The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-10-08

the history Of this mob y. take cprsory
glance "ad0wn the vista''of his pedigree.
Perchance birds eye view will satiate
your inquisitorial propensity in that regard.
A few year. SINCE you will probably learn
he was sitting on a bench (not the Bench)
a Ia Turk, plying the busy needle, and
metamorphosing broadcloth into the latest
cut, for some "buck" -somebody' darling
who was then on the top ladder of society, |
but has sircr decended into the obscurity of !
snobdom; while he, the "man-maker," has |
expanded into prosperous gent, and a full |
blown mob" Or possible it may be, he
was for many years dealer in Leather and
prunelIa,' and spent his valuable time in
toiling for the sake of o-her peoples "soles;"
industry AT last meets its reward, and from
the confined shop, redolent with the fumes
of OK hide, he energies into the man of
means, and sefcreated mob. Probably he
has been elected to the City Council, or to
some other prominent Office, and here the
highest ambition of his life is attained;
| fortune can add no more laurels to his brow
the acme of life's happiness Is reached; to
| hold public Office and be on familiar terms
with the "elite," and those clothed with a
| little brief authority, what more has be to
achieve on earth All that remains for
him to do now is to lie down quietly and
die, and be gathered to the "hone of his
fathers in a fashionable marble nausoleum.
There is another class of 'nobs" who boast
of their blood and gentle lineage, Their
greatest pride and vain glorious boast is that
their fathers and forefathers never demean-
ed themselves by manual labor. This "sect,"
bending to the progress of the age. is fast
dying out but there are still representa-
tives left amoung US. They are ''rara avis,
exclusive in their habits, and not at all
migratory. Their chief aim is to support
themselves by government pap, city pap,
or on the revenue of their unimpr0Ved
estates; too proud to work, they have no
objection to living upon the labor of the
people. whom they at the same time IN
disguisedly despise A few years more
and this class, thank God will be defunct
and orgotten-played out with their old
fogyism-never to be resurrected. Let US
now take a look at some of the unwashed
"snobs." They are as plentiful as black
birds in an oat field (the market is over
stocked), and like blackbirds, when you
see one you see the whole flock They are
generally of leveling order; that is, they
would exalt themselves to place of trust and
power, by leveling down and turning out of
Office men of worth and capacity, for nc
better reason than that of their being class
ed as aristo Gratis or "nobs." This is the
paramount object of their lives. To effect
this object they band themselves together
by associations and ties, and their rallying
cry is: God help the poor Cor snob) and
down with the rich" Cor nOb). They are
continually harping on equality, freeman's
rights, justice to working men; etc, while
many of them at heart are The most intoler-
ent bigots, and if they had the power would
make the veriest upstairs in the world A
elections they generally have their candi
dates In the field, and if they can harmonic
together they usually succeed in theil
} purposes but there is an element of selfish
ness abroad among them, each "snob' hav
ing in contemplation the "loaves and fishes,
that terminates d;scord and i'll feeling that
: frequently palsies their bodies polite and
eventuates in their defeat. 1t is much bet
ter for a community to have Mob at the
head of its municipal affairs than Snob
where the only choice is one or the other
but there is an intermediate body between
the two more preferable than either, anC
forming class who are the real gentlemen
and soverigns of the land. Free from thu
! sickening airs and assumption of nobism
or the low and grOveiinG disposition o
snobism, they pursue the even tenor o
their way, are modest and unobstructiye il
manners, sociab'e and chsiritabIe in charaC
ter, and honorable and noble in nature
This is the class of men for "our money
They make the best civil officers, best citizens
and purest Christians that we have Thank
Heaven there are still numbers of this typ
of gentlemen in our city-men, who, i
descended from distinguished ancestry, d,
honor to their departed sires, and if G
humble origin, reflect No less honor upoI
their family tree by not being ashamed IL
acknowledge their fathers, or in owning
that they are tailors, shoemakers or carpen
tiers, and that they made their fortunes by
plying the busy needle, the awl, or the
jack plane. From this class of citizens
should he selected our cigiI officers They
are good men and true, impartial in theiI
decisions Of sound judgment and not to b.
intimidated by party clamor, 6ribed by ricI
influences or sordid motives.
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