Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-11-12
TY, PA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER u, 1916
"Sudden wealth, full well ] know,
Did never happiness bestow.

Sudden wealth, full well know,
Did never happiness bestow.
That wealth to which we were not born,
Dooms us to sorrow or to scorn."
Seldom is money so obtained spent wisely,
and not unfrequenlly in some absurd manner,
that only provokss the contempt and ridlcule
of all righ.-lhinking men, endued with better
taste and sentiments of greater propriety.
In the disposition of property much harm is
often done by 'houghlless and iIl-jn dying per-
sons, in leaving mass of unearned money to
one individual, for The foolish qualification of
keeping it together, or the selfish one of pre-
venting it from going out of the family How
much more jndicious and, in many cases. more
just, would il be TO consider The claims of poor
er relaiions, to whom small sum would be so
great an assistance, rather than surround some
one individual with what too often proves a
temptation and a provocative TO idleness and
help themselves, our help is a blessing but
when we help them in such manner to
supersede the necessity Of their own exeruon
we njure them morally more than we asss,
them substantially.
There is also a satisfaction and relish so 10
speak about money hardly earned, which can
never be found in unearned money. The veal
Thy merchant, whose income has scarcely H.
NIT, will sometimes look back with something
like sigh on the time when he was an ap-
prentice, and feel less pleasure in a hundred
pound note than he then derived from The brigh,
silver sixpence which he had earned with such
difficulty How it was looked at again and
again; how carefully i, was deposited in place
of security; and how, ever anon, i, was anxious
ly visited, TO see that il had noI BY any strange
chance escaped from lis snuggery! And then
the peasurable anxielies as TO The most desira-
bIe way Of spending 1.-THE book, the cakes.
the present-how difficult il was 10 choose be-
tween claims so equai how many resolves and
re-resolves were taken before The important
POINT was satisfactorily settled Oh, the pos
session Of that hardIy-earncd sixpence produced
far greater pleasure than any hundred pound
nore since Such fresh sweetness is there
about the wholesome air of poverty for which
the luxurious atmosphere of independence and
competence is poor substitute; and the period
Of life when money was hardly earned, will
generally be found, in the retrospect, The puresl
and Dleasantest of existence
Undoubtedly The prevalence of uneaned mo-
ney in old countries is one principal reason of
ihe greater amount Of profIgacy, luxury and ef
feminacy of character found in them than n
newer ones and is also, consequently. one
grea, fastener of their downfall In young
countries men have 10 earn before they can
spend, and The habits of daily Toll give a ro-
business TO the body, an independence TO the char
acter, and an elevation TO The mind, highly ben
efcial TO whole community In old countries,
however, where there are always numerous in
dvduals who are above the necessity of toll,
and who live only to spend, habits Of luxury
are insensibly formed, dissipation fills up the
unoccupied hours, ard society becomes listIess
and enervated Such are the effects, both on
men and nations, Of unearned money
Money seldom makes men better, either ply
sically or morally, and often makes them worse
Seldom does man become healthy in his body
as money increases; seldom does his mind be-
come more powerful as his purse becomes hsa-
vier: not always does his hear, beat more be-
nevolenlly as his wealth accumulates But i'll
money, even when laudably gained by whole
some exerlion and enterprise, be of doubtful or
injurious effect upon its possessor, doubIy haz-
ardous and banefu must be the possession of
that money which is unearned aud unloied for,
and which only leaves The disposal of lime at
the mercy of idle dreaminess or ingenious mis-
chief, and cherishes The growth of those rank
weeds of the heart which are most successfully
checked by wholesome exercise and occupa-
lion.
The Government has enlisted al Pittsburs
company Of fory-lhree mechanics, of various
trades, who are to receive compensation OF
S42 month, besides ration day for subsis-
ence They arrived at Cincinnati on The l7Ih