Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-09-29
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neiphboripp town the other day, | came IN con
tao, with little knot of people at saIe OF
knew not what; save al that moment me auc'o-
neer exclaimed, How much for The old tn1gAzne !.
Being somewha OF an antiquarian, TIE "ofu of"
arrested nv head way, and looking up, lis aPPca
rance seemed indeed TO bespeak IL a thing OF by
zone years Ten cents said /, and forthwith
tho book was mine, with instructions TO pay tbs
clerk Perceiviug the fellow had concealed the
fac, that half the bInding-fhe t'iie page ana
few Of those succeeding, tom otf, with s0aie
smaller nu,ila,ions, about 10 throw 1t up
but having heretofore learned that II one happens
TO buy a pig ia poke, The cheapest way IS to
pay for i, nd he off-so did now. But surely
Mr. Editor, this IltIe incident would have renal
ned a secre, even To you, had this been the whole
of II: but on conveying home aud examining my
bargain, with the hope Of fading some account oi
matters md things that had uansPued at least a
century ago, and perhaps no where else recofded
/ turned over the remaining leaves, with cufi
os,y quite intense as the most noted OF my pro-
fession. Perceivng, however, from what could
discover, tho thing scarcely yet forty years
old and entitled 1.-The Young Mems Magazine;
but whero or by whom printed, remains secret
not yo, discovered; and hence, its primitive APP
pearance found 20 be owing more 10 tho bniht'
ings Of time, than the length of 1t. Just IN the
act, however, Of throwing II away ia disgust, Il
communication over the signature of 'Aonzp,
caught my eye more particularly on account o
its singular caption, to-wit: "Io trhat trW thu
present stute of things iead?' Running my eye
hastily over the lucubrations Of the writer living
amidst the estate Of things" on which he was an
pGr.I,, from tI,,Et. 1
his views Of the then "stato Of things were cor
rect, the people Of his day absolutely sowing
the seeds that have produced the Identical csol
reaping in ours, VIZ: The things OF oui
own day. Endeavoring IN VAIN 10 take extract:
from his opinions to prove my own, and believing
that some at leas. Of your numerous reader.
might be amused, If not instructed by its porusal
if, indeed it shall be as new TO them us to myself
l have concluded to submit il entire TO your bette
jndgmcnt-wheh Their that judgment be for life 0
death so here it is:
'Fo5 the Young Mems Magazines
80 what will the present state of things lead
"Mr. PRINTER Tho road to permanent pros
periy in the affairs of this iifo, mast be yigi
lanty guarded by tho moral virtues, as that To
happy immortality iii tho next, by tho duties o
religion; and he who would attain to either BY
climbing up some other way, must be thief Of
n robber. Bat our present concern Is with GU
first proposition; that alone we viii attempt Il
prove. il is true, fortunes have been made atte
having trampled on some, ur even all OF these
guards, they were never lasting because wrong
fully acquired. They bring in their train habits
of extravaganza that tant The rising gonera
ton to be by that generation mostly squander
ed. Before tho breaking out OF the present rev
oution IN France our beloved country rising
faster TO permanent prosperity than perhaps a
ny other nation; agriculture, commerce and ih'
mechan,c arts were pursuing with steady, an,
increasing success, tho quiet aud even tenor q
their way, manufactures, It Is true wero bat littl
known, save in the precincts OF private families
and every where, except perhaps IN cities
the inhabitants were found clothed III the flax NJ
tho wool Of their own farms, whIlo the mechanr
cal and other labour necessary 10 the farming IN
teres., were amply rewarded from the surpI usa q
OF their employers. But who has not discovered
u change in this happy state OF things aud VIII
so blind not 10 trace that change To the effect
which the wars growing out OF that revolution
have produced on US, By the only means by ~h'c
they could reach US, TO, vii, our commerce! In
countless legions that now arruyed agains
each other IN the bloody strife, ARE but The con
pregated thousands of tho here totore industrIou
citizens of their respective governments, and ma
be considered much US -tul labour lost 10 III
common stock: hence, might have been eXpeC
ted, the soil thus abandoned failed produce e
ven a moetv for the support of such a might
mass of people. To make up this enormous de
ficencv, the surplusage of neutral nations, PAL
,icuiarly our own, was had IN immediate reqnis
ton even at prices double, nay treble those h-rt
tolore paid. These prices gave a teno'd imp,
tus to our agricultural pursuits, which IN yer
brief space of time resulted IN whole caravans
teams seen daily vending their way, and grolf
ing under their heavy bnrdens of flour and graz
to our seaports; followed by whole hecalomhs
cattle and hogs, from the thousand plains Of O.
interior, sluggishlv moving along 10 the place
slaughter; nor was this provision scarcely matu
ed for expectation, before il was on lis way to tn
place Of destination; and that too at prices arp;
rently not considered in the purchase. NJ
was this apparent prosperity altoge ether own
to tho great increase of our agricultural pursue
our tonnage increasing also IN proportion 10 III
demand Of freights, comes in with Its full shar