The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-09-03

! ! p1rA ron pLoDDERs.

SpcCulatOF WHOSE sPiStiHAN
often fill the public eye, but it is not I'll
case. More than a century ago tn
noraligt, DIR. johnson, wrote fine ape
logue on getting rich. He represent
the youth eager for wealth who is show
the dropping of water from the rock o
the one hand, and on the other the tor
rent pouring boiling current. Til
scene suddenly changes, and the gent
droppings fills lake, while the torren
has expended itself and has become I
dry and rocky bed. The lesson illus
trates the history of money-making.-
The speculator dazzles the multitude
and.may be considered what Byron call
ed Churchill, ''the comet of season.
but like the comet he disappears and is
lost in the darkness. | have seldom
known any man succeed in a speculat-
ing business. There are few men of
whom Z. d. Morgan once was a type,
who operate heavily and make money
by their boldness, but they are decided
" scarce. On the other hand, money
IS made almost universally by the
slow progress Of Flooding. Men must
learn the art of adding one penny to
another, and must learn that one dollar
can earn seven cents in year. This
may have penurious look, yet it is a
view taken by some men Of great liber-
atty, but these men make their money
by close dealing, but they use it freely.
1t does not necessarily make a man
closer, to make money slowly. Liber-
atty is habit which is not inconsistent
with severe economy. A ploddcr learns
that for the sum Of seven dollars, which
some will throw away in foolish expen-
diture, he can hire hundred dollars for
a year. For seventy dollars he can hire
thousand dollars, and in his hands that
sun will earn large percentage. The
plodder is a determined man, and he is
not battered by Obstacles: lie tolls day
by day, and what he getsIhe holds on TO.
When he has won a position he goes to
win another, and in this manner what
ever he does.is done ina solidi manner.
Ben. Franklin was a pIodder, his Poor
Richards almanac was made up Of a
pIodder's maxims. Franklin's greatness
consisted in his devotion to the practical
instead Of the imaginative. 1t is mis-
take to think that genius deals in sud
den outbursts Of creative thought. All
great writers achieved greatness by in
dustry as well as gifts. Walter Scott
labored arduously with the pen. Bull
wer and Dickens work hard. Genius
must be taught to plod or it will accom-
plish nothing. Ali our great statesmen
are and have always been working men,
They have plodded through speeches
reports, statistics, and at last when th'
world beholds their greatness, it ascribe'
to inspiration, that which alone is du'
to industry. Hamilton, Madison, ant
above all John Quincy Adams, were
ploddcrs. They worked hard, and th'
latter was probably the most industriou
man of his day, In addition to the pub
lie speeches.. reports, debates, president
ial messages and treaties, he found TIM
for literature, and also kept a minute
diary which only ceased with his death
The great merchants and great lawyers
Of this city are plodders.
Look at Clafin and at Stewart. They
began work in early youth, and al
though rich they still labor arduously.-
Look toobt these lawyers. Here are
such me- as EVarts, O'Conor, and
other kings Of the bar. How closely
they apply themselves in the prepare
ton Of case, reading up for the occa-
sion in voluminous reports, and wading
zoughp huge piles of testimony. 1t is
lake too common among our am
pppg men to think that they are
suddenly into success. They
in to plod. Pegasus must be
harness and made to do days
Among business men John ia
stor was an instance Of plodding.
sgan with few fur skins, aud end
It'll twerty millions. Commodore
'arbilt is another illustration. Poo
X on him as an instance Of SPLEEN
rus. This is Of course directly
gThe Commodore is naturally
nd yet the results which he has
the fruits of hard work
soored with head and hand for
cixty years, plodding in the pur-
ne grand object, and if it be
It he has made million here and
some master stroke, it is no less
!. the great body Of his wealth is
sult of great application. The
IN J. Phelps, who was one of the
lass, leaves an estate of eight
!. and Moses Taylor has plodded
fortune of equal value. Moses
oe million dollars invested in the
hare, Lackawanna and western
and railroad company, which is
one exception the heaviest invest
q the country.-Nesc York letter
rog Times.