Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-04-12
UnseemlY LxtraYaganee

a uan builds marble Stable 0n the rear o
BIZ o,, ata cOa Of eighty thousand dollare, ant
hts up private theatre over IT, Another pay
ellht th0usaod dollars fora Tair Of horses q
drive on The road Tor Bis pleasure end many
give rom nitcen hundra 10 three Thousand dol
iars for he same object Anotl or provides
lun-l toi d0zau friends --r, citing the od su
pfrsua0n " the uuluck7 thrt enth--and thn
simple dlunar Costs one thousand dollars.
a chl4~s party is sgysu, 10 an uptown
lcete, Nue every enid is eIad entirely 70
uIt,o.s imported IRON Paris 40 An ricau
clI1 purchases house Tor over one hundred
tuygtsud dollars, anu ar, u dUgn, to rebuilG
/ opou iis altt one vet more costly.
lhose ars slgbs Of the tmes--ago they nul
esidencts Oi u state things unh,althiui. ie
yelIsb, threatening 20 the honest smpicity 0
Uur political NE , ara threatening not less eyl
| 10 the IDEAS ana the principles 81 VIII ch tn.i
I lile as, hitherto been Il lAif eSp1n n
WHAT business have Americans, at any time.
] Hiih slch Y4iu how, such useless magnlGeence?
I But especially nov oln Aey justify it TO them.
selves IN this time OF war some men have
] gained great iorCunes during the last two or
4 .hree years hut tnat du.s not excuse their *
trayagunee. h there nothing Nortll P than g
saual a0 jfnmenti ia Whlca 10 lnyeai their meaGsl
Are there 10 .ntc prls,s olen to these meG o.
/ torture, which would benefit The country auo
thelr fellows a. well as lb mteytsi One man
s teuls lwo hundred thousand dolars upon 6
dwelling house but he might bel d wilh thi.
-um @ long row Of decent cottages, to rent e.
people ~ moderate circumstances; be might
enable hltg or d hunor4d lamlhss Of wurkin4
mou 10 ilgo ceanly and respectfully Ia New lorb,
ana thus make hlnselt public LeueiactOr--
aud tbat wltaOut sinking hls money wne.o be
can never recover II
Or, instead OF dressing few children IN sks
anI Je~eIs, and robbng them vl tue freshness
aud charm Vi youth by these vauitles why not
.Ieud The money IN setdins thc homeless chl-
dren v, ine cty to comic, able armuouses IL
the " est, where they will be trained 10 Industry
audvItaous c1ndue,, aud grow up good citizen.l
Tue sum wasted ou a d, zen children at g party
/ would probably suihce 10 send hundred 10 lht
y 81, anu make honest clti2-us Of them.
la England, uurng the Frenca war, useful
enterprises d, ali 4iuds wert originated and pos
pered. Ihern was thcn, as Wtt1 NJ COW, an NJ
lated cuuBucy great lortun,s wer, made y
speculative ventures, as here now No doubt,
too, sbere was extrAysgauce, but there arose at
tAe same time q spirit favorable to useful enter
prses Of macy klnds--such as We wish could
Lbtain amongst US We have lar better oppof.
tunlues iot such use ol capital We have mines,
new IA nuiaolur $, waste lands, TO be developed
aud brought into profitable use We baye u COM
paratyey new county at our back, in whici
the prudent capitalist cau zee thousand oppor.
tunlucs 20 Increase his store, AMI AZ the same
tlm ben fit his counIymen,
The citizen, therefore, who wastes his gains
upon ossontatious houses, exuayagant furniture,
dress food cmmits crime against has coun.
try. And especially lsexuayagaaee Gu pabe in
New York, where, though but hall the island i,
buils upon, there is scarcely place + lor an
honest wygklngmau to bring up bis family in,
or where tley are not exposed to the c1rrup'irg
lnhdencls oi tqualor and vice. -.Ne,o York Eue-
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