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

than theyl Naughty mistress of a loEdlg
mansion! how dare You SCOT al The opera
itiVe2 What comfort, what luxury do yoD
enjoy, that labor did NOT proeure9 What
comfort or luxury could you command. we're
you to depend on Jour own hands alone p
Had Jour gold been invested in pelishable
property, and destroyed by heat, cold, storm,
flood or decay. where would be yonr yannt.
ed superiority Can you not see yourself q
child Of Circumstance? Oh, shame 10 creeds
aud nature is the proud, arrogant, rich mor>
tal.'s
We have said. already that at this day
wealth is every thing. How many fond
parents are willing TO sacrifice their daughs
ters at the shrine of Mammon. How web
does newspaper essayist comment up
on this evil in the following paragraphs:
SIS he RtcH ?''-Many a heavy sigh is
heaved, many heart is broken, many life
lisTendeFed miserable by the terrible infatu.
alton which parents often eVince in choosing
a life companion for their daughters. How
| is it possible for happiness to result from
the union Of two principles so diametricalIy
lopposed to each other in every point of view
as virtue is to vice? And ret, how often is
wealth considereda better Recommendation
to man than virtue1 How often is the
6rst question which is asked respecting
sutton to daughter, SIS he rich2''
Is he rich? Yes he abOunds in wealth
but does that afford any evidence that he
will make kind and a6ectionate husband9
Is he rich2 Yes, his clothing is purple
aad fine linen-he fares sumptuouslg every
day--bnt can you infer from this that he is
IVirtuons2
Is he richg Yes, he has thousands float
ling on every ocean; but do not riches some
times take wings and flayg And will you
consent that your daughter shall marry man
who has nothing 10 recommend him but bis
wealth!
i Alb! beware the gilded bait sometimes co.
vers a bar5ed hook. Ask not then SIS. be
rich 9n but, els be virtuous % Ask not
then, IL he has wealth, buff Re has l,onol
and IA n0t sacrifice your aaaghtef' per
for money.
Il is vol nigh hopeless task TO under.
take TO check this melancholy infatuatiou
that is leading multitudes 70 ruin. Ii ha:
become so fashionable to worship at Nam.
mons nnholy shrine, that il is well nigh i'm
possible to open the eyes Of the thronginp
victims who are cloWding IS every avenue,
with such ardent zeal. This idolatry OF
wealth is one Of the most alarming signs Of
1.-The times. How well has It been said thai
'many are feeling that nothing will do them
or their children, but wealth; not 4 good
character. nor well trained and well educa-
ted faculties, nor virtue, nor the hope Of
heaven nothing but wealth. Il is their
god and the good 81 their families. Their
sons are glowing np TO the same worship oil
it, and 10 an equally baneful reliance upon il
fol. the future; they are pushing into expens
ses which the divided property Of their fa>
theirs house will not enable them 10 sustain
Eand they are preparing to be, 10 turn and
from NECESSITY, slaves TO the same idol
How truly Is il written, that ssshsy that oil
be rich fall into many temptations and a
lsnare, and fal into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men il destruction and
! pordition!'' There is no need that they
should be rich, but they sDill be rich. All
! the noblest functions ofiife may be disclarg.
! ed without wealth; alliis highest honors OBJ
tanned, al it, pleasures enjoyed yet Irepeal
Sit, nothing nothing will do but wealth.
Disappoint man of this, and he MOONS
J las il the highest end Of his life were defeat
ed.n-l q. S journal.