Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-06

how can they do il? II they keep their little
ssv,res a, home, they are continually tempted
10 use them--if they deposi, In our Banks,
Others reap the bene6, Of their iabors-it they
lend to individuals, they often lose it, Open
Savings Bank, gather up their little mites, al
low them small interest, and you give them
an opportunity and motive 10 be industrious
and frugal.
2 By this means you improve their morals.
1t has been q complaint in every age OF me
world, and in every part Of it. that the poor are
generally despised by The rich. No matter
whether this charge be true or false, II is the
general iraprss sion, aud it operates as mucn
mischief to the morals of poor men, as any
her thing which can be named. For when a
Door nan walks abroad into society In mean
apparel and pennyess, and sees his neighhors
prospecting In business, living in s2lendor, well
clothed, aud fed upon the finest Of the wheat,
unless he is sustained by the high and holy
principles Of religion, he feels a sense OF degra-
da,ion which is exceedingly uniriendly I" mo-
raj character. He has not those incentives 10
virtue which other men have. True, his cha'
racter is all his property; but what Is character
to man who feels that, however upright and
industrious he may be, he is despised ny MS
peighbors merely brcause he is poor! But
give this man an opportunity to rise-show
him how he may help himself, (for that is the
true secret OF benrvolence)-especiai'y let him
possess some property which he can ca'i MS
own, and which he can see incieasing-dnd he
begins to feel some respect for hims' II; he be-
gins 10 see that, BY industry ard good manage
ment, he may rake rank among hose who have
hitherto been considered his superiors; he as
pire. TO f, himself and his children for better
society; he shuus the low pleasures aud vices
which were leading him and is family 70
wre chedness and woe-in word, his moral
character is vastly improved
know of no way in which this good can be
done better than by the proposed institution.
If o, hers know a better way, Call upon 'hrm'
in The name OF humanity, Of justice, OF Charity
TO discover it. shall only remark
3dy. |. will relieve the affluen, OF many
cali for chari,y.-Wbo can remember the sui
ferines Of thu pour, and the noble generosity al
the itch during he last winter, wi'hou' feelings
IF sorrow for The one, and Of rtspec, tor the
other? II appears to me, however, that TINS
tax upon h. liberia. is 90 great, and that con-
tnual {. Ills upon The m, winner after winter, must
impoverish them, without producing pefma-
ne M benefi, to the Oh ects Of their charity
Even now, Just as ou' fishing season is over,
aud various kinds Of business lnvi'e the INDUS
,rious 10 earn heir bre I'd by honest lanor, even
now. We See many going from house to house
soliciting aims. What, then, may We expect
during the next winter? Open your SAVING
Bank, where The prudent NAV lay up ihie
while work is plenty and provisions cheap, 70
assist them in harder lines. Do l; Tor their
sak.s and for your own.
Here, Tor the present, l leave the subject
Ind.ed, | believe | shall mol write another line
unless some one appears 10 sss's' me, or &c
oppose. have discharged wha' thought q
duty to my fell"w-ciliz'ns and shall leave II &c
| ,tem TO do VIVA, they judge best.
Very respectfully yours,
JETJMAS