The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-06-28

are the First Glass and who
the Trash?


A man who Is strictly truthful, %virtuons,
,.moerats and honest No matter II he vas
horn in the most squaiid nest Of misery and
d.,,sdstlou, and wal reared in the humblest
,,nhs of life, iqa gentleman and rightly be-
,oDgs to the highest class Of society, IL he
Ia, not a single dollar 10 bis pocket. A man
vbo drinks whiskey habitually, lies, cheats,
d.sauds, steals, Expresses the poor and ma.
,rus bis fellow creatures Is 70 gentleman
and belongs to that class Of society called
m,ssbn He has no claims on decent society
,bou0h be has the wealth Of q RothSchild.
No ilustriouS lineage, no big family conneI-
ions, nothing but his own real merit can aE
hd . basis of good character. He may
have A towering intellect and a well c%ultiVa-
tad mind, but If his life is not characterized
bv the attributes of a gentleman bis vices
ar. the more Infamous and inexcusabls. -
Errinsic possessions never makes the man.
The enlightened sentiment Of the age judges
all bv their intrinsic meritS. The man who
visits the lowest denS of infamy and prostitu-
ton or reels along the highway beastly
drunk, blAsphemlng Heaven, bereft Of reason,
making the solemn midnight hour hideOuS
With dsmOniac rawlings, disgusting all decent
people with bis horrible vulgArity, Is not re.
spected even by his wi vile and abandoned
amOciates, much less cat be be considered as
worthy Of the first rank Of society.
1t has Just come to our knowledge that
there is a select very7) circle formed in this
town, high itrung (vsry2) treason spotted
(%muchlY) and Oristocratic (vOry2) which has
taken upon itself the immense task Of deslg-
mating who shall compose the different class
sS Of society in the community. 1t arrogateS
to itself the right to dictate to the heads Of
families what young men shall not visit their
daughters. We infer that all other matters
pertaining to the society Of the young people
will receive immediate attention from this
new profession. We most respectfully in
form this select circle that the first part Ofthis
article was written with an eye to this and
hope our reflections will DO duly considered.
We hear Of some half dozen young men be-
Ing prescribed already, and by the bead of
this circle, who is a woman Hnmdrrkd, are
denOminatSd "trdsh.p
The young men thus stigmAtized sustain
good moral characters, and their pareata bs4
fore them. We have yet to hear one single
rprOach against their family c~oaaO4lOus,
and per adventure there y, what pspson Of
liberal feelings aud generous soul would
hold them responsible for the reprehsnslble
conduct Of a relative or brand them with the
infamy of OtherS2 These young gentlemen
have nothing to recommend them to the IA.
YOUR and respect Of this source of defamina-
ton, because none OF them are blackened
with the blight Of treason nons Of them
served four years In the rebel army All now
have a parole In their pockets never to take
up arms against the government Of the Uni
ted States; none Of them have so far been
lost TO the respect Of self and friends as to
be the frequenters of the lowest siLks Of
vice and iniquity more Of them have ever
been 'sSgs-gra'' rangers, providing nightly
HOund our village, OF s~tar-gaEing eIpedi-
lions, but they are young men of good hab-
10, 'ndeaVOring to make useful men 10 the
various pursuits Of life, and cannot be in
i4'ed BY the detractlOpS and eoptemptuouS
remarks Of those BY whoa they are hated
and Spurned.