The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-03-24
Never be Discouraged.

once: No merchant is safe till he has
at feast beer on the verge of bankrupt
1 cy: No mans life is worth insuring till
| he has been at deaths door. D+' 90
4 Money we are told, is the root Of all
evil. If you think so, why hang the
head or The lip, and grow pale, as if all
the manhood Of your nature has been
bleached out Of you, because the hard
earnings Of a few years have been
swept away from your grasp? Have
! you not experience lefts-character-
Notwithstanding; a better kno wledge
of yourself and others?--lf so, though
you are shirtless and shoeless, you are
rich. You have capital Of your own;
a mine Of your own-a mint OF your
own. Into it, with your heart and all
your strength. +.r "''j
But money, you may think, andrighl
= enough too, is the root o: ali good.
So be it. Nations that have no money
are not onl y savages, but hopeless and
helpless savages. Napoleon was right
and the Loo Choo man wretchedly mis-
taken, 10 suppose it possible that any
community on earth could get along
without weapons Of war, and without
money. A sling and club wampum
or soap, sea.shels or cocoa, there must
always be, or the world stands stock
still. What chiefly distinguishes one
nation from another, now:-only a
greater or less abundance Of that which
is the representative of comfort or
wealth! Kno Wedge is power; But
what is knowledge good for without
money? The desire Of money is wha.
keeps all men surviving for a higher yet,
and yet higher place, among their fel-
lows. When sought for itselt-when
gloated over, and heaped together, till
it overtops all other Of Gods blessings,
then is it, indeed, the root Of all evil.
But as the chief instrument Of power
as the great agent Of civilization las
the standard Of national progress all
over the earth, as the unquenchabe
stimulus 10 labor and invention-as the
"one thing need(uI," to the inhabitants
of the earth, it may be regarded as the
good Of all good. '
And what then? Why then, if you
should happen 10 have labored for it
many years in vain!-or if, when you
had gathered it together at the sacri-
fee of your character, your household
comfort, your self.respect, it had been
snatched away suddenly by some great
er 70 oil or scoundrel than yourself. down
on your knees and thank God, that he
has remembered you in season.
But you are honest and faithful, pei
haps, and cannot gel along. In your
path isto be found openings to that sub.
.terranean sunshine, which prosperous
men call gold. You have Iabored dill
gently for many years, and purchance
have not enough to swear by; not so
much, perhaps, as would be left upon
your. fingers il you had been tearing
the wings of a butterfly. And what Of
that? You have wife and children
perhap ps--or lriends?-o the good opin-
ion of those who have employed you?
Up then, and look about you? Begin
anew. Begin more warmIy--and hap
pen what mag, never allow yourself to
be discouraged. - |;
All our cities are crowded with ca. I
pable men, who have been shipwrccked |
over and over again. But they have
all got up once oftener than thev fell. i
And why? Because, never allowing
themselves 10 be discouraged, by work. {
ing all the harder, because they had
more to work for, they have learned to
make merchandise Of their misfortunes; {
TO coin their notifications and their |;
suferings into gold. '.' .'.
All young men have to be ruined {
once--it they begin rich Or prosperous.
W. Nothing but a miracle can save I
them. They either get married before /
they can afford the luxury lofa wife, or {
fail in business; and then, are they good I
for something. |,
Men are not made by coaxing. They q
seldom thrive on sugar-plums. To be i
men, they must rough it. And the S
sooner they begin. the better. Oaks {
are rooted in wind and storm. Oaks
therefore, are trust worthy. Hot house |
plants come UP in a few days, and per- I
sh accordingly. G " ~, /
Look about you, and you will hardly 1
find an old or a rich man, who has not .
been at some period Of life, bankrupt
in health or ia poverty. Such men ,
having early learned BY Gods provi- {
dencss, the value Of what they have
lost; being undiscouraged, have always
found themselves strengthened BY their /
falls. 't Ss2fs 9 w ~" Ia
Ii times like, these, our only safetyIt
lies in doing the best we know how TO Z
DO, and never allowing ourselves nor s