Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-07-28
Virtues and Sorrows of the Poor.

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Virtues and Sorrows of the Poor.
The linburgh Review remarks: ''FirSt among
the virtues of the poor (ol SCotand) must be eek
uued what NIonckton Mines so Justly calls "thc
sac-ed patience of the poor" The extent 10 which
this virtue prevails can be only appreciated by
those who have mixed intimately wIh the working
classes. Distress they SubmI. 10 without surprise,
and generally without murrnur, as one oil the ap-
pointed incidents to their lot. They are often
very deficient it is true, in the foresight aud self
denial which might provide against the Tecur-
renee of privation; bat, when 1t comes, they meet
it with n cheerful, manly, simple resignation, ac
cepting
Each ii
As plain fact whose ,I right or 6 wrong
That it shallla not over long;
Willing from first TO last to take
The mysteries OF our lie a given
Leaving the time. worn soul 10 Stake
Its thirst in undOubtcd Heaven"
"Feelings of envy against individuals of classes
enjoying an apparent exemption from the priva-
lions with which they are so overwhelmed, or of
indignation at any supposed want of compassion
on the part Of those blessed with happier lot
natural and probable as these would seem to be
we believe in fact 10 be rare, partial and transient
among the aboring people. Men there are, aud
will be in every class, of unhappy, selfish temperS
prone to dwell on painful comparisons, and TO em
bitter their own condition by every contrast they
can gather around it. But these are SO far from
being types of the poor IN general, that they are
found more SparIngIy among the poor than III any
other rank of life"
We believe this description will answer very
well for the poor in other countries besides Scot
land. The Review also notices, among the poorer
class Of society, "their mutual hopefulnesS aud
unbounded kindlneSS towards each other. There
is scarcely any degree of trouble and self denial
which men in this class will not encounter 10 serve
their fellow sufferers; and no service is more
cheerfully and punctually repaid when the posi-
! r han mon
poverty greater than his own, never appeals in
vain:
| ITO give the strangers children bread,
| or your prccA ri0us board the spoil
| To watch your helpless neighbours bed,
| And, slccpIess, meet the morrows toll"
These are the daily offerings of the mutual love
which we witness among the lowest members oil
the struggling artisans"
1t is we'll known by all who have charge of re,
ligious or benevolent charities, that the poor as
class are cheerful giveTS, and so they have evel
been from the time of the widow with her ''twc
mites" whose humble Offering was more accepta
BILE 10 Heaven than all the treasures of the rich
The relief afforded by the Irish aborers ana do
neSticS in this country to their distressed friend;
at home is strong illustration OF the ready Svmpa
thy and liberality of the poor, and OF the magnh
cent results which can be produced by genera
and united effort, even when the individual contrI
buttons are necessarily small. few drops .
charity from each hand, when combined, sweile'
into mighty river, which rolled forth tU leTtlllz
and bless the waste places of the earth.
There is 10 condition on earth which so strong
" appeals 10 the compassion OF a humane man, a
that of the poor. POvesty is the parent OF man.
other woes bitter rs itself. The mere lnSuttc!en
cy of food, of clothing and of comfortable shelter
is but portion of the gloomy catalogue OF Ills
1t must bear contumely and reproach that an
ses not from crime, but from condition. 1t is eX
posed 10 wrongs in its person. its rights its charac
acler, its innocence, which aggIeSSorS would 10
attempt upon the rich and the powerful. 1t !
thrust into positions, even in the House oil God
which proclaim it 10 be OF less account than OthG
ipOrtjonS If humanity. 1t performs the phySca
oi, and fights with its coarse hands the battles O
all the world. 1t is exposed by lis very want l.
sickness and distress, SO that we always hear o
the poor being the first and most numerous VIctm
&C any nIague. Under such circumstances, Ill
Patience, he Resignation, the ChcertulntSS whlc
are often found i'll the humble abOdeS Of Poverty
seem a lmost miraculous. They are not only con
tented, but as Il general thing, they seem as happ
as the rich They enjoy, with double lntenSst!
such blessings as are within their reach, anu
they have but few ties TO bind them TO this world
they glide from their moorngS OF lie with less tIt
fcuty, and commence the voyage OF eternity wit
n lighter heart. One of the mCSt beautiful ana at
tractlve features OF the inspired history IS tia
which describes The intercourse of the "Lord L
Heaven and EARTH with the poor; the proioun
interest which lie has exhibited i'll their welfare
| and his repeated and emphatic concentrations q
Ith5 m 10 tie care and love of all who suppose
guuge of warning; TO them He described the road |
future beautItude as full of difficulty; but "BteSS
ed are the POOr'' was the language Of the heal
oyerllowing with compassion TO the cmld'en q
sorrow. And, casting as one of themselves, Sla
ring their want and their SulerlngS, lie has mad
Poverty sacred as well as holy thing
Nail
LITTLE BExxY.-So the simple maidstone said
Why did III, eyes fill? ! never the little crea
ture. never looked in his laughing eye or hear
his merry shout, or listened to his tripping tread
never piI!owed lis little head, or bore his It'll
form, or SmoUthed his Silken locks, or layed b
dImpled limbs, or fed his cherry lips with daint
bits, or kissed his rosy cheek as he lay sleeping.
l did not see his eyes grow dim; or his it'll
hand drop powerIesS; or the dew Of agony gatht
on his pale forehead; stood not with claspe
hands and suspended breath, and watched III
looks that come but once. fit over his cherub face
And yet, 'Liite Benny" my tears are falling; fC
8omelrhere, know there's an empty crib, us les
robes and toys, a deSolate hearthStone and weep
ing mother
"Litilc Benny"'
1t was all her full heart could utter, and it wa
enough. 1t tells the who story.
[FANxY FERN.
ITrhe Hon. Alexander H. Stephens is car
do,Iota fOr 70 tn from he Stat