The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-02-23

Rise and Fall Of Families T. Every Young
man should start Ia he determined 10 ac.
upon the motto Nj DcSperG1dam. ar don't
girc up the ship Lot hun on conmencm.
life, look around HIN and see vao are tnp
controllers and respected Of society, and ask
from whence they sprang. H. ninety nue
cases out Of hundred, he will find them to
be those who, at his arc, possessed little d
the world gear, IS hliie Of AID eVrauguus,
as he himself possesses ; men who commence
ed the world with nothing, aud whose al.
yancement in hie solely depended upon
their own husbandry irugality aud stnct
attention 10 business.
Most young men consider j, a great u.i,.
fortune to b. born poor, or not to have cap.
tai enough Ia establish themselves al once
in good business tins Is very mistaken
notion, Tor, So far from porerty boing Ills.
fortune to hln 1t "e may jug" from What
We ever, day behuld, II Is reai4 Blessing
ior the chance il more than ten 70 one 10 ia
vnr Of Inc success ot such a youlg Glan over
Que ho commcuce1 buS.la,s 81 tin. ,ine
with abundance Of means, a.d trace them
down 10 tie present day. ,l10 many al
them can now boast ii wealth AID slanjia.
"a the contrary, ho" many haze become
poor, lost t0elr ssaudlug il sociely, aud are
passed, by their once boon companions, with
a look which plainly says, kso.o you
not.
lalhIs country, the wheel offortu1e IS con.
stantly turning, and be who i at z-u,th ihls
year may be al uadIr next, ard excite uc
surprise. It's seldom tina, the lhiId, or even
the fourth generation eaj2r: property or
station IN soci-ty, winch ~as son by tae 10.
dustfy Of The hfst. THIS constant change
is tie natural result d causes IN continual
operation. Theft generation start, n he
poor, uut industrious ard honest, h- resolves
10 acquire property, and, al tie sane lime,
Sustain character thai .ha culanand res.
psct. BY dInt Of long perseverance 10 bust.
ness, and the attainment OF high character
for integrity and far dealing, nc succeeds,
such a man never fails, aud becomes veal.
IN. His sons succeed him, = rlaps mann
iain the character 81 their father, aud add 10
the wealth he left them; fhey were eJuca.
ted TO business, and know how the property
they ehJoy va. acquired. But their sons
grow W, and from infancy find iheAselyes
IN the lap Of luxury, and rocked in the era.
de al ease; their minds arc never turned
90 busness--ibal is beneath lheul-,he,
az engrossed IN important u0things mar
~ lIghl headed and fashionable ladies', y Il,
have as sovereign a cou,e;Hp! taf ldbafcf-
and the useful ialngs OF this lae, rs them
: selves dash away d few years 10 their Car
rags; lose their parents divide the pro
pefty ; attempt 10 carry on business; ar. ~
capable Of managing Il; fail-siru42e Il
keep up appearances and the.f places 10 fash
lonable llie-are obliged 10 feiIrc--wretch
! ed aud miserable at h. me-aud get through
! the world as veil as they can, carrying at
{ ways the appearance Of shabby gentlemen
; aud beng looked al askance b. their for
. tner companions. Their children are eyel
r., B0re miserable than themselves; hem.
a brought up with the idea tina, labor is de
4 grading, ADD that they are superior order
=. "hile necessity compeIs them 70 resort t
some means OF getting "A living pride am
a poverty are at var with them, and the
D drudge out a miserable and precarlous life
a American MagGziae.
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