The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15
country correspondents Telegraph.

Conclude TO LeGUe Salem St0ti0fa-PTe-
pairing to Courtesy and Good
breeding-Remorks ReUiea0ed- Nea0s-
paper Correspondents - aspirations
Young Aspira1ats- Erit from Sa-
lem Station.
Y RURAL DISTRICT. Feb. 6, 1877.
It is said that caution is the parent
of safety, so i have concluded to leave
Salem Station on account of H. A.
Kings hostile feeling towards me. But
seemingly, justice demands first, that [
should divest myself of false accusa-
lions.
In this eminently superficial age,
many come to think that courtesy
and good-breeding are an outward en-
bellishment of character, acquired by
doffing what soul they can, and putting
on instead, Observation-Disclosures and
snowy sham. But the more reflective
mind discerns that genuine good-breed-
ing consists in a thorough and proper
cultivation of the heart Of which cour-
tesy is the legitimate result. Courtesy
then is an inherent principle Of mans
nature, prompted by noble impulses
and is intuitively shown in every per-
Torrance and in every condition of life.
Perhaps I am forgetful and ignorant
in measure Of What is due courtesy
and good-breeding, still / claim to pos
sess both in such a degree that have
never dishonored my own name, or the
name Of the neighboRs by writing I'M
true remarks about them, and I accord
ingly refute the charge. Literary tastes
differ so widely, that in regard to my
remarks being scurrilous, [ am inclined
to think the discrimination is altogeth-
er a matter of taste. And ito the pure
all things are. pure" / was not aware
of having written anything that should
offend even the NOR bidly refined taste,
or sully the most delicate ear, until |
learned the fact in H. A. Kings COM
Furthermore I learned
that the public do not demand the pub
lieation of that which is unfit to appear
i'm connection with the writer's name.
Such is my blissful state Of ignorance
as to the unfitness of my letters for pub
LEGATION, that not for ONE moment, on
that score, would [ hesitate to subscribe
my whole name to them. Yet with all
my desire [ cannot remove this obvious
cause for reproach. 1t appears to me
that my remarks which deserve Just
condemnation, and which betray a
species of weakness and vanity is
where spoke of country and country
people in the parlance So often used by
city cousins; and as DR., Franklin was
wont to say, it is one Of. the e1Yat0 of
my life.
So great would be the inconsistency
were newspaper correspondents usually
because the personalities Of
whom they write are too far beneath
an aspiring, it would be no phenome-
non to see most of them come inglori-
0usly to the ground; and their numer
Gus really good efforts they have made
which are to share in the general ruin,
would create such an unmitigated riS-
ing of dust in every direction that cor
respondents, whether seeking literary
fame or not, might vita great propriety
be called literary 'beeause they make
such a litter"
Again it appears not only unjust but
detrimental to try to- discourage or in
timidate young asplrants; for mans
morally and intellectu-
ally is the measure of his aspirations.
Indeed were exhorting in my line of
business, / would exhort every one to-
have high, honest, and unselfsh aims
in life; and to aspire after the par eX-
cellence like H.. A. King, though less
Moreover, those who are inclined,
should beware how they ruthlessly
tread upon the feelings of young aspi-
rants. In so doing they know not the
tender soil they may desecrate by crush
ing lofty aspirations. TO illustrate the
point, I recall the following instance of
blighted genius. A young aspirant
to try his "unfedged wings"
in the realm of poets, and wrote this
thrilling verse:
''See the pale martyr in sheet Of fire."