The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-05-04

explored, though the results OF
the exploration may not AWAY
u. definite and tangible. The
very uncertainty adds 10 the in
terest in the study aud renders 1t
more attractive than it would b"
if il led to absolute. certain con
customs.
None the less, 10y careful ob
seIvalinn and ieil 'c:iOn, even he
private citizen may bring good in
fl lrncrs 10 bear.
The law, it is said, is public
opinion which has received legis
Iatlve sanction, M expressed in
I he statutes.
'PUHLIC OPINIONS 4 FETCH.
DIR. Dicey, the eminent juiist.
in his quite interesting work,
claw and npiniou," says, that, in
England the people, who devote
thought to :he subject, are so ac
customrd 10 endnw public opinion
with a mysterious or supernatural
power that they neglect to satisfy
thtmselv. s az to what is mean, !. y
public opinion lie boasts Of The
progressive condition in his cOun
t'y. which he asciIbts to the, in
ilntnce Of an enlightened public
opinion.
This may he true, but, II is not
AZ the author states; al i, tlneDcc
exclusively felt in his own coun
try. IL is felt every where in 4
more or less degree. 1t is not
limited 10 any soil or to any PEG
pie. Such is its Importance that
it should be inteliigently studied
whenever or wherever possible,
although that study is not always
attractive, aS there are SO many
different elements and factors to
be considered.
None the less, if one has the
time and sufficient grasp Of mind,
he can arrive at conclusions rea
sonably safe and certain upon the
subject. If condition tie given
to HIM, he can fairly we'll deter
mine to what conclusion IL will
lead. The ancient prophets, in
addition to their divine inspira
ton, were, doubtless, observers Of
men and students of conditions IN
different communities.
GRADES OF INFLUENCE.
The snbject-DubIia opinion
is susceptible of divislOn;e person
Al, community and universal! opin
ion. AS to the former, personal
opinion, and that of the communi
ty, they are circumScribed TO az
extent that renders them at times
uninteresting and even dull.
They are the lesser light-OlHmon
nearer home. influential in a lin
tied sense, but they are, none the
less, the special views, which in
the end make up the general
worldwide opinion. The latter
universal opinion--is the court of
last appeal.
Personal and local opinion pre-
vail among all men, even among
the sAvages. An incident--an
account Of which | read not long
tend to illustrate.
Lrjrnne, writer Of some little
note in the earliest days Of the In
dians, recOunts that no had been
well received by tribe Of the
sons Of the forest. He became
well acquainted. with an old In
dian and his family. They were
kindly disposed and rendered him
services, for which he felt CRATE
fu'. The old Indian, head of the
family, was as conservative and
economical as 1t was possible for a
savage to be. lie had accumuIat
ed IA little property, and he was
looked upon as the prosperous
man Of the village. His prosper
ny excited the envy Of his less
fortunate n"ighbors. He was
heartily detes,ed by all the inbab
Ifants Of the village. 1t gave
some colcern TO Lrj-une. He
feared that harm would come to
his Indian friend on that account.
here came a day when the vii
Iage was destroyed by fire; the
whole Of it was destroyed. L,
was the second time that the vii
|age ha ! been destroyed, and each
lime the Wigwam of the old In
liam and his other property had
l0t been destroyed by the flames
Ills fellow trlbesmen were angry
,bont 1t, and their utterances
we're not kindly. Without mnch