of merit. In America 1t is the general conviction of mature minds that every young man of ordinary faculties and hab- its can obtain 8 good estate, and in such season as to enjoy as well as to transmit it.
 Slavery is genuine test of merit and value in its manner of appraisal of men. From Ave hundred to thousand dollars buys good field hand :; a skillful carpenter or other mechanic sells for twelve or twenty hundred beauty of course brings its own fancy price, for all that . nan hath will he give for his love !; how great sums would be given in Rome for an accom-. plished clerk, secretary in whom his propri- etor might repose confidence and we are told the prices of Epictetus, of 4csop, of Toussaint LOaverture-perhapsi it was not a market day. The king or the general does not need fine coat. The commenting person need not trouble himself about such things. But if man wants confidence and aplom6, It may bu wise economy for him to go to good shop for his costume, and then he may go gaily into circles where he would not otherwise venture, and bear him self confidently in discussions in which he could else have no part. ,s
 Who does not delight in fine mannerss Thsii charm cannot be overstated. Hans Anderson's story of the cobweb cloth. so fine as to Do h. visible, woven fol the garment oi king, must mean manners. Manners are greater than laws by their delicate natures they fortify themselves with an impossible wall of detense.