New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-29
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TIA ,utbor OF the famous production, "Nothms
70 Wear" has hers presented the pubic win .
,osn in A usw measure, though not VIII anew
moral. Epic in form, csustc In splnt, Puoscn' IL
,,pruop, AID ethical in purpose, 1t brings some
Of the prevailing evils Of modern society uncsf
shower offery corplets, Fit has not tue 1ren0nsa'
sudsc;ty Of the satire which has given suca WIDE
ce,.b,sty both TO the author, and to Flora Merlin.
.ey Of Madison Square, it deals IN polished ana
pointed invective, reaching the heart oil MammOo'
thouah cased in Triple covering OF gold. Inc
hero Of tie story is certain mighty magoincen'
Mr.. Friin, e1ultirg 10 an inventory OF ISo MI
lions. real ard personal. His name was arsdiant
sun of credit His praise was in ever, BANK OF
Nev.York. He wss foremost in the proud Dand
of merchant princes, who form the veteran guard
and imperial boast Of the city. Not one OF the no.
bic class whose hearts ars a. royal as their wealth.
and in whose hands money is not merely glitteriog
dust, but sacred gift:
Such was rot Firkini in bis princiPality,
Worse thsn high tresscn Was al hberslity;
No ray Of bounty with unseish cheer,
Thew lis bright beam across that dark frontier,
Where every friendly grace OF heart or hsnd
Was seized and forfeited as contrsoa1d.
You read It in his eye, dull, dsik, and stern,
Which clutched the light, but grudged kind
return,
In genis elancss, through the open day,
And with shrewd eusPlc on turned away
His hard square features, Ike an iron safe, -.
Locked 10 his thoughts; no chance, unnoted wst
OffuRi,ive feeling, unawGes betrayed
The inner mar or mental stock IN trsde'
Tho portly figure, with its solvent ar
proclaim ed 70 all the world the Millionaire,
His lure and person both at fullest length,
And even the higher law which he ooeyed,
With gil bis heart and soul and mind ana Strength
To love his maker for he was sKLf-NApE!
Firkin VI. 10 bad specimen of self-made man
in his way, and was even not without acertain re-
Igion Of bis own.
His Creed wac simple az Creed could be,
Firkin believed in things that ne could see
Things that were pal peble to sight and touch,
That be could measure by the ties. - how much,
And grssp securely 10 bis mental outch.
lie had lively faith IN the N;, s ;. Senses
Nor put him Of to doubtful eyidences
These and HE mother wit were all his light
What could be safer than to walk BY sght1
He had been young, ard now was DID, nc sa'u'
but never had he seen tae selfmade man
Forssken. nor his children begging bread,
Provided they pursued their fathers plan,
All through their lives, a. he himself had done,
And kept ehsrp lockout for Number Ono"
golden rule Firkin had early learned,
And every hour TO coed advantage turned;
Thie and such precious maxims as abounded
In that pure word Of riches, wisdom, health,
According to Poor Richard, as expounded
BY Doctor Franklin, in his Way 10 Wealth,
Served him for law and gospel and tradition,
And be himself their luminous exposition.
These were the fiscal lights, in whose clear ray
COulQ divide L
Into things that would and wouldn't pay.
BY these he steered through all the straits of trsde
Where something must be risked, or nothing made
These Oft through Wall street, with its reefs and
rocks,
And phantom ventures launched from fancy
stocks,
Had brought him safe from many hsz ard rash,
His compass-caution, and his pole stM-cash.
And now, grown iicb, these guided him. at will,
In the green pastures, by the waters still,
OF safe investment, whether in real estste,
Al points not likely to depreciste,
Or bond and mortgage, or, his great favorte,
Bec,use It had spice OF rick to flavor it,
Tue quiet purchase at the market rate,
OF first clses paper, such as brokers bsit
Their largest hooks with, when they lie in wait
With every tempting minnow fly and snare,
For that shy fish, the speckled Millionaire
Who loyes the shade but if that way il floats
Likes a ally nibble at batch Of notes;
tiTkin, shrewd fellow, with his sharpened sight,
Knew when precisely, and when not, to bite;
Lay in the dark, with his luxurious eye,
Or plump acceptor and then took the ny.
AT this rice sport, 20 fatal TO so msnY,
II was his boast he never lost penny,
And the old boy, the brokers would repeat,
Was quite the keeLest shaver in the street.
Thus active practice kept his faith alive,
Faith 10 himself ard in the senses FIVE,
The almighty Dollar, and its powers lncesssnt,
In ready money and paying Pre.ent;
However fair, he ,rusted no futurity
Which could not give collateral security.
Some Men, he knew, believed, at least profesasd,
Faith in heresfters, which they dimly guessed;
The substance, he preferred Of things possessed!
He Wa, also staunch supporter of the "church
visible and was rever absent from bis place among
the pillars" though not model, it must BIO con.
fes,ed, Of pious discrimination.
- Without much SO .rch
You nigh. have found, on any Sunday morning,
His visible coach, outside the visibls church,
With green ard golc IL sacred front adjoining,
A gorgeous ooachmsn, somewhat flushed with
sherry,
A footman, port.y with perpetual dinners,
Waited while Eukin IN the sanctuary,
With mary other miserable sinners"
Cushioned the carnal man IN drowsy pews,
Dozed over gilt-edgea rubric, prayer AID psater,
Rose with the music, looked with liberal views
On prima donnas, never known to fslter
In chsIt or solo, hymn, or anthem splendid,
And stili enchanting when the chant was ended;
Then sat or knel., grave as the altar bronzss,
And wen. through al the usual responses.
Those solemn prayers, tEose litsnes sublime,
The ancient Church fret taught the lips Of lime,
Thenceiorth 20 sourd foreyer-as when fret,
k6cded with light, the lips Of Memnon burst
From their cold stiffness, and rejoicing, gave
Back 70 tie flood CT Day its tide upborns
or rarest harmony, wave answering wave,
Deep calling unto deep, Music to Morn.
Those lofty chats, FIRST echoed under dome.
OF starry midnight, or in cstacombs
Where, by rude altars ard sepu,chrAl tOmba
Deep IN the rocky earth the vssta chons
Reheaysed their music for the martyr free,