The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-02-18
WHAT EyrRAyAGANcE is DOING.


The following extract is not too long to
lie read before breakfast. There is great
deal Of truth. good, sound wholesome truth,
in il. We copy from the Boston Travel
Ter:
After all, il NAV be That the prosperity Of
the country is really mostly endangered by
the extravaganza which peryades too gener-
ally all ranks Of society N proportion 10 their
means. Luxury and profusion have been
the downfall o. a. many nations as the civil
strife. In ns-aberless instances. the fruits
81 our untiring industry and indomtahle
enterprise are squandered with a wasteful
hand. Notwithstanding the vast amount Of
products which we export, the balance Of
trade j. ALWAYS sgainst US, and we are con-
iinually in debt, as nation. The people Of
Europe look with astonishment at the extra
VACANT expenditure Of the men and women
from the United States, who make the t0ur
Of that continent. We are the most profitable
customers OF the fabricans Of costly articles
Of luxury Ill over the world. The vendors
Of such goods come to our shores and make
their fortunes nut of Us, in the SAME manner
that needy puryeyDrs gather around the heirs
II rich estate. Our market is the principal
one for al costly and shlwy, but fragile and
uas3bstantiai merchandise. up0n which the
largest profits are realized by the manniacs
turrrs. Ia the furnishing d our houses, and
10 female attire, we 60 far beyond the most
wealthy CLASSES OF Europe. II our staples
Of export are at any time in great demand,
ami bring high prices. we perceive the effect
immediately in an influx Of silks aud high
a
our imports rise suddenly, and always beyond
the value, however large i NAV be, Of our
exports.
IN the families Of May Of the nobility
and gentry 81 England. possessing an annu.l
income wh.eh 81 Itself would be an ample
fortune, there i greater economy Of dress
and more simplicity 10 the furnishing If the
dwellings, than there i 10 many of the houses
Of orr citizens who are barely sble 10 supply
tie daily sanisul their families by the closest
attention 10 their business.
A friend Uf ours, who sria1rHed mt long
since several months IN the vicinity of some
81 the landed srstocfacy II England, whose
ample rent rolls would have warranted
high style u fashion. was surprised az the
simplicity Of manner. practiced. Servants
mere much more numerous than with Us,
bit tie ladies made more account ~ one silk
dress tiian would be thought here of a dozen.
They we're generally clothed ii good sub.
staliia wgpIsn stuhs. and a display Of Ere
clothing aud jewelry was reserved for great
occasions. The furniture 81 tie mansions,
instead u being turned uat of doors every
tew wears Tor new aud more fashionable
STYLES, Was the same which the ancestors 0i
tie families for several generations had
possessed, substantial and 10 excellent pre-.
setsation. b1t plain and without any preten.
sion q rlegance. Even the carpets On many
suits ~ psfiars lad been 81 lie Goor lor
fifty teaf., and we're expected q do service
far smother hall century. With o. how
different j. The state ol things. We are
wasting au amount u wealth ii this country
90 silus md fashion, which, rightly applied,
would renpyaie the rendition II tie whole
population o. tie world, snd cbti.tianlze, Ct.
sillLe, and educate ali mankind.