Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-02-18


over the pages Of all the world call
good and great, from the Word Of In
spiration. whose authors had not wher
to lay their heads. to the great light
of modern literature. and the imprin
on the title is Poverty" and Pow
er;v" is water marked in every page
and pauper's forgotten, nameles
grave Is not ipfrequently the 6nis
Verify, Poverty is a great Producer
i would rather have the thoughts o
poverty, a il works in the laborator,
of Nature, in close communion witt
the thoughts of Deity as stamped ol
his works, than all the sinful imagin
ings Of pampered wealth, with It's in
finite leisure for iniquity.
The great source of thought is Ma
ture; but the man who IS raised b,
wealth above the necessity of any di
rect intercourse with Nature, is no
apt to be taken by her into any yer,
intimate relationship. Trace. the his
tory of our presidents, statesmen, phi
losopherS. and great men, and we fine
poverty tending their cradles, and clio
thing their boyhood in rags. Thei
early lives were spent amid the teach
lngS of Nature, acquiring ideas anC
language, not from books, but from
Gods book, with the Author himsel
for a teacher There is deep philos
ophy in this-a truth that the worlC
is slow to learn--that poverty is bet
ter than riches. But the race mus
learn to renew their strength, Anteus
like, by frequent restings on thei
mother Earth, or our "best society
will soon become extinct, and children
born in novels and in the mud huts OF
the prairies, but living in daily attend
ance in the council-chamber of Jeho
vah, will hereafter make our history
and write the thoughts of the age.
But what lies at the basis of all this,
There are men of wealth. culture, anc
Influence, whose genius is as bright
and whose ability as unquestioncd, a.
that of anv who are driven bv the lasl
of want. These exceptions point on,
the reason why they are exceptions
rather than the general rule NVealtl
tends to form exclusive societies: tC
work in corporations; to do by asso
citation what humber means must ac-
complish single banded and hence
merges the individuality of the man
into the generality of the mass
Wealth is too apt to think for a
classic write for class. Poverty
falling back on the basis of human
hopes and fears, joys, sorrows, and
aspirations, writes from the heart and
speaks from the heart common Ian
guage, that thrills chord in the vast
soul of humanity Wealth writes
well and speaks we'll; its sentences arr
well rounded, and the tones of its voice
are always symphonious; but it write,
for wealth, and speaks to wealth. and
il must be read on Brussels carpeting
by the soft light Of chandeliers, or lis
tened To- in the fashionable assembly
vibrating an atmosphere faint with
pcrimncry. The strong. undiluted
thoughts of Poverty may be read with
equal profit and pleasure in the cabin,
or in the palace. because they speak t.
Humanity.
What Is il that is 50 cncrvating oul
Literature, anil causing it to resembl,
the Snewy folios of former DAYS, less
than collection of wax figures resem.
blcs human beings? 1t is not that We
ms nation are too rich. but ii is that
we a> a nation are who'll Y given to ma
teriality, and seem to consider Gods
footstool only rs n place TO try ma
clincry ON. and to secure the right oil
way for ralroadl We arc given to
corporations and companies. TO part.
ncrships and societies, till we car
hardly give live cents TO bcggar,
without first calling meeting and
voting upon the question. No man
seems 10 have n sense Of his indiyidu.
ality. and il requires respectable
company, with an adequate cash capi-
tai (all paid). TO dare assume the re-
sponsibility of single idea. And so
our literature, which is always the out.
growth of popular sentiment. instead
OF claiming Immortality by virtue OF
revealing the responses Of the human
soul 10 nature, claims only short.
lived notoricty among the class fol
whom II was produced.
Poverty is the great producer, and
we have seen why. Poverty stands as
the representative of the whole human
race. whose destiny is To learn Their
bread by the sweat of their brows.
Wealth stands as the representative o.
a class who. bv being as it were abov,
the reach of this primal law OF Nature
arc anaihilating themselves. The on,
thinks the thonghts of Humanity. IN,
other those of caste. --Emerson am
PatndDs's Monthly.