Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-01-10

% % On 10 . dsgxed, pessevssing psrsuitl
4 0he god ohieci, eeislse tssning to Tie |
'ikht nor 10 The left, maklag our business
y mdeh - possible our pleasure, and MOI
psrmitfing ourselves to wake from oar!
3Nam Of activity-not permitting our
sclves to think no have been sc4ive-till
~ suddenly find ourselves u the gaol Of
nnr wishes, with fortune alooPt sncou-
seios,sly within our grasp.
Now, it IL most violent and unhappy
Of this system, IN Be always
poking out after large fsvors from friends,
whether for the purpose Of adding fuel to
what we think . good FIRE, OF preserving
. bad one from extinction. All that Is
obtained in this way - obtained against
tho very spirit VI correct business, and Is
likely 70 b only mischievous to both par.
ties. In the first place, It IL probable that
We shall not make such ! good use Of
money got skus in lump, without being
painsfaIIy and gradually won, ~ Of that
which Is the scquisition Of our own daily
industry. Theo. Il - always PresumP-
ton against q man that he should require
such subsidies; and, accordingly, his
commescial reputation 10 apt tn suffer
frum every request he makes. Next, to
consider the case IN reference TO the
friend from whom The demand y made, it
- obviously q most unfair thing, that,
when men end il % necessary in adve0-
turing money on unusual risks, even ios
their own interest, and are, in such err
cumstaoces, % strongly called upon To-
make themselves acquaintcd with every
circumstance Of the case before ventuaing
when, moreover, they only do ~ in the
prospect Of an unusual profit. ] say il -
unfair, that, when they only adventure
money on their own account under these
circumstances, they should be called upon
to adventure II fsr the pro6t
Of . friend, without knowing any thing III
the likelihood Of IT. turning out vel, with
out being able to take any Of those sxpe-
dents which they would use in their own
case for insuring it, eventual Te-aPpear-
ance, without the least chance Of profit To-
The risk-tsusting the whole
in fact to the uncertain aud hidden, sea Of
another mans miod, when perhaps they
would nos trust it upon their own, with .
full knowledge Of sosndings, tide, wind
and Palotage. Men may grant such "a
vors, from their dislike to express ameh q
want Of confidence in . friend u a refusal
% supposed to intimate. But this proceeds
npon the erroneous principle that the ~
lusal indicates want Of conedence. In
reality, It ought only 10 b he,ld e iadica-
',ng want Of confidence in the particular
line Of use upon which It u adveutured.
When the man now wauting tho loan 81
money expresses himself - certain to 70
produce it at the proper time, he pledges
loo much Of his homer; for there cannot
Do . stronger proof Of Tie unlikelihood oil
sis having money then, than be u want,ng|
il now, % that the uncertain Of the repro
iuctiou II tho sum could aever be creates. |
The person from whom il 70 demanded H.
mt tiled, therefore, to take care that the !
'st,tiooer 10 not deceiving both h,mself
Ind the individual whom he wishes lol
'upply his necessities.
ity-kindred-friendship-have
claims; and these will always be consid-
bred and answered by man Of good feel
ngs. All that 10 here contended for, is|
he Inconsistency ola system O. large &C.
with just business, as we'll
- with the real interest Of either Of the
lwo parties concerned. Upon the whole,
! man will not only b oblie,ng himself
in the best manner, but he viii also be
'bliging society in . higher degree than
10 otherwise could do, If he simply looks
veil after himself, 20 that he never re-
luirys favor. Let no man be unduly
Harmed at the 0utcry Of 'sselfshness;'
is the only principle which can ever be-
:ome nearly general, and therefore the
'nly one which can be equal or impartial
n its action. When this cry Is raised Jet
he petitioned party always take pains to
whether he in reality is the sell
ish Person-whether the odium Of that
BAD feeling does not indeed rather lie with
he petitioner, who is content, for the pur-
rose Of saving himself some present m
or otherwise advantagingI
himself, to bring portion Of his friends
substance into hazasd-for hazard, Of
course, there always is, whenever money
caves the possession OF its owner, and in
.ardly any kind Of adventure is it ever in
!reater peril than when lent, or engaged
o., in this manner without tho prospect Of
profit. II 70, in great measure, mere
y ron arising from want Of reflection, to
uppoee that there Can only be inhumanityl
u the para Of the individual who refeses to
end OF become bound. Inhumanity, Of
ourse, there may often be in such ref,sals;