Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-13
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BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY.

BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY.
Examples Of Human Virtue That Have
Made the World Better.
lUnder this heading from time to
time will be published series Of au-
thenticated extracts dealing with his
torical examples of the good and bad
In human nature, mostly good; but all
furnishing an admirable chart OF con-
duct to be emulated or avoided1:
HUMANITY.
| Sentiments.
BY humanity I understand the con-
Germ men feel for the hurnan species
In general, for this single sason, that
they are men like themst yes, with
out being united either by the ties OF
blood, love or friendship.
| 1t is just we should have a superior
tenderness for father, wife, a
child or a friend; but there is a sort
of affection which we owe to all
mankind as being members OF the
same family, Of which God Is the Gre
ator and Father. Let US illustrate
this by the circular undulations which
the fall OF a stone causes on the sur
face of q clear and tranquil water.
The agitation in the centre, by COM
municating itself afar of, forms q
great number Of trembling circles, the
Ifaintness Of whose impression Is In
proportion to the largeness of their
circumference. till the last seems to
escape from our sight. Here Is an
image of the different degrees Of our
affections. We love principally that
which touches US the most nearly;
and less and less in proportion to the
distance. We consider mankind with
relation to us, as divided into differ
ent classes every one Of which In
creasing gradually. consists OF greater
numbers than the former; we place
ourselves in the smallest which Is
surrounded by others more extended
and from thence we distribute to the
different orders Of men WI ich they
contain, different degrees OF affection,
more or less strong. In proportion to
their distance from US in such q man
ner as that the last has hardly any
share of 1t. These different classes
may be ranked In the following or
der: a wife. children, relations,
friends, men Of the same religion;
next are those Of the same trade or
profession as ourselves; the other
classes comprehend our neighbors,
fellow citizens and countrymen; the
last, which incloses all the rest, Is
the universal class of mankind.
| Pity, compassion and even forgive
ness, when not inconsistent with pru-
Gence and our own safety, are due to
our enemies. s#
/ We must not do that to another
which we would not have him do to
us. This is the rule which determines
what kind of treatment is forbidden
with respect to the rest OF mankind;
everything, which were It done to our
selves, would appear hard, barbar-
Gus and cruel, is comprised In this
prohibition.
| Examples.
When @. Caecilius Metellus. the
Roman proconsul, had invested Merit
obrigia, q chief lord Of the country
named Rhetogenes, came out OF the
place, and surrendered himself to the
Romans, but as he had left in the
city his wife and children, the inhabi-
tanls, enraged at his desertion, placed
Them in the breach which the legion
aries were to mount Hereupon the
good natured general, finding he could
not attack the city without spilling
their blood, abandoned certain con-
quest, and raised the siege. The
fame of an act of such humanity be-
ing soon spread through all Tarracon-
ian Spain, the inhabitants Of the re-
yolted cities strove who should first
submit to him. Metellus received
them, and among the rest, the Ner-
tobrigians, into an alliance with
Rome, and at length received the
whole country.-Univ. Hist
i The Turks having invaded the
Ukraine on the side of Russia. that
empire sent two numerous armies to
repel the invaders. The one command
ed by Count Lasci, an Irish gentle
man of great courage and experience,
which broke through the Turkish en-
trenchments and ravaged Grim Tar
tary with fire and sword. The other
army was under the command of
Count Munich, destined for the des-
truction Of Oczakow. In this army
the late Mr.. Keith. governor Of Ber-
lin, and field marshal Of the Prussi-
an forces, was then a lieutenant IN
the service of the Czarian. By his
valor and skill at the head Of eight
thousand men, the place above men
toned was invested and taken, ct least
the success was chiefly attributed to
him. In storming this city he gave
such instances Of tenderness and hu-
manity as diffused additional lustre
round his military glory, for while
the furious Muscovites We're sanguine
in their revenge, he checked their
ferocity, and exorted. thnm to spare
the lives of their eneraies. Among
others he rescued child Of six years
Of age from the hands Of a Cossock,
who had already lifted up his cimeter
to cut off the head, as she was strug-
Cling to extricate herself out Of some
rubbish in which she had been en-
tangled. Her father, being Turkish
grandee of some eminence, had been
anxious to dispose of her suitably to
her rank; but being now an orphan.
and Mr.. Keith not knowing how to
provide for her himself. sent her to
the Lord Marshal his brother, who
brought her up in the principles OF
the church of England, and educated
her in the most liberal manner. He
treated her in every respect as II she
had been his own daughter, and as she