The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-17

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ever the party, with mon of-noble personal
character.
u We began with that greatest figure in
our history, if not in human history, George
washington. The majesty of manhood and
high selfpoise involved in this remarkable
character more or less gave tone to the in
cumbents Of the Presidential Chair, and not
only SO, gave tone to the electors themselves.
renderiag:all classes of people truly anxious
that ne chief executive should continue to
ESeaect honor on the high position of the
Fchosen ruler of the great Republic Of the
world.
Thisswas high and holy popular ambi-
;tion. Even here we at length declined,
and sought rather mere ,ayaiiabiiisy ID an
essentiaI iagrsd q thus. soon mad
aescsnt In the scale s,sfs rulers sMntiI
- cs4ssss soafas n . s4hStS 1Ssa ~
meet the demands of ordinary decency.-
But we have now politicians ION the make"
for every position in the State. There is
nothing too high for log rolling and vulgar
selfseeking. The position of simple citi-
zenship, once esteemed sufficient for any
mans high sclfrespect, is now held as a mark
OF inferiority, of low degree-something that
stamps man as one who wears the leather
medal. Everybody wants to be something;
everybody wants to play the big man, to
sport the honors of the State and become
the stare of the unwashed. They delight
in the whisper: "Who is that ? Oh, that
els MIR. Speaker Exquisite. Oh, he is the
famous Judge Vaccination. There's Brig
adler Importantly. That's the Hon.. In.
,capability. Aud there is Gen. Incfpiency,
The poor humble citizen absoi6feIy stands
aghast in the presence OF the mighty men
Of Gath who swell in dimensions with each
occasion, and grow to a greatness which
covets the very stars of heaven. Where
will all this stop? But yesterday the Hon.
Cuffees and Sambos sported the gewgaws Of
official station, whilst the handy rascals stole
out the State
The truth is, it would seem, the farce
would have sickcned most mems stomachs
for honors which had been toyed with by
these monkey legislators. But not so, there
are those who feel six feet higher for filing
the seat which just now was graced by a
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per, or Nash. Poor human nature, it is
enough to make an angel weep or devil
or giaour chuckle.
-, If these things could go on without
tnrning society upside down We could laugh
at them, or scorn them according to degree;
but in so much that these men 'on the
make" persistently follow us, SO that their
indecent desire for prominence everywhere
and on all occasions scandalizes our society,"
or sets it by the ears to its deep injury and
unrest, we cannot afford to disregard this
matter How shallthis be stopped Never
so long as we arc human. But much can
be done, by an earnest, honest constituency
in their determined effort to select men who
at least, have some modesty of department.
and who refuse to stand like political bawds
on the thoroughfares piping their charms
to all the passers by .-Speighfs Newspaper.
| EASTER EGGs.-The custom of eating
eggs at Easter has been traced up not
cnly to the theology of Egypt, but to the
philosophy Of tho Persians, the Gauls,
( tho Greeks, aud the Romans--ali of whom
regarded the egg as an emblem of the uni
verse and the work Of Deity. Easter and
New Year, says Gebln, shave been marke
by similar distinctions Among the Ro-
mans the New Year is looked upon as the
renewal of all things, and is noted for the
triumph of the Son of Nature, as Easter is,
with Christians, for the Son Of Justice, the
Saviour Of the world over death by His res
urrcction.' The early Christians of Mes.
opotamia had the custom Of dyeing and
decorating eggs at Easter. They were
stained red, in memory Of the blood Of
Christ shed at His crucifxion. The Cath
Ollie Church adopted the custom, and regar-
ded eggs as the emblem of the resurrection,
as is evinced by the bcnediction of Pope
Paul V, about 1910, which read thus -
"Bless, oh, Lord we bescech Thee, Thy
creature Of eggs, that it may become a
wholesome sustenance to Thy faithful SER
vants-cating it in thankfulncss to Thee
on account of the resurrection of the Lord )"