Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-05-24
sociaI Highness and Loy,ncss


al tell vou he isn't anything,"
why mott He certainly Is comedy and civil
and successful in business, and in every respect ap.
pears like gentleman
TIA, NAV be: but his father wasn't anybody.
and his mother was Of low family
why, his fatherwas n shoemaker 'corlwain
er.' it used to read on his sign, and put taps on
shoes for n living.
WASN'T he honestl
Il dare cav
Wasn't he industrious1' -
HE mus. have been. to have ieh his children
the sum which he Is reputed to have done
Wasn't he agreeable and amiablep
Yes. | well remember with how much pleas
ure used to wait in his little shop while he stitch.
ed the gaps in my feathers, listen to his amusing
and instructive stories. But why do you take such
on interest in the old man.
Il am trying find out:his lorness II seems
he was honest and industrious and amiable and
.agreeable--qualities whichhusually give man
come rank among his fellow@s and vet you say he
Was a low person. Was he vulgar7'
NO. he wasn't vulgar; nc was quite refined for
a man Of his opportunities; but he was shoemaker
Don't you understand how his ignoble calling should
M his position in society, in spite Of his good and
even remarkable qualitlesl OF course, black
smith and shoemaker, and such men cannot be
gentlemen, as merchants and law.sr,, etc, are
Il think Mr., Longfellow wrote a poem once
about blacksmith who a gentleman: and
think coed many people have considered them
selves hOnored by the acquaintance Of q certain
other blacksmith, who once hammered iron land
Hebrew tool in Worcester; and don't quite per-
eeive, eithe.. bow the making or selling Of tape
and delanes. or wholesale groceries, or stocks, or
as "a merchant or picking fuss generally, as n
lawyer, should make one a gentleman, while the
making and selling of shoes for horse sho
make one low. And even If such trades make one
low. don't quite perceive how they make ones
children low. You objected to Mr. A. because
ais father wasn't anyb body and his mother of
los family They were both Of them, upright
snd honorable individuals who had made the most
81 their I'D vansagse. and brought up their children
ditto; while here, Mr.. G. whole pompous bow you
10 deferentslly returned few moments ago, has
no father at all in the eyes OF the law and no char
actsr as all in the eyes of the Gospel but has
mulated great wealth by buying cheap whissey
and dragging il in his cellars. and selling il the
best port, cogniac, etc. He is gentleman. There
10 ne 'lowness' about him.
You refer to Col G., suppose. He certainly
is G gentleman. He keeps fine horses and give.
GOOD dinners, and spends money freely, and has
lovely places and it surely isn't his fault. that hs
wasn't better born. Everybody considers him
gentleman
Il consider him a scoundrei and chea.; ant
you would If you knew the secret history of hi
watts and casks and bottles. would sooner marrJ
daughter of mine 10 the poorest shoemaker. o.
the sootiest blacksmith that swings sledge-if h
were honest, industrious, ami intelligent-than Il
such bloated humbug as he is, and the like o
him. sLowP You had better wait till all thes:
people eternally sorted, and you will find tina
SEINE Of the highest shall be lowest as well a
that some ofstiie Cir 81 shall be the last
We lost the rest; for the Metropolitan car, Al
which We we're seated, had reached our stopping
place, and We, rang the bell and alighted, media
ting upon highness and lovness, as they had beer
outlined in this brief discussion. We own tina
our sympathy was strongly drawn out toward th,
defender of that gsntility which consists in a clea
head and good heart, as against the sham gentil
Isy conferred upon dolss by The possession Of dol
srD.