The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-09

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ponu ~ ba n dcmnnd
humanity We have Inv
wcHltlor dnssos with tho rev, I.I
reputation for cyccIlcuco thot u .w"
few NJ Europe possess. and have H.."
upon them the fullest measure oi .'f"
ton. In other words we have ma. 40 ir
our want Of nobility by virtually making
an order out Of our lDN.'
men, or those who have won
| celebrity in some Of the various walks
Of life. It is becoming notorious
and in fact disgusting feature OF
our society in America that II
runs wild over, the most frequently,
unworthy subjects. A celebrity from the
old world, however wanting he may by in
real merit, cannot reach our shores butNn
ovation is given him and the most uncallfd
! for honors are paid him. II matters not II
| the blacklist and most disrcputable char
actcr is left behind, if the patent ofnobiliU
| or fame but be visible, the mercurial Amer
lean public bows obsequiously and sur
passes itself in the bestowal of favors too
gonerou, for king, 1t has come to pass
| that our Young women of wealth, the
daughters of those most frequently who
have suddenly amassed fortune, ARE engaged
in perpetual hunt for European titles, ana
the "monayed aristocracy" of the country
! is a slave to its passion for recognition at
the hands of the famous or blooded speci-
mems of the genus. Our plain republican
customs and unpretentious names used to
be the glory of America, but. of late years
the chief object Of our average citizen who
has been successful in accumu-
lating money, seems to be to
make an European tour or wine and dine
somebody who has become Of more conse-
ouence than the rabble generally. 1t is
perhaps all proper that the men of merit,
the truly great, should receive merited
recognition at the hands Of the people, and
the honors paid them are but the just
tributes to genius, but to be always and in
discriminatory fulsome and sycophantic is
absurd and idiotic. A man has only to get
his name in the newspapers, or get himself
into Office, or become the hero Of
the hour through some sentimental
performance 10 become the recipient
of honors and attentions worthy of the
most exalted labors and the greatest names,
We are rapidly degenerating into nation
of hunkies, INDUCING in the most obse
quous homage and mock sentimentality
where it is leass. demanded and least eXcusa-
bic. Perhaps no public man was ever more
severely assailed by the public, or more
assassin's bullet entered his bo.~Ah
tears, crocodile tears, were r~rcep.lole
throughout the whole c"'.-Gry "A ma
ton that had just leased It's reVlllngs
knelt in the true sf:rit Of flunliyism around
his couch 'Inen again Mr.. Brewster
whom tho Philadelphia bar had passed and
repassed without special notice, was made
cabinet officer. Thereupon he is carried
back to the City of Brotherly Love and
wined in style. Judge Porter volunteered
in the prosecution of Guiteau for notoriety,
of course, but his labors were nothing par
ticuarly brilliant. Yet he is made the
hero of the hour and the bar of New York
city are contemplating honoring him
with a grand banquet. A hundred other
instances might be stated but these are
sufficient to show the spirit and weaknesses
of our citizens. We are simply making
fools of ourselves and are becoming the
of the world. The most
trivial sensation attracts general attention,
the unworthiest parsonage who merely
tickles some idiots fancy, becomes demi- !
god, and subscriptions are started or honors
paid by the obsequious populacc, that only |
acharacter of international eminence should |
receive. 1t is to be hoped that the press
instead of encouraging such non
sense will in the future ridicule and decry /
it, and that q healthier and more rational |
and manly public sentiment will succeed TO
these absurd rawlings Of the too-too charac-
ter of the American citizen. 1t is time that |
such disposition was curbed and the SEEM
ing tendency to aristocratical and mon /
lrchical institutions and manners be yigor-
ously combated. Let worth and genius
meet their proper rewards, but for decency's !
sake let us witness cessation Of that mis-
cradle nunkyism which runs wild over
every craze of the day and kneels adoringly |
10 whomsoeyer fortune or circumstance has
placed in a more prominent or independent
position than his fellows.