The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

the first class may be any one from &
RothschilI to Y, of the second, from y
to Job, of the third, from Clay or Web
ster down to Y. without wishing to
fatter, viii remark that the value Of
the uhknown quantity X, may be ex.
Pressed by g0tt). An aristocrat of the
first class, then, ia clD.hed in purple and
fne linen, aud fares sumptuously every
day; be seldom mixes wiz the multitude
and when he does, it Is as. one among
them, not of them His mind, deadened
+ by sensual Indulgence, dives no deeper
than his grave, nor scars higher than tie
steeple of his church. aud his only as
constituent is, that any one should even
I think of doing anything that wouIl not
! increase his store or minister to his pleas
ure. His pride is in a direct ratio 10 his
wealth, but inversely to his worth -.
The poor aristocras is equally as
proud, bat nanifests it in a difFsren: way.
LIE wants rich man to run through
mud hole twsasy feet wide, to shake
bands with hin-you see, isWould look
too much like "hnmbling" to meet him
half way. At elections he loves to be
buttonholed by the friends of the differ
ent candidates, and the recollection of !
heir appeals feeds his vanity; and adds
t. his self-impoFtance long after he and |
the election are both forgotten. He af-
fleets to despise all "fae eIothes," and |
tramples fashions under his feet, with a
greater pride than is exhibited By many
who wear the one and follow the other.
The world would never notice these two
classss-fOr they are harmless as suck
ing doves-were it not for the insuffer-
able OdOr of dam-phoul evolved by both
ofthetn. Wealth and poverty are simp
ly accidents of life, and each is obtained
by inheritance, or some action on the
part of the individual, and because he is
rich or poor, it does not follow that he is
ne eessarily a fool Z
If the above sketch is not true, then
thers are no aristocrats in the classes
If it is trne, then the "pots
have been calling the kettles black" and
Shether it is true or false, the fact re-
mains that there is an aristocracy.
There is an arIstocracy of the mind
There are intellectual .aristOcrats, having
he seal and armoFial bearing Of Natures
nOblemen- And although some are rich
md others poor, these accidents Of lifs
fleet them not They rise superior to
he enervating tendencies Of The one,
nd the chilling reprsssions Of tie other
Their thOugats, ideas, Aspirations, in q I
Tord, their world, revolVe 8. hsEn0aiously
D plane far higher than tie imagine
ion of less fsyored mortaIs could ever
oar. Theirs too, is realm unsWept by Ii
forms The murky clouds of petty hats I
nd envy, never obscure it's sky, aud
ilse pride, mock seasibilities and vulgar +
entiment cannot exist in the pure at a
iosphere by which it is surroundsd.-
ianY, perhaps, there are, whD have a
assport from Nat ure's own b ands to
nose far away realms of mind and
longht, bat a eOneatenation Of unfOr- j
litous circumstances forbids its being
sed as a means of entrance, and he is
2mpelled to miRgls IS one ia the multi 4
lde, but not Of then; for their thoughts
re not his thoughts, and the melancholy
onViction Is forced upon Us thai
Full many gem Of purest ray serene,
The dark. unfsshom'di caves of ocean
bear,
oil many q foW'r Is born to blush
unseen, 4
nd waste is sweetness on the dssor.
ain"