South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-11-12

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coach and para house Of correspon
ding magnifcenee. / should like to
throw 1t open several times yearly, for
the gay and fashionable throng-I
should like you to dine twice a week
with me, and punish few bottles oil
old, very old, Madeira. Why am not
rich 7 l deserve to be rich must be
rich 5" said he musing, and at intervals
dropping bis voice, as be slowly with
drew his eyes from the long cavalcade
Of coaches, phatons and whiskered foot
men.
Hundreds, no doubt, thought as be
did /; hundreds expressed the same feel.
ings and felt the same desires, and all
under the delusion that money is wealth
that sheer, palpable gold and silver
constitute riches, and it is under this
delusion that thousands OF our citizens
are rackiug their brains by night, their
thoughts by day, toiiing and sweating,
and managing, and twisting & turning,
out Of the common settled and regular
order of things, to get gold and silver,
under the impression that with thsir
possession they will be rich. States
men, politicians, nay the governmen,
Itself, is inoculated with the same ma
nia, and il all eosld succeed, we shall
be compelled to bIacken our boots and
wait npon ourselves at table. The de-
lusion, however, consists simply ia this
--ia eonsidering a piece of gold the
only representative of wealth, and dis
regarding what we 10 ourselves possess,
which is al equivalent to wealth. We
are for the most part rich without ex.
actIy knowing it. The anvil of the
blacksmith is to him, with his handi-
craft valuable weigh.y lump Of gold
-he lives by it, and to bis mind habits
and wishes, as well as he who lives to
pay out his eagles and bis half eagles
in the market. So with the painter
so with the professional man, the sculp-
tor, the musician, the man Of talent,
all who possess the means Of aequir ing
wealth are actually wealthy; for, il
tempcts.e and industrious, all their fa-
cuIities are convs.tib4e materials into
vealth-nay, are more valuable and
durable and available, than the mere
man of gold and silver. Let such man
swim to the shore from his shipwreck-
ed vessel, with the mechanic and man
of nind and see who can succeed 10
earning that norsel Of bread necessary
to sustain life.
VIVA, does the maa OF prlncely In
come do, which gives to him so many
supposed advantages, and opens the
door to so much mooted hsppinesss He
rises late--turns day into nighs--daw.
dies his time away in trining ~ pidlinp
employ ments--drives his horses and
dogs-gives grand dinners for cstsn,a.
ton, and large parties fol fashion, and
is at best poor, discoa,1nted, dispep-
tic pa,rician, respected only for his gold
and silver, one of 20 possible use 10
the community. Taks the man Of mod
crate means, and he employs life as life
ought to be enTioyed-a mixture oil
employment and recreation, of rational
pleasure and discreet hospitality: 20
down to what is called the poorer class
es, but which we call the substantially
rich-the hardy mechanic, and see
how be enjoys life. Rising with the
sun, his labor does not cease until the
sun sinks into the west. He returns to
his little family and snug tenement al
night, and finds an ample board spread
by frugal wife the smoking steak
the good cup of coffee, the white bread
and butter, and an appetite sharpensd
by labor. His repast over, he takes
his chubby boy on his knee, pinchss
his dirty, rosy cheeks, and runs his I'm
gers through his matted hair-talks
with his wife on household affairs,
reads the paper, converses with his
neiehbor on the bsst means of saving
the Commonwealth and when the hour
ofrest arrives, he stretches himself on a
hard but healthy bed, and soon his sen.
ses are stepped in forgelfuIness, and
his slumbers are sweet and sound until
the shrill clarion of the cock awakens
him on the morrow TO renewed labor.
But then he has no coach. Has he
notf He has only to 60 into the street
and hold up his finger, and a splendid
omnibus and four elegant horses drives
up to the sidewalk and he jumps in
it is his coach while he occupies it, and
ne leaves il when 81 where he pleasss.
Can the man Of gold g. silver do morei
II IS all an error, misconceplion, a
deluslon. We have no poor, excepting