Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-11-07
ON pR0MPT

ON prompt PAAMAiNMy
The following article on prompt pay
ments, we copy from the Philadelphia
Bulletin, is to the point, and at this
time of general depression commends
itself to the consideration of every
reader:
One bill paid settles twenty. Money
says an old proverb, was made round
that it may roll. Set one dollar rolling
and it will start twenty nor The
great cause of the present. distress is a
sudden arrestin the circulation ofmon-
ev. Ifto>morroW morning everybody
would buy as Of old and sell as of old,
there would be prompt relief. Some
advance-in fact a very remarkable
advance towards this state of affairs,
would be al once made, if every per>
son in this city who has the means of
paving bill due would do SO at once.
PAY up! You may be economising
but that which is justly, fairly, and
honorably due, does not come within
the scope of economy. You might as
well include availing yourself Of a fa>
cility for stealing under the head of
ECONOMY" When you have any,
thing to paw in these times search your
conscience and decide candidly and
fairly, whether you can byany amount
of effort or exertion spare it, and
whether the sacrifice of any luxuries
will enable you to meet just demands.
Rely upon it, that instead Of being
backward now in meeting bills, this is
precisely the time of all times when
you ought to pay them; L is no ex@
aggeratton to say that the nj who
sets d dollar into circulation in such
times does ten, yes twenty times as
much good AS at another. Every ex>
ample Of action, of energetic life and Of
honesty in those days is q benefit.
Pay up To be sure it is not difi>
cult 10 shirk paying debts in these
times-not difficult TO shirk even your
own sense Of right and duty. "A man
asks you to settle 'that little BILL"
Perhaps you really cannot, and then it
would be absurd to say anything.
But perhaps you can-only "don't
want TO n And the poor creditor can
say nothing for who would dare to
do anything in such hard times, when
the forecloser of a mortgage would
and very justly too-run the risk, If
not of the next lamp>post, at least of
tar and feathers r Of course, You can
avoid payment very easily. But if
you are a christian; d philanthropist, a
decent citizen, and what sums up iii
one word, a gentleman, why then.
eashell out as speedily as you can.
Pay up! None but those who live
out ia the great world, who see the
practical effects of a panic, or who.
have them constantly reported to them
in many forms-asaIl editors do-snd
who trace the matter out phiIosophi~
eally, can have any idea Of the vast
amount of real solid good which is
done, among the sadly pinched in a
time like this, by the paying up of one
small bill. You who hate to let dol
lar slide FROM between your fingers
think this over. In ordinary times
you ale liberal-yon subscribe as you
ought to the aUnion Benevolent,
and other charitable associations
but now under the mundating inaus
enee ola panic, You cling to every cent
as ii ii was d life preserver. Rely upon
i, that ifyou had the. power Of taking.
in and seeing all things Oh the square,
yon would find that By paying one
small bill now, you would do more
good than BIZ giving away the same
amount att another time.
Pay up Bad as things are they will
not last forever, and when sunshine
CLEANS again over the country, it will
be remembered who it was chat acted
decently during The storln-who it
was that showed nerve and spirit and
liberality-and who was tiinid and i'll
liberal, aud nnkind. If everybody
would only put their shoulders to the
wheel, bad as times are, ne could get
out of this Slough Of Despond. and
though we might bring not i little
mud away on our garments We should
-tf4a II. 1850 q