Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-14

mortal life. And her eye kindIeS at the boundless prospect. Already her wing is plnmed; and tho last mortal tie is severed --she rises exultingly from the poIlutiois of earth to the presence of her God, and finds intcrminable rest beneath tho covert ofhis wing.-MGgGziae.
 INe Accumulation cf l7rOperty.--T sup- pose the progress and decline of family for tunes have becn essentially the same in all parts the world. five excep, those coun- tries in which the laws ofenlail and primo geniture preserve the eldest son from the reverses which otherwise would inevitably ensue.
 A young man comes into the city, from his respectable home of industry in the country. He comes with energy of char- acter, and industrious habits, and is Onured to economy. He has nothing to depend upon but his own resources ofdiligence and fidelity.
 After few years he commences bnsi- ness for himself. His only capital is a good name, and business talents. These guide him to wealth. Jn few years he is found one of the most opulent and influen- tial merchants in the city. And the coun. try boy who comes into Washington street, us he did. in search of fortune, now looks up to him with reverence ss to One of the nobles of the land. F5a
 This is the history of many of the first merchants of Boston and New York;
 These poor country buys, with the virtues which are nurtured in an economical home. come into our great cities and take the lead in law, in politics, in merchandise. There are exceptions. but this is thu general rule in all the principal cities of this country and in Englaud. What is tho subsequent history2
 The sons and daughters of this now rich man. find very different cradle from that which their father found in his parental home. Profusion and splendor are all a- round them. Their father trod painted floor, or perhaps ate his bread and milk from the earthen bowl or tho tin dipper. They move in apartments furnished with splendor, and take their coffee from cups of silver. I am not now saying that this is wrong. but simply describing the process which l apprehend is general. Under such influences they have many imaginary wants, and the profosion around them destroys all habits of economy. The sons feel that they are not dependant upon their exer- lions for support that their father is rich; that he will set them up in business, and they think that property will flow in upon them. as easily as It follows tho we'll direct ed efforts of their fathers strong ,mind.-- They form no habits of close application. They have received no instruction in the hard, but useful school of diversity. The father has fel. that in amassing property he was promoting inc welfare ofhis family He would be rich, and he has fallen into a Snare.'
 The father dies. The property is divi- ded. The sons are in business; their hab- it's are such that they cannot avoid heavy expenditures, and they cannot endure the rigor of 0nwearied exertion. Their father commenced at the bottom of the ladder and gradually ascended. He came from the farm house, and rose by degrees, to opu- the top of the ladder and go down. Year after year the property dwindles away, and the children are soon fairly down in tho walks of obscuri,y and poverty. Tho son of lhe coachman and his muster simply change places. The one with wife and children takes the inside seat. Tho other with whip and rein mounts the box. Iris thus the wheel is continually revolving.-
 And this not through the caprices of blind
 fortune, but through the operation of clear ly defined and natural causes.
 Now here is the snare into which he falls who will be rich. He may be labor
 ing all his life, for the accumulation of property, and that very property be tho cause of the ruin of his family. 'The sx- posture of the daughters happiness, may'b be still greater than that of his sons. When an afectionate- hearted lady awakes to the consciousness that her husband has taken her but as tho necessary encumbrance to her fathers property, the measure of her wretchedness is almost full. The danger of unhappy marriage is under all circum- stances great. Even where there is no allurement to the connection, but conge- niality of taste and affection, the number of Ill sorted and discordant unions is fear. fully great. But the chances of happiness which young lady with an independent fortune has, aie very small indeed. Tho very fact that she has money will be regard ~ ds aH OUJeCUoDs " Mduy VI tuO u0SS of minds and hearts, while the frivolous, and the heartless, and the preiligate, will crowd around her. An ingenious young man shrinks from the impuiaiion of marry ing for money, and he fears 10 take as a companion. through liis's hard pilgrimage, one who has been nuFtUred in fashion and luxury.
 Thus does man not unfrequently labor for his waole life to accumulate property