Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-01-05


made a speech that went back ur
on the glorious record of a life
time-he too was "kDoclling 70
position" and he lost it; as an,
man who conld so cOmpromis
with the enemies Of human free
dom ought to do. Touch no
the Lords m0inted" was a wis,
ard eminently proper direction
In speaking of the clerical profes
sion-which more than any 0thei
both demands and receives saerif
ces, (which demands also variec
talents fnd an exhaustive use oI
them) which though overworked
is often under paid, and receives its
wages partly in cash and partly in
cats and dogs, or, what Is equiya
lent thereto, in donation that
causes a surfeit in the house for
three days and leaves a famine af-
terward-in speaking Of such a pro
fession as this, we wonld speak re-
specially, nay, with the highest
commentator, But it is surely no
disparagement 10 he nobIy unset.
fish members Of this profession,
whose name is legion, if here and
there one should be found whose
life will illustrate the idea set forth
in the heading Of this article.
When a minister keeps his mouth
shut against all sins that are popu,
larin his own congregation; when
he will give voice to his deepest
convictions only when in another
mans pulpit; when he strives to
please modern Pharisees by hard
hits at the ancient ones; when he
leads the fb0ck into green pastures
and beside the still waters, only that,
like another Jason, lie may look
for golden tleece-even he may
he suspected of quiet inclination
to do little "knocking for posi-
ton" Be it distinctly Y understood,
however, that we regard the above
picturc as an exception, and not as
an often seen portrait.
We have not selected politicians
and ministers as illustrations be-
cause we reverence politicians and
wish to do them honor by associ
ating them with good company;
nor have we done it because we
have a spite against ministers, and
wish to$peak Of them in connec-
tion with disreputable associates.
Should we stop here, and make
NO further mention of knockers for
position, we should completely ig.
more the claims to notice of those
who can when they choose knock
the most adroitly and the mostpcr-
sistentlS Of all.
"Khotking for position is not
a masculine weakness. -
W hen the other sex play the gene,
us they sometimes do, they beat the
men in adroitness as completely as
they oatdo them in grace on the
ground.
Social position, preseminence in
he fashionable world is what some
)t them knock for; and, when the
business efforts of their liege lords
lave been crowned with sudden
md splendid success, their hour Of
ineasiness as well as OF triumph .
las come. They must vindicate
heir claims to high social consid-
aration by outsbining all the other
women of their acquaintance in the
gorgeousness Of their dress and
,he magnillc nee of their dwellings
and equipages.
Mrs Potiphar (sce the "Potiphar
Papers," by George William Cur
ISIS was the exponent Of a large
lass. She was'not born to what is
,alled position but she had pos
ion on the brain, for her husband
lad become enormously rich.
She wanted a livery-it was 50
,leasaIt to recognize a coat of
rms, and TO know that the repre-,
entatire of a great and famous
amily was passing by.
The Marquis Of Mammon (she
lad been told) used to say, as the
arriages whirled by in Hyde Park
That's a Howard that's a Dorset;
hats a De ColiqGe," etc, etc
Vow. good Mrs. Potiphar, repub
lean born though she was, won
ered Why there should not be the
smith colors, and the Brown col
RS, and the Potiphar colors. On
he score of antiquity the Potiphar
nmiIy certainly could be pardoned
Or Boosting, if they really could
race back their descent to that
ranch with Which the name of Jo-
eph is associated, for an account
f which, as it may not be so well
nown as the modern branch Of {
he same name, see History Of t
'haraoh,' by Moses. {
Old Potiphar, however, could {
OF see the lorce of family colors,
nd was mean enough to find five !
undred and sixty seven Smiths in
he directory, which he thought j
light lead to confusion. But Mrs, S
per contra, argued: "A {
very is SO elegant and aristocratic.
nd it shows that a servant is a c
,rvant' There is no class of .
eople in the world so ide-awake
, their own importance and so
md Of making apparent the inf t
ite distance between themselves |