The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
The Advantages OF Poverty.

There are como, aud they are important.
One consists in freedom from the worry; of
the rich. The poor man has hib own
worries, but we are not called uponIso
consider them just now. aWe arc hooking
at the othee side Of the shield. -Nsop
long ago remarked that the traveller
whose pocket was empty could whistle ia
the face Of the Tobbef. ! It matters not
what shape the .robher assumes. He
may come in the form of fire or flood, of
panic or pestilence. Whatever his shape,
in 90 Gar as he threatens, only property,
ho brirgs no alarm to The poor man.
Such man does not Jump from HE bed
and sweet sleep at night to consult his
fire.aiarm card to see II his property iu In
danger. The ice in the. winter and foods
10 the spring time presage. no disaster to
him. Men may fail daily, but they owe
him nothing, nor ID his name on their
notes. Practically, fars the TINA being,
he etands alcof end apart. from the busi-
ness world. II 10 quite, true that the
worlds distreaBes may come in time to
have an important influence on him.
But atno time does he read the list of
failures with the personel anxiety that a
man in active business feels. He Is not
In the midst of G storm which msy strike
his chip, and he has not to keep his sails
closely reefef' Or to spread them that he
may escape from dangerous shoals. The
wealthy man worries about mis- Idle capi-
tai: He can find no employment for the
safe investment Of his money. Only o
man who has grown accustomed TO the
eight of money leboTipgi for him day and
night, pilipg up. interest in an untiripg
process, can appreciate the dismay WITH
which one Soes that which has been
working quit work. Tsio psior MAN ms
no money, and he iB not troubled by
losses of time and loeses Of interest.
Tho man Of capital has to protect accu.
mutations; the man without has only to
look out for his daily needs. The capi.
talist, in anxious times, has everything
TO Lose, anu at the same time wants to
gain little. The man without money
can sustain no losses and what he hopes
to gain is small as compared with what
the capitalist looks for. The capitalist
may be the servant of hie money. Ser
vice IS we'll. lob dien was the motto Of
enc of the proudest Of Princes: Bupto
he servant nf money ;s o::ssss o::ssss tthassii5aud thing, aud
o servant with money another. Ho who
has no property runs no risk of confusing
the distinction. T. hes been the fall 81
men who h.ve been wealthy that has
startled people many O time within the
last ave years. Men whose, reJate has
been good, who have had the egteein ct
the community, have tried to sve some.
thing from the ousaowing tide be misfof.
tune, and they have lost their Eoror and
their gc0d names in the effDrt. It;isia
great temptation that Is set before o man
to keep up by unjust means and dishon.
orable methods the prestige OF his name
and his social position. Itisa tsmpta.
ton the poor man can never feel, es IL Is
felt by the msn, of large property. By
as much ~ their place was higher, BY su
much was their fall greater 9F'''s. 9,
The moneyiess man runs little dangeI
of the peculiar temptations that heset
the rich. Goldsmith coupled with che
accumulation of wealth O suggestion o.
the decay. of men, and prophecy of q
land ito hastening ills prey" Mar.
lowe declared excess of wealth "a cause
of contentious and. old John Haywood
said: ,,,,s.'
AS sages In all times assert, yfis 5Bpso
The happy mans o man without ehirt.'
And Gray, in the code on Pleasure :
spoke of him who is ''5>''4
erich from the very want of wealth."
III ere are designations open TO Tho
wealthy man which never tempt the
poor man, because the poor man Is iievei
thrown in their way. It is unnecessary
20 M sFec1y. ss>ec:e as.s perhaps, 10 .quita u,
Important, the poor mans children viii
not have to encounter them. They arc
bred, from the nature of things, to work
The pursuit of wesltb, whatever is to bs
said of what follows upon gaining wealth
has to be marked by economy, aelf- ieniaI
and struggies. The incentives are before
the poor mans children, ,not before thoas
that are the children Of rich men. Youth
is the time for the formation Of habita
aud the habits OF poor children are those
of laboriouE industry, of unrenaitting apl
1 plication, and continuous toll. IS gsEs
Iho poor man need entertain no faal
that after mis- death the doors of the fam.
! lily closet Will be thrown open By eagei
'heifs and the choice collection Of fSnily
| skeletons exposed to view. There vii
be nc children 20 exhibit the wealZnessed
bodily end mental 0f si The fat.I5T. Fl There
will be no heirs nt law TO tell tho world
OF gossiperS what the gossipers should
| never know. NfSsssc snorfsis stts; 6onu,s
is not Q rule that those observe who think
they have been robbed OF what ahosil1
haye como to them. It is a maxim the
world Is moro ready to zee kept sacred
than disappointed heirs. "a
Il. We doubt IL these and ether eonsidcfs.
tipnp that will occur to the th6nehtftil
reader will have .the effect Of making him
cease in his pursuit Of richie ea w q iSeI
at liberty to say that their loyca Ii not "a
great as 70 induce any ffiend. b whom
they have been communicated 60 either