Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-05-30
The U.t.t al! Cool.

Tie Wo'I" ""a been !'''"''" '' ''' "
GFon "rn a. great ""' nave "'''''f
d.@rc="r''" are welfare '' ''.'' '.'''''-
men, and have Only a''H"'' 10 '"."
their ewes uuon ja"" wien t".E en-
tered, - rounds .a Tie -'th' I'.''''I
leading toward tAcr S'.:"IS''"'.|,-
mcnt men, whom tie state Cd c.F-
cumstanccs. in tie period l" "Aich
they iiomi-hed, were %. such pf'".''
A. 30 enable them 20 call in reIHi-i-
tiUn al currcnteve ts-tLry being tar
common centre. The world must ad-
nit its inability to such degree as
10 acknowledge that the opposing fac
tiono to a mans career, who in tie
Infancy Of bis project threw stumbling
blocks in Iii, path. have in tie course
ofevcnts become those who would adj
vance farther I, proclaim to the world?
tbs Individuals rcnoWn.-Thcy have
suffered themselves 10 bc blinded bv
the achievements Of the man whom
they opposed: their prc'udiccs have
been ~trangird, and they now chime
his Communications in longer strain
than his toracr constituents. Thus
their past overt acts become lndlvid-
ually cnnsoriouS--"Jy spittin. again st
the wind they spit in their own faces. "
Although war may enter high upon
The list of national scour-cS, still! the
world looks to it for her great men.
Every national hostility Is tie parent
OF the great. Morality, prInrip.e ana
justice are lost sight oi, While honor
boldly stands forth arraycd IN Ter
gandy apparel and with unShea'hed
sword, while the SWc!'IhS notes OF
the anthems o' praise, rendered
sWccjcr IL distance, uEEIe9 IN her
ears. IL an uhbrohen chorus the ac-
clamaiion: III tenor Ia rh"m h''-
or Is dH"," is caught up by nation at
ter nation, yea, rolls round all the
continents and islands OF the pcoplcd
earth, and they vie with each other to
render him homage. As every man
cXertS an influence for good or for evil,
so does every volume which becomes
a driilcd mass Of blended ideas, facts
and opinions on the surface of the lit
erary current. The contents of such
are eagerly imb;bed By the reading
r world, and thus .hc popuIace becomes
! transformed to the ideas of the blOg-
raphcr or historian. In them the Ju-
, dlcious reader might trace out the
: most prominent features "fthc authors
| theme and discover, that While he,
. who toe, has contracted the universal
alimont OF TIE world, pants the bold
=, daring and lmpe'uous deeds OF The
0 worlds hero, in the most gorgeous
t colors. W hl!e he employs his mp
a pancy oi speech III the same manner
n as the artist exercises the stroke O
Ms brush' l" give dis Po''faiV ''' iiL
ishcd enchah'meh'' lie hu7heS TO 'h'
h deepest sinmoer the moraliiy oi th'
+ eXp!oitS.-l' Is to be regretted on The
d rart OF the world mat the pedcs'al OIL
d which Honor stands Is quit oi tut
n whitened bones OF thousands an'
r innumeraJle heaps o! dcsolated ruins
While the component parts are cement
V cd by the blood Of slain millions. 1t Il
= regretted furthermore that their name
!. are inscribed in characters oil the rec
n blood OF their slain victims, and tn
@ avenue leading to their Mandatory rep
IF utation is traccabie by the blood track
cd march Of armies. Nor Is suci
ht valuation Of rcnown laid ihto I'll
grave 10 corrode with the flesh Q
' mankind, bat it is as hereditary tror
generation to generation as the prom
h. inent liucaments from sire to sol
of Thus whether greatness is attaine
n bv slow graduations of immoral act!
or bv an apparent instantaneous a.
,g quisition, the world will not be war;
,c ed in respect to showcring down pr
c fusedIy lis panegyrlcs, Had I'll