Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-11-07
rue NOBILITY OF LABOR.
RY ORYiLLE nEWET.

So material do deem this policy~-tsle true
nobility ofIador, mean-shatl woull dwell on
u moment longer, and III larger view.
Why then, in The great scale of thlngsis labor
ordained for US! Easily, had u SO preased ihe
Great Ordainer, might it have been dispensed
wilh.--rh worIi itself might have been a
mighty machinery for producing all that man
wants.
The motion Of the globe upon It's axis might
Save been gong forward without man's aid,
houses might have risen like an eyhalatlon,
"With the proud sound
Ofdulcct synpnnn"s and voices sweet,
Built like a tcmple;"
gorgeous furniture might have been placed
in them, and soft couches and luxurious barr
Iquets spread. by hands unseen and man clad
with fabrics of natures weaving. rather than
imperial purple, might have been sent 10 die
port himself in those Ely sian palaces, "Far
sccne!" imagine you are saying, ''toriuna
FOR us had been the scene ordained Tor human
IIife!" Blu where then, tell me, had been hue
nan energy, perseverance,, patience, S!Fture,
lherOsm?
Cut off labor with ona blow from the world,
and mankind had sunk to IA crowd OF As''e
Ivolup,uaries. No. it had 40 been aninrtnn lie.
Better that the earth he given Ia N m asa dark
nase, whcreupon to labor. Better that The
rude unsghtIy materials be provided IN the
ore bed and in the forest for him To fashion 10
Splendor and beauty, but because the creating
| IF them is better than the thiags themseivesjhe-
cause the laborer is greater and more worthy
of honor than the ldler.
call upon those whom address, to stand
I'D for the nobility of labor. 1t is Heavens
great ordnance Tor human Improvement. Lat
no, the great ordinance be broken down.
Wha' do say2 1t is broken down; and it
has been broken down for ages Let 1t then
be built again-here, ii any where. on these
, shores of new worid--ot new civilization.
But how, il may be asked. is il broken downR
DO not men toll, it may be said9 They do IN.
deed toll, but they too generally do II because
I they must.
: Many submit to il as in some sort, degra-
ling necessity; and they desire nothing 50 much
on earth a, escapes from it. They lulhl the
great Jaw Of labor in the letter, bu break II IN
The spirit. To some field of abJr, mental or
manual, eve,v ldler shudid haSten, as u chosen,
coveted field Of Improvement.
But so he is not irnpeI!ed to do under tho
teachings of our imperfect civilization. On
the contrary, he sits down, 10 Told his hands,
land bIesses himself in idleness. THIS way of
thinking IS the heritage Of the absurd and un.
jusr ieulal system unIcr which ser;s labJrei,
and gentlemen spent their lives in lighting AMI
easting. II is time that this oppro5flun OF
toll were done away.
!, Ashamed 10 toll art ,hoaf Ashamed Of thy
: irty workshop aud dusty labor field; Of thy
hard hand, SCARED with service, more honnra-
bic than that OF war--ofthy soied and weather.
stained garments OIL which mother nature has
Embroidered mist, sun and rain, fire an sea n,
her.own heraldic honorsl Ashamed of thase
tokens and titles, and enyirons Of tho Aaulling
robes of imbecile idIeaess and vanity! II is
treason to natlre---t is impeiy to Heayen-it
j, is breaking Heavens great ordinance. Toil,I
repeat, toll, either of the brain, Of The heart or
i of n, h, M is the only true uobilIy