Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1847-05-28
WHAT EVERYBODY IS AFTER.

WHAT EVERYBODY IS AFTER.
What curious, strange sort of world this Is
Did you ever think of itreader ? Just look around
you a littie-nos with your common, everyday
business eyes buE with sober, thoughtful, anaiyz-
ing eYes--fers every man, unless he Is sadly de-
formed has such eyes, though he may seldom
think OF uaiag them. Sit down If you have not
a note TO pay, or a political office Tor, IN which
cases we suppose it will be eXpedIent Tor you 10
be moying~~s8ipe the persPlration from your orow'
let the crt4yrd rush on without you, and thlnk
five minutesswlat they are all about, and yourself
among the rsst. What is it that makes men get
up early, scheme and dash about all day, calcu.
late chances, talk smooth, smile when they would
like TO stab. stab when they think it will not be
Known, sai.under false colors, pull down hills,
dive into mu.,atais, meet each other with anxious
looks, and b4sty CT cold salutations and go to bed
jaded out 10 traTe! the same roads, perform tiie
same actiou<, and transact tie same business
arain in tfci. dreams. What is it that keeps the
crowd always moving, meeting and InIngng in
confuseda and opposite currents hot, ieVeTish, DIS
satisfied What is it that induces men to spend
the bright days Of their youth, the strength OF
their manhood, fud--alas that it should be So
the weak days Of old age in weary toll and inces-
SAINT actions.
Monev-usone2 that's it reader. The great
err part of the worlds machinery is put in mo-
ton for the purpose Of getting money-sinall
round pieces of gold and silver that shine, and
make u pretty noise when dropped on counter,
and feel rather comfortable than otherwise in a
mans pocket-whcn he can get them. Yes,
money is the thing that keeps the world awake,
and sets it a-raoYiug and keeps It a-moving from
Japuery to December, as if il had st. Anthony 5
Dance. MaiSing, getting, spending and calculat-
ing money, are the worthy objects which employ
Gods glorious creation-the civilized part of it,
we mean, Of course; for savages-nothIng can
show true blindness more strongly-don't think
oh S,F ayNlf a
set OF mortaIs.
Money stretches the kitchen maids patience,
and her masters conscience, and puts a keen edge
on the farmers axe makes the joIner's hammer
click puts edge on the tailor's shears, and a
long tail upon his bill. Money makes the mer-
chant stand behind his counter, and submit to the
eternal meanness Of higgling customers; cut off
a sample for an old woman-who perhaps, has
patchwork qEt half finished and wants it to
lengthcu out, and unrol Il dozen pieces for
young one saying all the while pleasant things
10 her; who no more thinks of buying, than she
does Of dying. Money builds factories, and fills
them with machinery, and laborers digs canals
it dug one from; Northampton to New Haven
few years ago. and there it is yet, so much OF 1t as
is not filed 10 wl the bones Os intestate kittens
and dogs who have jumped the fence OF mortall-
tY; stretches railroads from State 10 State ];
bridges the Atlantic and stretches whale ships
from Arctic to &ntaEtc seas. tmakeS boys very
they are free from the sheli-Iump from the busy
pursuits of childhood. into hard, busy, chafferng
life. II makes men walk, and run, and dream,
and drive hard bargains, and die before their time
Is not this the case reader Most certainly it
is. Every man has some plan for making money,
and for making;t out OF his neighbor. Thus the
circles in whiclstley propose 10 move, cross each
other, their plans interfere, and this occasions
the Earring, and confusion, and d!scord, and heat
which we every where see around us. Money
is the handspring 81 the world and keeps all it's
wheels in.moton 1t is the principal object Of
pursuit, notwithstanding men call themselves ra-
tional beings ,rhe Almighty Dollar is every
where worshiPped; Affairs are erected to it in
every high place ard low place, under every green
tree and dry tree. Meek, modest virtue, is jostled
from the worlds highway, and is obliged to wan
der in the fields, or less crowded paths of life,
Very little is thought of cultivating the social
sympathies. the intellect is only regarded as
the agent in no.,ey getting schemes, and is cduca-
ted and sharpci;ed principally for that business;
while the heart, always interfering il free, is
boxed up in steel, ana not suffered TO speak word.
Such the world is, ard pity It's, It's true.