Year: 1861

MN ASSP SPSNVluS tLAO HCdl VI Hlunhluu 10 make
money 1t is also stated very often, and
accepted as a self.evident truth, that we,
the people of the United States, are more
devoted to money making than any other
people in the world. Very well suppose
we are. 1t is only another way of saying
that we surpass the rest of mankind in the
virtues of energy and industry. We hold
it to be the duty, as it is the instinct, of
every man to make all the money he hon
cstly can, and to save all the money he can
properly afford to save.


The birds build their nests of sticks and
straw, with much toll and instructive skill.
Every creature must have its nest, its lair,
its den, and all creatures are endowed with
the kind of abode that is suited to them
The nest constructing instinct is given to
man ALSO, and all Of us, as soon as we are
prepared to leave the parental nest, begin
to think of getting one for ourselves But
man being the most ingenious and capa.
cious Of all animals, Graves residence fit.
ted to his greatness and his dignity Mans
nest Is brown. stone house, three or four
stories high, elegantly furnished, provided
with all the requisites of decency and la.
bor saving convenience or, it is a large,
commodious frame house, with a hundred
acres of land adjoining. In the present
imperfect state of the arts and of social
science, all men cannot have such nests as
these; but all wcll-developed and healthy.
minded men and women 1cant such, feel
they could adorn such, know that such
would enhance their happiness. To try
for such nest is natural, right, ,and praise
worthy.


All the honest industry of man is direc-
ted to three objects, namely getting nest,
improving the nest, and keeping the nest
safe for old age. Who shall presume to
call in question an instinct fixed in the
nature Of man by his crcator'


Wealth is said to corrupt our species.
We do not believe it. Wealth is one of
the great ciyilizers of man. Wealth cor
rupts when it is suddenly got, or uniustly
distributed; when, owing to monopolies or
entails, or some other barbarous system, it
is prevented from dif'usihg itself naturally
and justly. Two or three over-rich families
in community of poverty stricken wretch
cs-tF@t is indeed most corrupting it COR
rupts equally those who have wealth and
those who have not. But where all have
an equal chance where all start nearly
even; where all have certain degree of
instruction to begin with; where superior
skill and virtue alone give one man an
advantage over another, their wealth is an
unmiXod blessing, In such communities
(and there are many such in these States
nearly every man has an abode suitable to
his character, and that abode is safe.


We ought to rejoice that the desire of
wealth is so universal and SO strong. 1t
keeps the vast machinery of the world
going 1t has suggested the most benifcent
enterprises and the most useful improve
ments. We owe it to the dramas of Shaks,
peare, the steam engine Of Watt, Fultons
steamboat, and nearly every other great
and good thing we possess. We owe to it
the gratifying fact, that a man who can
earn one dollar Il day can be better lodged,
better clothed, better taught, than kings
and mobiles could five hundred years ago.


Sir Walter Scott truly says, that saving,
not getting, is the mother of riches. This
winter has taught many a young fellow
what capital thing it is to have hun.
dred dollars in the Savings Bank A
hundred dollars is wealth to young jour.
neyman or clerk. lie who has such sum
is a man; he who has no provision for the
future is a serf; he must submit or starye.
And everything that may be said Of the
advantages of young man possessing that
hundred dollars, applies with equal force
to his employers thousands; nay, with
greater force, for on the right use, and safe
possession, and proper Increase of those
thousands, depends the livelihood of many
families.


Our advice to a young man entering life
would be this Preserve your integrity
and self,respeet, though you live all your
life in a howell. Next to that; make mon.
ey and save it, for with money comes indie.
pendence; with money men build their
nests and keep them safe. And he who
has nice, warm, pleasant nest can get
pretty bird to share it with him and that
converts brick and mortar into a happy