New-York tribune., 1841-05-13
From The Dial for April.
TUOUGHTS ON LABOR.

THOUGHTS ON LABOR.
Another remedy i dis the mind docs the body's
work The head save, the hands. Ii nyeuts machines,
which, doing the work OF ni.ny hands will at last set free
large portion of leisure time from slavery the elements
The brute forces OF nature lie waiting man command and
ready 10 serve him. the OF Genius, the river
-cnts to turn his wheel and and spin for the ant'de>
The mine sends him iron VaSsls toll in cold and heat.
Fire and Water embrace at his bd'g and new servant
born which will fetch and carry MS command will face
down all the storms Of the Atlantic will forge anchors and
spin gosancr threads and of crnds up and down the
continent with and women on his back This last child
of Science though vet stripping and in leading strings, Is
acady stout giant The Fable cf OrphclS story
in our times There four stages of progress IL regard TO
l1o which are observable i'll the history ot man. First he
does his own work by hi, hands Aan till the ground in
the sweat of his face and Noah builds an ark in many
wears of toll Next h. forces his fellow mortal to work for
him. and Canaan becomes s.rvan to his brother, and Job
made rich 10y the Of his great household OF slaves
Then he scilcs on the beasts and the Bu and Horse drag
The plough of Castor and Polux At last he sets free his
brother works with his own hands commands the beasts
and nkS the brute frcc of the elements also toll for him.
Then he has dominion the earth ard enjoys his birth
right.
Man. however, still bondage to the elements and
since the bcaSy maxim Is now prevalent that the
strong should take of themselves and use the weak as
their tools, hou. the manifest injury o the weak the
Use of machinery ns hitherto been but trling boon IN
comparison with what it may b.. la the village OF Hum
drum = thousand ahlc-boded men and womci without ma
Win ie l
must work fourteen hours of trcniN-tor. that they may
all be housed fed and clothed warmed. instructed, and
mndc happv Some ingenious hands invent watcr-mls,
which saw plane thrash Grind. spin, and do many
other things that these thousand people need work out
Gyo hours in the day obtain the result of fourteen by the
old uroccss Here then amount o: imc-nnc hours
in the DAYS FREQ from toll Ii may DC spent IN study
social impro cncn the pursuit OF a'ortc ait an" leave
room for amusement also Bt the longest heads at lun
drum have no; Christian but cv selfish hearts beating III
rho blin these cal
rlaors think the men of Humdlum shall work fourteen
hours dav ;s before Ii would bc dangerous say they
10 set free, - much time. The drlulcd creatures would
soon learn lie and steal and would speedily end by eating
one another up It would be Christian TO leave them 10
this Leisure very good for but would be ruinous
TO them. the wise OF llumdnim persuade their
ncshbos work the old fourteen hours More produced
than i, consumed So they send oil the spcriutes OF the
y1laGc and in return bring back and porcelain. rich
WINS and snowy gcw gaw and contemplate fashions ha
change every month. The strongheadcd men grow rch;
live in palccs their daughters do work, their sons
Iirtv their hands They fare sumpWousy every day; are
clo,i-d in pnrpe and fine linen. Meanwhile the common
people of Ilunlum work long before the machines
were Invested and little harder They also are best Toy
the Improvement The voung have rcd ribbon, on
their bonnc> French gloves their hands, and slrNr OF
India on their shoulders and tinhng ornaments IN cr
ears The Young man of llumdrlm l. better OF ihan i>
father who fought through the Revolution Tor e wears
beaver hat and coat o English cloth, and has bIrnsng-
liam white and watch in hi pockct. When lie masTIc>
to hang on his wall For these valuable considerations c
parts with tie nine hours day, which mactne has raged
bui has no rnor, bread itt before. For these blessings e
viii make h- body SLAVE, and leave hl 1llnd all unct.-
vaed He Is content grow mp body--noiilag bti "a
BODY So that II look therein for lis Understanding.
Imagination Reason viii ind them ike three sra!is n
wheat in three bushels OF chai. You shall seek them aiI
ay before YOU find them and la> they not worth
yor search Al Humdum Nature be gn> 10 revolt at the
tacou, inequality of condition. and thinks scarce right
for bread 10 come fastest hands that add nota 10 TIM
general stock So many grow restless and low plcr Ia
a ruder state crimes few tie result o violent passions
St Ia,adrum ihcy -the result o want ndo-
lence or neglected edHcation they IN great measure
crimes agaSst property. To remedy tins new aad aril
evil there rises a Courl-ho-c and jail which must be
paid for work: then judges and LAWYERS and Jailo- are
needed likewise t- artificial aud add 10 the eoF-
anon burhca The old AtIcnans yearly seven oeauti-
fl youth, and yir.ls:-a tribute the MHoatr The
wise ncn Of llam,rum shu, up jail larger number
sacrifice t, the spirit onocH cupidv unfortunate retccs,
vino were the the foes o society men weak
IN head heart that their bad character was formed FOR
them through circumstances far au II was formed EY
them. through their rcew. Stii farther the mon
WHO violate the aw OF the body. using the mouth Enuch and
thc hand uc III the oppo-iie way soon fnd Nature
iai:s vengeance for the offence Then unnatural remedies
must oppose the artificial d.>casc In the old rnc. a9er
sicklv Ounce cured with lIoieryvort aud Ieasey
which grew by the roadside suited all complaints and was
administered by each mother in village. Now undruu
has medical faculty.. with their conflicting systems.
homeopathic and allopa;tc bat health ti1 before
Thus the burhen increased little purpose Iht strong
men OF Hamru!n have grown rich and become educated II
OF the aborng Insn stronger ta his fellows, nc also
VIII become rch AID educate hi clHlrsu Tic becomes