Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08

i St sJ:araulou. lie had done all he
eoeld FOR his county. Each heart had
crowned him witt glory, and with the /
generous instincts Of brave sailor aud 1
soldier be disposed bis domestic affairs 4
as he thought most eonforuable 70 the |
harmony of his declining years. In do |
ing this he did an act which did not a.
feet his relations TO the country nor to
the public generally. IL was a matter
entirely between himself ami the donors
OF his home. But suddenly a fastidious
pnblic was shocked as if bv horrid ex-
hibition Of bal taste and demanded even
the social ostracism OF the hero OF Manila.
.igourdhn rot, dsmaia riea. One
would suppose that the share the Ameri
can public had in the glory that Dewry's
Naior had shed on the whole country
would deter it from even hasty criticism.
much less from bursting forth in such
! willing, inconsiderale, uncharitable
storm of denunciation as has recently
disgrlced the American public
The fame Of Dewey was the nations
fame. The glory of his achievements
belong TO Columbia in history She
has a mothers heart and will always
treat her son with charity. But there is
4 wicked one in the family that will not
Public sentiment is at times a fawning,
: tiattering, inconstant member. CO.
quette, 4 wanton. Today it sets a
man up and clothes him in all the
godlike qualities that men can wear.and
tomorrow in 4 whimsical mode tears
I them of,filches from him his good name,
turns him naked from the garden of his
| hopes and puts flaming sword at the
gateway. In the smiling days of Octo-
{ Der it ST. hens him in with crowds run
t niag with hot hreathS and joyful greet
p ingS as to fn lis eyes with tears of iov.
. then before Novembar'S chilling winds
J. have come and gone turns coldly from
e him in disgust, while tears of grief,
!. chagrin and sorrow are freezing on his
+ face. How warm and loving and vet
= how cold and heartleSs Returning
0 from tn" war to be folded in loving
a embrace, then dropped as if from the
n arms Of the smiling ti"nd in the old
It Spanish inquisition, pierced 10y thou
i sand knives concealed in its arms, stung
i by adder tongues and bitten by sharp
;, cnvious teeth. The yell of savages re
4 sound only on the borders, but envy
Y stalks into the very midst of civilization
5 If naval skill and powers are held b,
II such uncertain tenure let coming hcroe.
; beware no" they fail to conform to tn,
1 most critical rules in civil life, for if on,
y q! them uses his knife when he shoulc
y use his fork in eating, the name anc
It fame he has Won for his country will b.
= blurred and he condemned to socia
o and political ostracism.
is But how this growing tickle, unstable
J, inconstant sensationalism affects o
1t attiicts one man, however unjust it ma
1t be, is of little consequence compare
o. with the loss OF candid, uniform an
t deliberate study Of and Judgment on tn
.e actions and merits of men. When a cor
IS siderable portion, if not majority, c
j. our people will blur and tarnish the fam
re and glory of the country in its most i
ID lustrious time because of the cours, be
rs Ivy whom as much as any other man
e. came, takes in reference to some domei
so tic or private matter, which does nc
n, concern the country nor the public ger
h orally, and which relates only to taste
etiquette, or propriety, involving II
,e moral or legal turpitude, we are in mos
I'd dangerous times.
IS When the fair fame Of its most illu.
il trious citizens is not secure then tn
m country is not.