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

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ever the party, with mou of-noble personal
character.
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 remarkabl.
character more or less gave tone to the in.
cumbents OF the Presidential Chair, and not
only 80, gave tone to the electors themselves.
renderlng.all classes of people truly anxious
that &he chief executive should continue to
sedect honor on the high position of the
world
Thisw was a high and holy popular ambi-
;uon. Even here We at length declined,
and sought rather mere. availability as an
:essenti2l iaGesd5sn "a thus soon mad
g estent In the scale sef rulers untt
ss psaetss tos.fay, u sssaakf ss&hXt
meet the demands Of ordinary decency-
But we have now politicians 'ou the make"
Tor every position in the State. There is
nothing too high for log rolling aud vulgar
selfseeklng The position of simple citi-
zenship, once esteemed sufficient for any
mans high sclfrespcct, is now held as a mark
OF interiority, of low degree 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
us Mr. Speaker Exquisite Oh, he is the
famous Judge Vaccination. There's Brig
adler Importantly That's the Hon. In.
Sspability. Aud there. .is Gen. Incfpiency,
INN NOS ms snt .afl lh,,t.<. -l-...4. z -
The poor humble citizen absolutely stands
aghast in the presence Of the mighty men
of Gath who swell in dimensions with each
occasion, aud grow to 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 filling
the seat which just now was graced by a
Whittemore, a Dennis, Smalls, Whip.
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
tnruing society upside down we could laugh
at them, or scorn them according to degree;
but in so much that these men son 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.-Speights Newspaper
EASTER EGGs.-The custom of eating
eggs at Easter has been traced up not
enly to the theology of Egypt, but to the
philosophy Of tho Persians, the Gaus,
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 Geblin, shave been marked
ny 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.
direction" 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.
olic Church adopted the custom, and regar.
ded eggs as the emblem of the resurrection,
as is evinced by the benediction of Pope
Paul V, about 1910, which read thus -
"Bless, oh, Lord! we beseech Thee, Thy
creature of eggs, that it may become
wholesome sustenance to Thy faithful ser.
vants-eating it in thank kfulncss to Thee
on account of the resurrection of the Lord"
Thus the custom has come down from ages
lost in antiquity.