The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-09-08

hard aud shaken his ham. warmly"
Res pccrIng the election 10 sInSic oihocS. it
ought - be unnecessary ~ men. ION that ciIiLcn
ought t. give his vote for that person only. who
uuItes with general worth aud fitness. the pccu-
liar capacity requisite for the specific Office in
question. Unfortunately, however, it l. but too
frequently the case that The citizens of free couu-
tries at large, well as the appointing officers
are swayed by totally different considerations,
auJ quiet their cUnscienceS by surprising that
'he wi, 10 we'll enough The election Of in
capable officers, on considerations wholly foreign
to the office be it family int crest, court favor,
party reward. or clannshncSs, is equally dctri-
mental to the best interests of the commonwealth
large. Ii lowers the whole standaI Il of moral
ny, capacity and efficiency IN the public service
and with this il lowers the morality OF the pub
lie ut large II dcpriveS the State of that ncccs-
sary promotion otthc public good, which can he
effected only by sound and cap bile officers be
ing devoted to the public service, making them
satisfied with barely dischrrging their duties
as To pass MUSTER while il makes bold the
incompetent and the dishonest. The history of.
Spain, and of Athens after Perclcs affords Strik
ing illustrations Of the Importance Of this
principle,
At this point was greeted with chorus of
groanS ami hisscs. took my seat. aS thought,
when one Of the regular speakers came to the
front. brisilng with rage and delivered himself
some what aS follows:
1
have most disagreeable duty to perform; that
of administering mcritcl rchukc to hu!y-
body in other peoples business. For five
long months this nan has been planet,
under the speciuus guisc of a tourist while. in
f'ct, he has done little else than wage most
savage warfare upon our time hon"rcd insttu-
tons. social civil, political and religious
We have received his savage attacks with
| great meekness, patience and forbcarancc but
! forhearance in this case is no longer II virtue.
! lie seems incurahly prone TO prnte about moral
! principle in both politics and religion thereby
| showing his utter ignoranc" of nj; true philoso-
| ply. which leaves such principles TO impracti.
cable lrcamers and mp, Gals directly to the pocket
! and the stomach but mostly rhc stomach Here
! the crowd responded with general yell "Ies.
! fellow citizens the fundamental principle
of all true philosophy, when boilel down to
| its last anal ysis may be summed up III the sim.
| pie question On which side is the bread but.
| tered p and the true philosopher is the man,
! who in every department Of life, succeeds in
| fin ling out that side and sticking tn il. The
truly philosophical politician is the man who
succeeds in getting the most offices and
| in making the most of what he gcts.--
! The truly philosophical AMI therefore success.
! full preacher il he who counts the most CON
vcrts, matter how he manages to convert
! them. The truly philosophical AMI therefore
successful man in general i he who manrrrS The
! most rcorl" successfully for his purposes
! AMI who manages to get the mast with the least
! outlay of muscle or brains. If in so doing he
I Injuries other nc ple. that iS their own look ont
! Every man for himself and the devil for the
/ hiulmnSt. But this man from Earth would
rcvolutioniGr all these noble principles and
! maxinS Well did our own Nux Pnpuli call
| him filthy dreamer (llurrah for Nox Pnpuli.
/ thought somebody yelled in the crnwi.) Well
may You saw that. fellow citizens. | thought the
speaker went on. Let that cranky school
master pr,tc ahout Tnr T1p,HiS not knowing
! the meaning Of The word gIm'n (Y1m""R). Sup
pose he ll not know lis meaning Who
/ so absurd N to SuDnnSc that n man who had
. studied at an institution "f learning nf nation
| nj rcn"wn would con descend to such rrihcs. n
/ Studying the meaning Of words No, fell Nv
/ citizens. he would leave such small matters to
! school. masters and other people Of slow. plrl-
! ding minis Up with YOU hats. fellow citizens
! and give twcnty-nnc cheers for ITnr Pop"T'
inurur the general confusion that fp'lnwcl, |
/ thought quietly made my csctnc. an taking
! the next balloon for earth. was whirlin- through
space ut hct Hong rate. when suddenly the
! boiler hurSicl. rs il seemed. hlnwing the whole
concern into "fiinlcrntions' rs they say. and
! sending me in every direction prnmiScunuS'y -
/ While carecrinG through space. ii secm"r! that
/ | SUD lruv struck hcr against planet
Knocking il clear ont Of its orbit. bar il turned
ont that hal merely inmncI out nf bel in my
! fright AMI brought my heal in contact with the
/ wall. when nwoiic. AMI behold 1t was all II
dream. QUI.