The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-16
R1DLrEMPRRED PEOPLE.
From the Liberal Review.l

that there are many pleasant beings VINO
never complain of befCg afticted Dy any
special complaint, whose existence. 10. al,
and snsrl when they are spoken TO-, and suik
when lefs to themselves. A good many Of
these .spentle creatures" will, In Intervals OF
comparative good humor, tell you to your lace
that they are bad-tempered, thai they aiwsSs
may support the Information ey aeciarlng tnat
their fathers and great-grandfathers were
s~jmflaslyafiicted though not, perhaps to the
nave been, and thatthey always will be. They
eame extent. They apparently glory IN the
admission of their weakness, eVldenuy COZ
Gderlng that an Jout-and- ont bad temper ID 3
possession. Of which q man has some reason 10
Sc extremely proud: They do not appear 10
recognize the tact that bad temper is positive
WIGS. and that they have, OF ought to have, any
consrotoveritI They regard It rather IN the
light of disease, which, Ike fever, must Do
allowed to run Its course unchecked. MAUI
rally. It Is not pleasant to have much TO 90
with these people; indeed, 1t ID qnesllonaoie
whether ills possible TOR many 70 holo Stose
and fopR-oontinued intercourse Wlln them.
Generally. such Intercourse ls brought 10 q
conclnsjon by q terrible row, In which The sui
ferera from bad temper display their lnhrmi-
tiesin q thorough fashion. They. say things
notcompatible. with the laws and usages OF.
~pollts.scciety, and do that which certainly Is
the reverse Of proper. ,Iimia oeingS sa are , a.
m08L HfRutcu6u " dCooAS ooNt
turiesear ready to swallow the leek TO any
extent The furies, probably, feel some silgaI
tVinpes of compunction after their temper,
has cooled, and, = nerhaps. half apologize, Dy
LAYING the blame upon. their pass!onatenesS.
The injnred ones, longing Tor peace, perhaps,
accept the explanation, but they never IoFgetl
End ever. afterwards are cold. and distant, ana
rVatehf1l. and suspicious. These bad-temp-
cred people are ever. on the lookout; TOR 10.
snlts. When they are servants, their PROUD
spirits. chafe at being told, to do their duty py
their employers. They kic at authority, ano
cannot brook reproof: They are :censsansiy
SsncaLU II. they, hold subordinate positions,
thew cometelOggerhesds with the manager,
head CLERK, !or foreman, as the case may De-.
when they;Occupyp positions Of authorlty them.
selves, they play the part OF tyrants. they
get into q furious rage at tri1es, decline TO al
renderine explanations, and infict Draconian
pnninhments. Naturally, they are pretty gene
rally detested, but, while they are detesteo.
fhey are feared, which, 1t may be SAID, is not
the case with another.clsss or
people. ..,.,,,..o
There seems to lie within them q smoulderlng
mIne ofirritatiop, whichis babbllng forth nlent
and day-that sis, of course, when they are
awake. .Iffhey are asked any Ordinary ques,
fion. much asperity is evident Ia the tones OF
their reply As q rule, they are angry at notn-
IND In particular, and with no one 10 paluc9-
Iaf-they are, simply, In continual conioona,
edly bad temper; they do not know why, q
no one else car account for 1t except that up
on the snpposiiun that 1t Ia natural to the anil,
-1nai-- Their faces have evec q eoured ana
vrinkled appearance, the Daturals result OF
ioap-contined scoWllng and floWning. Tney-
ara pleasant people to live with, 1t you are 3
Mark Tspley, and want TO snow now you can
SSTsassSM not be able TO DO ANYTHING to please
fhe. afiicted ones. They snarl az breakfast,
.dInner, and tea, there being always some
shIne dIstasteful TO them. They growl al you;
10 what You will, you are quite unable to de-
spIse them. . They tefrify the servants, VINO,
IA despair, give warning. They scold tneir
Shffdrsn, who betake themselves off whenever
khsv inaapin they can do 80 with safety.
Efhsy testify lecture their wives, and unfaVor-
khiy oriticise the domestic management. IN
shorEthey make themselves universally dis
aoresable. completely destroying their own
neace of mind, aud do q great deal TOWARDS
making Other. people miserable. But tnougn
h are siRsys In bad1emper, and ever snap
$ning and snarling, they avoid downright quar-
rrsls. /. They may, 60 to. the, verge OF one, put
1nGrGnFfher viii they proceed. Nor Will they
Summit that they are, or have been, 10 9
bad,tamper.# Other peoples amaginations
must nave led them astray, or they would not
ItDink-O such D tnlpS 1ora moment. A"Souu
many people or this classare particularly tes-
fyin the earlier part Of the day. and COM
naratively placable in the latter. This idiosyn-
erssy 81 studied. by, the people, who know what
!. chew ara about, Eueh always make appllca.
lion for favors during the latter, period, as
Welt s do what business they can then. Like
ealraose sNythtDg, this chronic bad temper Is q
Injury which can ohly, be INDUCED In BY The
:. nnmnsSstiyply weIcto-do. Poor men, though
fheyimay have Rehabilitation to dose, cannot
afYord to anarl at almost everybody with
whom they. are; brought In contact. They
know.thst,b y,so doing they would be taking
the bread and butter out OF their own mouths,
and this Ia q reconsideration which controls, to
a great extent, even the most irritable. Act
Ing upon the principle, however, that there iS
within them q certain amount OF snappishnees
which must be expended, such people visit
an extra quantity upon those who come with
sinfhalr. clutches, and from whom they have
~Snethtng to fear. Probably, q certain kind of
morbid pleasure isYdertved fromindulgence IN
/, Gated, secure q certain amount Of outward
show and Difference; for, somehow or other,
mostlpersons would almost as soon be struck
az spirled al; land 30 they do all they can to
S~ayoid such treatment. Really, however, we
Z faH 10 see why i~bad-tempered men and women
-ahonlf receive such tender consideration.
Their, osd:temper Is nothing more or less than
an abominable ice,and those who indulge in 1t
; ara supremely selfish. Their troubles are no
.mnfe 30 them than are troubles 10 other peo-
.aub0t lso. there Is no reason why they should be
..sojspleneiic. Righteous anger ID 1ustiha6le,
but chronic ill-humor Is q failing for. which
there can be nothing bnt the bltterest com
mendation. Vote for Hobson's Choice.