The weekly messenger., 1893-10-07
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, l0o,
IS IT JEALOUSY?

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We we're told about one hundred and
forty years ago, by famous poet, that
-'God made the country and man. the
town" II there be any OF our town
people who do not like that distinction.
they may perhaps. derive consolation
from the fact that the man who wrote
that, was an inmate of an insane asv-
ium for nearly two years. The poet un-
uuestiOnably uttered truth viewed
from one standpoint; but it cannot be
denied that God made the people OF both
the country and town. and that the citi-
zens of each will be judged by their ac-
tions in their social civil obligations to
society. II our country friends feel the
superiority implied in the lines OF the
poet they ought to prove themselves
worthy of the claim by discarding all
manifestation of every and jealousy.
Some of our Protestant sects ascribe
jealousy 10 GOd-hence such believers
may think they are, in harbOring jea-
lousy, nOurishiDg an attribute Of the
Divinity; but have. upon the point, no
sympathy with any such doctrine.
Society originated in the mutual de-
pendence and obligation If its members
hence whatever advances the interest
of part, benefits the whole. Govern
ment is founded upon mutual forbear-
ance and concession. Man has never
yet conceived OF a form of government
which would, in the operation Of every
one of its laws. mete out absolute JUS
tice to all; the scales must, necessarily.
tilt first to one side, and then to the
other.
We should remember that
ITO the public good,
Private respects must yield"
We should also remember that fair
ness demands that We should not be too
hasty in charging jealousy to our rural
population. for it sometimes happens
that those who are chosen to represent
the people. seriously misrepresent them;
but shall not attempt to locate def
nitely the responsibility. as want. sim
ply, to point out the facts, aud their ef-
fects upon our educational interests, for
they must be met frankly, if we wish to
avoid the evils which must invitably
follow no matter who is to blame. Why
should there be any jealousy felt to-
wards towns by the rurial population?
Towns are born of public necessities.
and the people who inhabit them have
been placed there as much By uncOn-
trollable circumstances as by tastes and
choice. They are not fed by mamma,
even for forty days and forty nights any
more than our country friends; they
have to pay for what they eat and wear;
some of them dress little better. and IL
they sometimes owe their tailor and
dressmaker. so do the country folks;
some have fairer compilations, but their
appetites are no better; though they may
not have quite as many back aches. they
have just as many hearr-aches; they
laugh no heartier, sleep no sOunder, are
no more exempt from disease, no freer
from disappOintments, live no longer
die just as hard and unwillingly; the
men gamble Oftener smoke more tObac-
co and drink more whiskey, but nothing
is gained by that; they love no more ar
IDENTIFY. though the women flirt more
frequently and ontrageously. hut there
is neither honor nor profit in this. and
they marry no sooner, nor better. and
vet your envy US, think us divineIy ia
vOred and ''stuck up" and do not want
the public teachers Of st. Martinville
paid any more than those who teach i'm
the country. although The latter are sub
jected To less expense. -
consistency. thou art a JEWELL
permitting. more next time.
PRECEPTOR.