The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-10
AN UNwARRANTED INFERENCE.
Stark vile Times.

| .. SlarkVllIe Times.
The jackson COMET has fantastica
method of administering comfort to thu
Veteran Editor of the Meridian Mercury
1t seems that, recently, the Mercury eX
| pressed some anxiety about the rapid man
ner in which our forests are being cut
down, thereby endangering our future sup.
ply Of fuel; whereupOn, THE COMET comes
to the rescue like a good Samaritan, and
! fuel has been provided in the lanu to-wmch
he (the Veteran) is fast gravitating. But
we think this is wild assertion. How
could THE COMET know so much! and
haps, in the tropical region referred to,
the progress of science and discovery
may have removed the necessity OF
using wood; perhaps something as conVe-
nient as the electric light does the work.
But there is no end to the enterprise OF
THE COMET; having ventilated the ancient
history of the Mercury man, 1t now seeks
to forecast his future with prophetic vision.
1t is pity that these two resplendent
celestial luminaries cannot illuminate the
editorial armament without disturbing the
heavenly harmony and entanSllnS tnelr
orbits. 1t is to be hoped that mllder
policy will hereafter mark their dealings
toward each other, and that their glorious
orbs may mingle their splendors undimmed
bv the baleful influence of jealous rivalry.
All we have to say in reply to the
above is, that the Times is sadly
astray if it infers that THE COMET
has any lurking inclination to switch
the Mercury out of its orbit. An in
stinct of self self-preservation would
prevent that. Comets have a wider
range than ordinary planets, it is true,
but we have never heard of one inter-
fering with the regular schedule time
of local orbs. AS rule comets recog-
nize and respect municipal DEGREES
and quarantine regulations, and they
understand the great principle of equi-
librium, whether applied to the gov
ernments of Europe or the law OF the
spheres, 1t has never been shown
that any comet was the first instiga-
tor in war of the elements. lgno-
rance and superstition have charged
comets as the avant couriers of pesti-
lence, famine, and epidemics, but the
charge is a SANDER; comets have, IN
all ages, studiously avoided all con-
Examinations and improper associations,
and have had enough to do to meet their
own engagements without stopping to
quarrel with the course of other globes.
In the whole range of NEUROLOGICAL
history. you can't point to single in
stance where a comet was Implicated
in any of the early jealousies of the
belligerent spheres. No comet has
ever SO far lost its self-respect, or + r
got its dignity as to take any part in
these disreputable broils, and it is not
for this COMET to bring odium upon
the race by departure from the rule
OF ages.
While it is the mission of The
Comet to traverse a more extensive,
and broader field than the Mercury Is
appointed to, the best of feeling has
always existed between these lumln-
aries, from the creation to the present
dav. We never heard of any dissatis-
faction ON the part of the Mercury
with its orbit, or any desire for promo
tion to a Comet position in the grand
cosmosphere. And we see no oeca-
sion for jealousy on the part OF either
The Mercury has discharged the
routine duties of its post with enure
satisfaction to itself, its constituents
and neighboring powers. 1t turns
over more than THE COMET does, and
gets around quicker, but The COMET
don't envy it on that account, and
wouldn't change the arrangement If
il it could; and the Mercury has no
ambition to rival THE COMET in its
long excursions abroad.