Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-26
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

The following capital piece of satire and irony upon the present 'noney-loving and money-worshippng age. we copy from the New York Commercial. 1t was drawH ont by some remarks from the Editor of the Philadelphia Gazette, upon "the Sove- reign Dollar" ...... ...
 He is clever fellow!'' exclaimed d friend of ours the other day, when we were speaking in praise of man of genius -" Do you call him clever fellow? Why he is not worth shilling We at once saw our error, and stood rebuked.-- ton, Una, Ss siia ii4da G0 sN@osas! the recal!ss. fellows ge. rich. But those days wero no, these days; and reflection rapidly opened the eyes of our mind to the beauty Of the new intellectual theory, viz: 'lnil gold is the true criterion not only "f wisdom. but of wi;-not only of taste. but of beauty. Does the Editor for instance, suppose that were king Midas now living upon us,- his clevcrncss would be estimated by the length of his ears, or not rather by the length of his purse? And are there not many greater asses than Midas was, who no days pass as pinks o! gen''tI'y and gems of genius, merely because they, or their. more lubbcrly ancestors, know how ,u put money into their purses? Does not inc Editor of the Gazette know that the ables, and most influential man in the Brit ish barIian,ent, aud, cx-officio, the most pursuasivc speaker, is the chancellor of the excl,equcr? Was not MT. Secretary Wood- bury considered very much of dolt. when he was d federalist out of office in New Hampshirc1 and is it not because he is naw the i,cad of the treasury department, tha his repor,s are so fresh, racy, and perspic' uous in their s.yle1 Does thc Gazette sup pose shat there would be an Editor iF til' land. who would crack up the Secretary a a man of intellectual power, aid his c"npo sitions as rivalling Cervan.cs in their vii Burke is their grandeur, and Washington Irving in their beauty. were lse moi n tue receip, of six thousand year, and the h"'' der of the treasury keys beside Nay
 marry come up, MT. Gazette It is the money in his keeping that las impnried 'he pifis and graces of intellect to Mr. Wood. t6ury. Does the Gazette suppnse that had John Milton been rich maH, his poem O
 Paradise Los, would not have brought 'lsors than eight pounds, or about forty dollars The idea is prenos,erous Milton was poor {" and that's the lIumor ont"
 Indeed therc is no cleverness wiiho" cash, in any thing. Wtu goes [" pool n,au for his advice? Or who would fol- low it wlvn given? No one: and for fx- ceIlcnt reasons: He who has the heaviest purse has the soundest judgme"'--he wh" is a bank director, tine most discrimination. Is it not fact of every days observation, ,hs. a mans judemcn, improves par, Pass";; with the increase of his investments! Aud have you not. yoursclf, Mr. Gaze,!e, asked a friend for his advice wl,enyou foAHd thal he had grown rich, for whdsc "pintn sagl would not have caled n brasS' S'bu'tGssbe toSe, by a lucky hit. he lifted himself irto ritt Plutonian ranks of wisdom ~
 Again, in ,l.e affairs of sonrtship and matchmaking, what is lhe first question Does the inquirer for wife ask is she ac- .complisl,ed1 Is she beauifuli Is sine swee,-tempered1 Not at all " How mucl is she woriIi !'' is the first question. Ant that very properly. Neither youth. nol beauty, nor grace, nor sweetness oG temper nor intellect, can make the 30. boil. Ant is not it maxim as true as old, that wllel poverty walks in at 4I.e. door, Love flies ou J SF taseawindOw:f ise.ghe Tlch Lsaa9 hsy t-.s '.s9ESS3sc. .. asc- aSs..aS t