Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-22
Trua Manhood.

|. .The DeSt test .Ol true iiitihioou "a
womanhood Is loyalty to duty. 1t Is
hard, very hard sometimes for one to
do his duty, and there are many
shirkers: but duty Is an inexorable
master, and invariably metes out ade-
quate. punishment to all shirkers.
The man or woman who has prop
er conception of duty in all things Is
the exception rather than the rule
There are many who care nothing OF
this duty. The man or woman who
always does his or her duty as he OF
she sees 1t Is also the exception. But
the man or woman whether he or she
understands his or her duty or not
tries to shirk the same must inevita-
bly, pay the penalty.
OF all human beings, probably, pa
rents have to submit to the most
searching tests that are ever applied
to manhood or womanhood, a IA
miliar example of which test is fur
nished in the raising OF children
There are few. parents. especially In
an enlightened country like this, who
are ignorant Of the needs Of their chill
dren. They at least know OF many oi
the things that are not good for their
children. 1t is a fact that children
are continuously clammoring for that
which Is not good for them, and thai
which cannot be given them except
to their positive injury. But how
many loving parents are there who
have the manhood or womanhood to
deny to their children all those things
they know should be denied?
1t Is a notorious fact that parents
constantly prove unequal to their duty
in the management Of their children
and 1t is equally notorious that In
stead of blaming themselves for theiI
weakness in this respect they are
rather disposed to try to magnify
that weakness into virtue. Acts which
contribute to the injury Of the chiids
character, and future manhood and
womanhood are excused on the ground
that they had their inception in pa
ternal love-"
And so II is in governmental al.
fairs. All Of US have our friends
There are some people of whom we
think more than we do Of others. We
all have our conceptions of right ant
wrong and these conceptions: In -tht
abstract, are generally right. Whert
an acquaintance in whom we have NJ
special personal interest goes estray
we apply our standards of right ant
| wrong and convict and condemn. L
however, a friend goes estray, and VIZ
apply those same standards, we arr
too often disposed to condone, not
withstanding the fact that we know
that in so doing we wrong the friend
the community and ourselves. W.
must do right for rights sake.
There is corruption in high up gov
ernmental affairs. Of course; but no
nearly so much as in the smalle
governmental affairs. Petty officer
often condone wrong doing because o
considerations Of friendship, persona
consequences. etc. In high up affairs
however. big, broad minds recognize
that they cannot condone wrong with
out having to pay a personal penalty
and for that reason wrong doors, M
matter how great or powerful, gener
ally find their finish at last. Weak
corrupt men do not last long in higl
places.
Charity is the greatest Of virtues
but the man or woman who esteem'
charity to mean the condoning o
wrong of any kind is far from prope
conception Of the word. No man o.
woman can condone positive wrong II
others without becoming in sense
party to that wrong.
Manhood means the acting of th'
part of a man at all times and unde
all circumstances, being right. no
| from motives of policy, or expediency
but being right for rights sake.