Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-28
A COEIENTED MAN.

A correspondent of the Journal of Gem
merce wrote recently to friend in Mary
land, aud expressed " ish to make him rich.
His fiend sent him the following reply:
Ny DEAR FRIEND: But | am rich! !
have got boy whose eyes sparkle like
"iewels of the m;ne," and whose smiles are
purely angelic, and there is so much Of
heaven in bis face, that, when see him, |
am out of the Ills Of this life. Why, |
have such tranquility, such bliss, that the
moments flying are of more value, each Of
them, than the brightest sands of California.
| am lich! ! FOR | daily witness scenes in
the "drHma" of the worlds affairs that
make me humble, make me Thoughtful,
make me thankful, make me charitable,
make me peaceful.
1 am rich! for live in an age big with
the events of the worlds progress. In my
boyhood | read of the stirring scenes of the
American Revolution; of the meteoric
whirl of Napoleon; of all such events as
would FIRE the mind of youth, and wished
that could live at time when could be
in the midst of such mighty events; and
now here am, at a period in the history of
the world more interesting than any before
it; when there is more general a greater
development of mind than ever before !;
when these are mightier revolutions than
ever before and not so much by leading
individuals spirit, as by universal and vol.
untary spirit pei !:ading all classes.
There was tine when the poet sang
thus:
"IIow fleet is .'tc ga1cc Of the n I'd!
Compared with the spec i Of its fight.
The tempest itse'' lags bch' I'd,
Aud the swift w;Igt arrows Of light"
Not so could he sing now, for we follow
in the lightning wake, and are up with thc
"glance of mind"
am rich! for | witness the struggle for
the gold Of California; the lives sacrificed,
the desperate reaching 70. III Of tottering
old age for that gold which it worships in
the rays of the setting sun, and am happy
| that the current has not borne me thither.
am rich !! for | have virtuous mind
and have no relish for the society Of the
dissolute and vicious; and their pleasures
to me, seem all blackness.
am rich! for have peaceful mind
and though the ,icissitudes of life have been
many and severe to me, their effect upon
my mind has been such that the retrospect
is softened, and look back upon my expe.
rience, and a dream like vista welcomes my
view. am at times annoyed in my pecu'
nialy affairs, and I feel that destiny has
given me to service that is unworthy OIL
me; but rally from the influence of those
stings when l can, as the tree rises when
the storm has passed by, and l have hours
of tranquility that afford me balance for
all the trials.
Look out from your window; perchance
you see the fine carriage and the trapping
of wealth (which things do rot object to
speak not of them in a cynical way)-gay
in dress may be the occupants, but possibly
the weight Of sorrow upon their hearts if
expressed in pounds, would stop the wheels
of that carriage. Such reflections must
teach US that we each have our shares oil
wealth in the true sense ofthat world
live on, and in trouble something al.
ways comes to my rescue, and my wish to
be rich is prompted less by a desire for my
own qualification, than to be able to rccip.
rocate acts of kindness l have experienced
from others.
You see that tuln at the touch of your
pen to show you that the sun shines here
| and that it is not such a serious thing to
live, and taken all in all, this world is about
| what it was intended to be.