The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-10
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Erom - Sow orlsaaz Reilciin.
81 believe that the best course
which sny member Of THIS Eiouse
can adopt when be finds that al
inadvertence has occurred, on that
he has committed aH error Is
frankly 70 avow 1T and io throw
himself on the indulgence Of the
House. "
So said Col. Makins in the
House OF Commons, April 15, il
the course of a debate ON a peti
ton which he bad presented With
out dine caution and without
making himself acquainted with
its tenor and language The patr
tion reflected upon the Speaker oI
| the House. The apology was re-
ceived with cheers.
Upon reading tie remark quoted
above * occurred to us, as often
! before, that the best amend for
/ any blunder IS d prompt acknowl-
iedgment. When one does or says
what be finds to be wrong, there
i are several lines Of procedure open
To him. If very proud Of always
being ia The right, he viii use aii
his extended information, his va
ried learning, his fne rhetoric and
/ his impressive elocution In prov
/ ING that lie is right, in spite OF the
/ fact that lie knows that be IS
wrong. If he belongs I'd the great
and growing clan who bow the
! knee to discretion rather tban 20
yalor. he viii say little and do
J nothing III the way OF reparation
1 or confession, but wait il patience
for the whole matter to blow over
4 and be forgotten. Those who value
/ personal comfort more than the
/ Correspondence between words and
facts, win draw largely upon Their
I imaginations for excuses, and Wlli
| hold Do to the offended party q
schedule of extemporized facss 20
! account for their deed or declare
| ton. The brave blusterer Will
/ make haste to assume the attitude
\ Of the party offended and severely
/ to rebuke and arFaign the real suI-
Eierer, according to the precedent
set in the celebrated case reported
| by Esop, Wolf IS. Lamb, in which
| the trespasser assumed the atll-
| tude Of plaintiff iii q water suit, Il
which the innocent and injured sta-
fendant Wns badly wOoled, Bui
HI there Us a way better than thai q
the sneak, the blusteFer, the spe-
| cial plsaler, on the bully to deal
with d hlundeger. and that Is tc
confess it. recognize il. tally y
and let il go into the general ae-
count for what IL is worth, more
on Tess.
When Il mistake has been made
all Interested should know i q
once. The fire that you hare
thrown iato your neighbor s prem
Il fises may be put ont without dam.
age, if re Is told Of the danger. q
wrong Statement ABOUT neigh
hors lfa ness standiN may tx
pFeveated from doing harn /
promptly corrected. a hasty ant
foolish word may cease 70 provokl
bitterness and stlita il apologies
for with prompt candor. a SGT
answer turns awsty wrath, and q
does wise ard true answer
when tha heart il IL the rich
pls ee Che man who does an lnlnr1
win hurry 70 reotiiy it. Henri
! Clay, it IS said, was once struck o'
al angered hsyrister, u the ol'
courthouse az IsoSington, but 81
assaiIant instantly expressed d
I sorrow for the act with tears anl
, the most earnest words og contrl
ton, Offering ia addition to "
] apology 10 give any satisfaction.
Mr. Clay. "a tone aud mannei
: neculiar ~ himself mega anl
! m0nsiy answered Acu se
about this. / am snfe. as Sentls
i MIN ought to ieel Isat II and.
sFau by b litglc candeF 0.aoR Wa
4 avoided nish IS possibly iass