Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-02-23

as well. In the main, this tendency
has been for good, but IN some re
CARDS the influence Of manTnon may
go too far. as, for instance, If we arr
10 consider a question like that Of
the Philippines, solely and alon.
from a money standpoint, ignoring
the deep political significance which
1t may have. II is well TO be practi
cal, but it is always Of first import
ance to be just. The objection tina
a consideration is but sentimen
should not, necessarily, militat'
against it. For sentiment, religions
have been founded, wars have beer
won and lost, martyrs have suffered
Patriotism ia a sentiment, the love Of
woman is sentiment, the chivalry
of man is sentiment, the confidenct
OF childhood is sentiment. What
would life be worth without thess
sentimentsl
Let us look for moment at the
editor as man.
What should be bel
First of all, he should be gentle
man. Ahl q gestleman and what
.s gentlemanG Well, If you were
In Europe, the answer to the ques
tion might be, primarily, a man Of
noble blood. A friend of mine, one
OF natures noblemen, but who II
plain and unaesuming, was over IL
ireland q year or two ago. Desiring
to see an old manor, he told re
spectable-appearing serving woman
who came to the door, the inn al
which he was stopping and his name
and then added that be supposed
there would be no objection to .
gentleman looking through the
house. "But, 0, Sir" she said
"surely you are not a gentleman I
She meant no offense in the world
but he seemed to her to be trades
man or professional man of some
kind, and not, according TO her train
ing and understanding Of the word
a gentleman. It is difficult for us in
this country to realize condition Of
thought such as this, and yet if il
had not been for the clear common
sense of Thomas jefferson in tht
outset of our government. we nigh
have inherited from the stepmothel
country a great many such ideas
With us, thank God, q man to be {
gentleman needs neither high birth
wealth nor fame. What he does re
quire is TO be a gentleman. Ths
Lord, Himself, gave the definition O
the term: ssThou shalt love tn,
Lord, thy God, with all thy heart
and with all thy soul, and with al
thy mind. This is the first and
great commandment. And the sec
ond is like unto it: Thou shall
love thy neighbor as thyself. Or
these commandments hang all thC
law and the prophets. " On these two
hang all the law and the prophets
and one of these two is, ''Thou shall
love thy neighbor as thyself. +" The
man who loves his neighbor is q
gentleman, ''for out of the fuliaeei
of the heart the mouth speaketh,
and consideration for others is the
coronet of greater value than any
patent or than pearls and rubies
The editor is looked to in every
community TO uphold morality, t.
defend the weak, to repress the
wrong and to advocate the right
He is the watchman on the tower
and he is expected to give the warn
ing when aught goes amiss. How
important, therefore, that to thos'
about him he should be as near al
may be the model citizen and gentle
man. The clergyman avoids ever
the appearance of evil because of hi
vocation. He is teacher and mus
set an example. Where the minister
teaches one person from the pulpi
the editor teaches ten through hi
columns, and he is none the less oh
served of those whom he teaches
The gentleman guards well his owi
department, is careful in his speed
to be correct, to judge others justly
and to speak considerably. II i
gratifying to know that we as sci
dome meet today a coarse and vul
gar editor as we do " swearing par
son, and that the gentlemen VIII
control our newspapers, as a rule
appreciate the high position whicl
they occupy in society.
Permit me to digress for > mo
ment. The editor, you know, hai
many opportunities to "rosst'
people, as they say. Once in Will
he gets roasted in return. A poe
uses the license of the craft to in
sinuate that in his criticism of tn
gallant Hobson the editor is inspires
by envy, and this is the way it i
done;
Oh, I'm Lieutenant Hobson, and / sunk tn
Merrimaek.
But now I'm cruising on the land to seek th
1 merry smack;
Ilectafs forty minutes to the multitude, an
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