The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-04-19

heavens. 1t would, if it could, capture
the palace of God, and dethrone Jehovah,
and chain tho Almighty in eternal exile,
and after tho demolition of the universe
would cry: satisfied at last, here ami
Alone! the lndisputed and everlasting !,
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 jealons of America.
In our land this passion of jealousy
keeps all the political world abOil. There
are at least 500 people who are jealous of
Governor Hill and would like to be his
successor, about 5000 who are Jealous
of Grover Cleveland and would like to
relieve him of the cares of Office, and
after the nominations of next summer
have been made a whole pandemonium
of defamation, scurrility, hatred, re-
venge, falsehood, profanity and mis-
representation will be turned upon this
land The tariff, about the raising or
lowering or reformation of which many
of them care nothing except as to its
effect on votes, will be discussed from
thousand platforms, and the people of
Louisiana will be told that the taxes
must be taken off sugar, the people of
Virginia will be told that the taxes must
be taken off tobacco, and the people of
Pennsylvania will be told that the taxes
must be taken of iron, and the people Of
Kentucky viii be told that the taxes4
must be taken off whisky, and the people
of Ohio that the taxes must be taken off
wool, while Massachusetts, and Connect
cut will be promised protection for manu-
factures, and all the monetary interests,
north, south, east and west will be told
in each neighborhood that the taxes and
tariff will be fixed to suit them, IRE
spective of anybody else; and, the presi-
Dental election over, all will settle down
as it was before. If you think that all
this discussion in public places is from
any desire of the welfare of the dear
people and not fox political effect, you
are grievously mistaken.
Go into all occupations and professions,
and if you want to know how much
jealousy 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 street, 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 thiak of artists.
As long as men and women in any de-
partment keep down and have hard
struggle, they will be family praised and
the remark will be-: "Oh, yes; he is
good, clever sort of fellow" ssShe is
rather, yes. somewhat, quiet-wel, 1
may say, tolerably nice kind of a
woman" But let him or her get a
little too high and off goes the aspiring
head by social or commercial decapitation.
Remember that envy dwells more on
small deficits of character than on great
forces, makes more of the fact that
Domitian amused himself by transfxing
flies with his penknife than of his great
conquests; of the fact that Handel was
glutton than of the fact that he created i'm
perishable oratorios; more of Coleridge's
opium habit than of his writing ''Christ-
abel' and tsThe Ancient Mariner more
of the fact that Addison drank too much
than of the fact that he was the author
of s'TheSpectator ;''more of mans pee
cadilloes than of his mighty energies,
more of his defeats than of his victories.
Look at the sacred and heaven de-
scended science of healing, and then see
DIR. Mackenzie, the English surgeon. who
prolonged the life of the crown prince of
Germany until he became emperor, and
hope may yet cure him, SO that he may
for many years govern that magnificent
German nation, than which there is no
grander. Yet SO great are the medical
jealousies that DIR. Mackenzie dare not
walk the streets of Berlin. He is under
military guard. The medical students
of Germany can hardly keep their hands
off of him. The old doctors of Ger
many are writhing with indignation.
The fact is, that in saving Fred
erick's life DIR. Mackenzie saved the
peace of Europe. There was not an in
telligent man en- either side the ocean that
did not fear for the result if the throne
passed from wise and good old Empero,
William to his inexperienced grandson.
But when, under the medical treatment
Of DIR. Mackenzie, the Crown Prince
Frederick took the throne, wave of sat
isfaction and confidence rolled ovel
Christendom, What shall the world dc
with the doctor who saved his life2 'sOh,
cried out the medical jealousies of Europe
destroy him; of course, destroy him.
What brutal scene of jealousy we hat
in this country when President Garfield
| lay dying. There were faithful plIysi
| clans that sacrificed their other practics
and sacrificed their health for all time il
fidelity to that deathbed. Drs. Bliss ant
Hamilton and Agnew went through
anxieties and tolls and fatigues such a.
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 agonized over it in tn,
sick room for many weeks. I, who neve
had anything worse than run round OF
my thumb, which seemed to me at tn,
time was worthy all the attention of tn,
entire medical fraternity, had my owl
ideas as to how the president ought to b
treated. And in proportion as physicians
and laymen were ignorant of the case
they were sure the treatment practicet
was mistake, And when in post NOR
tenn the bullet dropped out of a differen
part of the body from that in which
was supposed to havo been lodged, abou
$1,000 people shouted, 81 told you SO.
"There, knew it all the time" Their
are some doctors in all cities who woul'
rather have tia patient die under tn
treatment of their own schools than hav
them get well under some other pathy.
Yea; look at the clerical profession.
am sorry to say that in matters of jeal
ousy it is no better than other profee
| sions. There are now in all denon,ina
tions great many young clergymel
who have a faculty for superior useful
ness. But they are kept down and KEEP
back and crippled by older ministers VIII
look askance at these rising evangelists
They are snubbed. They are iostled
They are patronizingly advised 1t i
suggested to them that they had bette
know their place. If here and there on
with more nerve and brain and consecra
ton and divine force go past the senior
who want to keep the chief places
the young are advised in the words Q
Scripture: ''Tarry at Jericho till thei
boards are grown" They are charge