The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-20
PARAGRAPHS ON THE SAME SUB.
JECT.

Pride, like FIRE aud water, may be q
s.good servant, but 10 a bad masier.n Our
money ranics. our res8lsions 10 trade, pri-
waite bankruptcy and public discredit, may
aImost oil be traced to tho indulgence Of
pride, which allows extravaganza 10 come
10 aud take possession Of The house, and
turn common sense and prudent economy
ouf Of doors.
We never could see any thing 10 reason
to account for The fact, that mer are ;nclin.
cd 10 grow shiiilsss and indolen,. Just a.
bout in proportion az extraordinary induce
meuis TO acquire wealth easily are held
out to ihem. Ia 1898, when -four was
$l4a barrel, and pork $l2 hundred,
every body, With here and there rare
exception, appeared 10 10 shove raising
pork and fcur. And this year, The pros,
pect il, that pork will command higher
price than last year, yet, wc are inclined
to lhiak The number Of hogs raised in the
country will BE- less, noiwiihs,a nding The
great increase Of population; whereas ,he
number should have been nearly doubled.
Millions Of American gold is honored
with . passage through tie United States,
from California to Europe !, goes ia ad-
dition to all The cotton, corn, wheat, pork
and beef that We can possibly spare, 10 paw
for what We could make al home, or do
sciG&osa, and 10 moro healthy, happy and
Independent besides.
Il i said. keep out these foreign pew-
gaws BY high tariff. So say We. Bat.
there 10 smother and bs,ter way. Do
not bsy fsem- First govern yourself, then
your family, add al those over whom Gcd
has msde YOU governor. Clap the tariff
nibere. Your cabin il your castle. You
can exercise right rule there, md no earth.
u posver can interfere. Lay down beney.
client hut rigid laws. Allow no snug
Cling. Dcpend upon il, your children Evil
Tiss up and call Won blessed" Teach
them tho difference between their rea, and
imaginary wants, and that TO grariiv the
one class muy be high virtue, 10 pamper
the othsr % "sanity and vexa,ion Of spisit.'
The ~isest man that ever lived owned 10
that be had been a foo! for not KNOWING
40 much I'll along, and ia not leaving 10
the world m example Of life as pure as
wero his precepts. In this acknowledge
mont be showed great wiadorn.
1.-THE people of the United States would
OIL PRACTISE reasonable but rigid domes.
ic econo,ny for lhs NEXT ten years, manu-.
fscture their own clothing and furnish
their own food, they would acquire Thrill,
rowsr and independence, the example II
which vsuid overthrow every tyranny IN
the world. 10 Mexico, when they w.n,
20 msks slave Of poor man, they frs,
get him into debt. Some shrew nations
practise IN The same way. Look al the
history Of the British IL ,hs East lndies
Look q their power over Spain, Look !,
almost any poor debsor, among men ar ~
tions, and sou have IN illustration &C ,ba
folly Of getting bemmed 10 and hammered
BY debt, aud the whole family Of lJnc,e |
Samuel, individually as well az co,lec,iv.
y, can take knowledge herefrom.
a few months ago, we visited famil,
consisting offa'her, mother and thirteen
children, and the mother Informed j, win
her own lips, that ihero was moi q fool or !
lazy one among them. There were FIVE
daughters unmarried, eaci, Of whom we no.
ticed vas clad in beautiful thick nndI
warm woollen frock. other orn maaufse.
ssre! We had moi seen The like befare e.,
seventeen or eighteen years. The father
o. mat iamily had money 10 loan.
Cosr N 4 ppps IN,