American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-07-01
From the Journal of Commerce.
MONEY MAKING,

A curious world this! One would suppose it
as created chiefly as a mint for men to make
oney-to coin, after the several fashions in
Hented by human ingenuity. What else do
hey think of? In what else are they engaged
hey begin at the very infant yet unswaddled,
4 ncradled. He cannot get into the world with
y ut costing his poor glad father certain dollars.
he Doctor who hands over the incipent speci-
hen of mortality-the nurse who receives sit"
" 1.-The servant who watches its tender years
+ he teacher that trains the mnd-the tailor that
lothes the body,-these, and all other sorts of
ministers to human wants, must be paid, --they
I've by being paid. Men make money out of
Is when we come into the world, while we stay
b it, and when we go out of it. Not even the
Winding sheet, nor the chilly grave, is exempt
rom the broad nstrumentality Of putting mo-
lev in the pocket. He that makes money out
a coffin, doth only regard it as any other ar
Gle of furniture in his shop. He loves to hear
IS polished beauty praised, much more than to
stem to the sobs of the poor afflicted ones who
Ire taking their last look, while his head is yet
IN the lid, ready with calm and decent regard
% the sympathies of the occasion, to shut in
hat loved, though clay-cold form, and seal it
p till the morning of the resurrection. The
worker in marble too, will etch beautiful in
cription, elaborated by some superior genius,
Ind breathing the spirit of piety but the chief
hing with HIM is, to get so much letter.
He thinks more of the smooth polish than fine
proportions of the monumental stone, than of
The rich sentiment or condensed thought he has
excavated with his mallet out of the intracta
BILE material. Is it not, he asks, fully worth
he money! There is no period of life then,
but of which men do not make money-infan-
IL &c 81 he
calamites of individuals or nations, but they
must be turned into gold. Pain, disease, brok-
an bones must all be paid for. Else the "heal-
Ing art" would die out. The passions and con-
roverses of men yield revenue, else the legal
profession would find its Occupation gomez
Even the sins and crimes of men require the
Expensive establishment of churches, ordinances,
&C.; though it must be confessed he who should
expect to make money out of the gospel minis
Ery, would as general thing miss the mark.
Men make money out of the ignorance Of
their fellow men; for if we expect to be taught,
I'VE must pay for it. Aye, pay well, you are
30 unfortunate as to have boy or two at a "Se-
ect School," girl, the image of her mother,
the idol of her father, at "Boarding School,"
IThey were formerly called High Schools; and
well were they named, for they demanded the
Brightest prices, and drew their pupils chiefly
from ''hgh life" Many of them deserved the
name of Humbug Schools. Men are not indeed
charged for sunlight, nor for rain; but when the
sun is gone, money is made out of the darkness,
and the free waters of the fountain are often
/ impiously sold for silver.
Man is curious being. They make money
out of his curiosity. Thousands are paid for
sightseeing. Man is a musical being. Even
so they manufacture music and charge him ac-
cordingly Oh, ye golden concerts! Ye have
double har-mony. Ye make the silver ginge
| in the ear of one party, while the notes Jingle
the ear of the other. Woman is vain, fond of
bright colors, loving TO dress so as to be admir-
ed. How the sellers of purple and fine linen
do profit by it. Fortunes have been made out
of the pride and vanity, as we'll as out of the
necessities of human nature. Lusts and appe-
tites are most rapacious. The money-getters
know it, and they pander to them. The lust
of rum-of wine-of tobacco--of pleasure
the luxurious appette-what monstrous struc-
lures have they reared in this great city-all
for gain. Gain is the god nthroned-enshri-
! -perfumed-praised- worshipped. This
sudden and ever-tobe-deprecated war-how it
y going to bloat the purses of some men But
who regards the widow and the orphan?-
What are they, compared with honor? with
=. MoNEYf See that man going down to his
contingencies. He is after money He that
rides along yonder, is on the same business
Look into Wall street. Behold the quick step