The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-09-03

secure single vote from the opposite
party ? Do rhetoric and reason lose
their Influence on q man as soon az he
becomes M. r. Evidently. else the OBJ
stinccy would be incredible. And are
the hoods OF speech poured into the
speakers ear intended to convince the
| house? Not Tor moment. They are
m sant for tbs electors only. Ii 10 q all
a gigantic sham, and if there were no
newspaper reports freed from flaws and
grammatical errors, there would be few
speeches, and members would not
wriggle into the government on their
tongues.
But, perhaps. it is in trade that We
shall meet our Wanted virtue. 'Credat
Jud@us AppeIla, non ego" Trade il
ussiul, benefit II. Indispensable. New
ertheless, except in financial sense, il
does not usually "raise or exalt" the
characters of those rho engage in il. 1t
is true We generally find in its higher
ranks strict integrity OF conduct, pro-
fessional sense OF honor and uprightnsss
that are most worthy, but, as we de-
ecend. these too often become consider.
ably diluted. For in all countries the
temptation to overTeach or to get the
better OF a bargain is constantly too
rbiOAk lOI OUt hCt ulbltltO Dumbn uAtuI0s
Bny in the cheapest market and sell in
the dearest is trades golden motto. And
if the market is not sufficiently cheap or
dear, we'll, then, play at bulls and bears
and make it as you want it. A few
hundred simple people may be ruined
thereby. but what of that? IL is all in
the way of trade. True, o bulls and
beare. But it is not all in the way Of
honesty. 1t lacks sincerity. IL 10 Or
ganized fraud, and, like false weights,
must be an abomination to the sover-
eign Lord of Justice.
In society our commonest form OF
greeting is barely honest. How do you
90? is asked without waiting for q reply.
We really do not want to know how our
Deiehbor does. We take no interest in
HE affairs; so, perhaps, that 10 why We
ask him. Sometimes, by way of change,
we inquire tenderly after his health, but
if he begins to recite his ailments we
shut our cara or make our escape, and
set him down q bore. The rest Is Of @
piece; gush without regard; much pro-
fession and little practice; great show
and small reality. Vanity of vanities,"
said the preacher, ''all is vanity" But
there are none 80 hollow ss those that
are bertered in Vanity Fair.
hOno5ty, tnous must % sought IN tho
family. 1t is here we shall find the
most perfect franknees. Husbands and
wives enumerate each others faults
without reserve. Brothers and sisters
find it their duty to engage in a similar
reciprocity. But this sort of honesty
seems to give no qualification to its re-
cipients. On the contrary, it is re-
gardsd as an impertinence. The only
honesty that pleases is that which fat
ters. This, however, is not a model
home. There 10 another where peace
reigns from January TO Decem Der, year
in and year out. But its owners did
not purchase it in Vanity Fair. They
only battered love for love, and brought
true hearts and willing hands to
gladden. and beautify it. ALI sweet and
holy influences surround it. All virtues
and graces emanate from it. And joy
dwella in it perennial guest. Honesty
built it up. Honesty preserves 1t. The
manly and womanly hearts that beat
within il. glow with sincerity. Thou
sands of euch happy homes may be
found, and wherever genial honesty
makes its abode.
And yet, strange to say. no matter
what lives We may have led, as soon as
we are laid low by the great leveler, it
is discovered that all these men were
honest and all the women virtuous.