Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-10-16
Offensive People.

There j. a world ol difference between
2uud uau and % -.aI fellow. \ good raI.-
we'll, hr : uuI, l.i. Li.t good man, Mu'ir
luud iciiaw may be- almost anything. Tie my
hc pi.nrc-gu"'y h3a: hr nay sweat DAB
h,aIIy. -uut-.a'IT,l. u'uiirH-IVr WAY hr
may neglect 10 lHy ai- soonest debts: '.c uIuy
be amiabiy lou>c Iu lic liner u"ra'i'ir>; Ice
mly l"yr u spree occasionally. hIt hc rr-
;uaul- through II AL good fellow. Oi ,'uI-,',
hr j. Il ., od fellow. i.u.t he Ju.iN lsrI llr
free with an thc money hc can riihcr earn or
borrow , Do u,i th" women take 90 hIul Iu e
wonderful way IHcrr Il rCtI'In dJ-i Ct
~iA ar weakness iI ullu win. Ives A.ju 4
human flavor.
Tie good man, un thc ro.jrlfy, j. rot only
uuiulrr"-tiu@. bat hr j. Absolutely oti. u>IN-.
OF course -uri uau l. "wlHt,-h.uudcd.
lie al> ne temptations. Otherwise lac wuij
not be COOL lie pny> IN debts; he never
gets drunk; he oby> uh" golden ruic 4, hr
uo.> not c"y"t HI n-I.lbor'> wife; and he
goes ah"ri iltuu;iuI hr> Disgusting Projections
~ tie Etc.' ci u wur.d tla' huuw> u-r,I Ia lr
not - %oi o. course hc utdu - hiu =, II ~
su!n" private vic" ~ compcu,a1ru IuI Hi~ No,.
. untary drpIyafiuu- OF course ,.r. urr>: bat
! ii good man l. "iirn-.yr uh"th"! We ,u>;c,l
h.u ( iru.- a hyiuri,'" or not \ man who
l. good = not a n.au at all. Tie ui-ita well
be piece OF fut'y. liz purity l. iucaIa,.i,. (:
hls honesty Is >lmlhri'y; hi> -ohr;rry is e, on
omy; his cIuauiuiiy j, lir.: rf -pirn. Away
with him! " hat Il stupid. wrct,ird world
this would lr II II were hilrd crIuciy with
good men! What night has Il man to bc bet
ter than his ncI"hbpr-t Such arr!
There Is another class of men VIII" are vcry
oilcnsIvc-nam"iy. the errcc>: FIJI What
greater Insult can he offered to the world ol
unsuccessful men lhan TO succeed IN ihrIT
=. very faces and eyes, Ia a field iu which they
have miscra5ly imicd? There j. an ica
abroad that II Is good thing To succcrt-,,
succeed IN winning money in legitimate
way, in achicvim" a good reputation, in ac
; quring social distinction. This i grlu,
mistake. To succeed is To make ones sci
offensive To nine people out of every ten it
the community. a man was only 10 rise, :,
: excite the jealousy IF those who are aruun,
? or beneath him. We can conceive of uothin:
, more offensive IL the average mind tGan
personal success.
Why, successful man j. brighter tlan ~
are! or he has c"a,Ias-cd hi, success ia ,om,
B.. illegltimatc way " lIat ri.ht had hc 10 sue
[ ceed where We failed His success /, IT.
pruach To rs. Therefore let IT, cheaper him
and his success IN ali Possible ways Let u
4, demcan and dirty ourselves to any extent Il
l accomplish this end. Let us charge hin
(. with sordi'tncsS. mcaunr>>, trckrry-anl
/, thing to punish linn for leaving the fraternity
|, . of disappointment and misfortune And /
misfortune shOgld ever come to him--bH
I, that il too sweet tO think or The ease witt
], which we reconcile ourselves 10 the mi>ior
tunes Of others affords one of the proudes
aspects OF human nature. We are 80 friendly
to the fIeni And we knew he would bt
= obliged to come down
If to be good man and successful man
is offensive so the world al large, to be praised
is eXasperatng. No greater mkindHcss can
: be done to any man than To praise him much
, People generally will stand q moderate com
, pliment paid to a nci@hbor, while they are
left 10 qualify II, or To admit II as matreI o
generosity or courtesy; bat praise persisted
in will uiin the reputation Ofanybody. There
is nothing more Offensive To the average
human being than persistent laulation be
slowed upon another. To hear a man warmly
praised is sufficient usually to make us hate
him. Praise is one Of the articles we would
2 like to have distributed a tittle-not that we
> want it, but the object of il is not the bes
, man-lf we know ourselves.
Virtue is a good thing, temperance is n good
thing, genius is not a bad thing altoge,her
! but no man is To be mentioned so many a,
2 ten times as having either of them in posses
sion wiihoIt making his name stencil and
, an offence TO the uOs-rils ola sensitive world
, The true way of getting along well in the
world is not To make ones self offensive Il
ones friends by excellence Of character and
! habits of life, by success or by doing any
e thing praiseworlhy. Let us strike the aver
: age as nearly as possible. Let us be good fel
}, lows rather than good men, aud choke the
first man who dares to ascribe to us a single
i virtue. Let us all keep down and out of sight
All that we do for ourselves, and all that ",
do for mankind, only feeds heIly.vith slander
! ers, and 50 bet'ays the baseness Of human ma
ture that we may well blush to think that w
are members of the human racG.-ScribnG