The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-05-10
lyy GAzELLE.
Letter to leg Gc-tlie, 6y J. C. Jaek,or, MI

yours truly, Ivy GAzELLr.
Letter to Icy Gcselie 6yL C. Jackson MD.
Philosophers have speculated from time imme
moral, whether, riches, or poverty were the grea
Ter curse. Usually, poverty IS decided to be.
doubt IT. Lank, lantern jawed staggering Pow
erty, twln'sster TO Famine, has not much Of the
Divine in her, know. On the other hand, Rich
es that spread luxury in its most enervating forms
IN the laps Of its voaries, ,ha: palsy their ener
ges by the superabgndance of gifts bestowed,
that induce ideness by removing all motive for
effort, and thIiltessness by aon-uecessity for G.
conomy, that stimulate the propensity by constant
excitement, and wbet up the passions to undue
ratiffca,ionthese also are little allied to the Di.
vino.
Nest certainly Poverty furnishes the strongest
momentum to labor, and this truth may be seen
illustrated in the history Of very many OF the great
men in our country.
Take some cases as enforcing this view.
In no country, and among no people, do per.
sons accumulate great fortunes out Of mere labor
and skill--unaccompani BY cap,al--as in the
Tree states Of this union. Yet such Accommodations
generally stay in the families OF their founders
not beyond the second generation. The reason
is obvious There is no law Of entail, or Of pri.
mogenture and the children Of such men are sci,
dom reared to habit, Of business Their relation
to the fortunes thus erected, are those Of e1pend
ersi they consrme, whilst they gather nothing
They reap where they have not sowe1, and gath.
or where they have not strewej"
All men, who from poverty rise to wealth, dis.
ike their original condition. They despise it, and
generally all who can ramndathcm Of it,
They come to love riches per SO. Wealth be.
comes their Alpha and Omega. Their counting.
houses, their offices, places Of business, are their
world--thclr empire. Their tripod is their
throne, their pen, their weapon Of war Here
they thrive, and breathe, and have their being
Home and its comforts society aud its benefits,
public associations aud the Intellectual pleasure
derivab'e therefrom all dwindlc to noGghl before
Wall street and the funds. They may bcget
children, but they hardly know them They can.
not be tronbled with t~ei- education If they
furnish the money their duty is done
The natural consequence IL, that the parent
toils the children are iueit The father acquires
the children djsbGrse. The rnan Of dollars and
cents grows prematurely gray mid his boarded
heap and the man Of pleasure grows nii surround
ed by bills that are to be paid. Occasionally Il
son will apply himself and keep'up the honor o.
the house but generally the son spends bis faith.
ers money. Our successful business men are
in almost all departments Of business, boys from
the country
Twcnty.nine years the nth Of April last, there
were seven boys at ylay upon. l.tlq green, in an
inland YIrgG in the state Of New York They
were all the children of poor parents. Not one
Of them but wore "pa:chsd Jrccches," and some of
them had jackets that were butonloss Two of
them had drunken fathers All had good, noble
mothers a thunder storm arose They fed
from the dropping rain TO "A horse shed. After
the shower, which was very violent, they came
forth with trousers up to their knees, and went IL.
to tue street gully to build dams to stop the mud
dy water which flowed down the street The
gave no signs Of promise at that day beyond their
cotsmporares. Stop! They did. They gave
evidence of energy of charactcr,--they exhibited
Crude manifestations OF power, these Perhaps
but better than none, aud equal TO the sJhure ~
which at that time they moved
Not one of these bows, with the exception Of
the writer Of this article, has failed to make his
mark on the people with whom lie dwel,s, or to
leave his heiithfu impress on the age ia which
he lives. Fcor OF them are prominent merchants
AT this day N the city o. New York-the fifth, a
man Of 5'gh standing in New Orleaas--the sixth
aawyer Of emnente in Milwaukee aud H., sey.
enh is a water.cure doctor, who is whiting to Iyy
Ga,nIl.
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Dear lonely bowers Of innocence and ease.
Seats Of my youth, when every eport could please,
How often have lotercd Ger thy green,
Where humble happiness enleared each scene"
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