The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-04
An OBJ ECTIONABLE MAN
NEGATIVE, STUBBORN, sUsP--
CICUS.
Dispositions Grouped.

| sources and however self-reiant and
wise the individual improvement III
any dIrectlOn-for ones self or for 9TH
ers-demands wise cooperation and
concerted action. Whether for cOun-
sci or active aid. there are some men
who always inspire confidence and en-
ing the work IN hand or to be under
taken, we instinctively turn to such
men for both sympathy and help. In
! SO doing we have no apprehension that
confidence will be betrayed, or that any
| honorable purpose will be thwarted
On the other hand, there are men who
| do not invite confidence, whose COOP
peration we do not seek, and whose aid
if deemed necessary, we solicit with
mlsgiying
| These men, possessing various char
acteristics and types, may be generally
described as Objectionable men. Some
of these might be grouped as men con-
stitutionally incompetent to further
| any great venture.
AS particulars of this group there are
| negative men-men who may represent
| potential powers, which from some
cause never become active Whatever
their abilities or their convictions,
there seems to be an inherent apathy
and torptdity that cannot be overcome.
| If peradventure these men are in posi-
ton they represent the possibilities, but
not the actualitles of their places If
they are not in position they would
halt a procession and check the charge
of an army corps to find out their par
ticuIar place in the rank.
The negative man may stand for the
dignity, but never for the duties of an
office, and in any practical movement
for the improvement of men they have
the inertia of stocks and stones. Allied
to this type Is the equivocal man. In
the case of his predecessor the difficult
tv is to get into position and to secure
positive action after getting in. But
the eouivOcal man has no place he is
an unknown quantity, and if he repre-
sents anything you cannot ascertain
what it is, and if he has any uses
thew have not yet been determin-
| ed. This man IS not available for any
! good thing, either for himself or for
others. He can neither be placed or
used in any great movement for hu-
manity.
This group are practically worthless
for concerted action. There is anOth-
er subordinate class, and among them
is the stubborn man, who may be hon
est. intelligent and inclined to we'll do
ing. but he is constitutiOnally refracto-
rv and has the resistive force that be-
longs to the self-willed. He is not firm,
because firmness Is a quality that acts
for a reasonable consideration, does not
assume a position without careful
thought and adheres to it from a con-
yiction of right. Whereas the stub
born man sticks in the place assumed,
because he has assumed 1t and makes
no concession to the wisdom OF his as
sociates. In an emergency he may
subserve a good purpose, but as rule
he is a clog and az obstruction Iii all
movements in which he participates.
Allied to the stubborn is the suspi-
clous man. This character is generally
born-inherits narrOwness and the ten
deucv to discredlt the motives of 9th
ers unless absolutely informed of all the
details pertaining thereto. Credullty
is an element III the suspicious charac
ter. and the inherited narrowness that
supplies the root of suspicion il
STRENGTHENED and confirmed by the de
ceptions and disappointmens that the
credulous qualities introduce into the
mans life The suspicious man may
providentially, serve purpose, bu
generally he breeds dissension IN tht
ranks and is a hlndrance rather thai
an advantage in the the movements IL
which he Is engaged.
There is still another group that in
tervene IN all concerted movements
Conceding integrity to this group, the
: are the most hurtful of any of the gen