The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-07

SA1N anu near lffl--JDUf8GE.
''HE DIED OF BRoKERs, StR!''-..He did
not die Of cholera--he died of brokers. sir
said man TO yesterday, speaking of the
death of his friend. he projected an un-
wise improvement OF piece OF real estate
made loans--covered himself with bonds and
mortgag ages-and finally incurred a street debt
OF two thousand dollars, which rapidly rolled
up 10 eight thousand, and crushed the life out
OF him. lie borrowed Canada money on call
10 be paid IN current funds-got paper dis
counted payable in seven DAYS in the city of
New Iork-borrowed Ohio and Kentucky
currency for one dav. returnable in notes of
Buffalo banks-shinnedit il from street TO street.
and friend 10 friend, 20 keep the debt ahead
of him. Why, sir, l could not sit down to
consult with him, or do any kind of business
with him, with the least assurance that he
would not jump up suddenly to go out and
give another shove to that accursed debt
Tie memorandum book OF his obligations was
always in his bosom. and, sir, / burned to the
poor mans heart. He was owned BY brokers.
He worked for them. lived for them. and died
for them. He did not die of cholera At ALL
sir-he died OF a street debt. upon which he
expended his strength every week, in throw
inc it ahead from one day to seven days.
We thought of Havdon, the Historical
Painter, and the puddle of black blood that
ran out from under the door OF his studio
where at tie foot of one Of his pictures the
weary arts: disembarrassed himself at once
OF debt and life, with the friendly pistol
What frightful record of the consequences
of debt was the whole history Of this bril-
liant and enthusiastic Eugliskmaa's ca:eer!-
Il was, to be sure needlessly aggravated by
one of the curscs of British socety-the Lon
don Attorney executing the law of contracts,
and with his scoundrcily costs doubling the
weight Of every obligation put into his hands
for collection. Vet no man can read Hay
don's life with the conviction that his misfor-
tunes and suicide We're due 20 the debt, the
rolling Of which while lie could roll it, was
the poison Of his life, and which finally grew
too great for his strength. II rolled back on
him and killed him. The pistol ball which
shattered his noble head, was but the minister
Of his Debt
There is now a our hand the written life
of the great ora,or Sheridan. How lis ship
wrecks and its closing sorrows and shames
were the consequences Of life hng indebted
Eiass' L cost hip his scat in Parliament
prison-sent him to The pawnbrokers-s
The seeds of domestic discord--drove him to
hard drinking, and finally broke down the or
nament of the British Senate. and utterly ru-
ined the great man whom Byron pronounced
to be the author of the best Ora ION, the best
Opera, the best Address. and the best Come
dy ever produced in England. The table
companion, counsellor, assocIate and friend of
Princes, Prime Ministers and Dukes, debt
carried him bedridden to the disgrace and
horrors Of an arrest while he was dying. A
brutal officer in the very act of carrying him
in the blankets upon which he laid to a spon
ging house, deferred from his purpose
only by the suggestion of the physician that
he would be hung for murder if Sheridan
died on the way!
The youth of this country should be laugh.
to avoid debt as tie bane Of their lives. PAY
AS YoU GO. is a golden maxim. 1t should be
the rule of private life. True Economy would
make it the Government practice. It's wis
dom could be protiiably inculcated IN our IN
stitu.ions of learning, in lieu of portion OF
the worthless Greek upon which American
scholars waste much time aud money
Bufaio Democracy.