The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-08-29
The one Thing pTeedfnI.

Al tnlS Gay cash Is VlFtues pletys learnlngs
moraIity-the sbe-all and the end.all, here
Without it the ablest are feeble, the wisest
simple, the braVest week, the noblestme 3
with Ignorance becomes knowledge, dull
ness changes to scuteness, baseness to no
bleness, chhrlishness to generosity; under
the broad folds of its ample cloak, Vileness
the most despicable, crimes the most mons
strous, are scarcely hidden from the public
gaze.
Somebody asks very triumphanlly, ssCan
ool gain Friendships To be sure il can /;
item gain any thing short Of heaven itself.
The poot would never have exclaimed,
''impudence of hope, had he lived in these
Epatfiotic days Of profit and loss, buying and
Sc lin9s fraud sand barter, when all things
earthly have their marketable Price-wiien
all things resolve themselves into one great
calculation Of loss and gain-When the first,
Iass, great question upon every lip is, els be
richgn IL ihe answer is il the negative, the
individual may be as eloquent as Cicero, as
just as Aristides, as meek as Moses, as wise
as Solomon, and yet in the worlds estima-
ton heisa perfect nobody. Well has some
one said:
ga man without money IS body without
soul-a walking DEATH spectre that
frightens every one. His countenance is
sorrowful, and his conversation languishing
and tedious. II he calls upon an acquain-
lance, he never finds him at hume, and if he
opens his mouth to speak, he is interrupted
every moment, SO shat he may not have a
chance TO finish his discourse, which. it is
feared, will end with his asking for money.
He is avoided like person infected with
disease, and is regarded as an encumbrance
to the earth. Want wakes him up IN the
morning, and misery accompanies him to bis
bed a night. The ladies discover that he
is an awkward BOBBY; landlords believe that
he lives on air, and if be wants any thing
from tFadesman, he is asked for cash before
deIiyery.''
This is painfully, shamefully true. We
respect money bags more than men; wealth
more than worth. The only test, The only
criterion We seem to have Of mans excel.
lence is the number Of houses that he owns,
or shares Of bank stock. s.Worth makes
the mani that IS, the aloneg he IS irOrtk.
How true II the description Of that able
journal, the London Dispatch. with respect
10 the un0eseEyed honor paid 70 wealth, and
the unmerited disgrace attached % poverty.
Read il with calm attention, and lst is lor.
chile truths Be treasured Up II the inmosl
heart:
We always say you need not be asham.
led Of poveEly--it is no disgrace; and mosl
truly bayeWe spoken poverty Is % disgrace.
But Why do We WHO preach, treat II s. If Il
were pestilence shrink from i, proclaim
! Il, insult il, chastiae il, betray il, loathe Il
abandon ito We shame 70 greet that shah.
by looking man, 2 Of bow % that addressed
woman, "or because we want moral couraos
70 walk il the right path, unless il Be tas
lchosen highway of tbe powerful. What
dreadful lesson does this address ID ths
hearts Of men stepped ii hypocrisy and pam
lpsred 81 veal and cl0uchine obsequience
How many bow ii farvid adoIaiion Is O..
Length Of mans purse while 10 their heart
they despise The nun How many slave.
! of coin, and mere Watch-dogs q wealth. i'
pass 81 u proud deFision, laboFe nos
many rich nabob Woad spun lie pfolIare.
grasp Of s lillar 81 Tia sell ii his lsbofln
llabilimenla and how conlempt he
can ak of the lower ofdeFs Sc eaYr
nished sepulchtes! 4 what are yet bette