The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-04

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,oung man Who has lu'i attained bis
majorij vbo Will ~ n date We need
n1t nov w, le President " the United
sHios Tho young man exists some.
shefp. ani W. hope be- is In trimming for
HE high office On the stb of January
a.l Prince Edward n Wales. who Il
ptrdrsiinod 4 all goes we'll with him, 10
be- King oi England, eamr ~ age lie IL
marked and spi apart he II under eer.
tain bonds II hchaviorl hi. education 10
bc King must seriously begin, and all
England u Interested In ", II will
watch every action and cricise every
tendency lie is NJ longer free man.
and he can not b. selfsuppOriing; there
il no occupation be can enter on for
gaining livelihood consistent with hls
coming dignity The Government must
vote him m annual supply ~ money.
and he must have nm establishment and
begin ~ play his role. II he Il a lad of
spirit, be- must chafe under this esplon.
aye, this restraint. and tho limitations
of his dependent condition. His sub
icets hold the purse.strng; his subjects
demand that he shall b. this and shall
not be- that; hIs subjects have now the
ballot, and can cut him oil with shll.
ling, or put him one side altogether
SublcctsP To what. alasl has the King
business comein this nineteenth century,
Our American lad who may be
reading this paragraph about himself,
for we trust that he can read. and has
not, like Andrew johnson. put Off this
elegant accomplishment Till after his
ma jority is under no such limitations
rs his English brother. Edward 0f
Wales. Bill Of tho United State, for
we have no fiction by which he would
he called by some fictitious title, for in
stance. Bill Of Nicaragua Is probably
unconscious Of his high destiny. by the
time he takes the chair ut Washington,
or wherever the chair then stands. he
viii be the ruler, more potent for four
Years than the King Of England, over
100000. 900 OF poop,e, and have TO exc
cute tho affairs of the most vigorous
empire Ia existence. II he now ex-
poets this honor ID Is safe 10 say he win
be disappointed. for the voter now.a-
days never choose man who layspipes
for the place In advance II Il safe to
say that he Is ignorant of his destiny
II II were otherwise, II we all knew
the young fellow just come Of age who
Is TO be President by-and.by. what an
embarrassment Il would be for us and
for him! What life he would lead
with the reporter Of the newspapers
How could he escape the snares laid
for him by the mothers who would like
10 DC the mOthers-ln.law Of Prcsi-
dcntp II he Is In college. how self
conscious the tutors would be when
they marked him. aud how impossible
Ii would BE- for him TO acquit himself
well at football with tho eyes OF the
Nation ON him With what content
could he hunlbly follow u mule on q
canal tow-path, which hc may at this
moment be- doing, with credit TO him.
self. and with nn eye 10 the appearance
Of this achievement In his biography.
IL the young man deputy-shcriifP Is
he waiting for clients with his heels on
tho table In some country law-oflioce
Is lac just beginning 10 concern him
self with ward politics with the idea
that the gentleman In politics" Is 10
bo the winning card In the futurep Is
he teaching school with a view Of dis
charging his college deb,sP or Is he
running up college debts without any
view OF tea hing school 10 discharge
themp Or has he gone into farming In
the West, In order TO come forward as
Cincinnatus at the right moment. leay-
Ing his steam gaug-plow In the furrowP
All roads In tho United States lead
TO the Presidency. and Il Is impossible
10 tell what road our young man h
travelling. But II we knew him, how
uneasy we would be about himl II he
Is poor-and the chance Il that he Is
poor and at serious disadvantage
about his educ ition- would Congress
vote him $4,000 year Ia order 10 put
him In training for his great place, 80
that the Nation need not be ashamed
Of him when be- comes into the White
IIouseP The President OF the United
States ought 10 be able 10 write English,
aud TO speak three or four languages
besides his own-at least French and
German and Spanish. Prince Edward
OF Wales Is being educated for his po-
sition. The probability Is that he Is not
ANY brighter than our expected Presl.
dent, who i struggling along unknown
and unaided. but he Il being trained In
the knowledge that will be most useful
TO him. II would bc very mortiiying
10 us II we knew how Ignorant our
young man may be at this moment.
as lgnoranto Of history and politics as Of
social usages. We should all want a
hand In his education; We should want
10 mark out his career. We should
probably spoil him.
Lightly a Il may be treated. this Il
really very serious matter. The young
man i living here. and Il well known
to some of Us. And as no decent young
man can be sure that he i the man,
what follows' Why. that every young
man ought 10 conduct himself In such 1
manner that bis biography, when hi.
campaign life i written, will be pleas.
ant reading. and 50 that he will be IN
some measure fitted Tor the office 70
which he Is 10 bc elected. This IL not Z
piece Of moralizing; Il Is n matter ol
oommoa-sense. In order to carry on /
republic successfully, the general aver
age of conduct and ability must be high
II we wore able TO pick out our maj
now aud set him apart and train him
he could yet ON as well a. they do Ia
England. and i would not BE- much mat
Ter what became Of tho other young
fellows But the risks of our position ars
much greater. II i useless for u q
+. cay that the ballot i our protection. and
that at the pruper time we shall elect
| the best man. The fact j. that the man va