Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-10-30
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two,-much too earlv-wiihout an Income
adequate to my habits, unless with great
economy land had no economy. I
could not sili bills, cast up accounts. exa
mine prices, and make bargains. There
was therefore every kind Of mismansge
ment and soon became involved. But
had no personal expenses; | neither
cared Tor dress, nor equipages, nor out
door amusements. nor society. If was
LETT IN quiet with my books and my pen,
! was content. But quiet was never INV
destiny. The FIRST involvement multip!ies
itseli at every move. II destroys the free
dom OF the intellect and the heart: and
drives one into a state Of mistiness, which
seeks extrication by the very m cans which
augment il. II encourages self delusion
Tor the sake of momentary peace and.
like inebriety, buys oblivion at the expense
OF quickly succeeding pain aud sickness.
The creditor. who thinks himself sure of
his debt at least, delights in giving credit.
because he has his debtor IN his mercy.
makes bis own usurious terms with him.
and gorges on his blood. He who lives
on credit does not dare examine bills: and
the creditor charges according to the de.
gree Of his own wide conscience. Thus.
there Is difference of at least cent. per
cent. IN every article the debtor consumes;
and two thousand pounds year with him
Will not go SO far as one, in the hands of
him, who pays ready money, and looks TO
his accounts.
II is true. that there are various causes
for excess Of expenditure by an individual,
besides carelessness.-Perhaps vanity, and
false notion OF the character Of mankind
Is the first A mind not sound is apt to
value others according to their station and
riches ; and as there is natural passion
in mankind to be well estimated, they are
thus impelled to put on outward appear
ances, which may induce the belief that
they possess consideration and wealth
which do not belong to them. The mind,
that cannot purify itself from these vspor
Gus decisions, must be unhappy either
way. il IL encounters superior fortune
and establishment, while it puts on no ap.
pearance beyond its own humber state,
II either feels degraded, servile, and NOR
tilted, or is reused into anger and malig
nifty. On the other hand, false assump.
ton Of consequence. by means Of an ex
penditure which cannot be afforded, is
followed by degradation infinitely worse,
because, in addition to the intervening
pain by which it is supported, the actual
inferiority Of rank and money becomes
lower in course Of time by the struggle.
Right thinking, therefore, and dignity Of
sentiment on these important subjects,
which occur every day of our lives, are
absolutely necessary to our moral we'll
being.
Neither DESTINATIONS display, nor luxu-
rirs, increase our real enjoyments; and If
we cannot afford them, we are relieved
from the notifications they keep off at
far too high price. Il is rarely that they
do keep off notifications, even for time
for the world is too sharp sighted not to
detect false pretensions, and show which
cannot be pruden'ly supported.
Mankind always take the i'll natured
side, and conlound the expenditure Of
carelessness and erroneous calculation
with the expenditure Of vanity. There is
nothing, therefore, more unfortunate, from
whatever cause it proceeds, than excess OF
expenditure beyond income. The greater
part of the harpies Of society live and
gorge themselves by taking advantage OF
this imprudence. Half the population of
London live upon it, three iourths OF the
ravenous lawyers live upon IT; all sorts oil
agents live upon ii; and hall the demora-
llzation of society is generated by IT."
The author thus speaks OF authors IN
their intercourse with society,"
al have not lived much with authors,
though | have seen several, and cores
bonded with few. have seen enough
to observe that authors seldom exhibit
their minds in conversation, and that the
best writer's have often been the worst
takers Perhaps this arises IN part from
the ambition to excel, and the lear OF low
ering oneself in the estimation OF the list"
eners. But what Johnson says OF Fox
is more extraordlnary-th he who SO
abounded in rich and coplous oratory did
not talk at the Literary Club Mrs Mon
tapue. however, as well as Burke, was
eminent for her brilliant conversation.
"If authors oil genius would be frank,
and careless. there can be little doubt that
| their conversation would be superior 10
| that of others cannot account why the
genius Of Fox did not appear much more
in his writing than in his conversation
| His oratory was original, deep, subtle
vehement, and expansive; his verses
which have oeen handed down to US. DC
not reach beyond easy prettiness. iheJ
have no yigor, high sentiment nor INA
gery, nor any force of abstract ana recon
due thought Yet that he iondiy loves
literature is proved by his letters 10 I'll
bert Wakefield. There is no emlnen
man about whose mind am more puz
lied. Pitt never attempted to compos,'
poetry, and he was right. Tor he woui'
certainly have failed Wise old states
men have written very fair mora, poetry
snch as Sir Henry Wotton; bu' ba1iels
had tina, sort Of intellect which coaio no
have indited llhe.
aThe charm of ''Boswell's johnson
"a The register Of the great moralists OPP
mons. though much caution must oe USE
in Distinguishing whs, he merely throw
, ont in the heat of argument Johnson
: onickness in making distinctions and haI
d;"sss Of conversational illustration wei
P =, ,aIant II sometimes led hi