Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-06

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ssnd dollars for psis Il hossss % drive
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Rivs from fifteen hundred 70 three thou-
land dollars for the same object. Al.
other provides . dinner foe=A-dosss
rissds-rgscting the old superstition Of
the unlucky thirteenth this simple
dissss costa one thoussnd dollars.
4 childfen's party y given. j. sn, up
Town 6ouso whore every child b Glad
entirely in dresses imported from Paris.
An American citizen purchases . house
ESlepvss GooAou1soa thonssnd dollars,
El3Ss il dovs, = sbuild upon ito site
E41s1st mon
~ ~ cd Of the tlmes-ass
they not evideocss Of stage Of thisgs
unhealthy, fevsrish, threatening to the
honest simplicity Of our political life |;
and christening mot less evil TO the ideas
and ~ fts96iplss Of ohich tbs41(foNne
hahesto beDs fair enpensnt ~ -.
Whas 6omess havo Amerls6oe =
any time, wilh suSk vsiae show, sssh
useless msgnifce6ce : Bot especially
how can they justify il to themselves IN
this time Of war ? Some men have
gained great fortunes during the the
last two or three yean-but that does
not excuse their extravagance. 1s there
nothing worthier than personal adorn-
msni, in witch to invest their means p
Are there no enterprise open to these
men Of fortune, ~hich would benefit the
couotsy sod their fellows .. well a.
Themselves One man spends two hun.
bred thousand dollars sp,o . dwelling
house bot hs might build with this sum
. long row Of deoest cottsgesyto rent TO
people in msderats circumstances 10
be might snable fllty Or buuudred ian :
lies Of working men to live cleaoly and
respectfully 10 New York, and thus
make himsel public benefactor-and
tha without sioking h,s money where he
can never recover It.
Or, instead Of dressing few children
10 silks and jewels, and robbing them
Of the freshness and charm Of youth BY
these vauities, Why not spend the money
in, sending the homeless children If the
city to comfortable tarmhouses 10 the
West, where they will be traiLed to 10
dustry aad virtuous oosduet, aud grow
up good citissnsl The sum waited on
dozen children ct . party would prob
ably suffice 10 send . lhuodred to the
West, and make COED honest citissns Of
them.
In England, during the French war,
useful enterprises Of I'll kinds were orig
mated and prospered. There was then
- with ne nov, an inflated currency;
great fortunes we're made BY speculative
ventures, ~ here now. No doubt, too,
there was extravaganza; but there arose
1t the same time . spirit favorable to
useful enterprises Of many kinds-such
40 W wish could obtain amongst us.-
We have fer better op ,ortun,ties for
such nee Of capital; We have mioes. new
manufactures, waste lands to BE- devel-
oped and brought into profitable use; we
have q comparatively new country At out
back. in which the prudent capitalist
oan see thousand opportunities to in
crease bis store, and at. the same time
benefit his couotrymsn a
The citizen, therefore, who wastes his
gains upon ostentatious houses, extrava-
giant furniture, dress or food, commits .
crime against his country. And espe-
cislIy is extravaganza oulpaole 10 New
York, where, though but half the Island
is built upon, there 10 scarcely . place
6t for an honest werkingman to bring
up his family in, or where they are not
exposed to the corruptiog influence. Of
squalor and vice.