The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-03
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
THE CHILDREN or tue RICH AND
POOR.


We sometime hear parents regret their
inahilty 10 hequeaih 70 their cherished
oG.piing she means Of abundant indie
peasence. Indeed. if we look through
soeie,y. ne shall not fail to discover hun
drrsls, who i",l from day In day, aud froa,
year 20 year. not for The means al imme-
date independence. not because they sp
ptehend poyerty-but from . desire TO
sceumulsis large fortunes. and TO leave
behind them immense es,s,ss. And YET.
the sxp..isas. 81 ~ s-s. .L.-.- that in
Tour eases out of Eve the ehildien OF the
poor man. or at least OF the citizen in
moderate circumstances. are more likely
to enjoy fair proportion ofearthly happi-
ness. Than those Of the rich. The ruth
10, The son of poor msn 70 taught 10 de-
pend upnn his own efforts. lie knows
that on arriving o. the age Of twenty one.
he will be compelled 10 enter the arena
Of world where money 10 The chic oh
j-ct Of The mul,i,ude--,ha, unless he pos
sess industry. energy and activity, his
chance of independence will be exceed
ingiy mesgre. Thus he 6is himself. 10
some extent II least. for the trials and Vi
eissi,udes Of life. He enters into compe.
,ition ~ilh hs fellow men with stout
heart and keen spirit. determined. IL
possible, 10 win his way TO something
ike fortune. Tie understands some bu-
siurss, and therefore has the means Of
employing his time. tie fesls that repu-
tstion 10 al essential 10 his success. aud
he therefore controls his passions. res.
poets the Laws. and endesyors 4, act with
propriety. Hei. bound. not only by self
inieres, boz by oil the ordinary obligations
&c man. 10 pursue q course which shall
win fsr him mt only the esteem 'oi his
fellow creatures. but due degree Of con-
,en,men, and eanhty happiness.
But how 10 il with The rich mans son!
lie soon a-ceriains the wealth Of his pa
r. nis. aud his Own probable condi.
lion Of perunisry Independence arising
out al that wealth. Tue incentive 10 in.
dusiry 10 s oRce taken away. tie per
hsps thinks that be may def. the world.
ina.much as his expected fortune will
plsee him beyond the necessity OF indus
Try. Habits OF idleness and exlrassgancs
are thus formed. and ., the decesse oflhe
parent. and she possession Of the fortune
-how frequently does il happen that a
race Of gsieiy. fashion and prohigacy
commences. which 10 not checked until
The misguided AMI the mis-educased hnds
hlmalf plunged in al the horrors Of dis
sipation, with neither The mental nor the
neral energy 10 reirace his footsteps.
Tie rich ahcrs. we contend, do not ed-
uraie their children, except in rare inslan.
ces. under a system 10 suit then Tor the
POSSESSION and management OF wealth.
Ii seems To us. that this II indeed the moss
dilEic.I, TASK ihs, cnuld be imposed upon
. parent. The mos. advisable mode we
Will NJ, a,temp, 10 describe. The posi-
tim Of = parent possessing an Immense
fortune. ~i,h boys an whom he d"as sI'h
a father. fon.inrss, aud the consciousness
:, The sane time. that his sons are mol
suited 1, the management Of money. end
,h., their pnssesslnu 81 IL is as likely to
I'D u their ruin as anything else. 10 OF.
indeed pregnsn, wnh difficulty. Loos