The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-07-08


and the distressed diligent in business
open and frank in his disposition afaithful
companion public spirited citizen, anda
consistent man.
EJdnesce,tce Of fproperty.-It is well fol.
both rich and poor to be often reminded of
the extreme changeableness of their condi-.
ton in this country. Judge STORY remark
ed with great justice as well as force, in his
speech in the Massachusetts Convention
''In our country, the highest man is not
aboUe the people; the humblest is not beIooU
the people. If the rich may be said to have
additional protection, they have not addition
al power. Nor does wealth here form
permanent distinction of families. Those
who are wealthy to-day pass to the tomb,
and their children divide their estates. Pro-
perty thus is divided quite as fast as it ac-
cumulates.-N family can, without its own
exertions, stand erect for long time under
our statute of descehts and distributions,
the only true legitimate agrarian law. 1t
silently and quietly dissolves the mass heap:
ed up by the toll and diligence ofa long life
of enterprise and industry. Property is
continually changing like the waves of the
sea. One wave rises and is soon swallow
ed up in the vast abyss and seen no more
Another rises, and having reached its des-
tined limits, falls gently away, and is sue
ceeded by yet another, which, in its turn,
breaks and dies away silently on the shore.
The richest man among US may be brought
down to the humblest level; and the child
with scarcely clothes to cover his nakedness,
may rise TO the highest Office in our govern
ment. And the poor man, while he rocks
his infant on his knees, may justly indulge
the consolation, that if he possesses talents
and virtue, there is no office beyond the
reach of his honorable ambition. 1t is
mistaken theory, that government is founded
for one object only. 1t is organized for the
protection of life, liberty and property, and
all the comforts of society-to enable us to
indulge in our domestic affections, and quiz
etly to enjoy our homes and our fresides.'
People may talk as they please about
The happiness of the rich, but after all, the
workingman, who is out of debt, and has
plenty to do, has the greatest cause to be
contented. Happy in the company of his
wife and children, and free from all anxiety,
he goes to his daily toll with the satsfac-
ton of knowing that the days labor will
bring with it enough to satisfy his wants,
and what further can he desire. He only
knows what notary is by hearsay, and as
for o'clock, the sooner it comes the near
er he will be to the end of his daily toll!
The only notes he thinks about are bank
notes; and provided that on Saturday night
he has enough to lay in his store for the
ensuing week, it is immaterial to him
whether the Banks grant discounts or not.
He has no insurance to watch after, nor
does he care for the rates of exchange. To
him the present is every thing, nor does he
trouble himself about speculatons as to the
future, for he knows that the same kind
Providence that has cherished and protected
him and his in by-gone days, will continue
his fostering care in those to come!
The Hit pdlpabie.-A few DAYS since,