The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-02-12
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The conventional idea Of gentility i
sd Intimately connected with riches
that We find it difficult to think q
mere virtue honor, educaSon and goo
breeding without wealth, 1s the prope
attributes Of a gentlemen. -, f.;t.- ,a.-
,ra Its easier to say what is not gentls
snanlysisan TO- discover what, is, an
We commoulyaind the vulgar accepta
'tipn of the word gentleman admitted b,
the world. ID preference to a highe
standard of honesty and honor. I -, y.
The idea that money makes a gentle
man "isezemplifed every day Of our lives
andinsall manner OF ways. Try 1t By
ID cheap experiment., Give cent II
the beggar who waylays you in th'
street with ID d professional draw
abJut4 hunger. and cola, and you ar
overwhelmed with a torrent of thanks
refuse it, and you 60 home with curs'
on your head. Assist an infirm old Lady
into ssstreet car,---'s You are a q gentle
man, ,ash.,f' she says, in grateful whis
per- Give:up your seat in the front boz
IL apantomine to a coupl!: Of noisy
children -. -. Sir, you are d gentleman
says, the ,gratified father. Refuse tht
customary exortation Of the obsequious
servant at a watsrina-plact.. and he tells
you byaahis look that you are no gentle
ansssassaj aaasia4,. sa v#a - q . ~ &a
ID Somebody has clevsr1y said that II
every block Of marble is concealed ar
aphewo status; and 50 We earnestly
lhelisvea that 10 aeyery true and noble
nature lies the germ and spirit Of no,
bilisyqno matter What the merely world.
iys condition Of that nature be; ; bat sfoi
one specimen Of. the true Garrara2 there
aias are half-a-dozen counterfeit limitations
,in mere chalk aud ,rubble Your true
issntieman isfuot a. thing Of purchase
andssale, and can no more be manufac
tured than a diamond. 1t is hard
thing to say, but half your gentleman
~ jewels-bright and polished, and well
set h g.fld and silver, though they be-
al are J. PASTE SIR, mere mere paste !" 4 king
can max . bslted knight, - sang Burns
duke, and a'1thatss 4-rwhal
a, poor notion Of manufactured nobility
the unpen>ioned exciseman must have
dawhen he wrote that song. Bot
sherss no bitterness id it, not d iiiorseli;
he merely felt. as all true natures feel
whether clothed In rv-lvet or fustian
that "a atfsan'ssa man forsthasHF
No man need despair. if he be in
the mind Of being. thought a gentleman
for,' # a high standard morality, an un
Ainchipg love and. practice Of truth
honesty unimpeachabls. and virtue and
Justice untainted, constitute. rs | believe
they do, the true signs by which a gen
tleman may be known, then there is 4
hope for every one of US; and If We pos
sess, not these attributes, we must strive
to, gain them, .s in1 .-sa. @t-e .at f,,
bsrIhere is erected in society an invis
abhe standard of gentility; and, if W,
POSSESS it not ourselves, we have With,
usra secret tali>man by which to try tn,
1rae from the false. Everybody know
X gentleman when he is encountered
lhough a black, coat and kid gloves g
but short way in m"king one aud many
saGs Parissnaps" covers snob. t,5Ga3so9r'
sG'' What is it?!r' ask IT hackeray, grntl IS
OF critics, tenderest of satirists, sharpes
Of cynics,a h:,rdest 81 n,oralists, Just a
the mood takes him, !. What is it to b
q gsnllemal9 Is it to have lof y aims
10 lead q pure life, to keep your hone
virgin, to haveahs esteem of,qyour,s fol
-low.citizens, and the love of your FIRE
side; to bear good fortune meekly 1T
suffer evil with constancy. and sthroug
eyii or good, to maintain truth always
Show me the happy man whose life fetSe,I SeS
hibits these qualities, and him we vii
1ssluts as gentleman. whatever his ran
may be-; show ME the prince who pos
lsess them, and heamay be sure of GU
love and loyaly,'' .H o.s.t' y ,''7'i t'''Il
sal But, lest any of our readers shout
'sbe il doubt ~ to The true gentleman.
metal, il may be, as, well to- say, itha
IIthoughra a gentleman may possibly. sbe ]
little = fast, ''4shsais neither a Her, i
'cheas,i scoffer at other mems religion
a loud talker, snowy dresser, a boastel
trader on fpiylanthrophy,.a q drunkara
a swindler, 4 hanger-on at taVerns, nd
! frsq4enter Of gambling houses, Wher
ever you are in doubt, acertain it You
acqaaintaace be, any of these; if be b
shsmysu may conclude hsisf asos a agea
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