The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16


/ n Alo" Oh no better grounds on which Mr.
Darwin might rest his fimsy theory, reason
ing. as the loglcian would say, "a pOsteriori, :
| man IN the conduct of such members of the
human FAMILY was evidence that the entire
race had sprung from the brute kingdom.
Numbers or young men begin life with the
| eonEleuoh tnat they have but few, If any SUI
perlors, IN an intellectual point of view, and
| need make no further effort to succeed. They
suppose that the world has, of course, heard
OF their mental Prowess, and win strew hon
0rs piehIiqIiy along their pathways, and at
last enroll their memories in the archives of
fame, and gid their names on Eternitys car.
often IN their meditative moments fancy
paints many happy pictures for them In
| sPired py Its magic influence, the mind wings
ITS night TO that splendid fabric of departed
grandeur and former repository of human
| learning, and mistress of the world, and lis
tens to the sOul-touching elOquence of a
cicero, as he pours forth those unrivalled pro-
ductlons of forensic power
IL Is next translated on the gaudy wings Of
imagination to the once boosted city of Athens
/ that glorious relic of human culture and
hears again from the lips Of DemOsthenes
| those irresistible peals whose force shook the
very temple and aroused every patriotic feel
ing In the bosoms of his countrymen. They
lhen turn TO themselves to find, as they sketch
a picture Of their future career, combined in
them the powers and projections of both these
ilinstrIous prototypes of oratOry.
1hey behold Fame pointing with triumph to
the embIazoned characters, written with the
pen OF immortality her proud temple, and
with eager glance, gaze upon the laurels
winch she extends towards them, with the
nrm belief that they will yet stand on the
keystone OF the arch of glory, with these
marks of the orator around their brows.
But how often does Time, with his magic
wand, strike these beauteous castles in the
air INTO nothingness, and leave the builders
10 their own disappointment with, perhaps,
mlsanthropic hearts and a conviction that the
world IS callous and inappreciative. We
sometimes see the fruits OF industry and en-
efgV IkInOlV npvaloned in no b11t
solid and Flooding genius, he gradually
eclipses all the howery and snowy creatures
and visionary minds that frequently bear
away the palm of victory, in early life, but
winch IS only temporary, for they must fall
before the FAITHFUL vlgllant and solid dealer;
as The proud oak before the woodmans ak
ana especially at the grand tribunal to which
such things must finally be referred for action
and decision
Human nature, as it exhibits itself TO the
puolle eye, Is ever clothed IL the mantle of
deception, and often dressed in its most at
tractlYe colors. But in the secluslon of do
nestle life, around the family hearthstone, it
lays aside all false dress and stands forth its
natural SELF and it is here where soul should
seem to speak 10 soul, in the mysterious whis-
perings OF love, l would bid you go to study
human nature unadOrned and learn the true
disposition of man and woman. Here, per-
chance, we may find paradise in miniature,
tuned to the soft, soothing notes of the cords
that call into action the g0d-like sentiment
which lies sleeping in the human breast.
On the other hand we may perceive the dis
position of each leading in a different direc-
tloni then results a scene characterized by
discOrd, strife and wretchedness, converting
the sanctuary of home into an earthly hell,
and whitening every noble emotion, chilling
every generous affection, and extinguishing
the last spark of domestic bliss.
In public the young man may wear on his
face the pleasant and genial smile, and take
particular care to attend to al the wants of
his lady friends, to whom he is faithful as
the simple Sancho PanZa TO his unfortunate
master. But should we visit his home, all
good impressions might be forever obliterated
by the sight OF a sister velled IN tears on ac-
count of the conduct of this same young gall
liant. We may observe that mother, perhaps,
upon whose bosom his young head was first
pillowed; who had often watched for hours
beside his feverish couch,s and turned aside
the arrows of sickness and misfortune, weep
ing, yes, actually weeping, as if the full tide
of grief, caused by this ungrateful son, were
sweeping its course and triumphing upon the
ruins of broken heart.
If the young man prove himself a devoted
and attentive brother, dutiful and affection
ate son, care not what may be his condition
in life, whether he bask in the light of for
tunes rays, or grapple with poverty's severe
grasp, he is an object which should rest
the smiles of God and the confidence of man.
Would it were in my power | would soar to
the blue vault above, pluck the stars, the
touch-me-nots of the angels, from the infinite
meadows of the heavens, and entwine never
fading wreath of glory with which TO crown
noble hero
We should first view man in this private
sphere, which is the necessary prelude to the
drama of life, and then observe him in combi-
mind against mind and the action and reac-
ton of soul upon soul, that show what men
are, and what they can become.
1t is by the communion of soul with soul
that the thought enkindled in one mind is
caught up by another and then another, and
thus reverberating from mind to mind, receiv-
ing fresh fuel in each, the whole at last blazes
up in a combined FIRE transmitting its light
not only 70 the heart of earth, but to the
myriads of worlds that wheel in eternal space
around their respective centres.
In our intercourse with each other it be
hooves US to look well to what seem to many
the minor affairs of life
He who shows himself magnanimous in
these deserves the trust and cOmmendatlOn OF
all. He who in his eager strides for wealth
and power, neglects these, Is erecting a struc-
ture with an unsound foundation, that must,
sooner or later, fall with destructive crash.
willful falsehood, little act of dishonesty,
treachery or Obsequiousness, apparently in
significant in the eyes of the perpetrator, Is
sufficient in the estimation of the honest, to
place a man forever beyond the pale of human
respect.
We cannot guard too strictly against the
preparation of these evils.
We should ever bear in mind the weight and
lasting influence of these, as some suppose,
secondary considerations. Remember that
would singly lull the infant to repose, but
when united can shake the eternal vault of
heaven.
Let us contemn the evil practice so preva-
lent among men of depreciating others in
order to elevate themselves; of crying down
the affairs and institutions of others and lau-
ding their own.
obtaining success, 10 trample on the sacred
rights and privileges of others; to stigmatize,
through a spirit of envy and yilIainy, your
fellow-creature's character which, when youth,
strength and wealth are gone, serves as
staff on which he can lean, just on the solemn
brink of eternity, and watch, with complacen-
CIV tie sun of his existence set beneath the
tinguished by the dark shades of death, and
in his last breath exclaim, withou regret,
yea. with JOY, "Lifes work is done 2
Itis a sad, sad commentary on human frallty
that men though free in hand and foot are
fettered in mind and soul by the chains of
This and that may be right, but they have
not the moral courage to perform it, for fear
the world might scott and laugh at them.
Let man once show the world that he feels
Let him fearlessly face it, twill leave him
alone,
But twill fawn at his feet if he fling it a
bone
Be not frightened from any duty or into any
measure through fear of the world disappro-
bation Let the public twirl its lip IN seorn,
or omen its mouth to condemn, only be sure
Won are in the path of rectitude, and then
move steadily forward. Make this your rule
and YOU will be ever clothed in a coat of mail,
against which the missiles of calumny and re-
proach will strike without effect and fall
harmless at your feet.
The wicked and depraved world viii learn
to respect and revere you when It discovers
that i cannot WELD YOU as a willing instru- |
ment 1t will finally elevate yoa to places Of
trust and honor, and point TO you as you stand
on the elevation to which your own recltude
has raised you, and exclaim,
-'' He is up
There like n Roman statue, he will stand
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