Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-15
Value OF PunCtuality.

one cannot begin too early in life to
discipline himself TO habits OF the most
cxactlnS punctualIty in keeping every
engagement and the performance Of
every service, be it little or great. Great
men IN all ages have been noted for
punctualliy. They believe a. act to be
well done must bc done promptly. Ma.
pulcon used 20 insist 90 also ute PROMPT
ness with his msrzhals. saying:
"Iou may ask anything of me but
time"
Washington was punctilIous in exact.
ing pTomptncss from all his officers.
On one occasion, when visiting Boz.
ton, the column was ordered TO move at
ak o'clock IN the morning. Washing
ton was present before the time, but the
marshal Of the day, supposing that the
hour was too early to start, was tariy in
appearing. Washington looked At his
watch nervously, waited a moment or
two after six, and then ordered the
column TO move. Some time after the
marshal rode furiously 10 the front,
making many apologies for the delay.
Washington replied. pleasantly
cit is our custom to ask, not If the
leader, but II the hour has come
John Quincy Adams. in his long ser
vice in Congress was never known to be
late. One day the clock struck, and p
member said 10 the Speaker; "lt's
time to call the house to order"
mo" said the Speaker, "Mr. Adams
is not in his seat yet"
AZ this moment Mr.. Adams appeared.
lie was punctual' but the clock was
three minutes fact.
THr New York GIoLc a publication
devoted 10 the interests Of the colored
race says. that "Pennsylvania's colored
population OF S5,53j, is as completely
ignored by the politicians a. II il did
not contain 10000 colored voters, while
the colored population Of New York,
numbering above 65 600 souls, with a
voting force Of 5000. enters no more
into the calculation Of politicians here
than If il was disfranchised element" 4"
Ii is pretty much the same way all
through the North. Even in Massa
chusetts the colored brother IL Of insir.
niiicant consequence in the distribution
OF offices. Where he is presumed to
be most intelligent. most influential.
most nearly on social level with the
whites, most unrestricted in the exer-
else OF all the rights Of citizenship. his
color is quite as much Disseminated
against and he is made to feel as keenly
the degrading sense Of his inferiority as
even at the South. His lack of selfas.
sertion accounts for this in part. In the
Southern States where his vote is need
ed to break up Democratic party, he
is put into the field and made to do
what his political owners dictate. and
being factor of considerable potentiali.
~ III politics, c0ntfives, occasionally, 10
get comfortable share in the division
of plunder. IL is TO the interest of the
Republican party that he eshould. There
are localities, also, where he is able to
name his terms, and the Republican
party, in pursuance OF its Southern pro.
gramme, is usually willing TO eccept
them. At the North his experience is
OF an entirely different character. Ii il
only where the Republicans most need
his services that he is permitted to be.
come an active element of their party or.
gani2ation. They are sure of his vote
in New York and Pennsylvania, there
fore in those States he is but a passive
element, educated in humiliation, con.
tent TO sleep in the sun, and only
taught to feel that he owes q debt oI
gratitude to his Republican masters, oI
which he dares not question the justice
nor repudiate dollar. IL is not al
together his own fault that as the Giob,
suggests, he is virtually ''disfranchised;'
but having the same liberty OF action
and latitude Of expression as any other
man he can gradually work his neck
out OF the yoke il he will.
HAD Chronic Calarrh for years. Pc.