Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-05-08

wealth may be, however, power and place
may be coveted-it by no means follows that
either is inevitably associated with happi-
ness. And assuredly not, when the means
of attainment have been tortuous, unfair, un-
manly or dishonest.
We are among those who believe that while
virtue has its own reward, vice is sure to be
accompanied or followed by an adequate pun
ishment. And thus, we hold the doctrine
that, however dizzy the elevation, or howev-
er Clesus-like the wealth there cannot be
ease Of mind, calm of spirit and repose Of
conscience, if fraud and treachery and crime
have formed "the rungs of the ladder"
through which the elevation has been attain
ed. Nay, in the very supposed hour of en-
joyment and of triumph, some unseen, some
unexpected calamity will be sure to track the
footsteps of the ambitious and the ayaricious.
Sickness will come with its debilitating and
paraly lyzing influence, the loved ones of the
soul will be born away in the. arms of death,
sudden enposc will darken and overshadow
reputation, and thus life, although apparent
ly golden and glittering, will be hollow, emp
ty and vain. On the other hand, the mod
crate in circumstances, but the pure in heart,
the individual who is of cheerful and con-
tented spirit, who is in the full enjoyment
of health, and of all his faculties, who is
regular in his habits, and correct in his So
cial disciplines, who has no gnawing adder
of remorse eating away at his conscience,
whose sleep is deep and tranquil, and whose
waking moments are free from selfreproach
surely such person, and there are thous
ands and tens of thousands of such in all
the walks of humble life, is, comparatively
speaking, happy and an envied being. He
appreciates his position, is grateful for the
blessings he enjoys, and while prompted by
a laudable desire to attain an Independent
position, he does not fret his soul away in
bitter jealousy at the success of others, and
would not, for the mines of Golconda, wrong
friend, malign neighbor, defraud fellow
creature, or darken His memory in all time to
come, by the perpetration of any base or un-
worthy act.
True, he may live for years, and only live.
He may find it difficult to save anything for
a rainy day; and at times, for such is the
human lot, he may have his trials, his temp
tations, his anxieties and his pangs. But,
with due reliance upon self and upon Prov
idence, with consciousness that all is right
within-with the proud satisfaction that if
the grave should claim him tomorrow, he
would pass away without dark spot upon
his character, perpetual sunshine may be
said to play around his heart, to etherialize
his mind and spirit, and to rob even care of
its frown. 1t is thus, we contend, that the
hopes and the pleasures of life are nicely
and wisely balanced. On the other hand,
how many temptations is wealth subjected to,
from which poverty is exempt temptations
in thousand forms, and which the atfluent
themselves do not realize until too Late
There is no greater curse in this world than
idleness-there is no more miserable man
than an idler. He either is often the VIC
tim of bad habits, or the prey of morbid fan
cies. His imagination is quick and active,
he becomes miserable, and he scarcely knows
why! The subject is a fruitful one, and CO.
pable of many illustrations. The true phil
anthropy is to appreciate and enjoy the com.
forts We possess, the blessings that are vouch-
ed to US, and not to wander after forbidden
fruits, covet our neighbors property, or as
pire beyond reasonable bounds. If we look
around us, we will find that there are others
far less favorably circumstanced than our
selves, and who yet are cheerful, contented
and grateful. There are certain laws which
govern human society, either of which if
violated constantly and habitually will be at
tended with bitter consequences. This, all
should remember when examining their own
cases, and complaining of their own misfor-
tunes. Thus he who is habitually treacher-
Gus or false, cannot look for confidence and
respect on the part of his friends and asso-
ciates And thus again, he who is idle and
dissolute, will be sure, sooner or later to pay
the adequate penalties. And so too he who
is careless and neglectful, may look for care
lessness and neglect, with regardt to his fami-
ly, his friends, his business and his fortune.
Each should act according to his position,
his means and his responsibilities, and with
reference, not only to self and to times, but
to society, and higher, holier and happier
condition in the life to come.
"Act well your part,
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