, 1853-04-16
Tho Love or Gold.


BY AARON BANG. n-N.
OF all places on Earth, (and being, gentl,
reader, bit Of travelled oyster, we have
seen not few of the varied ciines in this
funny world Of our's), Of all places we say
commend us TO one where prices run bigh,
and coin as a medium of exchange is pirn-
tilul.a g But" will say some Flna1ciPr,
"things always find their level, when money
is plentiful, life is expensive and what
matters it to be making Ave times the money
in an expensive place, il you are spending
it fps times as fast ?'' g Stop, my good
sir; it y.appear so al .6rst sight, but,it Is
not 50 in,realiiy. If man be really eco
nomical, we have generally found that he
can turn his economy TO far better account,
in a-place where he i handling 50 pieces,
than where he is handling picayunes.' But
this Is not the object Of our present remarks.
What we wish 10 draw attention 10 is the
fact, which, in spite of all they say Of 81 filthy
lueTe," is no less fact t,--lthai wherever You
find gold plentiful as a medium Of exchange,
it goes hand in hand with open hearted lib
erality, hospitality and brotherhoods We
ask any reader who may have lived ip Cal
ifornia, Panama, Australia, (sipee The gold
discovery, or any place whefe money is
handled freely, whether be cannot cort6bo-
rate this we aslc him whether on his re-
turn to such splace as Cincinnati, he has
not been horrihed and astonished, how, af-
Ter a9residenoe Of only one or two weeks,
he finds bisliberal ideas eramped. and de
tects himself counting and floating over
cents and picayunes, more than he ever did
over Eve dollar gold pieces. We ask him,
whether he does not, as he walks abroad,
notice this mean spirited, paltry, degrading
DOLLAR WORSHIP pervading EVERYTHING 10
an extent he had never observed, until be
had fairly lost sight of il and Felbfned again
II il TOO true 81 Where ulen bmake money
freelyy they as freely and generously spend
il Z; where they scrape dollars together by
cenis, il begetS that morbid worship for the
possession Of money, merely as ait4, which
is perhaps, Of al passions, lhelmost loath-
some and diagqrtingo "A oSan Francisco
man whoget' his dollars ensilS, only links
Of how much happiness gand pleasu utbr AheI
can bring him and his fellows. How many
aCineinnatiSn hangs OF Is lis, - drowning
wreaches to their istiavs Land as queen e.
eanorslaid ,o( her Calait-u Iuch arresiufo if
Airsss.sa ~ HsEsoqHi, n Eo;slA rhf'Srz 4H''rss
Look at old Skinhnl Just passing he v wiz. 10.
dow. That Old fallow bow il Worth some
Eotty or any thousand doiihrs aHn6VSo much
made, las Sauod up, aud scrswed out Of 9th.
sB, ! WeDdeE, whqR you would see hin
pull out Eve dollar bill, bu, 10 double il
in trade. Look be il smiling2that com
placent, .self-coneeited smile which only
wealth possesses. He has Just been doing
q smart stroke o. business; or you would
see him as ugly as a bear Do YOU know
old Skinaint, reader2 isNoR Then I con.
graiulate you Z, and may you never have
cause 10 know him, at least in busi6cssa-
That oldhypocrite makes mohey-h hssthsde
ell he has, BY Pfeyinga upon the sVlIsIS Of
honest industry in other words, Hc is a
UsrRsRl . He goes in for bibles, tracts, lsm
perance, and God knows what other good
things besldssg be win dosauythihe, every
thing, for the good of mankind--but DOM
touch his pocket D He has nearly died Of
apoplexy two or three times, by tenana
running away, some Ave or teti dollars each
in his debt; aud'if any poor wretch is s6ne
day behind with bis rent, IL only 10 the 3ex-
tent Of two or Il rec dollars, Skinfint tlaCs
10 bic sleep with The nightmare. o Miserable
lold wretch !Ho Hear him talk to young peoL
pie, about howhs used 10 work when 6oSe
Yes, and now when he has sor1ped q few
thousand dollars togethtgC thinksA9 has
reaehed the goal, and must be as misery to
-oIhefB us others were 10 himlr Skindintl
this is no argnmentl Your social duties
have not ceased with your wealth, they have
only commenced When. you were a pen.
niless boy, il matt Erred but teomparaiively Nv
tie how you acted now, when you are a
wealthy man, is whenyOu have IL "a your
power to do much good or evil 70 society
Do you want TO know how 2 Take up The
newspapers, and read he daily records Of
crime, Do you see that suicide Had
you, and such as yougbeen little less bard
listed, that poor young fellow in his long
and unavailing struggles with The world,
would have had courage 10 brave il onld IT.
tle longer, PERHAPS TO ultimate isuceess -
Did you notice that poor widow IN absolute
Pennry with her children 2? That is the
respectable needlewomaR you turned out Of
doors, because she could not afford 10 pay
your rent in advance d Did you read Of
that poor degraded ontcAsi found in the
street, raving in mania pOui The want
Of little belp from your loaded Golfers drove
her 10 PoveTtyApoverty to crime Yes,
SkInfiiht, this is the work of you and such
as you. These are two or ihtee Of the re.
suits Of your :" love of gold 20 --' s.l/
T. iaGdsa L-1L---..-----L--A- '1..a gf0
HIr 'EM AcAIN.-" Go il old fclIow,1'
SAID two idle scapegraces 10 an honest iabo-
rer at work-'Work away while we play