Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-10
UNAPPRECIATEpte, MEN

/. Dy THEIR Tel
io"-mor'ais; men who think they
were born for the solar walks of l;fa
to be locked up to and adored. as it
were, by the common run of man.
KIND; men who feel insulted if YOU
do not put ii handle to their names
and doff your hat to their shadows:
men whose pomposity is only equaled
ny their arrogance, and whose insult
ing cheek is only surpassed by their
seif-c"hceit men who think that God
Almighty placed them in this world
simply to remind mankind, generally,
OF their insignificance /; men who think
hat when they die the sun will 90
out, the moon go down, and the stars
be d~lsmayed men who think that
when they get tired of death, Gabriel
will blow his horn and the grave give
up its secrets, and whose only aim IN
life Is ITO be appreciated'' by having
ether men tody to them and grovel
beneath their ''superiori'y." We
say the world is full of such men.
we do not mean anything personal
by this article if we did, we should
spell the mans name out in full.
Not a day passes but what we hear
from some man who claims he is
mot appreciated We seldom read
a paper but what we see that some
man claims that he is mot appreci-
ated. Whenever a maj fails to be
elected to office, or fails to flourish in
business, Or fails to reign supreme in
tile social world, or fails to make the
rest of mankind think of him as he
thinks of himself, or fails to induce
men to look upon him as u little God,
he crys out in a wailing voice-only
equaled by the damned-'.I am un-
apprecialed!" Why this trouble
Why this supeiflulty of '.unappreci-
ated men?' Why this constant, dys-
peptic wall? A mar is appreciated
when he gets what he deserves; when
a true value is placed upon his worth.
A mar in this world, especially in
America, gets credit for just what lie
merits. Birth, rank, wealth are all
Justly overlooked, III is
weighed according to his acts.
Is a man .'uhappreciated" when
undeserving, unified, aud without
brains enough to set a hen on the
hillside, he fails to be elected to a
responsible office? Is a man ''unap
preciated," when black-hearted and
white-livered, he asks for the supper,
of his tellow-man and tails 10 get it
When a mortal, bearing the image o
his Maker, in the livery of man, ant
with the heart of a devil, tries to holC
places of honor, trust and respect
yet tails, can he then claim to b,
''unappreciated?' "When are the,
appreciated?' When they are force,
upon the shelf whore they belong
The proud must lie humbIed; til
arrogant sat down upon the insolen
snubbed the ignorant taught, ant
The wicked kicked out of high places
Some men expect too much. The,
should LEAN that when they die, til
world will move on as before; tina
when they draw their finger from tn
ocean of life 10 ''hole" will remain
There would be more happiness, an
less dyspetic dissatisfaction; fewe
candidates for office, and better ma
terialin Office !; less snobbery, and NOR
gentility less arrogance, and NOR
brotherly love; less self conceite
pomposity, and more true manhood
if these many ''unappreciated' grow
ers could only be brought to see thu
really they are in the strictest sens
of the word appreciated; that waite
seeks it level; that they are gettin
their just deserts, and are ''appr.
ciated" when getting such deserts.