The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-06-11
Live within Your Means.

We don't like stingincSs. We don't like 'econ
ony" when itcomcs down to rags and starvation
We have no sympathy with the notion that tn,
poor man should hitch himself toa post, an,
stand still while the rest of the world moves for
ward. 1t is no mans duty to deny himself 0
every amusement, every luxury, every recrea
ton every comfort that he may get rich. 1t i.
no mans duty to make an iceberg of himself
to shut his eyes and ears to the suffcrings of hi
fallows-and to deny himself the enjoyment,
that result from generous actions ;cerely tha
he may hoard wealth for his heirs to qu,.i .cl a.
bout.
But there is yet aneconomy which is ever,
mans duty, and which is specially commendabIt
in the man who struggles with poverty--an eco.
nomy which is consistent with happiness, anC
and which must be practiced, if the poor inaI
would secure independence
1t is every mans privilege, and it becomes his
duty to live within his means; not up to, bu
within them. Wealth does not make the man
we admit, and should never be taken into the ac.
count, in our judgement of men. But compe-
tence should be secured, when it can be; and il
almost always can be, by the practice of econo
my and self denial to only tolerable extent
1t should be secured, not so much for others to
look upon, or to raise up in the estimation ofoth.
e:s, as to secure the consciousness of independ-
ence, that is derived from its requirement and
possession.
We would like to impress the single fact upon
the mind of every laboring man who may peruse
this short article-that it is possible for him to
rise above poverty, and the path to independence
though beset with tolls and self-sacrifce is much
more pleasant to the traveller than any one hC
can enter upon.
The man who feels that he is earning some.
thing more than he is spending will walk the
streets with much lighter heart and enter his
home with much more cheerful countenance
than he who spends as he goes, or falls gradually
behind his necessities, in acquiring the means Of
meeting them.
Next to the slavery Of intemperonce, there is
no slavery on earth more CALLING than that Of
poverty and indebtedness. The man who is ev.
.crybodys debtor, is every body's slave, and is in
much worse condition than he who serves s
single master
For the sake Of the present, then, as we'll as
for the sake Of the future, we would most ear.
nestly urge upon every working man to live with.
in his means Let him lay by something every
day--ifbut apcnny, be it a pcnny--it is better
than nothing; infinitely better than running in
debt, pennya day OF a penny week. If he
can earn dollar, let him try, fairly and faith
fully, the experiment ofliying on ninety cents
He will like it.
people will laugh h."--Lct them laugh "They
will call me stingy' Better cali you stingy
than say you do not pay your debts
They will wonder why do not have better
furniture, live in finer house, and attend con-
cert and the play house" Let them wonder for
awhile; it won't hurt them, and certainly won't
you. By and by you can have fine house and
fine furniture fyour own; and they will won
der again, and come boiling and cooing around
you like so many pleased fools. Try the expert
ment Live within your mcans.--Maiac Far
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