The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-16

(For the DgMocRAT.l

Any person, boy or girls or woman
who In these times tries 10 please every.
body II fool. You can't do it,there Is nc
use trying, for even II you do try to do
this impossible thing you will be sIassed
with other people who arc trying TO do the
same thing, but who arc known as people
who have lest their stamana and individ.
ualiiy who puff and llatler everybody alike
one as much a. the ether. They will come
10 you with their smooth tongue and puff
you up, agreeing with you 10 everything
having no opinIon or thought Of their
own, simply 10 please you. They then
pass 10 the next man and repeat the same
soft dose to him. Suck people seem 20
think that II they differ from another per.
son On any subject, they will give onenss
by opposition and anGagonism. But such
IL not wholly the case. II Is not simply
declaring conviction that antagoBiaes
with another, that hurts the feelings o.
wounds the pride. but It Is the manner and
tene In which such an opinion Il express
ed. "Itis that tone of superiority and dog.
matism that Ii so eften assumed, the lack
Of sympathy, appreciation and respect that
Is conveyed, the ill-conceaIcd contempt
felt for those who think differently"
Then this desire TO please, be agreeable
and say pleasant things leads to exaggera.
tien, 10 carelessness Of facts, and even 10
lIes Who would candidly be one Of this
kind, without any Individuality 7 Ne one
could WAC ever expects 10 amount TO any.
thing. In this arena Of life, every man
who fights his way Is beund 70 make enc.
mIss. You cant avsid IL, and the armer
ycu stand the more enemies you can count.
Yet. Ia their hearts, we know these very
enemies admire the man who says or acts
what he conscisntiously believes to be just
and right.
II we were sure uf maintaialng the
pleasant stations In this life, perhaps we
could thea afIsrd ts join the chatteriug
bsnd that deal In fattery aad tafy having
no thoughts or opinions Of our own. But
we arc not sure Of the pleasant stations in
world full Of changes like this. Each
enc shsuId be hImself and act his part in
depeHdently, fer changes will surely come,
and to meet these changes we should stif-
fen our necks and meet them with firm
trent, be what they may. Doabt net they
will be hard changes to meet, for this world
IL full of hypocrites,and your case viii be
rare one II In after years yeu cannot look
back and see the most vile and treacherous
people who were once your professcd
friends. Thsre arc human rots who min.
gle every day with reputable people, whose
garments arc being deiiIed BY their touch.
We must be prepared for the worst and
tend to our own business in our own way
-bs some one and that one be yourself.
II makes no difference hew kind, how
atfecsionate you are, there viii always be
some one who will hate you and work
against you. II makes ne difference how
benevolent you may be, there viii always
he some one to have very different epln.
Ion af you and call you heg. It makes
no difference how earnestly and zealousiy
you may strive to tighten the burdens ei
others, there Is always some enc to say
yeu did 20 through selfish metives.
There are hundreds of men who Will
agree with me In these thoughts,and who
like myself have learned by actual expe'
rience, and gathered knowledge In prac'
tlcal way, BY bumping uP against indi'
viduaIs whose hurried words were false.
hoods, whose oily tiastery poisen, ,Intended
TO do deadly work.
Do not understand that ! would moi
commend you to be "affectionate," ""benev
olent," nor to work to ''llghten the burdens
Of Others" Ne. such we should all be, but
any way yeu might conduct yourself you
will make enemies. You can't expect Il
please everybody. People have tried t
do II for centuries, but failure Is inevitable
Lone Pine. Whitman Co. w. T.
c. CHESTER CosANp.