The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-30

RUNNING IN DEBT.-A young man run.
ming in debt is Il painful sight, The dispo-
| siton to do this is the iorerunncr and cX:
poncnt of all evil. Apostolic authority says
"The love Of money is the root of all evil.
But when young man loves money so
well as TO get it while knowing he cannot
| repay. or be willing to take 1t before he has
honestly earned it, there is, i'll most cases,
lying behind this some passion so strong as
to thus ovcrbear his moral principles Ill cla'
moring for its indulgence. Pleasure, cSpc.
ciallv unlawful pleasure, is Il perilolls and
exhaustive thing. Lawful, necessary, and
healthful pleasure, like the pure mountain
air, and the gushing waters of the noun.
tain spring, has been made accessible by our
Creator at comparatively little trouble and
expense.
ANY indulgency may be known as unlaw.
fuI when it can be reached only by running
i'm debt. The highway of sin is an eXpen.
size road to travel, The fare, the charges.
are all high, And they have to be paid
twice over, not only i'll currency, but also
in something more precious than gold,
quarried from the depths and springs OF our
being. No person ever travelled on thlt
highway, 30 attractive in prospect, Wltnout
becoming bankrupt and paWnng ms own
peace and lifelong happiness before he gets
to the end Of his Journey. :,
Whenever a Young man Of moderate sal.
ary is seen ALWAYS cramped for money, and
ready to borrow of his friends, he is surely
on the downward grade of responsibility.
Willingness to run in debt is in itself great
vice. 1T is caused by the wish to crafty TIM
lawful craving lying behind, as yet. perhaps,
rndisclosed to the eyes of the world. EXpe-
ricnced men really Judge what this want of
money indicates, and however fair your
character NAV seem in other respects, they
will be satisfied from this alone that there
is some hidden faint and unsoundness.
However small your income, always 1--we
within your means. Ihere Is less unnap-
pinesS in doing without unnecessary things
than there is in the consciousness of being
in debt. Herodotus says that among the
ancient Persans I" to tell lie is considered
by them the greatest disgrace next to that
to be in debt; and this, for many reasons,
but especially because they think that one
who runs in debt must of necessity tell
les Does your experience, your con-
science, tell YOU this is true?
Always keep an unspent and unpawncd
dime in the bottom pocket. Its touch viii
always be inviSorating, and, with talismanlc
power, send through your soul an energy
making you carry countenance 1lushed
with honorable frankness. This simple
dime is invaluable as the symbol OF manly
independence. The consciousness OF debt
i'm Young man begets incipient meanness
of character, and when continued deyelepes
this into IL confirmed habit, tainting the
whole nature.
A man yet i'll his prime, who has accu-
mnlated a fortune Of millions by honest ln-
dustry, said 90 began with determine
ton to keep within my wages. When get
ting only twenty-five cents day always
saved something" This principle has car
ried him, and will carry you, to high eleva-
ton of character, to great influence, and to
independent fortune.