The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-01
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GLIMPSES In THE MIRROR OF EXPERIENCE.
BY FATHER BROADBRIM.

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When we took our first view ofthe Mirror
of Experience, we marked decided want of
calm reflection and moderation in the world
around MS, and now, taking another glimpse,
we find when men mingle gladly and JOY
fully in tile society of those Of their own
age oand sex, they not unfrequently forget
the rules of modesty and become so enTap-
tured with the excitement of the hour, that
they arc apt to lose sight of this sweetest
adornmcnt IF human character RI r.-., 5
Sometimes the Mirror OF Experience re-
fleets men to great disadvantage, and they
arc seen presuming too much upon their own
wisdom, or priding themselves too highly
on their own requirements But this true
view of their defects very often produces
beneficial and salutary effect. Then it is
that they learn to be modest by full view
of their ignorance, and begin to experience
the fact, that to be esteemed in the judg
mcnt of Others. they must first cast off the
folly of being accomplished or entertaining.
alone in their 0aon conceit. Now, we have
seen many striking likenesses Of this picture.
For instance, there was poor Brother Pcll,
with whom we went to school in our boy
hood. He was always wise in his own con
ceit, and the schoolmaster's birch SO failed to
lick it out of him, that he has grown old in
a want of modesty and is always trying to
| force his religious views and political opin-
| ions on the public 1t isl great pity we
should have so many wiseacres in our midst,
but alas the crop will never be deficient
while he sits in the editorial chair. Some of
our other great (O Conservative friends. who
figured largely in our last State election
| would do well to cultivate modesty of de-
pertinent by glancimg at their deformities in
| the Mirror of Experience, SO faithful to the
representation of their bad designs. What
| sight of them would roll up before their
gael .ia go !. ~is- 10y
It has been remarked by one of old, I" that
| a plain garment best adorns beautiful wo-
man." and we may add that decent beha-
| vior and a modest estimation of their own
virtues are among the greatest ornaments of
the characters of great men. The country is
sadly mourning over the aepravity, bare
| faced impudence and odious vulgarity of
some of Her chosen sons In fact, SO noto-
rious for conspicuous corruption have many
| of our great (?) men become, that to be great
nova days is to be damned. The members
| of the whisky ring and its head in the
White House will surely very soon become
great (9 if they are not already so. But
| alas all greatness must fade as doth the
flower" and ere, another spring and sum
mer shall scatter roses over our fair land,
Grant will be in the honored place of the
nation. Then there will be a. cleaning out
of $ the whisky ring and knocking out of
"the dirty, corrupt and staggering bloats !"
1t will be dark day for those {" bummers )"
when Grant gets safely fixed in the White
! House. He is going there No set of men
can keep him out, and more than all, his
modesty of department will 60 far to place
him in the fame hallowed chair, so nobly
! filled by the lamented Lincoln. 1t is re-
markabe fact that those modest, simple
| words of Grant, Let us lave Peace" have
won all hearts, How, unlike the ostenta-
tious words and high sounding sentiments
of the man, who is wise in his own con-
ceit! Words like these of our great Grant,
| give lustre to truth, for nothing enlists our
4 affections so beautifully, as the plain, un-
| vanished language of the man, whom we
may look upon as being truly covered with
+! the mantle of becoming modesty. Depend
I upon it, man like Grant will be more in
] clined to consult the wishes of the people,
i and weigh the counsels of his friends, than
| to act always upon his own will, or take the
lead in corruption as " the my policy man
has wickedly done.
| Instead of thinking himself great, or wise,
4 or grand, we find that the Mirror of Expe-
rience shows Grant in totally different
train Of self opinion. When other men are
sounding their praises and holding up the
J pictures of their own projections, 0ike
Brother Pell does) we see Grant turning his
ears against applause, and only occurring
the place Of manly, modest dignity. With
such modesty as his, the purest virtue shine
with brighter light and the man who pos
sesses it is more respected even in the shades
! of retirement, than the fool, who openly
. displays the hideousness of his attain
. ments before every assembly ne may chance
! to engage Tile vain and the arrogant man,
! however, loves to court the admiration
and observation Of the vulgar, as well as the
notice of the refined; the former he gets
| lavishy,-the latter sparely. For instance
| see the man who is wise in his own con-
| cert" swinging round the circle and making
all sorts of silly orations before crowds of
| the rabble,-drunk with a sense of the fit
ness of the occasion for grand torrent of
abuse against Congress, the Union and its
Heroes. .uv - .,a. -- a -
| The Judgment of the public is always on
| the side of modesty, for she never despises
the opinions Of those she meets she is ney-
er pulled up with the vanity Of her imagi-
nation her delight is to speak all the day
| long not of herself, but of those whom she
delights to honor. How pleasant the face
of such companion! How clearly and
beautifully do we recognize if in the letter,
| which Grant wrote to Sherman, showing the
magnitude and Importance Of the latter's
military services to his country 1t is truly
| gratifying too to know, that the Republican
heart of the United States has judged Grant
Alright, and having looked with true and
unfaltering gaze into the Mirror of Expert
ence, the aoise men of tile Union have conclu-
ded that Grant is the Disest of them all and
the only man in America fit to be Presi-
dent. h 4imi= ..i..s - SO ls..
Having shown that Modesty may move
gracefully down the tide of the greatest life,
1 will conclude, by inviting all your readers
to remember Brother Pell in their prayers.
| He may improve little, If he will make an
| effort in the right direction
| Yours in all sincerity, -
| 'eHai FATHER BROADBRIM.
A few weeks since, says the Norfolk Vir-
ginian, the trustees of William and Mary
College received from England remittance
| of some $4,000, the accumulated proceeds of
| lar..o.y laft <lo,,.i a., ~, H.