Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-04-25

God, and dethrone Jehovah, and chain th
Almighty in eternal exile, and after the dc
molition of the universe would cry: "Satis
fed at last, here I am Alone the undif
puted and everlasting 1, Me, Mine, Myself.
That passion keeps all Europe perturbed
Nations jealous of Germany, of England
of Russia, and those jealous of each other
and all of them Jealous of America.
In our land this passion of jealousy keep
all the political world aboil. There are
least five hundred people who are jealous o
Gov. Hill and would like to be his success
sor; about five thousand who are jealous o
Grover Cleveland and would like to reliev
him of the cares of office, and after tn
nominations of next summer have beel
made, whole pandemonium of defamation
scurrility, hatred, revenge, falsehood, pro
family and Misrepresentation will be turned
upon this land. The tariff, about the rails
ing or lowering or reformation of which
many of them care nothing except as to it,
effect on votes, will be discussed from &
thousand platforms and the people of Lou
isiana will be told that the tariff must be
arranged for the advantage of American
sugar, the people of Virginia will be TOLD
that the tariff must be arranged for the ad
vantage of American tobacco, and the peo
pie of Pennsylvania will be told that the
tariff must be arranged for the advantage oil
American iron, and the people of Kentucky
will be told that the tariff must be arranged
for the advantage of American whiskey,
and the people of Ohio that the tariff must
be arranged for the advantage of American
wool, while Massachusetts, and Connecticut
will be promised protection for manufac-
lures, and all the monetary interests, North,
South, East ard West, will be told in each
neigbborhood that the taxes and tariff will
be fixed to suit them, irrespective of apy-
body else; and. the presidential election
over, all will settle down as it was before.
If yon think that all this discussion in pub
lie places is from any desire of the welfare
of the dear people and not for political ef-
feet, you are grievously mistaken.
Go into all occupations and professions,
and if you want to know how much ieal-
ousy is yet to be extirpated, ask master
builders what they think of each others
houses, and merchants what their opinion
is of merchants in the same line of business
in the same str. ct, and ask doctors what
they think of doctors, and lawyers what
they think of lawyers, and ministers what
they think of ministers, and artists what
they think of artists. As long as men and
women in any department keep down and
have hard struggle, they will be family
praised and the remark will be: ooh, yes,
he is good, clever sort of a fellow"
She is rather, yes, somewhat, quite-well;
I may say, tolerably nice kind ofa oman. "
But let him or her get little too high, and
off goes the aspiring head by social or COM
mercial decapitation.
Remember that envy dwells more on
small deficits CT character than on great
forces. makes more of the fact that Domi-
tian amused himself by transfixing flies with
his penknife than of his great conquests;
more of the fact that Handel was glutton
than that he created imperishable orato-
rios; more of Coleridge's opium habit than
of his writing "Christabel' and "The An
cient Mariner; more of the fact that Addi,
son drank too much than of the fact that
be was the author of the Spectator" more
of a mans peccadilloes than of his mighty
.,yrp.ss. more of his defeats than of his vic
tories.
Look at the sacred and heaven descended
science of healing, and then see DR.. Mac
kenzie, the English surgeon who prolonged
the life of the Crown Prince of Germany
until he became Emperor, and l hope may
yet cure him, so that he may for many
years govern that magnificent German ma.
tion, than which there is no grander. Yet
SO great are the medical jealousies that DR..
Mackenzie dare not walk the streets of Ber-
lin. He is under military guard. The
medical students of Germany can hardly
keep their hands off of him. The old doc
fors of Germany are writhing with indig-
nation. The fact is that in saving Fred
erick's life DR.. Mackenzie saved the peace
of Europe. There was not an intelligent
man on either side of the ocean that did
not fear for the result if the throne passed
from wise and good old Emperor William
to his inexperienced grandson. But wheD,
under the medical treatment of DR.. Mac.
kenzie, the Crown Prince Frederick took
the throne, wave of satisfaction and con.
fidence rolled over Christendom, what shall
the world do with the doctor who saved his
life? sOh," cried out the medical jealous
les of Europe, "destroy him; of course, ,des-
troy him."
What brutal scene of jealousy we had
in this country when President Garfield lay
dying. There were faithful physicians that
sacrificed their other practice and sacrificed
their health for all time in fidelity to that
deatbbed. Drs. Bliss and Hamilton and
Agnew went through anxieties and tolls
and fatigues such as none but God could
appreciate Nothing pleased many of the
medical profession. The doctors in charge
did nothing right. We who did not see the
case knew better than those who agonised
over it in the sick room for many weeks
1. who never had anything worse than a
run-round on my thumb, which seemed to
me at the time was worthy all the attention
of the entire medical fraternity, had my
own ideas as to how tee President ought to
be treated. And in proportion as physi-
clans and laymen were ignorant of the case
they were sure the treatment practiced was
a mistake. - And when in post mo74em the
bullet dropped out of a different part of the
body from that in which it was supposed to
have been lodged, about two hundred thou
sand people shouted: 81 told you So"
There, knew it all the time" There
are some. doctors in all cities who would
rather have the patient die under the treat
ment of their own schools than have them
get well under some other pathy.
Yea; look at the clerical profession. lam
sorry to say that in matters of jealousy it is
no better than other professions. There
are now in all denominations a great many
young clergymen who have faculty for
superio usefulness. But they are kept
down and kept back and crippled by older
ministers who look askance at these rising
evangelists. They are snubbed. They are
jostled. They are patronisingly advised.
1t is suggested to them that they had better
know their place. If here and there one
with more nerve and brain and conservation
and divine force go past the seniors who
want to keep the chief places, the young
are advised in the words of Scripture,
"Tarry at Jericho till their boards are
grown" They are charged with sensa-
tionalism. They are compared to rockets
that go up in blaze and come down sticks,
and the brevity of their career is jubilantly
If it be denomination with
bishops, bishop is implored to sit down
heavily on the man who will not be mould
ed; or if denomination without bishops,
some of the older men with nothing more
than their own natural heaviness and the
illogical avoirdupois are advised to fatten
out the innoyator. In conferences and
presbyteries and associations and conven-
tions there is often seen the most dampable
jealousy. Such ecclesiastical tyrants would
not admit that jealousy had any possession
Of them, and they take on heavenly air,
and talk sweet oil and sugar plums and
balm of thousand flowers, and roll up
their eyes with an air of unctuous sanctity
when they simply mean the destruction of
those over whom they pray and shuttle.
There are cases where ministers of religion
are derelict and criminal and they must be