The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-27

country, and after a great deal
of noise and play, the children
were assembled to take refresh
ments in the shape OF cake and
lemonade. All were helped but
Willie, who was so large that
the servants repeatedly passed
him by as one who would pres
emily eat. with the grown folks.
Willie sat and looked on with
a full heart, a heart almost
bursting, at the neglect with
which he was treated, until at
last the lady Of the house no.
ticing him, asked him if he had
had some cake and lemonade.
! That was a little too much for
the boy with the >child's heart,
and he burst out blubbering
and exclaimed, No, and | don't
want none, mother ?
"N ell, sir, all my life l have
been in the position Of little
Willie, as we call him. The
feelings we have as children,
continue in us as grown folks.
The only difference is that we
are more hyp0critical when
gToWn-though even that
would be difficult with some |
have met"
"m my being-and I suppose
= it is so with all men-there are
two distinct phases, the appa-
rent and the real. When the
sun shines, and | pass along the
street saluting and being salut-
ed by almost every one, with a
friendly nod, or when [ am
=, seated with pleasant acquain-
, tances, in social chat, every
thing wears a pleasant aspect.
, But when | look at the reality,
at the motives, or no motives
Of my acquaintances; at the
just weight oftheir friendliness;
and reflect that | have to suS-
. tain myself all alone and unas-
= sisted; that if [ get a fortune [
= have to get it by hard work ;
+ that if | get fame it has got to
: wrung from unwilling hearts
that if | do well the majority
:, will not applaud unless the
fashion is set 10y strangers and
if I do i'll, down | must 60.
. without one single arm to sup
. port me. I tell you," faltered
. Buggins, with his eyes full OF
tears, my heart is so full OF
= Wo, and | am so unutterably
, wretched, that if [ did have
- a God to have faith in, and die
! not know that I would some
- day have eternal rest if [ be
, patient, | would be tempted tt
y seek a temporary rest in death
y But never mind" said our phil,
= OS0phic friend, with a smile
% clearing up his cloudy face, q
!, suppose almost all men feel a
n | do, and after all, it isbast t.
u put a good face on the matter
- If we should all cry out on
: woes, there would be no Iiyin.
- in this world. Butit's a wear,
= struggle" -Ndtchcs Democrat
, L. One might think tina
1t the radicals of the North w0ult
: feel the shame of q detected
sheep-stealer when they fore
g negro suffrage upon the South
IL calling it an "inalienable hu
e man right" and yet refuse t.
y permit it within their owl
1t States. They have no thought
6 except perhaps in two or tire,
IS States, of letting their own ne
'e gr0es vote. There's Ohio, 70
L instance, which gave a Repub
lican, majority Of about a hun
y dred thousand, and yet she ha
20 just refused, through her Leg
$ islature, even to listen with re
d spect to a proposition in fayo
Is Of negrO-VOting.
lie 1t would be incOmparabl,
e. less unreasonable that the ne
3, grOeS Of the North should v0t,
l. than that those of the SoutI
6 should do so. The negroes O
L the North are so few that the,
'e could not, in one case in a hun
IF bred, influence the result O
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