The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26
al9i'7 Self Trust. Di2s
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,fBY HORACE 6REEIEY..

| q.y4 isdBY HORACE GREELKT.fi 9iov
have heard men M n talk Of Beajanllin
Franklin's ,pithy maxims as though
| they made his c9untrymen sordid and
/ meanly parsimonious II 9 ! nation,I pl
misers and skinfinfs. ! fail to see
proofs Of this. Our Charities are mu-
| nifcent. not to say osfentations rWit-
/ ness those oked BY the desolai0no
i Chicago. Daring forty gsars of als
servation in this city, I have seldom
knewnra fair, appeal to her bepevo-
iehce TO- pass UNDECIDED! If giving
would extinguish panperism, think
One Thousand Millions, of, Dollars
| Would readily be 81 pbsefihed aud paid
/ to; achieys, that end e,,AlasT we all
know that almsTg wing sd Wo9ld moi
4 achieve it-that, after we had raised
and disbursed the full Billion. there
there would be, more beggars and
| more suffering b from, 4; want o than
now are, BaiIipg out the ocean iis) a
rational undertaking compared with
that Of extinguishing ePaqpeEism by
I The great need OF, our age, is Manli-
hessTth9tI spirit of self-respect Tsnd
Self Trust, which silently says !; If YOU
may have Millions 4 chaYes nothing l
am; content with hat fl tearg1 and do
not want your millions until 4 have
fairly earned them f do, not seek
your comp9ny port eyalue, yonI one
whit more for yonr Millipnssii Il DeHYy
yon not their possession; hate yp4o mo
more than love you BECAUSE. Of your
wealth should you ever need my SER
vices yon can, fhaKey them obyo fairly
paying for them :, that done, we shall
ST stand on e footing of perfect equality
as we do now. Iftyou fancy. Il will
criHge and, ,snirk to win yours favor
when I can find rdTWpoal to-cpt alta
,air price, and thereby live incupring
no obligation, fling ,bydnos patron
age whatever, that shows that YOU do
fnogHs fnnos KNOW me: .9I3d5 ,eiE!c 9dl ii -
But this spirit is only possible oini
men of chastened appetites as well as
heroic souls: Diegenes in his tub,
asking no odds of Alexander of Mace
don but that he would mo- longer in
terrnpt the phil piers share of the
common sunshine, would have been
2 pEetender and a cheat had he piRed
for the bang cts of Apicius, thetwines
Of Cyprus apdsof ,Scio. Ii He was, the
peer OF the great geQnqHerers only0abe-
cause he had, long ago, ,triumphedaoyer
the appetites whereby fhegYast major
ity arc led captive and enslavedy ALI
exander, enthralled sby,1ignoble iyet
Imperial passions, instinctively recog-
nized his master in the cypie who
commanded everything because he
coyeted nothing. a9tei - y459 8sft sae
g. Vainly do We; bN Invention after
Invention, increase the efficiency of
our exertions while, we see no limit to
our desires. The Sewing Machine
trebles the. seamstress' capacity for
execution SO We, ,eeover our dresses
al over with fancy stitching; and so
render them more costly than before.
Of what avail is the Steam -Rlow's
marvellous efficiency,tif the plowman
deserts the field, insisting that be will
live by sophistry IS q lawyer orl by
qqaekery as q doctor Rom haven't and
Improve a, we mays we shall be in no
wise the gamers, so, long as . we prac-
ticall " esteem it to be tho chief endiof
man to produce as littlelas .heanaNand
consume as much as he can. ii y1ofoiy
The poorest artisan to-day consumes
luxuries which, were once umonopol
liZed by the rich and lordlyI few. q Is
the artisan benefited ,byth diffusion?
Time was, when hessyas satisfied with
coarse bread and eearser raiment at
length. he achieved the possibility of
being drunk a week at christmas,
though obliged to be sober all the rest
of the year should we congratulate
him that be may now if he. chooses,
reel to bed every night and that he
often improves his privilege Is. It
fortunate for him that he may. begin
TO defile himself with t6bacco While
hardly yet in his teens, and that he
thencefofth snuffs, smokes and cheWs
himself out ofiali natural purity Of
taste, and at length into hiss c6fifn !? To
my perception it is clear that far be-
yond ability to earn or to secure more
of this worlds goods than now .faif to
his lot, he needs wisdom to guide Ifs
appstitss and tir@ness f7 qn poatSSfphl oaSfh
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