The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
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Honor

Honor.
Not great many years ago, men vim
dicated the dignity Of manhood-which
is but another expression for honor-by
deliberately killing each other. 1t was
the deliJe7adon that sanctified the crime.
Dueling was regarded as honorable en-
ployment, if not pas-time. We are
happy to say, for the honor Of the
world, that its code of honor is under
going revision; Common sense has
taken the matter in hand. Yet, we are
sorry to say that we still have national
dueling, church dueling and dueling OF
races. Rights Of conscience and civil |
rights are too often subjected to the ar
bitrament of chance. Those arguments
that proceed from the "canon's mouth"
are forcible, but not always logical.
There is true honor consisting OF
mems consciousness of dignity; and
there is thing in the world called hon
or, the spurious, degenerate offspring OF
the former. The biggest liar has sa-
cred regard for the reputation of truth,
and-if cowardice does not prevent
will fight if called a liar. The greatest
coward will do anything but fight or
brave danger, to prove himself a hero.
The snefiing thief will whip any fellow,
smaller than he, who insinuates that he
will steal. Spain is Quixotic if little
Chill sauces her The great Emperor
will remove the French troops from
Mexico-which lac smuggled in while
the Americans were in trouble-if the
United States will only not say definite
ly that he must; he will remove them as
rapidly as is consistent with a little de-
Gently prolonged diplomacy. The
Southern chivalry will obey the Yankees
if they will only be co0ciHatory, and allow
that they are as chivalrous as ever-only
whipped little after honorable resist
ence. Europe is concerned for the hon
or of the world and advises that one
Mr.. Davis be not hanged, 0 the honor
of this world is laughable! We grin,
while sic transit gloria mundi. We Won
, der whether Wordsworth was making
, fun when he wrote, ''Say, what is hon
Or? IT'S the finest sense Of justice
which the human mind can frame.
= The worlds sense Of justice certainly is
e very finely spun.
a There is 'honor among thieves"
= systematic stealing would not be prof.
table without it. Men must be gentle
men in some kind of society. Some
parts of society may exclude and dishon-
or them; but they will narrow their
: world--if disposed to be highwaymen or
pirates, then will they go together hav-
ing similar notions of honor, or equal
&c independence OF the honor Of the world.
We only protest against that class OF
writer's who attempt to impose this style
Q. of honor, as genuine, upon good society
n Vitiating the imagination of the young
is mean business. They who have nov
: el-hearted brains make miserable heroes
at best. We admit that these yellow
backed gentlemen, with their facile pen,
may get up kind of honor for the reg
ulation of a society Of derils. What is
le to prevent them from hitching honor to
i the character of any kind Of a being.
;. Indeed we have thought that there is
,r little more majesty about Milton's pan
ID demonium than is strictly necessary. Tc
III our mind, the Arch Friend is made tc
of express his preference TO be ruler in
hell rather than n servant in HEAVIER
- with little more satisfaction than is con.
sistent with our conception of a ruined
, angel-even though it be a poetic con
ception. :.
1t is said that it is better to be king
among monkies than monkey among
kings. Why? Because the king il
O. honorable and the monkies "Obsequiou
n. n. to his orders" 1t is the admiration o
" the multitude that some men desire
It's for this they strive-dctiOn that vii
of cause the eyes of the maltitude to dilate
Ike They are not particular whether it b
10 "God-Rke action" or not. The poin
to be gained, is to be Observed Napoleon
was a military prodigy: nations gaze
upon him till his "star of destiny sun
Y, behind the "sea-gir rock" Now, per
; haps some fellow, perceiving the world
homage to prodigy, and not hayin
ng the jatellcctuaL force, employs the be'
ILL., that he has, lie becomes a gymnas
like Blohdin, OF humbug like Barnun
en-, The crowd PUSHES; and he has hone
ca a. according to his fancy--and money too
~ for money and honor are synonyms
the vocabulary Of thousands
Many years ago an Englishman thre
. himself from one of the pyramids
Egypt that he might immortalze h
=, name. Poor fellow his name is forgo
- ten! There are several deeds of intan
on record, (Which we need not cnume
ate) the design of which was to porpc