The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-09-09
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From GraAan's Gentlemsa's Nsr6cjne.
WORTH AND WEALTH, OR THE
CHOICE OF A NIFE.-HY GLEN ASHTON
"And so you lu,eud to marry Lgcy
Warden-eh Harry. What on earth has
put you in such notion Of that Girl p said
Charles Lowry, 10 hts freud Henry Bow
co, as they sa, togciher, cracking almonds
after dinner.
"And Why no; marry Lucy Warden =
quietly SAID his freud.
Why 7" oh because she's not worth
sous and besides I've beard she's the
daughter Of & brickiayeT. Yoa know, any
how, iba; her neither nep; little retail
dry goods store uanl al uncle !elt Mrs.
Warden that annuity On which taey now
Just manage 10 subzisl.
"a formidable array ofeyils indeed but
still they do not d.saeaHen me. As for
money do not lock for It IN wile, be.
cause | should never feel ,udepeIdea. il, |
was indebted 10 a bride !GE my bread
Besides an healess IS educated - such OK
pensive habits that II requires loTIune to
satisfy her luxutlaEi wishes. As q mere
matter OF business ii.s marry .3g Tor money
IS nine times out Of leo losiUg specu'allon.
You are forced to i've according to your
wile's former style, and being thus led iu,o
expenses which your income vii not aHord,
yol too olen end BY becoming bankrupt
Then, soo late, YOU discover that your wife
is e! Only for a pa-loE; she becomes Peey-
ssh, OF WfeicAed, CT SICK, and perhaps all
together. Domestic tel.c.ly IS q! an cad
when this occurs
Be; her birth !"
A still more nonsens,cal objection -
1t ia ole Of the prejudices Of the old colonial
times, and was imported from Eaglaud BY
the servile adorers Of rank, who came over
the Atlantic to assume airs IN The provinces
which they dared not assume al home, and
to sheer al the hoGasier members Of sccie
IL, who, instead Of Icing like themselves
drones 10 the public hive, earned their
bread fairly. It's tbs latter class 70 which
cur country is INDEBTED .1r is subsequent
prosperity prosperity which al! the ans.
iocrats 81 Europe cug.c 10! have bestowed
UPON IL. The revolution, while j; made US
politically equal, d.d rot destroy this social
aristoclzcy. The same eXClusIYeness pre-
walls now as then, but with even more IN
Justice, for il Is opposed u tie whole sP!ril
Of cur republican institutions. Nor IS this
all: the prejJd.ce Itself IS ridiculous. How
can people, who scarcely know their Owe
ancestors beyond one or two generations
and whose blood has been derived oH
every nation aud occupai.o2 90 The g'obe
talk ~i'b aay proprieiy Of birlhi Why
there Is scarcely uan CT woman Of oul
acquaintance, WAC Is %! az example Of til.
Pie bald ancestry. Take for lasiance.-
Waiter Hastings, who you know, boasts
Of his family | happen 10 know al a5or
hffp, for he is a second cousin 10 myself
Ills father made fortune, and married inls
cur family. But vino vas be- The sof
Of German redempijoDer. Hastings
mother, il is true. s the grand daughter 0
an English baron, and the sis;er-a TAI
higher giory--ol sgneE Of cur Declara
ton CT Independence. Such IS fair SAN
pie uf cur best faIn1ses. Why | would IN
= deriake to furnish from !he ancestry Of an
Of them either a PsassEt or a peer either Z
laborer or drons. Birth, :oTsooIh Iht
Only persons who boast Of il 10 this coun
iry are generally those Who have TIE leas
claim even to az honest ps,entage; and thf
boisesi preleDder 10 blood ever met wat
The grand son Of q fellow Who vas hgos
fifty years ago Tor forgery"
+" Well, you're really getting quite Ioa
10 your notions, Harry; where IN the work
did yea pick up such vulgar opinions ,
You, gentleman ana lawyer, 10 marsj
such girl She's pretty enough gran
--am,able no dou5i-can sing and draw
passably-aBd makes, | hear, batch 0
bread, or does dirty house work as well al
a common kiichGn girl. But perhaps TIA
is what you want her for r
Your sneer aside, yes It's bccauss
Lucy Warden IS good house keeper, tina
intended TO marry her. Not that woUil
have a bride only because she could, as yot
say, make baich Of bread. Education
umisbllty, reaae5 mind, aud lady Ike
manners are equaiiy necessary. But :
knowledge, and practical oae TOO, o
house keeping, is 10 Slight requisite 10 a
good wife. | kno@ such knowledge &.
scarce Among our ciiy ladies, boz thai is tbs
very reason Shy prize II e. highly. Be
!ieYe me, refinement is not Incompatible
With this kHogledae."
"Pshaw. Harry tut granting your posi-
iion, whai is the use Of such knowledge =
sit is Of daily Use. Servants will al
ways impose Oh q mistress who knows moth
ing Of her duties as the domestic head Of tbs
house. You are az importer; but bo~ long
think you, would you prosper II you lefi
every Thing 10 tie care Of clerks, who would