From the Boston Journal.
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From the Boston Journal


MORT HINTS TO PEOPLE OF MopEHArE FORTUNE.
There is one kind Of extravaganza rapidly
increasing in this country, which, .n ts effects
on our purses and our Habits, IL ola 81 the
worse kinds Of extravagance~-I mean THE rage
Of travelling and for public amuserpents The
good cid home habits Of our ancestors are
braaaing up--it will be well if our virtue and
our freedom do not follow them tt4s easy
to laugh at such prognostics, and NE Are we'll
aware that the virtue we preach il considered
almost absolete; but let any refecylnr miHd
inquire how decay has begun in eli republics.
and then LET them calmly ask themselves vne-
ther we are in no danger, in departing t7us
rapidly from the simplicity and industry of our
forefathers.


Nations do not plunge at once into ruin---go~
vem aents do not change suddenty--the caue~
es which bring about the final blow are scarce
ly perceptible IN the beginning but they IA
crease in number and in poWer-they press
harder and harder upon the energies End III
i.---rsf...FT h27riesl and irrerulaF vefahhes
without industry, economy, and integrity, is
Sampson shorn of his locks. A luxurious and
Idle republic Look at the phrasie The
words were never made to be married togeth.
er--every body sees it would be death to one
of them.


And are not We becoming luxuriant and idle?
Look to our steam boats and stages, and tav-
erns There yGu will find mechanics, who
have left debts and employments to take
care Of themselves, while they 60 to take a
peep at the grand canal or the opera dancers.
There you will find domestics all agog for
their wages worth Of travelling, Why should
| they look out for a rainy day = There are
hospitals enough to provide for them in sick
ness and as for marrying, they have no idea
Of that till they can find & man who can sup
port them genteelIy. There you will find mo-
thers, who have left children at home with Bet
sey, while they go to improve their minds at
the Mountain House or the Springs.


Ifonly the rich did this all would be well.--
They benefit others, and do not injure them
selves In any situation idleness is their curse,


and uneasiness is the tax they must pay for af-


fuence; but their restlessness is as great a
, benefit to the community as the motions oi


Prince Esterinazy, when at every step the


pearls drop from his coat.


People of moderate fortune have Just as
good right to travel as the wealthy but is il
not unwise? Do they not injure themselves
and their families You say travelling ID
lcheap! So is staying at home. Besides, dc
Iyou count all the cost?


The money you pay for stages and steam


boats is the smallest Of the items. There are


clothes bought which would not otherwise be
bought those clothes are worn out and defac
ed twenty times as quick as they would have
heen at home; children are perhaps left will