Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1875-09-22

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pcndonoe. Honesty Of purpose
energy Of character; panctuality w
the discharge of our duties; aud In
dependence, a remover Of restraint
which causes "a % dare 90 DO wha'
we know 90 he right. OF these tbs
First t~oare greatest They will win
ior q man renown, without Other
help. Hoaessy a~l eaerry win eausc
the yoang man 10 b admired and
the old nan ~ bo lomembsrcd. II
has aever bcca trsthfslly said oi An.
drew Johnson that ho was dishonest.
Whnlover sias of omission may Le
iaid to ai'n 10 one can charge him
with dishonesty, aud Ibis at tim,
when revelations al laud and cor
rupiion in offico, are sho~,iug DC
civilized world. has aaascd tta ramc
of Andrew Johnson % hc hoaorcd
among hone, people everywhere,
and dreaded by dishonest asso,-ia e..
The second two are indeed grca,
elements Of dis ei-an,ic combine
tioa. II We took INTO lhe lives nj
men emincn, ia Roy ralliug of life,
We viii t'ra that they werc men Of
punctuaf ", and they dared 10 Do
what was rahi, regardless Of the
consequence. Look al A. r. Stow
ant. whose wealth is es,imated at
one hundred million. lie began life
apoor boy, with no friends but his
energy. honesty Of parPoso, indo-
pondcnoo, and punetunIity, Fnd no
fortune hut his taicnts. Ills honesty
and punotuali,y built up for him q
reputation which l. character. HIS
goods were always just whai he rep
resented them - be. lie never made
m appoinimoa, that he eoald no,
fll, aud never failed to fll ar ap-
pointmssl without good roasons A
child can deal with him IN psri,si
safety
Look AZ Stevenson, .he railroad
engineer; Watt, he discovercr Of
steam; Morse, the inventor Of tele-
gnphy; Vanderbilt, the railroad king,
and you will find men who IN their
several callings were men Of honesty,
energy, punciuali,y apd iadcpend-
ence. Stephensoa WIS nos afraid OF
Icing laughed at; Morse was not
afraid of being ridlcaled when they
were attempting Inventions, second
only to tho discovery Of America,
were 10 ne the greatest the world
hal over heard oG Thus, if we have
not independents we may labor alt
our lives and accomplish notbing.--
OF all classes of men -lhey who are
afraid OF being laughed at arc the
most pitiable. "what they viii say"
and ~what they'll think" have moro
influence upon the minds Of a great
many than anything elsc, ard pos.
scsSiug not the great element OF
success, independence, they who
might have been In their hives, sloep
AZ last in unhonmed graves. Then
the great elements Of success are
honesty, energy. prnetpality and IN
depcndere. In this connection
might he mentioned ti-nncss. A
moments tirmness in sime OF dan.
ger has oilen bcca the means &c great
success. of,en wonder what many
men live for, when ! am unable -
soc indications of either energy or
independents about item. Appar-
emily they have 30 OF. oct IL 'ise.--
They live fro,a day 20 day, bat Rev-
or seem TO accomplish anything. n
called upon b. die they would not
ask tho destroying angel 90 stay tao
sentences of death, bocause OF any
object they have in life. Ii We
would DO saoossfrl N the great
strife We must have an OBJECT IN
Wow, and 10 accomplish this devote
both our time aud our talents Sue
cess might not improperly be like
ened 10 a frcal hattie, and Il Is q bat.
dc which every one can win. 0uly
lct ~ apply ourselves and We can
accomplish wonders. We can sue
ceed.