The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-04-26

| borhood that the taxes and tariff will bs
fxed to suit them, irrespective Of any body
else, and the presidential election OYer,
all will settle aTwn as it was before. II
you think that all this discussion in public
,1"r"s is from any desire for the ~pifar"
of the DEAF rs'rle, and not for politlcd!
effect, you are grieyUdelv mistaken.
Go into all occupations ana rrOfes-
sions, and if you want to know how muth
Jealousy is vet to be extirpated, ask mast
er builders what they think Of each others
houses, and merchants what their opinion
Is uf mCrIrants in the same line of busi-
ness in tic satIIe street, and ask doctors
what they think Of doctors, and lawyers
what they think Of lawyers, and ministers
/ whEt they think Of ministers, and Artists
what they tiinb 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 boz
"Oh, yes; he is a good, clever sort OF a
| fellow" "She is rather, yes, somewhat,
auite-we1l, may say, .olernbly nice kind
Gt q woman" But 1T him or her get a
little too high apd off goes the aspiring
head by social or coidtpercisl decapi'a-
| ton.
Remember that envy dwclls more 81
srsall defects of character than on great
| forces, makes more Of the fact that Do
rritiap amused himself by transfxing flies
/ with his pknknifr than of his great con-
quests: more G+ the fact that Handel was a
| glutton than of the fact that hc trfatTd inn
/ pSfr!"hable oratOrios; more of COlerldg6's
| opium habit tta" hf this writing 'Christa-
| bel" and "The Ancient Mariner more of
| the fact that Addison drank too much,
| than of the fact that he was the author O!
the "Spe ctator;" more of a mans pecca-
| dillUes than of his mighty energies; more
| of his defeats than of his victories.
took az the sacred and Heaven-de-
| stcr.Sfa ecihnte Of healing, and then see
DR.. Mackenzie; the English surgeon, who
prolonged the life Of the Crown Prince OF
| Germany until he became EfrPeTot, and
| | hope may yet cure him, so that he may
! for many years govern that magnificent
| German idti'1', than which there is no
| grander. Yet 50 great are the medical
! i"aIousies that DR.. Mackenzie a"r" not
walk the streets of Berlin. He is under
military guard. The medical students OF
! Germany can hardly keep iLtir hands of
| of him. The old doctors of Germany are
writhing with Indignation. The fact l.
| that in saving Frederick's life DR.. mac
kenzie saved the peace Of Europe. There
was pot an intelligent man on either side
| the ocean that did not fear for the result
! if the throne passed ftom wise and good
! old Emperor William to his inexperienced
| grandson. But when, under the medical
treatment of Dr. Mackenzie, the Grown
| Prince Frederick took the throne. wave
of satisfaction and confidence rolled over
| Christendom. What shall the world do
| ;.I, Ia, 4 b, hi 70
| cried out the medical jealousies of Eu-
! folf, destroy him; of course, destroy
| 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
idtlity 70 that death bed. Doctors Bliss
| and Hni!tilthr ard 4gnew vent through
anxicties, and tolls ard fatiguAs sHCh rs
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 i'll the
sick-room for many weeks. |, "h" never
| had any thing worse than run round ON
nv 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 The President ought to be
treated. And in proportion &c physicians
and laymen were ignorant 6f tie hase,
| they were sure the treatment practtced
! was mistake. And when in post mortem
the bullet dropped out Of q different
portion of the body from that in whlCE 1t
was supposed to have been lodged, about
| two hundred thousand people shouted: Il
| told you SOL" There. | knew it all the
time" There are some doctors in all
cities Who would rather have the patient
die under the treatment Of their own
schools than have them get well under
some other patny.
Yea, look at the clerical profession.
am sorry to say that IN matters of Jeal-
Ousy it is no better than other profess
siOns. There are nov in NIL denomina-
tions a great many young clereymen who
have a faculty for superior 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
patronizingly 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 ad-
| vised in the words of Scripture; "Tarry
at Jericho till their boards are grown
They are charged with sensationalism
They are compared to rockets
that go up in blaze and come
down sticks, and the brevity of theiI
career is jubilantly prophesied. If it be
a denomination with bishops, bishop Is
implored to sit down heavily on the man
who will not be nodded; or, if de-
nomination without bishops, some of the
older men with nothing more than theil
own natural heavineSS and theological
avoirdupois are advised TO fatten out the
| innOvator In conferences, and presby
teries. and associations, and conventions
there is often seen the most damnablt
jealousy. Such ecclesiastical tyrant'
would not admit that jealousy had an!
possession of then, and they take on {
Heavenly air, and talk sweet oil and
sugar plums and balm of a thousand flow
ers, and roll up their eyes with an air o
unctuOus sanctity when they simply meaI
the destruction of those over whom the!
pray and shuttle. There are cases where
ministers of religion are derelict ant
criminal, and they must be put out.
But in the majority of cases that l nav'
witnessed in ecclesiastical trials there i
jealous attempt to keep men from sur
passing their theological fellows, and a
at the presidential elections in cOuntr.
places the people have a barbecue, whicl
is a roasted OK, round which the peopl
dance with knives, cutting off slice here
and pulling out rib there, and saving OF
Il beefsteak yonder, and having higl