St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-30

I1IuenSe Oh tit insttutiUnS III W@+cu tstEttsssf~
rem of the more wealth, receive their eslncation
in comparison with that brought to bear upon
the children of the professional classes ~
home, his lor,lship went on TO s,ys.
But theRdncatiDn obtained il. theR cram
ming CO ses Is not the highest sylecie* u eslsl-
cation: Il. <kh hich is attained at haess ~ lbe
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lions. = Ixsno upon Il, this Is . great and
most injuria &oeiaI revolution,
Such sentiment uttered in this country
would fully entitle the speaker to a leather
medal and an extra pair Of long cars. Even
ia England the fact, are against him. Many
Of the most cultivated aud vigorous minds that
England has ever produced, who have advanc-
ed her :amn, hcr aatonal prosperity, and eX-
alted her literature, have sprung from those
same shop keeping people. Sir Robert Peel.
the greatest English statesman oe IN riern times
was "A trader and the son Of trader; Golden
and Bright are trl'ler<; Macaulay is the son OF
one Ot th,Se whom his FlunkeyShip would eX-
clude even from the right tO compete on equal
terms with the pet CLASSES. Urute. the best
historian nt Greece, i, engaged in mercantile
pursuits; - was Rogers, the poet: Wak.ey, the
chief thu.!errr OF the London Times. aud IN
deed the must vig.rous, pushing minds of the
! Kingdom. have sprung from the same Glass;
When I.,.rd Peterborough shows himself COM
lctcni to approach the shadow Of Mdcauay. or
to write IA leader ia th- London Times, it will
be q'ite time enough for lin 10 sncer at 'rlch
gr"ccrS ara liucn-drap.'rs.'
Isnf his N nt,Tf anf fhpIl 0hf
Enr the thousands of American merchants ol
every kind aud degree. What is the influence
at the merchants fireSide i'll this country
Amid the whirl and hustle which the intense
activity Of American mind cn.eudcrS, is nut
the hreSidc in this country in some danger OF
being overlooked forgotten? l. it not already
neglected to decree that b'des no good tU
the country. TIE aneCdote al New York
lady who cnnGratuIat ii her husband upon the
failure ot the chief part of his business during
the late crisis. because he would thereby have
time 10 lccome acquainted with his family
puts the matter III strong light. IL ma;
have been, amt doubtless was, jukr but there i
many a truth thus told, and We i"uht if there
are not ,4a;iy merchants ami business men in III
"ur large cities who. ii not UH0cgi0iH!ed WITH
.iclr families at least scarcely know what
the tru" and luil s@niii,auce ot nome *. Their
| lives pass in Il perpetual a"d eXharstiuS struS-
81" TINT leaves them lnt tnulncIt, "T scarcely
! the power. Ia think pfamythMg ei.e. Isthere any
sense or philosophy III this? Shall a man
make himself Il I.,".c drudge. 4 vcritahl" pack
horse. aa1 ai,'v himself t. br constantly spur.
; rcd and bo"tod ON, ior-what" ii he takes no
satisfaction as be Goes aong, cW LoHo/ When
is he going - take it? What is the effect upon
his family and children? viii they rise up To
call him blessed even # he leaves them ~ for
tune" whatever tha: may n.can, aud at the
I saline time by his neglect leaves them nothing
else worth naming, How long will the sad
fortune last? Witness the prodi gaiitv, profit
eacv, and speedy descent into the shades ci
poverty and degradation which the soIs and
! daughters oil mu!titudes OF men in this country
who have made themselves miserable all thci,
! lives for the sole purpose "t making these same
! sons and daughters rich under the fal!acinlls
idea that with wealth left to them they could
want nothing else. This has been often :,
shown by the stern facts Of practical life to be
IL mere clI,ncra, that il is about time for 81
. suicidal Il course to bc abandoned for one thai
, promises better, more rational results. II l.
an iyHuS f;E"uS whose dim, false tiickcrina
lgl-s leads its victim, far into lklCSs and il.-
extricable lahyrnths of darkness and deStruc-
! tiun.
! Th" truth is III" American Home is Cur
greatest, most sacred. most influential insii-
, tuition. anG the American husband ard father
! ought I" devote to IT a degree Of attention, o
time, Of care, commensurate to its intrinsic
! value, Its certain and lasting power What
ever leads 4 man 10 regard Lis home as of Sc
contlary Importance will not only ,lrtract from
the sum total ofhis happiness and that "f his fam
lily. present As we'll as i'll the future but it will re-
coil at last nron the real good. tie true great
/ ness and honorable elevation Of his country
II is the aggregated condition of all its homes
that constitutes the real condition cf the Re
public at large. II these are refined. educated
united. aiicctionate that cannot be other than
exalted and safe. The country will reflect the
brilliant and chastencd hues of its many homes
] or exhibit their ignorance. their degradation,
and the whitening and lasting curses winch
they will intct upon it.
Let patriots, Countrymen and lovers look at
| their homes as they regard their own happi-
hess and fair names, and whatever the renav be