New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-06

etke little boy, opposite s'tho dead house."
clook hsA Aand, and-9nder cover of sympa-
ehy. b.iHg prying scoundrel-I furtively
s1e:d ha Ecsso. 1t was beating about ITO to
-se usinzse, his heart was once more doing
the dsses, and his poor blind face shone with
angelic goodness, and cleaned with heroic
sirr-
This szszo and nartyr has foible, not
1n ussesozasnon ono in Glasgow; but still
sA.. sxase He is too fond Of whisky-much
BSeszA akers' morality will say, "Why
reveal tie intirmity of such a man. Iii
sell racs, because in less than 200 years the
tirse ssssne Of honesty in biography will
have I'd sc laid; go, not to waste the worlds
:.1Snne- Gag; it now.
Srce- in the best of all possible worlds,
snuch - done FOR moderately good killers Of
sAe7I-. ZOE may be curious to know what
InxH laa Gone for this incompatible saver
M nesa.
He tees earned the gold medal of the HUI.
.naua Society twice, and the silver about
:swe-{Ss. tines.
He Isze never received either.
He its5ter deserves every order and de-
soras1sx The State or the sovereign can be-
sas~. ah4u does any gentleman or noble
N IL LIZ Ud.s land, whose bosom is . cOnstel
.aSSiaI- Net not cross nor ribbon has
-ls5czg,a<sa from the vulgar levels, where
deg asyaw like buttercups, to the breast of
tisis .aska o-tal hero. And why9 he is but
u
CHRIS s'saa hero, and in the distribution Of
yssrzTr tie world, including the very preach
ers q E;e gospel, is as rank heather as
svec q s,aite Of Christ, and fool in spite Of
IfsttaiDc.
The syle public honor paid him is this: A
:gIst,en son bridge has been built over the
Clyde where he saved more than twenty
lives ts,Ae one dark night; and over this
arid2r cs7e men pass gratis till they die
Haley Harvey and Hero Lambert. The
cees al s,ankind pays half-penny.
So uizca for his decorations. Then for his
tse7s;a1s. He has but one, and that is local,
not 5nrgxeCial, though the places the man
slG-as gre the empire and the world. The
Raroay Parish, Glasgow. allows him three
.s.,d a. sseBce a week. But he was earning
ewenry Il re to thirty when he fell blind. So
chxt hfs local allowance, for benefits to
ER1ukiRd, does not compensate him for his
c.laa.issr by five sixths; and his heroic and
yss1iE &uyfs rapic feats are left out OF the
akztigzs etc altogether.
pssx ose, then, to those who govern this
caaaR wE, 80 depart from the stiff precedents
at sxyxSsss, and to take wider and more
enlightened views of herOism, beginning
~itEr Z Anes Lambert, since they can not
Ese.ra aetter. They have the example of
F',asx.s she bestOws civic hOnors on the
aerrxs who save, as well as on the heroes
vFfio sGEE.
I an.pose to the Humane Society to be-
stow Soeir gold medal. Anything less
wau2@ se no compliment to this great
SAVer-
AZ lar the English public, that needs no
spur- when this narrative appears in an
dotS aeaxhal journal, hundreds will desire to
;GsnrxsS% James Lambert's condition. The
tsese 7gas- TO do that would be to secure him
sGixeG aid large increase of income for the
t.sw ,g%saT,s he has to live. 1t is out of my
way axt IN this one case, l would receive
and acknowledge donations with this object,
aI,sS sas feel sure would you, sir.
Bur G s3so wish to procure him the blessed
1oe1z ct personal sympathy. l will not en-
ssouraay. raid OF staring ounces, pragmati-
..ai ei,a r,atans and gaping quidnuncs; for
that wscId do him harm, not good. But
wiE 81 .e his present address to any ladies
AJAX gaaSsemen who may be able and will
ing 81 az to him in the right spirit: Any
.zscs sG;aerlOr soul, who will visit him in
g..rssn sad with gentle hand draw him
amI,Ese from the things present, which he
r=sc ust see, to the past, which he can see
w,ii .;yysgt high on what an old author calls
'-cs,s .a.Sder Of charity" for this will be
;,haI1t. IN very refined and gracious form;
L viii bsa charity plus brains. None will
-s.s,.ue such visit; though his estate is
Essnuie. he is one of natures gentlemen, tit
s,Gnnp any for an Emperor, and he is sight
5pstrer eTorth seeing than half the public
saaws. for be IS a man without his fellow
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