Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-11-14

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'Ion to Hld bim Wch another Iet.on.
tHt hc wasas rood ufh0t VOID
THE NOBILITY or tABoN,
pY ovWLtG tEWlY.
So mulerid do deem This policy
thc true nobility Of labor. / mean
that ! would dwell on ita moment
longer. Why, then, in the great
scale If tbings is labor ordained for
usl Easily, had 1t 50 pleased Tie
Great Ofduincr, might It have been
dispensed with The word itself
mlghthaye been a mighty machinery
for production Of oil that man wants.
4hc motion of the globe upon its
avis might have been going forward
without mans aid, houses might have
AiaAh INV Ou tAIltl ItItls
"Wi'h the sound
VI cQIret symphonies and voices sweet.
Built like tomple,"
gorgeous furniture might have been
placed in them, and soft couchcs and
luxurious banquets spread, by hands
unSecni and man clad with fabrics OF
natures weaving rather than mpe-
sal purple, might have been sent to
dispoIt him IN those Elysian palaces.
."fair sccnew ! imagine you are say
lng. "Fortunate for us had it been
the SCENE ordained for human hie!'
But whore then, tell me, had been hu.
man energy, perseverance, patience,
virtue, heroism!
Cut off labor with ono blow from
the world, and mankind had, sunk .of
been fortunate. Better That the
earth be gwen to man, as a dark
mass to labor. Better that the rudr
and unsirhtIy materials be provided
in tho ore bed ard in the forest, for
him to fashion to splendor and beau
ty. Better, say, not because OF that
splendor and beauty, but because the
act of creating them is better than
Il the things themselves; but because
excrtion is hobler than enjoyment
because the lahcrer is greater ont
more worthy Of honor than tho
Iidler.
call upon those whom l addrcs
to stand up for the nobility OF labor
lit is Heavens great ordinance 70
{ Truman Improvement. Let not tn
: great ordnance be broken down.
Whatdo say? It's broken down
/ and it has been broken down-lor
0 aes. Let it then be tuilt up again
Q here, if any where, on these shore
n of a new world--of a new civllzi
t ton. But how, may be asked, IS
l. broken down. Do not men toll,
NAV be saidl They do indeed 20
lbut they too generally do II becam
they must.
.iiany submit TO il as, in some sol
u a degrading necessity; and they d
g sire nothing so much on earth as
a. escape from it. They fulfil the gre
0. law of labor in the letter, but hrei
to It in spirit. To some field of labc
ID mental or manual, every idler Shot
hasten. as chosen, coveted field
W Improvement.
I,ut so he is not impelled to do I
81 der the teachings Of our imperfect c
ed llization. On the contrary, he $
down. folds his hands, and bles
sh himself in idlenes.. This way
lid thinking is the heritage OF
We absurd and unjust feudal system.
der which .eris Iabored and gen
lo! men spent their lives in fighting.
ed, is time that this opprobrium OF
"a were done away.
an Ashamed to toll art thou2 AS
led med of thy dingy work shop and
" labor field; Of thy hard hand $
he red wit service more honori
IfIthan that OF war, of thy soiled
stu weather stained garments, on vi
ave mother nature has en.br oidered 2
sun and rain. fire and steam. her
i'm. h.raIdic honorsl Ashamed Of y
hum tokens and titles. and enyions OF
Haunting robes Of Imhecile idle
we'd and vanityl 1t is treason to nal
rite i, is impiety TO Heaven; il is br
ing Heavens great ordnance.
Med | repeat. toll, either Of the hiai
say ,he heart. or OF the hand, 10 the
less. true manhood, the only true noe'