The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-05-06

she. We allow Bridget 10 plumber us,
break her bargains with us, aud sauce
US. without so much rs mentioning the
house Of correction. Instead If incon-
tinentiy cbasti,ing the vulgar ass who
chances to call Us evil na,nes, we sidle
away from him, perhaps smile upon him:
with placatibg air; in our se, crest
mood seek TO depi.e him, and always
hdespke ourselves. There is no end TO
the impertipences which deceut people
receive 'bscause they will not resent
them. II is the paradise of bad man,
ners; ]. is the puigstory Of good man
Bers. =. st,, E.y E.st-- re
What does it all meant 1t means
'cowardice, lack OF self. respect, lsck Of
individuality. The, ,singla American is
homble before society; he !, humble be,
fore that fraction of society, the, corpo,,
ration heIis humble before yiha, .repre>
sentative ofihe corporation. ihe con.
ductog, lie has got into the habit Of
being humble. so that when. q bold voice
rises near him be crouches Ia fore that.
no matter though it be the ulterance of
a ~iud-bag /; aud when a s esdy eye
looks into his, his own, eye falte1s and
takes refuge in corners. lie has been
bullied by Mrs. Grundy until he believes
that every one who speaks u loud, firm
opinion represents The power Of Mrs.
Gruody, and must not be opposed. 1t
is curious experiment 10 contradict
one of these millions OF. Utah ueeps
and see him fall silent. Do not sup
pose that YOU have convinced BIN hes
cause lie makes no answer, and present.
ly gets out Of your way. He will look
up one Of his own belief, and 10 him
argue agains: you.
Il il better than 1t was once. A
grand exhibition Of national lieroi,m
has in part atoned for the days when
we thought it brave to say, "The hon
orahle gentleman from Mississippi must
not crack his plantation whip ov er me.
and f# the still viler days when even
that timorons defiance c,uld not get
itself uttered by Yankee lips. But the
individaal Of society. is still almost rs
mean aud sneaking as was then the
average hono,able gentleman from
aorth of Mason and D.xou's limo. He
is continually dodging aud duekiRg TO
ey yadel vii sorts Of plantation whips =
Sile is allaLe while :, calcbirgsil" from
public opiaien and corporations and
conduciorsand ,portefs; lie is nagrlla-
ted by Pstiiclx aud RSidget and every
oihxr species of strong Will, j. fim eyed;
muscular Christians; he lis afraid If
evet, body v hos fights and ,swears. or
who even scowlS. One cannot help
smiling with sa;i,faclion 10. imagine
merely how, ihe sensitive. fiery. quick.
Striking, ;s.chiyalrous Souihton would
nj least cllsnge the nature # our trou.
bles il hekbould sppear in fyrce among
as. The most pugnacious Irish hack,
man. or Iuhkmsn who did business in
!sChailes,on before the war ,soop learned
mol to drive oser pedesrians and 10 be
very cautious about spia-hing them.
On the whole, Tie " high-toncd gen
tleman " must not bs forgotten, of
course, be cannot rs y unity be preserv-
ell, mnch iess re-created, in democra-
cy Of labor. Il is impossibleto put the
entire stamp Of a Roman, feudal or
Csroliniah oligareh upon man who
lives by his own work, who has beneath
him neI,her p'ebian nor slave, who be.
longs 10 no case, and whose sympa-
tiles logically comprehend all his conu.
trymen, II not all the human race. Be.
rs we desire 10 fqsi,ion a@orthy gentle
man Of democracy. let US keep the no.