The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-02-23


fof the B0licar Bulletin
Sad. Yet True.
lts % Be regretted thaemany young men
sc the present dayZthe progressiYe GENTRY
Of this. the nineteenth centdsy, IRE tailoring
ander false, not TO say erroneous ideas, in
relation to that which constitutes the geau-
inostamp and patent Of gentiIity A pitia-
BE set Of logcians are abroad in the land
aud their Conclusions win disc6ger 70 us alta
single glance upon what gorgeous errors are.
based their promises We allade nbw to
chat class of individuals who, coming into
the world with little capital Of fortune and
still less Of talent, have argued themselves
into the belief that labor is In itssf degrad-
ing, utterly incompatible, either with high
social, or literary attainments; consequently
they have set their wits to work TO contrive
If possible, the best way Of living without
work The idea that manual labor is me
nial, is too prevalent in many stages Of so
ciety, yet we know not to what caase it is
attributable unless it be the moral degene-
racy Of the times. Why IS it that the labor
ing man, he whose hands are hard with hon
est toll dwindles into such comparative lit
teness when brought face to face with those
augus personages2 Why is he addressed in
THAT lofty and eondescending manner Of con
scioGs superiority Because, forsooth, IN
like his own presuming brother, heg goes forth
in obedience TO the great decree and earns
his bread by the sweat Of his brow. IT'S
the man makes the calling, and not the call
ing the man, and we dislike to see men thrust
themselves forward into positions which
should combine energy of character with
brilliancy Of parts and when there, content
themselves with a miserable mediocrity. We
see persons catching in vain for the mead Of
professional honors who might figure con
spicuously in those hardy pursuits which re-
quire strength of muscle more than of mind.
Young men nowadays 60 to college, get to-
gether few fragments Of Greek and Latin,
drag through course, manage to get d.
ploma and come out dubbed with title All
this is to make them genteel, to give them
passport into society, (and poor fellows
how they need it, We smile to see them
put on extravagant airs, use pompous and
sonorous language, make parade Of their
learning to the wondering simple, and ere
long stick up their single as practitioners.
When in many instances, perhaps they have
about as much practical knowledge Of what
they profess as a grass-hopper has Of sur
gerry. According to our judgment, these are I
decidedly acould-be cases, and from all mould
Be professional druasAeaded doctors and
leather-headed lawyers, we would say in
the language Of the Holy Litany: Good
Lord, deliver us. We do not mean to depre-
ciate professional men of merit by no means,
but VIC are alternately panied, amused and
disguised when we see persons through vain
ambition endeavoring to move in a sphere
5 which nature never designed them to occupy
Remember worth makes the man, and We
SPEAK now 70 tie gentlemen 81 elegant leis-
are as well as to the latest, most approved
and polished style Of Ioafer; and by those
whose opinions are of most avail, -you viii
be judged, not BY ezternals, or for any peeu-
iarity of hfes trade or profession, but for
the more sterling qualifications Of head and
heart Know myself, yet of all knowledge,
the knowledge of self is acquired with most
difficulty. Discover if possible, your men
tai latitude and longitude, the extent and
compass Of your capacities, and when this
self knowledge shall have become universal
then we. will see. agriculture and the useful
arts RECLINING their fugitives from the leg
islative halls, the bar, the pulpit and the pro-
fessor's chair. Then many a country -peda-
gogus and village petdfoggef instead of en-
deavoring to. rear the tender thought, viii
be found somewhere gracefully welding the
hoe handle and vigilantly striving to prevent
the ineursions of the brain. g This is a con
summation devoutly to be wished, and we
trust that IN the dim outlines Of the future,
the time is Fastening on when the barriers
of false pride shall be broken down and men
shall judge Of matters BY the unadulterated
standard Of common sense. When this mil
lennium shall have dawned upon the world,
then indeed May we realize that the golden
age is come and exclaim with the mountain
bard, TeDlpora mutaBt cum omnibus j. w.
Communicated. sFe.L