The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-08
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Fgr the Inielllgcnctr.
HATRED.
AIPhiIOsOphicaI Dissertation on
Human Nature.


uWl,e men have always been inclined to look
E.lh great suspicion on tho angels and demons Of
ise multitude.
All thinkers. Of note have at all times
come to the conclusion expressed by Nc.
Caulay in his essay on Machiavelli in
the above quotation. They take the
owes and the hatred OF the multitude,
whether Of low or Of high lille (ior there
iaa genteel as we'll as low bred mob,
at immense discount. HHtory teaches
them valuable lessons in that respect
sh,ch.they are not willing to'lose. 1t is
I'LL Of instances OF popular blindness.
From the worshipping Oh the golden calf
by the l5raelites down to the "hosannahs"
and "crucifys" with which our Lord was
erected; from the stoning OF St. Stephen
bya Jewish mob to the burning OF John
Huss by the priests; ICON. the torturiDg
and quartering Of Strnensee, and the in.
generation and Punishment Of that noble
Queen Caroline Matilda, of Denmark,
down TO the wholesale butchery Of the
French aristocracy during the reYolu.
ton; from the execution Of the book.
seller Palm in Germany, for publishing
patriotic books, by a NapoleOhic mob,
down to the shoutings Tor General Nc
Clellan when he took command Of the
United States army, history fairly teens
with thousands OF instances, all teaching
n3 plainly and forcibly the same thing,
that tho "Vox pOpnh, yox DEP is a
miserable sham noteworthy OF amoments
consideration Except in local politics..
What is the cursed multitude aboht2p
asks Goethe,-And Dangerous, Ills, to
to wake the lion; death.bringing IL the
ilger's tooth, but the greatest Of all ter.
r9rs, it is peoples blind Illusions"
We were led to the above thoughts
while reading about the hatred between
Iitlerent races Of men, now involved di.
'ectly or remotely in the present Turco-
Russian war. There is hatred against
The Slavic race OF Russia, although Rus.
ia ia not principally peopled by that
race. There 10 the Teutonic race watch.
ing the Slavs with infinite jealousy.
There Is the Mayer, Of Hungary, doing
the same thing. There are the Latin
races Of France, Italy and Spain, dislik.
Ing the German. Thereil the Scandina.
yiaH with the same tendencies. There is
the Irish CeIt hating the Saxon. Some
explanation OF this hatred may be found
in the supposition that an instinct exists,
designed to keep tribes, races and nations
together, to prevent their indefinite in
l.rmixture with others. Gtis instructive
hatred often shared even By the more
oh nd l.
PORTIONS OF the human races, shared even
4sainst better convictions. There is
.omething natural in it, but when it il
carried into the common relations of life,
when it assumes practical shape, when
lis expressed in word, mien and action,
,gbscome5 highly reprehensiblc.
Il we look little closer into the hat.
fsl, which prevail in common life, we
ind heir sources to be anything but rea-
,0aable or respectable, no matter what
pains we may take to persuade our.
'elyes OF the contrary. II you will
p.ea3e to examine the dislike or hatred
YOU bear toward this or that individual,
"a the great maiority Of cases, you will
anI at the fountain head, such mixture
TOO iutStluuNuld uiOtlNSHl SUN 40 az al Az
aaPidity, jealousy, di.like OF moral or
mental superiority, intermixed with
actual ignorance, that you will
he ashamed Of your hatred, II your ego
lism will admit OF that sentiment. But,
AZ It is NOT advisable to analyze our ha.
rreds, because then they would dissolve
into moonsbine and vapor, people are de.
oiiedly opposed to it. Like the Jew in
the Merchant Of Venics, they can give
u1 reason, "nor will not" more than n
lodged hate and certain loathing they
bear Antonio.n Shylock would not have
bis hatred analysed, for its fiscal sources
we're in the hands o.. Cupidity. What pre-
celes the above declarations vi the Jew
.glIy explains why he, the money loving,
money grasping creature hated the gem
grou5, open.handed Antonio. Act. J.,
.Iene III, tells it. Bhssania introduces
his friend Antonio to ShyloCl;, when the
latter soliloquizes thus:
How like tiwning publican he looks.
late him. for he lea Christian;
Hat We are, for that In l0wTimplicily.
lie len Is monographs and brings down
Tue rate OF usencn here With " III Venice
vi! fed fat the ancient gradge bear him.
H. hates our Sacred notions, and he TRili
E1rl there where merchants mos. do eongreyIlc
unme-my bargains and my we'll won thrift,
Which he calls interest, Cursed DO my tribe,
u forgive him."
A less serious sort Of hate springs from
an undue amount OF self conceit or vani.
ty perceived in others. That sort, how.
ever, is not 80 very deep seated. But il
Hauil? turns into real pride, haughtiness
or disdain, coupled with an aristocratic
ieeltng OF contempt, or, perhaps, also
with superiority Of mind, the indi-
yldnal in possession Of these unior-
lnnate qualities may be called I'M
lucky indeed, especially il he should be
ASk'nG in that degree Of secretiyeness
which imposes self restraint on tbs ex.
preston OF PRIDE and contempt. An.
other sort Of hatred proceeds from sheer
ignorance We often hate or at least
greatly dislike a person because we do
not know anything about him, or his
mode OF thought, his mental habits, his
IHner lie. We hate him because we
don't understand him. There is sone.
thing about him that seems mystcrions
something out Of the common wnv Ia
nay be above our level, bet we are in.
clined to think he is below, because !,
'niis us better to think 80. Woe IN him
who leaves the veil trodden road oIcom.
mon thought or common habit Of life
In the majority Of cases the people will
punish him severely. II ia sin against
the Holy Ghost Of the great average mind
to choose any but the customary high.
way, Such was the fate OF Mozart, OF
BSethovan, Of Goethe, of Handel, ali Of
whom met with full share Of popular
hatred, This sort il far more ire6rent
,1,n e generally supposed. 1t NAV be
called the hatred Of ignorance, and il ia
found more in Republican countries than
"a monaEchies, because in the latter there
@Ie other powers neutralizing public
opinion, while in the former the %Vox
t 5opGl assumes supreme sway, and for
Gs"me being becomes tyrsnt worse rae
tlan King Or Emnarnr