The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-10-31
Money Goes as it Came.


connected with the confession made
i by Hicks, the murder on board the
4 oyster sloop, is the illustration it af-
fords Of the connection Of character
with real prosperity. Here is man
who, with four or FIVE others, had
wealth enough at one time in his pos
session to have made the fortunes of
half a dozen millionaires. And vet
he could not keep enough of it to pre-
serve himself from want, or from for
feiting his life in the renewed pursuit
Of q paltry sum of 200, through such
a tide ef blood and carnage as might
have appalled, fend. At one time,
in wantonness, he sinks his boats with
bars of solid silver, and had half ship
load left, and yet the sight Of a paltry
sum like that on board the oyster
sloop, is a sufficient Indictment to
murder the whole crew. All this
may seem an accident, but it is part
of universal law, daily illustrated,
not only among thieves and murderers,
| but in all the ramifcations Of society
If a man wants to know how long a
fortune is likely to last, or how much
happiness is likely to grow oct of if.
let him not ask so much the amount as
hoae at came. Larger sums Of money
suddenly vanish. Where gotten by
fraud and violence, they seem only to
| beget fraud and violence, and serve
as incentives to attack and to mutual
distrust and violence, just as the muir.
der of the captain and tie treasure
ship, by Captain Fielding, created the
jealousy and distrust that, In turn
caused his murder. But If even with
out crime, million of dollars could
be put into the hands of twenty men,
now without q cent, it is doubtful
whether more than one Of them would
be richer for it ten years hence
Money is worth what is because OF the
labor it takes to get it. This is the
only true foundation Of wealth. If
any man is simply oVerpaid for his
work, it begets habits Of proaigate ex-
penditure. 1t comes lightly and it
goes lightly. There is simply no end
to the amount which man may and
will get through with in the course of
q year, and as it is certain that money
will not always keep coming in with
out labor hey ond labor of some kind,
the greatest curse any man could in
fict on his neighbor would be to over
pay him for his work until he got into
| the habit Of spending more than he
could earn, or than lis property
| NUulu Prouuce.
Where money comes as an inheri-
lance, even most honestly there is 10
exception to this law For ii man
go to live on the principal, it is aud
must be curse If he make use of
it as capital, SO that it stimulate
him to fresh labor in taking care of 1t
and making it operate to the advan-
tage of the world, then and then only
has he right to enjoy ths enlarged
income it will yield
Money accumulated by industry
and skill will last long, just in proper
tion as it is employed as capital for
the employment of more labor and
greater combinations of skill But
neglected or badly managed, u melts
away like snow in a thaw. Money
that is made by economy, comes in and
accumulates more slowly than that
which is made by bold industry and
energy of exertion, but on the whole,
it lasts longer, for money has q strang-
err propensity to go as At came. He
who makes it, leaves his character very
impressed upon his heirs. So far as
this character there is natural ten.
tency that way. The wisest and best
habits remain unchanged by the force
of habit. Where character is bad
or runs into any excess, it will Otter
excite disgust and reaction. Thus il
often happens that the children Of {
misery and mean accumulation 0
wealth become proportionably prodi
gal and careless of money, as if thu
disposition to save and economic haC
to lie fallow in the second or tbirt
generation, having become exhausted
from everlasting. Hence the prov
erbial prodigalty of parvenus Thus
: in every way, illgotten gain nevel
trebles, and brings, only misery ant
punishment, instead of happiness =
The regular employment of time il
earnest exertion, with honesty ant
economy, will always tend to some
thing more than the supply Of daily
want to the accumulation Of capital
The wise management Of this makes
future Accommodations easier. This i
the most natural, certain and happ1
way Of becoming rich But no am
onnt of silver otherwise than thus, cal
last or render happy. Il becomes tn
parent of crime.
The quickest method Of taking tn
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