The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-15
cess that Ia worth having.


Is generally fair and just. Their sd- !
miration is securely based on the |
drift, the tenor and the morsl quail~ |
ty Of the charscref they critlclse.
Their condemnation is not.the result /
OF prejudice, but is sn impartial de-
duction from the facts.
The highest praise ever given TO s
citizen is the sorrow OF the commu>
lily when be takes his departure.
The most awful stigma that can at
tacb to his name Is public indifFer-
ence, or, worse still, the public sense
OF relief. When Grant ind Sheri-
dan lay dying, the heart Of the PEG.
pie stood still. They watched every
pulse beat with anxious solicltude.
And when the low and motted rumb
ling Of the funeral car was heard in
our streets the multitude stood with
uncovered heads, while strong men
end fair women, the fathers and
mothers of the republic, were crush
ed by the agony Of personal bereave-
| ment. When Peter Cooper put On
immortality" be left behind him a
long life radiant with noble deeds, a
memory which will grow brighter
and brighter "unto the perfect day"
When George Peabody died, after
amassing millions, be remembered
his native land, left large portion
of bis wealth for the education of the
poor and laid the whole nation
under obligation to his supreme gen
erosity. The crucial test Of charac-
ter ia mans willingness to have the
verdict of the multitude inscribed On
his tombstone. It sometimes hap
pens that The bald and naked truth
is the one thing to be contested after
, death, and the courtesy of the crowd
restraints them from saying what
they think.
The statement tbat one cant get
on in this world without sacrificing
his honor is unutterably falGe. Suct
} theory is born Of the densest ignor
ance and ls not to be tolerated. The
meth DDS of business are, as whole
r hoporable; commercial transaction!
3 involving fortunes are conducted OF
: the basis of answering honesty: th'
] word Of our merchants, IS genera
: thing, involves no risk Oh min
5 who takes 1t; hundreds of thousand:
e Of money chanae hands every das
D with DO other security save the repu
tatlon of the man who delivers anC
! the man who receives.
We have wealthy citizens "y The
score whose records are with olt s2o'
or bIemish. They make with one
. hand and give with the other. VIZ
begrutge tuem their good fortune oil
heir wealth, but are proud of theil
enterprise. They furnish enthu
olas 10 for the new generation. They
set stint for the boys who are jas
emerging from their teens, and they
prove beyond the possibility of doub
: that the nlgbwayreD's methods art
not necessary to financial success.
: There have been men who looked
upon the world as 40 orange to b.
: squeezed. They went at the worl
building up a fortune on the SAM
principle that governs the burglar
The money they coveted was in tn
corporation safe. guarded by bolt
D and bars. They thlrsted for it, az ]
throwing away all sense OF rlgk'
j. they depended on might. The jim
8 my of craft and the dynamite of in
J. timidation rerved their pupose, an
l. though the cash they took was til
property Of widows and orphans
8 their hearts we're stony, their cor
t sciences had been disposed Of, an
= they filled their pockets. Curse
- loud and deep followed On their track
signs and waillngs from the impov
e crushed filed the air, but they hug
d ged their stolen gold, bought u
]. judge and jury, escaped the penalt
of the law, but not the profound cor
:, tempt and hatred of mankind.
1 Such lives are worthless, and th
IT death OF such men is simply relic
o There is higher philosophy whlc