Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-08-28

swell the bills of morta!fv.' we'll as
their customers bills Like most spec
uators. they delight to make from fifty 10
hundred per cent on all their wares.
and unlike many of this grasping genus.
their enormous per cent must be torn
from the life blood Of the producer. So
long as the. SpecuIat0r confines his tran
sactions 10 a legitimate and humane chan
mel. we will not modest him We NAV
even admire his tact and foresight al
rhonoh we condemn the principle upon
which ne acts But we look upon the
man who SpecuIateS il tn, wants mise
raS and lives of his fellow creatures. a
cool calulating heartl-~s fiend Our
~rn.e ~ Rirht and Wro q leads Us to
;aiS conclusion
/, there be any Virtue left within the
human breast III In~ric, and Mercy have
not l~f ~. earth it i~ high time that the
datni.,uy wronrS OF Gods suffering DIV
ino poor. were riahtrd We have had
quite enough TAX on This melancholy sub
l-ct Il is nov time act. if any thing Is
to be done
There has been any number Of "char-
itv AsSoci ATOMS gotten up on popufar
plans. tor the purpose of h"ralling nahsaS
10 the world. aud spreading o~tcnsible
acts Of charitable fluinmerv TO the -four
winds Of heaven = LagionS of "Benev-
oIent Societies" have buued the fame Of
their Much Ado about Nothlnr'' INTO
the ears Of thousands of starving wretch
cs-,heir hollow deeds of charity being
reauirms sounded over the lowly graves
Of abandoned dead -NHsSionarv Socie-
ties" after paving the munificent salaries
Of Collectors. AGENTS. Secretaries. Treas
.urcs. ..incidentals = .di1toS." etc. have
sent their dwindled sums 10 foriepn lands
to convert the Notwithstanding that
charity begins at nome and that count
less heathen. at their very doors. lost TO
shame virtue and abandoned
to poverty and crilne-are filling prisons.
and felons graves
What are the CHURCHES doing! Are
they merely ..lOoking to the main chance" :"
-..keeping tally" and "enlarging their
borderS!'' The ..out side world" looks
10 the Church 10 take The lead in tins
great woIk--to follow the example of
Christ the Great Teacher. in regard to
the Poor He knew nothing of Sect
When Christians lay aside their jealous
les and afimoSites, ani unite together IN
the common cause. we may expect to see
the Good Work Commence in earnest
not much before.
Cold, hear'lesS. popularity seeking ef
forts for the amelioratlon OF the condition
OF the ioor. are insults 10 t'od ana MS
suffering creatures 1t IS hIgh time lhat
perIpd should be put to ms inocNerN.
bht we are d"eliin9 100 long here We
intended merely preiacihS an incident
winch once came under our observation.
illustrating me wfelchedhe>S OF poor. sui
terng females ana the hearileasne>s OF
class OF human sharks. who i've upon the
destruction OF fenaie Strength health ana
lie:
Jack. that a strange looking coat
IfaSh'"n-eh!
Y by. yes. Tom. it's the fashion 50
tar as style IS concerned. but the making
up don hang together to suit me
That's tact-lt don't exactly hang
together er'-the seams are gaping terribly.
and You paid dearly Tor the whistle if You
gave >iN bits III change for II
''les. its poor affair. Tom but on
Is paid for il little more than the ma
king Of il sho"|d be worth
.Some Jew made it. then. 'spose.
NO. It was not made by jew. al
though bought il OF one. 1t was made
bF some poor woman. who worked about
Ugh hours upon il. and received enough
tor her toll probably. TO buy Loaf or t" 0
"t breai. tor hcr fani>hing children
~ill n@N"r parron'ze these dens again
v hike these young gentlemen were
'aikj9g about the coat and 'who
male II, they were on the pave u front
of ~i"P-~h'p. Ncleanly-dres~ed though
poorly v-c!ai female, came. to the door. ioi-
low by the proprietor
No. madam, We can furnish YOU no
more work at that price. If YOU Will
make coats tor twelve AMI halt cents
piece. we VIII let YOU have Two more.
provided you have them here by o clock
to morrow
"Oh. sir can't even bVv bread al
that rate! Ny children are SICK. too.