The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
OIL XII Marietta, Ga, Friday, Moaning, Sc
A KIND WORD FOR HOME.
MARIETTA, Aug. 9th, 1877.

!
MEssRs, NEAL g. MASSEY Gents /:
| have before mo number of cata-
logues, circulars and other printed
matter executed by operatives in
some of the famous printing establish
ments of our largest northern and
southern cities. 1t gives me pleas
ure to state that the work dopc in
the Marietta Journal job printing es
tablishment upon the catalogue of
the Marietta Female College far sur
passes them in neatnoss, taste in the
selection and arrangement of type,
captions and paragraphs. Indeed,
it is distinguished for excellence of
Judgment and mechanical skill.
| say, that it gives me pleasure to
make this favorable comparison, be-
cause it is thought by some persons
that that great sponge, veclopt Ats
lanta, has absorbed everything in
the shape Of wealth, intellect and
Imechanicai skill within a radius of a
hundred miles. Your enterprise
and energy are demonstrating the
error of such conclusion. trust
that othors of our young men may
| fellow the example of assiduous APP
pIication toward the development Of
a chosen trade or profession. Per,
severe, encourage other young mon
to do 80, and soon eyes that are now
turned from our little city will glad>
| ly return their regard and seek
Identification with her in the new
1regianc of her progress and prosperi-
ty.
| have observed, that, unfortu>
nately for Marietta, there exists a
class Of old fogiess' whose every en-
deavor, it seems, is to cry down the
independent efforts of young profess
ionals, whether disciples of Galen,
JuStinian, Anaxagoras, or Peter
Scooter. 1t is truly astonishing to
witness the tehacity with which ye
centenarians cling to their fogy
ideas. They will tolerate no differ
ence of opinion; they will not real,
ize that they live in progressive
age; they cannot believe other than
that the river of the mind, must,
like their sun Of Joshua, stand still
until they command it move on or,
if itJmove it must do so rehuently.
They assert that they hold the in
tellectual balance, and do not believe
that the scale of Invention may
sometimes weigh down that Of Tx,
psrfsGos fsifcy derive senjayment
from the conceit that they are the
rhadamanthuses of a living age, and
that the people composing The age
look only toward them as the source
whence emanates the eifulgent rays
Of. concentrated knowledge. Alas !
for the aspiring youth. He dare not
in the struggle for success in life,
pursue, liRe The melted hounds Of
Act@on, the gamo not only whore
there is a path, but where there is
none. We're he to do severe he
to igrore their aid, even when offer~
ed in the achievement of success
were he to create circumstances in
stead of awaiting them, as they do,
and were he, like Brounus, to throw
both sword and self into tho tire
bling scale, forsaking the policy that
can strike only advisedly and when
the iron is hot instead of making it
hot by striking, they would set him
down as an innovator upon cherished
systems or Cline honored usage"
and, indeed, as one possessed of the
''brass" and assurance of Belzebub
without his wisdom.
Men at sometime are masters of their fates
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves that we are underlngs."
Well, "dcdiScit awimas sero quod
didicit din" may be pleaded in modi-
fication of "the situation" Let not
distance lend enchantment to the
view: one might be admiring
mirage. Let US first consider home
and its resources. Encourage our
industrious young men with some
thing more than words: the sciolists
will soon come to the surface, and,
like dross BIO cast aside. Let our
citizens remember that Invention,
although not synonymous with Elk
perionce, yet in. this ultimatum age
it is taking the higher place; for
the light Of other minds is not quite
as necessary to the development Of
genius as the light of other bodies is
to the radiation ofsthe diamond, and
the fec simple of wisdom and pros
fessional proficiency does not rest
entirely in ye old fogy. Let us all
initiate the young King Charles, in
Setting bounds to our errors by
truth, and TO our schisms by chari>
ty." Yours truly,
J. COTTON LYNEs.
A :a,,o. e., l;fo =, IL ror;ton.