Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-28
TRIFLEs AND CONSEQUENCES.

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If in the world of spirits the consequence of every
trifing act of an individual shall be plainly visible
to him, how great will be the rcmorse OF those evil
works and words which are as numerous as the sands
the sea Shore Who is there that cannot trace back
to the most r;hing incident accident the cause of
an entire change in his whole life? Some have been
made Immensely rich by the turning of feather,
their childern educated, given influence and perhaps
charged with the destiny ola nation while another
has become poor in consequence Of some slight and
almost impcrceptibc incident. Poverty has brought
Ion disease dissipation, and yagabonds life or a
2 drunkard'S grave become his portion. Some of our
richest and most influential merchants, sons of far
lncrs--can trace their coming to New York to the
meeting of play fellow in the street, or the running
ay OF colt perhaps, as in an instance we have
heard OF, the breaking of a bowl. Had these boys
remained at home and been farmers how different
would have been the situation of their families.
Their daughters, instead of Haunting in silks in
broadway. and enjoying seat at the opera, 'ght
have been engaged in the more worthy occupation
of making butter and cheese. Steamships that
form regular lines to different quarters of the globe
and effect the destiny of nations, would not have
been built wars might have been made or avoided
as subsequent circumstances have dictated
Thirty years ago two boys in New Hampshire
auarreed about box of backing. To get lid of
ofthem, he was sent to New York, and is
one of our first shipping merchants, director in
bank, and owner of line of steamers. dispute
about tin dipper with the steward of steamboat,
resulted in lawsuit that cost thousand dollars,
and laid the foundation of the fortune of one of
steamboats, then any other one man in the world
once deck hand of boat, now the captain of the
upper ten.' An accident made him, accident
may unmakc him.
gate in Rhode Island left open pig got in and
destroyed few plants quarrel between the ow
of the pig and the garden grew out of it, which
spread among their friends, defeated the Federal
didate to the Legislature, and gave the State Dem
ocratic Senator, by whose vote declared in
1912 with Great Britain. Can that boy, now in n
other world, the consequence of that one act of
disobcdencc and does he suffer the rcmorse of the
murderer Of thousand human beings?
Napoleon became a soldier in consequence of one
diSobcdcnt act to his mothcr-then General, Con-
sui Emperor and exile. Washington became, in
early life, favoritc with men of influence and pow
err, because of his obedience to his mother. An
accident made this known to one who never lost sight
of the obcdcnt bny, which resulted in his becoming
the head Of the American Army.
One single rote sent Oliver Cromwell to the Long
Parliament, Charles Stuart to the SCaffod, rcvolu-
ton; Zed England, and made Great Britain free.
Four votes, in the city Of New York, made Tho
mas Jefferson President c. the Unted States
vote gave the Tariff Of 1912; and one vote made
the Tariff Of 1916. Dad vote gave Texas made
with Mexico, slew thousands of our people. and
purchased California turned thither the tide of em
grafton, and will change the destiny of the world.
by not giving the right change for newspaper,
boy prevented passenger from getting on board of
ferry boat. On the next boat he met friend, i'll
conversation with whom plan for the transaction
Of simple business adopted, which, in its car
rving cut has agtated the nation, and is fast bcco
ming the snl!ect of a newspaper discussion on both
continents Of the civilized world 1t will changethe
commerce of nations and may result in
The above but few incidents that have come
within the knowledge of the writer where great
results of every action, running down through a
serieS--pcrhaps Of ages-havc occasi"ned happiness
or misery We cannot tell what 'oW be the result
of any ac!, what effect it will have in the fu-
ture 1t may make and it may make peace. 1t
may make us rich and it may make us poor. But
one thing do hno". We know that right ac-
ton will bring misery. These things are worth
reflection. The boy who tried to cheat the ferry
boat passenger, may have been made newsboy by
some unlucl>y stroke-or fretful exclamation of his
mother. The boy who left open the garden gate,
and brought the last war, may have been ndulg-
ell or neglected. or wrongly instructed by his parents
The quarrel about the tin dipper, which made one
poor and another rich have arisen in still
more triAinr incident Ne,c York Day Book
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