Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-07-12

ADDRESS To TBE YOUNG, ny ,. BuEL
n0u Republican Candidate far Governor Of the State
Of .>'ac York
Nothing is more important to your usefulness
and happiness 10 life, than habits of industry
This we command YOU" says st. Paul, chat if
any man would moi work, neither should he cat
Now this would be the sober dictate of good sense
had the apostle never spoken. II is just as true
now as it was two thousand years ago, but no per-
con possessing = sound mind IN a healthy body, has
a right to live in this world without labor. lfhe
claim an exis,anee on any other condition. let him
beiakc himself to some other planet.
There are many kinds of labor. Some which
are no less useful than others, are almost exclu-
sively mental. You may make your selection from
a very wide range Of employ ments, ali, perhaps,
equally important TO society. But something you
nl.t do. Even il you happen to inherit an ample
fortune. your health and happiness demand all
THE. To live in idleness. even # you have the
mesns.is not only injurious to yourself, but spe-
eiss OF fraud community aud children, if children
you ever have. who have claim upon you for all
VOC can conveniently earn and do.
Let me prevail with you, then, when urge you
10 start in life fully determined 10 depend upon your
own eler,ions; and to BE in this respect indepen-
dent. In country where the general rule is that
q person shall rise-if lac rises ct abby his own
merit this determination is indispensable. II is
usually idle to be looking out for support from some
other quarter. Suppose you should obtsin an of
Zee or trust through the friendship favor, efeciion
of others; what then Why you hold your pos,
al uncertainties. II may be taken from you at al
mos, any hour. But If you depend on yourself
alone. your mountain stands strong. and cannot
easily be moved.
lie who lives upon any thing except his own la
A. tiv pdaI he Ia.
grand resource is IN that servili,y in which he is
always liable to be surpassed. lie is in daily dang.
or Of beng out bidden has very bread depends up.
on caprice and he lives IN state ofnever cessing
fear. lie ls not indeed the dogs aie. "bungsr
and idileness' but IT IL worse FOR IL is "idieness
with slavery" the latter being just The price Of
the former.
Slaves no; uufrequcn,ly arc well fad and decent
liz dad bot they dare cot ,pook. They dare not
be suspected 10 tl,r.k differently from their master
hate his acts much as they may be be tyisut,
drunksrd fool or oil at once, they must be silent
or nine times out Of ten lose his appreciation -
Though possessing thousand times his knowledge
they ma.i fam conviction Of bis superior under.
standing though knowing il is tbes whom 10 fact
do all .ka, be paid for doing. it is destruction to
them TO seem az y aey thought any portion Of the
service belonged to themselves.
Yoa smile perhaps. and ask, what all this TRADE
lg.ins, slavery means, 10 part Of the country
where no slavery erists. Bu, remember there is
slavery Of many kinds there is mental slavery
., veil as bodily and neither Is confined TO any
particular division Of the U. =.
Begin.,oo. with determination 10 labor through
hfs. There are many who suppose tina, when
they have secured TO themselves scomPeteDce. they
shall al With folded arms. m an easy chair the
rect Of their days. aud ENJOY il. Bo, you may be
assured that this viii never ID. The very fact OF
psfsos's having spsnt The early and middle par,
ellie IN active usefulness erestss necessity TO the
eSey sse rnisd for as continuance. b. this II 70