The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-08-29

women either. They prefer breasts of ,
sterner mould, and spare no efforts I,
render their own as hard rs possible
and hard enough they make them! Tn,
market, sir, governs everything; and tia
is governed by the broad, universal law O
supply and dema d. Now the demand
Is unlimited the world over for that which
will freeze the human heart and make i
colder, harder, and more capable of re-
slsting the appeals Of pity, sorrow, suf
fering, and benevolence, than it is al
ietdy; and the supply, if the truth mus,
be told, is far behind the demand But
there Is no demand for angel voices, no,
angel fingers! The barpist that would
melt their icy natures, would be smiled al
for his simplicity; if he persisted, thew
would drive him off with ridicule.'
Z" Surely, men 'love not to lie though,
cruelr
Oh, no-not to be Moaght crdel
They would be regarded as mild, amiable
benevolent, magnanmous-bec such
reputation pays! And, therefore, as
such name can only be obtained at a
cost which they feel by no means inclined
to pay, thew unite in constructing a gene.
raj pleas .ng deception, which answers
their purpose equally as well as the origi
nal! Under the influence of this pleas
ing deception, they get along very happi-
iy. They have a substantial respect for
everything that will pay-a superficial
sympathy, like thin coating of ice, for
things that don't pay. Thus, while each
PROCESSES a tender in:erestin honesty, they
will let honesty itself starve, rot, die, ere
they will help it. True, they will give
It Observation-Disclosures not doit, not a
slx-pence to save it from starvation.
Honestly Oh, yes-they love tat
arm's-length! They will follow it the
world over-seemingly! Hear them
talk, and pure honesty itself is an arrant,
transparent rogue to them! They will
not o'eniy rob. Oh, no-that would
send them to prison. But they will lie--
in negative way {; they will cheat-li,tle
by httle--steP by step--until their pock-
cts Rroan with superabundance. Short
measure helps little-adu,teration helps
little-a gentle admixture Of falsehood
with truth helps n little--soft, unvarnish-
ed, but excussble conventional lies help
little-all snugly CLOSED over by thin
gauze Of II pays! till each is a little
Cresus in wealth, respectability, morali
ty. and-honesty! They honor virtue
Yes, Sir! From instinct, sir-from the
very love Of it, sir-from admiration of
It, sir ;! Virtue, siri Virtue is q flower
the fairest that ever bloomed in tire
garden Of the soul, sir. Why, sir, there
was my mother, my sister-tlle very en-
bodinents Of virtue, sir. They are gone
now--they lie in Greenwood; the green
turf over them, aud--a tombstone that
cost thousand dollars-I can show you
the bill, siri By.and-by, Virtue comes
along; her rags family shield her gentle
form from the cutting blast gaunt, want
is in her eye, hot famine in her cheeks;
her step is feeble, her voice low and
tinid; while from the arches of her eyes,
lustrous with suffering, hunger has pinch
ed tear. "a shilling, sir-pIease-I
am sore beset; want is biting at my vi
tails; the cold is cutting TO my bones;
my sh 30 is wearing at the toe, it is WON
already at the heel. I'm staggering TO-
wards The church. yard. with none TO save
me in the fall. A shilling, sir-plaase."
Oh, good woman, go to the alms-house
do" "They are all full, there" "Go
to work, then" al am too i'll, too far
gone, Pm ragged, there is no work TO do"
The times are hard, certainly but do
run along-you annoy me--it's astonish.
ing bow full Of professional beggars the
world Is .an honest man can't pass
twenty rods without encountering the
lrumpery things at every step---it's really
too bad" He'll petition at once TO have
the wretches kept out of the streets, and
have them kept out, he will, or know the
reason wbyl Honor virtue, sir certain
ly! What a ridiculous question, sir
Do they honor religion, tool Oh, YES.
They have found, they still find, and
they hope they shall continue to find, un-
speasable consolation iu its sacred fount."
Yes, they have experienced It's solemn
joys; they have grateful knowledge, an
abiding sense Of gratitude for Him who
died that they nigh, live; they adore
his holy name, and hope TO sing praises
10 hi,a in blessed immortality. They
are conscious that but for religion, society
would have fallen TO pieces long ago
that il is at once the cornerstone Of so.
ciety and the State; that without its
saaciiyin9 influences, public and privae
n:oraiity would disappear, education van
i,h, b;isiness sbiver into atoms, property
iato dust, the bonds which riyet
men together, be suDdered forever, and
the human race turned, Ike the sons Of
Ishmael, into homeless wanderers. They
feel their obligations 70 system which
has done 30 much for them and fct hu-
manity IN general There's Mr.. Smith.
their preacher they pay kim six thou
ssnd do'lss year. Their church cost
them eighty thoasasd dollars; and tkey
think thev can safely say Il was dirt cheap
a that. To be sure, there's Nr. JONES'
= good man, who breaches 10 the iiitis
cbarch sfcusd the cosuer---ands Il Ssshe,
tight work, viii his large family, 10 csesy
through on his nine of Gen hundrcd dol
lsfs. but that's has lookout; and II hi