The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-07-23
Cl)e Cssonist.


Money is the principal thing therefore get
money; and In all thy getting, get Gold
Yes gather up the glit,eling dust and
clutch it fast, 10 matter what it cost, or at
what sacrifice it is obtained: get it, and
when thou gcttesl it keep it it like charity,
will cover multitude Of sins and garnsh
over the foul Stains deception and crime have
left upon your soul; il will procure for you the
smiles of ilattely and the honicd whispering
Of deceit it will procure for you place and
power and then you can tramplc upon your
fellows with impunity, ard lord it over them
till the cravings Of your own miserable heart
are satated. The poor will think you happy,
and the rich will treat you with difference
and respect therefore get money; it is all.
powerful in this lower word yes, more
potentially magical than Aladdn's wonder
iul lamp. No matter what the cost may be-
ifyou are wise you will get money for what
lisa man without money! nothing! Then if
you would be something get money it is the
standard that the world measures men by =:
yes, and women too: not only the great
mass of mankind, that we are wont 70 call the
world: but the religious, the political. and
all other parts thereof, measure people by the
depths Of of their purses or the weight of
thol portmonnaies. Docs rich man Join the
church, with what delight is the suspicious
event heralded forth; with what rejoicing is
the acquisition celebrated, and why :?
because he has money though his heart
may be shloudcd in the blackncss Of dark
ness, and a capaclouS storchouSe for the worst
passions and the blacklist crimes though he
may be a dIuEkard. miser. and a glutton,
vlndictive and olduratc. without one redeem
irg feature 10 soften the aspcrates of his
Inhuman hard heartcdnoss, or one kindly
tlalt to ialsl!y the great truth, that it is hard
Tor a Iich man to enter the Kingdom of
Heaven no matter he has money he will be
help and support to the chllch; and per-
haps may dodge into Heaven after the fashion
of one of the Kings Of England, so graphically
described in" The Vision of Judgment" -
Would you be Christian, reader get money
first; christianity is much easier obtained
afterwards. But whether Christian or inlidel,
knave or fool. get money; Cor money is the
principal thing, therefore get money and
with all thy gettings get gold.
Does man seek political prcferment and
the honors and emolupents Of Office? What
is the first question asked, the first informal
ton sought for his worthncss to receive the
first, or his ability 10 fill the second! no {!
has he money is he wealthy? No matter
how great knave or fool he may be = indeed
IN most cases the greater the hctter-so he
has money. no matter how it was obtained
that makes no difference: the widow S and
Orphans curse may rest upon him with
weight enough to . drag to He'll spirit from
on high" but no matter he has obtain
what Of right belonged to them, and the
world gives him credit for his shrewdncss.
The mob harness themselves to his car and
elevate him to power and place; 'tis not him
they worship though but his gold uniustly
gotten tilched from the more worthy but less
crafty mortals than he or perhaps wrunc
from misery and distress. Wouldst thou be
successful politician, get money! Wouldst
thou raise thy voice success fully asaint wrong
and wrong doors .get money ; or the soul
stirring strains, no matter how eloquent, will
reach 10 cars but thy own, or if ey do will
make no more impression than the .voice of
tlattcry on the dull cold car of death" The
jingle of gold and the blinking of coin will
make thy voice reverberate, aud re-echo
throughout the land, and then art thou a good
man thou mayest hope to do good.
Get money ; ii is the principal thing, bv
all means get it 4; it will do vast deal. Yet
there are things it will not do there are lows
II cannot buy, and sorrows it cannot heal,
heaitaches and gricfs it cannot assuage, aspi-
raiions and longings for the good, the great,
the noble and the pure that cy,n II con,ot