Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-01
Advice to a Young Man.

gwen MN. III you give Hlm any
more chances than he takes, he will
soon own everything, and run the
Ohio man out Of the country. The
fact is, we must curtail the poor man s
chances little. We must sit down
on him, and hold him down, and give
the rich man a chance. The poor
man has bad things his own way too
long. He has crowded the rich man
out. But for the poor man, the old
country would have cast anchor 1000
years ago, and be covered with moss
and barnicles to-day, like United
States man-of-war. George Peabody
was boy in a grocery, Edgar Allen
Poe was son of strolling players.
John Adams was the son of farmer.
Benjamin Franklin, the printer, was
the son of a tallow chandler; Clifford
the first editor of the "Quarterly Re-
view > was a common sailor; Ben
johnson was a bricklayer; the
father Of SHAKESPEARE couldn't spell
and couldn't write his own name
neither can you; even his illustrious
son couldn't spell it twice alike /;
Robert Burns was child of poverty
the eldest of seven children, the fam
lily OF poor bankrupt; John Milton
was the son of scrivener. Andrew
johnson was the son of poor Irish
man. Andrew johnson was tailor.
Garfield was a boy of all work, too
poor even to have regular trade;
Grant was tanner, Lincoln a keel
bOatman and common farm hand,
and the Prince of Wales is the son
Of Queen. 1t is his misfortune.
not his fault; he couldn't help it,
and he can't help it now. But you
see my dear boy, that all there is
of him; he's just the Prince of
Wales, and he's only that because he
can't help it, Be thankful, my son,
that you weren't born a prince; be
glad that you didn't strike twelve
the first time. If there is a patch
on your knee and your elbows are
glossy, there is some hope for you,
but never again let me hear you say
that the poor man has no chance.
True, poor lawyer, poor doctor a
poor printer, a poor man of any kind
has no chance he deserves to have
none, but the poor man monOpoliZes
aboutall the chances there are. Put
Laban and Jacob in business together
anywhere, and in about fourteen
years Jacob will not only own four
fifths of the cattle, but he will have
married about one-half his partners
family. Go to, my son, let us give
the rich man a chance.-Bur-
dette.
Ever since Ex-GOv. st. Johns
speech at Springfield, in which he
referred to Copiah county, the Re-
publican papers have been fairly
sizzling with rage because he dared
give the audience the benefit of his
personal observations in that nOtO-
rious region Now we have the
pleasure OF supplementing the gov
ernor's remarks with an article
clipped from the SWORD AND SHIELD,
leading temperance paper Of Mis-
sissippi, describing attacks upon the
prohibitory law that has been in
force there against the liquor traffic
for some time, and which paper has
as yet given not the remotest sign
that it has heard OF st. Johns utter
ances at Springfield. 1t is also in
teresting to reflect, that while Co
piah county, Mississippi, has been
enforcing a Prohibitory law against
the liquor traffic, Hamilton county,
Ohio, has been nourishing the vile
business by every possible method,
even to securing its perpetuation
and protection through planks in
party platforms. There is virtue
and intelligence in Copiah county
sufficient to pass a Prohibitory law;
how about Hamilton contry? What
paper was it, published in Hamilton
county, that screeched blue fire at
Coplah county, and held the people
there up to the contempt of all who
thumbed its dirty pages, yet turned
to gently breathe out the informa-
ton that Hundreds of saloons in
Cincinnati were practically Republi-
can club house 2" AS it looks now,
when Hamilton county gets rid Of
its Republican club houses" and
such institutions as Halstead and
the slum politicians, Hamilton coun.
ty, Ohio, will be ready to enforce pro-
hibitory and other virtuous laws,
and support newspapers edited by
men of decent repute, who have got
other business to attend TO than to
concoct villainous detractionS from
one days end to another and inAame
unworthy prejudices against their
betters in the hope Of political ad.
vancement.-Signal.
A Virginia clergyman made this