The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-13
..'rle word owes me 4 LfVfng.'

The world owes me living, and III have
/ it says some blaclleg as he finishes a luxu-
rious repast! here, Landlord, another prime
Madeirap
Half dozen empty headed fops, who sit
gazing on him by stealth in silent admira-
ton, hail the sentiment with rapturous ap
plause:- That's it? the world owes us a liv-
ing, and we'll have it3 landlord, more wine
here! we won't go home till morningl Let's
go it while we are young. Who cares for
expense?
The consequence of this is, the pilfering of
money drawers, s,theignominiouslo loss ofemploy-
ment, genteel loaferisrn, &C.. &c., until one
enterprising gentleman, in eager pursuit Of
the good living the world owes him, puts
the wrong mans name to his check, or in
some way gets ticket for the marble palace
at Sing Sing, where the State provides liv-
ing for those it considers deserving, but not
such an one as consofts with their own esti
mate of their exalted merits.
The great error in this case, is in the orig
inal maxim. It is false and detestabIe. The
world owes you living How owesg Have
you earned it by good service? If you have
whether on the anvil, or in the pulpit, or as
a teacher, you have required just livelihood.
But if you have earned nothing, or, worse
still, done'lit or no good, the world owes
you nothing You may be worth millions,
and able to enjoy every imaginable luxury
without care or effort, but if you have done
nothing to increase the sum Of human COM
forts, instead of the world owing you any
thing, as fools have babbled; you are morally
a bankrupt and a beggar.
Mankind are just awakening to conscious
ness of duty resting on every man to be ac-
tive and useful in every day and sphere. All
are called to dig, or hew, or plough, or plane
but every manshass "a sphere of usefulness
allotted to him by Providence and is unfaith-
full to his trust if he deserts it for idle pomp
and needless luxury.
One may be fitted by nature and inclina
ton for an artisan, another for a sailor, but
ne one ever born is fitted for an idler aud a
drone. Those who become SO are the victims
of perverse circumstances and deplorably
false education.
j But has not the rich man the right to en-
10y his wealth Most certainly. Wewould
be the last to deprive him Of it . He has a
natural and legal right to possess it and en-
Joy it N any manner not injurious to others
bat he has no moral Tigat tobe useless. be
cause lie has superior means of being useful
Let him surround himself with al the true
comforts and luxuries of life let the master
pieces Of art smile upon him in his galleries
and the mighty minds Of all ages speak tc
him from his library. Let plenty deck hi.
board, and the faces of those he loves gather
joyously around. Let him possess in abun
dance. the means of satisfying every pure anc
Just desire Of his nature, and become wiser
nobler, larger in soul, than his less fortunate
neighbor. Bullet him never forget, and j
he is properly trained he never can, that it j,
a solemn duty to be useful to his fellow crea
lures, especially to the depressed and suffer
ing--to labor for their benefit, and suffer, j
need be, for their elevation.
The servile idolatry with which Ignorance
anu Aul8itIIly nave AOOATd " POh1l sths
: wealth, the hosannahs which the trainple,
millions have sung before the cars Of con
querors and other scourges Of the earth--ar,
fading, fitting, forever. In the twilight whicl
succeeds this gross darkness, there comes
season of moral anarchy, when men, having
: lost faith in the juggles which once blinde'
v and bound them. resolve to believe nothing
to decry and postrate all that rises above it
lowest level.
/: iIHE WEEPING BIRcH.-V Visitants to West
minister Abbey have Of late been great.
= alarmed by supernatural movements exhibit
a ed by the monument of DR.. Busby, conside
e rably more striking than any which are mad
bv the miraculous Madonnas Of Italy. Th
e image of the deceased schoolmaster is, iron
J, time to time, observed to shake its head i
. disapproval, and to knit his brows and frow
+ with awful severity. These extraordinar
r phenomena fsst appeared the other morning
]. when a revolutionary leading article cam
j out in the London Daily 7Vea0s, suggestin
G the abolition of fogging in public schools
e The marbleshea Of any pedagogue Of th
], Esold school would, sof course, be violentl
d moved at the idea Of being deprived Of tha
qualification which it derives from the exel
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