, 1841-09-18


80 honest. and honorable men,
Go ye snd--pa7 the Printer.
h-arers-There are many seeming til
Ncms world which you are too apt to
overlook on account of their unimportance,
the neglect of which has plunged thousands
into the deepest mire Of misery, and sunk
their character into inextricable degradation.
Among these ostensible trifes, that of neg.
iecting 10 pay ones honest debts is the most
common, and attended with the worst of
consequences. It takes of all the silken
furze from the ine threads Of feeling-cre-
aies q sort of misanthropic GOODNESS about
the ~heart-skims off all the cream that may
chance to rise upon the milk Of generosity
and makes man look as savagsly upon his
brother man as does a dog upon one Of his
species while engaged in the gratifying en-
ployment of eating his masters dinner
One debt begets another. | have always
observed that he who owes a man a dollar is
sure to owe him a grudge; and he is always
more ready to pay compound interests on
the latter than on the former. Oh, nv
friends, TO be over head end ears in love is
as bad a predicament as a person ought ever
70 DO ini but to ee so deeply in debt that you
can't sleep OF nights without being haunted
by the ghost Of some insaiiate creditor, is
enough to give a man the hydrophobia-
make him bite a observation-disclosures it to
run mad, and create a general CONSERVATION
among the lampt posts.
Ny dear friends-the debt that sits heavi-
est on the conscience of a mortal. provided
he has one--is the debt due to the printer.
1t presses harder upon ones bosom than
the nightmare-galls the soul-irets and
chafes every ennoblIng acknowledgements
all the juice of fraternal sympathy from the
heart, and leaves il drier than the surface
Of q roasted potatoe. A man who wrongs
a printer out Of a single cent can never ex-
Psct to enjoy comfort in this world. and may
well have doubts of fnting happiness in any
other. He will be sure TO 60 down TO the
grave ere Time shall bedeck his brow with
the silvery blossomes Of age, and the green
leaves Of hope will fall before the first bud
Of enjoyment has expanded. 1t is true the
mushrooms OF pence may spring up during a
short nigh; Of forgetfulness, but they will all
wither under the scorching rays OF remorse.
How can you, my friends, ever have the
wickedness and cruelty to cheat the printer.
when you consider how much he has done,
snd is every day doing for you. He has
poured into the treasures of your minds some
Of the most valuable gifts that any thing
short Of a God can besiow-aye, riches with
which you would not part for the possession
/ the whole world and a mortgage on a
.la!i corner Of heaven. With the keys
magic, as it were, he has opened the iron
ID doors Of the human understanding
led the darkness Of ignorance, and lit
lamps to knowledge and WISDOM
'ghty ensine--the Press-is surround.
halo of glory, and its effulgence e1-
over the broad empire Of the mind,
ting the darkest avenues Of the heart;
e, the printer-.he man who tolls. at
..., .erer Of this soul-enligh,ing instrument
\ is often robbed Of his hard earn bread
BY those whom he has delivered from mental
y bondage, and placed in a paradise 10 lay of
and grow fat upon the fruits of his labors!
Oh you ungrateful sinners! if You have
hearts moistened with the dews Of mercy,
instead of gizzards filed with gravel, take
heed what | say unto you. If there be one
among you in this congregation whose &C
count is not settled with the printer, 60 and
adjust it Immediately. and be able to hold
your heads up in society, like a giraffe: be
respected by the wise and the good-free
from the tortures Of a guilty conscience
the modification Of rupeated duns-and es,
cape from falling into The clutches Of those
licensed thieves, the lawyers. If you are
honest and honorable men, you will 90 forth
with and pay the printer. You will not
wait for the morrow because there is no to-
morrow: it is but a visionary receptacle for
unredee.ned promises: an added egg in the
great mes, of the future: the debtors hope
and the creditors curse. If you are dishon-
est, low-minded sons Of Satan, / don't sup
pose you will ever pay the printer, as long
as you have no reputation to lose-no char
yacter to sustain-and no morals to cultivate.
But, let me tell you, my friends, that if you
don't do it, your paths TO the tomb will be
sire wn with tborns-you will have 70 gather
your daily food from brambles-your child
rem will die OF the dysentary, and you your
selves will never enjoy the blessings Of
health. once called on a sick person whom
the doctors had given up as 4 gone case. !
asked him if he had made his peace with his
Maker! He said he though, be had squared
UP. Ienquired if he had forgiven all his