The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-07-21
THE RnoTnLAcK.

The booiI,lack isa peculiar creature s
II suigeacris there Il none like unto him,
aud lie resembles no one. He isa distinct
Individual lie stands oui prominently
among the human n,lsllties of !, lafgeeliy.
having Iis own characteristics, his own
views " life ami men, and his own
opinions of the world. liz; il d nonad, an
Arai, a wandrrer On the lace OF the earth.
he las no aspirations. no hopes, no anl-
bitim. He knows nothing Of the pIst.
and cares but little Ior llle future Existence
l. one long prcsentto him. Tie only aim
he has In life is to polish leather. The
prnlaclinn nofluilliancy Is the elnl and OBJ
iecl 10 which lie Is devoted. lie i.as no
cares, no sorrows. no anlieipa.in,ls, 10 dis.
appointments. The world may wGy oni
war aud hlosl-l,.,l may bring litter Tears
aud keen anguIsl, 20 the nations; races
may gc disenlhrnlle,l: tiynasiics crunlbled
and ngcrslfown. aud new einI,ifesereeIed,
bat he lives III serene AMI bIissfnl uncon-
s,lousness % a world beyond his splisreo q
netlna. and cares f.F nothing but III ample
surnly ag fractional currency and an un-
limited number II unblackcA b0lls.
Political questions do not agitaie MS bosom;
the fashionable world has NO cllarns ior
him. iailors' 'hiIlsarennkuown documents,
whose lns-icries he will never le called
upon 10 soiye. The intrieacies OF polite
snylcty he may never have occasion g un-
navel. His rhetoric is not that OF The
scl,o,ls; his knowledge 81 literature l.
conlIned IA The songs llipt are pmvbased
lar i penny. Gald may fall Or rise witl'-
out disturbing his rq,ianiniity; quotations
az stock do n,a excite lis imagination,
nos lie temptations 81 llle stock board his
cnpidiIv.
Itwould lie Impossible 70 ,iescribe his
origin, or MS birth ~ larenluge. He cer-
ialnls must have had ancestors. bnt a
family tree Is a yegetahle production COLI
cerning which IL wcnld display complete
I.nomncc. II L possible tllat he 'loes not
know Who liis parents ARE; NJ lar as h's
knowlc,lge Is concerned he may simply
have gr,.w. 81 been vonat rattle. Or oec'i
put together is machinery. He cerlain
afm, fact only That lie Il IL existence.
uen.yer increases Ia stature. y, y he
ao,.-. III drnp. out 81 tile rauks like all
oycr.ripe apple, aud goes somewhere else'
--aolo,ly knows where " when. Even hi-
rarb Is i,rtnIiar. Did any oae ever see
4 l,optblack with new suit o. cl''tllcs on
him. or even with any part ofa sui, a',y
onc garment that was frrsh from the tai
Ior. We think not. Heis glad ii' an-
clehs apparel Invariably; ragged " the
elh.ws aud knesN. ialteied aud torn oil
over. covered wilhlhe uncleai'.iness llia'
!. farthest removed from godliness, anu
.,..u,inuiy uncon-cluus Of the blessed and
healthiil results Ola proper aud Timely
nr,,lIcaslon of soap and water Ana ~
his elDti,ss .0n-t liave bee new once.
The raee ofbuolblaeks i not 4 pvsa'sHu'
.ue. RI. curved line fluids but few illus
,r,t,o,~ II ts eoInpliness amuilg lhcih'
1Y,eir n,e.~ are prcniaiurely old; they pre-
.ynt thc pItsful spectacle vf youth thai =
,ged IL experience, youth that has mas
IN the uoltncss aud tenderness rasped on
orit IL hsr,I contact with The wc'ld. lhes
nre sharp and shrcwed beyond their yea's
I Iut ,hcy nrc generous aud Kind % eaei
o,h.r aud wien OCCASION calls u lorln
s,on out tI.ose long-closed fountains 2
n,sc,lon. viii bubble up the pure elea
.,rs,n, II tenderness and love has ~
nna,.pcyted and unknown beneasn 'n'
rude furm. a
Tl,ey have no headquarters, no hNs' *,
residence. Their naines are MOI - u
dleec,ory. aud .he tax collector ne,. :,
,raublrs lhem for the amount % 'hsn " y
comes By day you can see 1helf on y =
sta,e House pavement, sitting J" ssouI ,'
.uuased ina mild spccles q Eamon'.
wlth pennies, tbe winaer being ars'as "
u,ou uptur,ed heats OF 'a''si y ~ y,
@.l ,hsnrnt the lo,cI doors, where Sou"
,nan ~ say and brilliant attire louns
'',s' ".al,,st iIie pests sud stare q pa,'n' p.,'
Idle ,,,i wl,oaiall their v'lomlnous ss,'
,luvugh tlie pooI-ofto6aseo lalrs WY