The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-06


and lsbored wHh his a.n haads. And
Pstrr the great. Nspolsoa. S.r Wsl.tr
Sega and Frsnklin. we're al remarkable.
10 shsif day. Tor The slesdinsss and insen~
sily ~ilh whlrh they lsbored. Peter the
Gfss. se,uslIy served IN apprenticeship
iof the purpose Of Learning The arr Of ship
budding; aad Russia. 81 this very hour.
owes more than hall her greatness N the
genius and industry Of this great monarch.
Les The winds carry IL; Iel q be tnld every
shrrr; and iei hanesiIsborers. IN al CON.
ing tine. ferl proud when they remsnber.
that The founder 81 81. Ps,sisbusgh-
ihs descendant Of fierce and wsrilks
monarchs--snd The grand mo,ine esu.e
of The renosn and prosperity Of . mighty
empire. ~as once . Voluntary. q iowly
tsnsn, of The workshop. Napoleon. osl
oi tssnty.faur hours iaborsd eighteen;
and during hIs campaigns. his mind Gas
so vigorous and so well trained. that he
could wrils himself and q The same Tine
dictate 10 seven Secretaries ~iih regard
30 matters Of he most momenlous cha
raeler. Sir Waller Scoti, y hen The sun
OF be fame wss shining 10 meridlsn spien-
tour. and when :. Ws.ehy" Vas on every
lip. uss sen,ely engaged both in writing
Tor The public. aud IN di,chare,ns lie
duties .n High Shsr.f and Clerk OF q
Couri 10 Scotland. Aud FrsnkIin-a no
has not heard of him! Who does moi
know that he was . hard. work.ri His
vas life Of toll and difficulty from -.
commencement almost 10 it, IermInsloR;
BAT armed with honesty, integrity and
honm. he pressed forward manlul:y over
sll impedlmrnis. until he discovered the
secrets VI lightning. aud " ~to,e his name
where 81 a,ea should behold u. and where
sll Tune should not clTscs a."
Aud lei u NOT be supposed that there
are No lsborers bot those who toll with
their hands. The labor Of the mind 10 a.
useful and - much needed, II eli times
and IN all countries. ~ the labor of the
body; and me hour Of mental effort ex-
hausts the physical posers more than Eve
hours Of unremiued manual lsbnr. And
these Who do not seem % The multitude
10 lsbnr-- hnss Poets and Philosophers
who live in musiy aud dilspids,ed cham,
bess. 40 well As those engaged in studying
aud lrachiag The seyerrr sciences confer
imporIsn, aud lasting benefits upon socis
~. and srs as fully ennled TO The re~ards
Of labor. TO q comfortable living. and TO
universal respect and confidence, as ,he
neutrality-suspicious. other spheres
OF lite.
Nsiiher lei IL be Supposed that those
engaged in the Improvement and eultivs.
ton Of the fine arts are engaged to no
good purpose. or that they do not labor
asiduously aud severely. Man 10 crea
lure possessed no. only Of reason but Of
sentiment and imagination also; and these
tscuiues, when properly governed and
judlcIousIv cultivated. are The esseatIal
sources Of his happiness. Whoever,
therefore. 10 the 6ne aru- in Music, Pain
ting, Poetry. Sculpture aud Architecture
--aaImstes or sxsls or retnes humsn
imagination and human scniaens, lsbass
9Th intensity and diligence, and At the
same time improves society 10 an indef
mite extent. We could live, il 10 true,
without the fine arts. We could banish
The genius oi Archl ec,ure from our midst
bid canvass GLOW 40 louger-silence
the includes Of Ms,ic-and shiver the
glitrring Tyre Of the poet: we could do
sil .ais, and snll fod ample means for
gratifying ouf a"iH'sl er"pens'ne.: hu, in
doing so we should destroy The cholcssl
Guiis Of ci,ilization and refinement. snd
Gu, Of from the world e,erv thing whieh
canspres 10 give 1t life aud sisor and &C.
complished beauty
the remark may be tri,e. but 10 true.
tbs. the highest honors Which the country
Gao cyafer. are w,thin the reach oi almost
every young man who has the good for
tune To be horn wIlhin lie limits. The road
to honor lie open TO the son Of the mechan.
" 50 ~ - w auC sbu VI tuC eEudtWs SHu
i, 10 the peculiar glory of this country.
tina. its sor,al aud political iRsu.Uions are
so ordered and regulated, as To deselope
and give scope TO genus and sslen,
" herever they exist The self laugh, and
mighty who have gone before us-Dsvy
and Sherman and Shefy-Whiltemore.
Whitney and FGlIon-snd all who shine
with shem in bri!iian, and hsppy cnInpsn-
ionship upon the rolls Of fame--whs,
wete they but mechanics and The sons al
mechanics and Of common l.bSerss And
how often have ne seen. even iu our own
time, mechanics and lsborers. Of pre-eml.
nem na,utsl endowmsnts, casting aside
all the inpe'l,ments which want and 20
ye,1y have offered to their progress. and
ascending, through The 6res OF tavy and
uaducuon, To the highest seats oil honor
AID intelligence. No young nschsn.
ic who hrars ne, hiss had. OF nav has,
fewer iaciluies Tor mental improvement
than teil to the los OF Nc. Ewing. The late
Secretary Of the Treasury. When .
youth, he was sal.-boiler---a common
day iabsrer. And twenty years ,go.
Mr.. Henderson. now Senator in CUT
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