Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-16
1t is unjust to humanity to accep: the

1t il unjust tn humanity to accep: the
County Assessor as q moral and intel
iectual tspe-line with which to measure
our neighbors. We borrow our estimates
too much from this worthy official.
Measuring men alone by thei. realtys
and personalities. he announces that
srch q man is worth thousands. and snch
another man is worth nothing; ami
across the fields, and through the busy
streets, AMI INTO the din al workshops
and the quiet of Offices, yea. into the
very sanctuary where men kneel side 10y
side-if indeed they ever do kneel here
sbou:s comes the echo of the Assessors
voice. saving, This man is rich, snd
that man - poor"
This 10 4 mos: unfair way OF vaiuing
our fellows The capitalist has mines,
and mills. AMI railroads. and banks. and
bnllion. AMI perhaps nothing else except
an innate consciousness Of his own great
poverty; while the poor man. the
miserable wretch. to whom the most &C.
eommoda,ins Shylock would not lend
the smallest sum on the shortest time.
st the most e1horbltant rate
Of interest. is perhaps the
richer Of the two in despite of the
Assessor. He has an artists soul, and
owns the sunset, and the stars. the
shining waters and the shifting clouds.
He is a poet and rich in thiek-coming
fancies. lie is a humanitarian and
wealthy in noble impulses. He is q
student and his are the sparkling
diamonds of 3Iacauley's rhetoric. the
loving amethysts OF Shslly's poesy. the
grand old rubies of Carlyle. the soft
emerald sheen o: Whittie,'s verse, and
the blazing constellation of the auburn
eyed Masters song.
Some cynic has said that money will
buy everything" Not so. twill buy
ease. comfort and luxury. 1t will buy
the leisure for pleasanter pursuits than
its ACKNOWLEDGMENT in that it is val
uable. It viii buy the semblance of re.
srect, and very often the substance OF
power. 1t can silence the tongue of de-
traction, and turn even the mighty cur
rents of popular opinion. 1t can buy
beautiful palaces and pleasant villas.
fast horses snd costly furniture. 1t can
illuminate cities, span continents, and
bridge r,vers-but it is only a means al
last. 1t is only a humble servant to dc
the bidding of the God Mind. 1t is the
mighty slave of the lamp or the ring,
but the Alladin Who directs it sits above
it, powerful and invincible, wrapped in
the imperial purple which pertains to
creative genius. Down the aisles along
which the centuries have marched,
comes the voice of the sixteenth century
philosopher. sounding above the clink Of
the gold for which be sold his name to
infsmy, saying again and again,
knowledge is power. knowledge is
power" Money can never teach the
hand to strike the Tyre of poesy to the
music of Byron's melodies. or the voice
to sway the multitude with the passion
Of Henry's eloquence.
..For ne yer ye. did love of geld
Move the true poets SOUL
In the name of the great impecnnious,
Of that bright and shining band who
haven't got a cent, we protest that the
money making and money keeping
faculty is the meanest in the whole
human organism. and that no person
can be true philosopher until he has
pureed his soul of all sentiments OF re-
spect or affection for twenty dollar pieces.
A Double BLUNDKR.-The Enter
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