Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-04-12
TNE TELEGRAPH.
SOUTHPORT, WIS, APRIL IL, 1912.

! SOUTHPORT, WIS.,, APKlL IL, lS42.
There is no duty devolving upon man greater
than that of mental cultivation. Every thing val
| liable in government or In social society, is de-
pendant upon the attention bestowed upon the I'M
provement of the mental faculties. Every citizen
of the Republic has two invaluable trusts committed
| to his charge-mind and freedom The first is
preserver of the latter; and in proportion that the
first is stronghold and improved, will it prove a
protector, and a wall of defence to the liberties of
the people. Mind, improved and instructed, is the
basis upon which rests all that is sublime, magni-
fcent or desirable in the condition of manknd.-
Mind neglected, gives place to all that is barbarous
or degrading in the history of the world That
young man who neglects his mind, runs fearful
hazard of losing the mind he has, and of being
ravaged of the dearest rights and blessings that can
be possessed. The farmer, the mechanic, and the
working man, should not labor with their hands alone
lest those who labor with the mind alone, should
throu Oh the influence of legislation other means,
rob them of their toll and then insult them because
of their tame submission. If then the laboring
classes would avoid having fastened upon them
the chains and servitude, which minds continually
at work may devise, through the aid of government
they must be working men both physically and
mentally. They should become familiar with the
institutions of their country, and learn to detecfthe
devices of bad legislation which are designed to
entrap the uniformed, and to ensave the laborlng
classes.
There is one important consideration which com
-Ir IL A. tho
laborng classes in general. Ali the evils in egis-
lation-all the mal-admnstration of justice which
Cypress working men, can be reached and remedied
by the aboring classes themselves. The working
classes in the United States, numerically, hold the
balance of power; they have only to elevate MIND,
and by united action, they may control and direct
the administration of government. No laboring
man therefore should look upon his own condition,
as subjected of necessity to the will of the rich or
unequal laws, which their origin to the infiu-
ence of wealth. He should keep in mind that he
belongs to body of the people, who not only are
the physical strength of the nation, but who have
the numerical ability decide all national questions
at the ballot box. Has legislation been made
matter of favoritsm Has it been made to sub
serve the interests OF the few, by the granting of
| special privileges? Let the working men of our
country see to it; they can apply the corrective
And what prevents an immediate application ofthe
remedy, but the elevation of mind, the diffusion of
general intelligence, and correct understanding
| among laboring men of the dgnifed station, which
| it is their privilege to occupy in the country.
| These exalted privileges not only such as the
aboring classes are entitled to by the laws of God
and nature, and such as they may attain and exer
else; but they are such they ,cW exercise. The
period is not distant when the dignity of labor, and
of the laboring classes will be appreciated, and
when they will assume their appropriate position
in the scale of power. This period is approaching
with the same certainty that ght and intelligence
are being diffused among the mass of mind nor
can any human power resist, or any arstocratcal
influences prevent it. The tocsin of this approach
ing revolution is beginning to be rung, and an army
of ndomitabe minds, resolved on freedom and
equality will advance to the contest 1t will not
be revolution of blood and carnage, but revolu-
ton of principle: that will seek the elevation
of industry and merit, to the highest and most re-
spectacle position in society and in government
One that will decree the speedy overthrow of char
tered monopolies, and do away with legislative ia
| favoritsm These abuses of government have
been made the stepping stones to power by the prl-
yieged few, and they have worked the oppression
of the laboring classes, and those In the humble
walks of life. Those false and deceptive allure
ments to wealth, which banks have held out to the
| honest farmer and mechanic, have tended to work
their injury and degradation. Annihllate these
engines where the power of the rich concentrates,
| and through whose influence the poor enslaved,
and then that republican equality essential to the
freedom and happiness of society will be restored
The working men of America should heed the
admoniory voice, that comes across the Atlantic:
The sufferings of their brethren in England, should
warn them of the danger of placing the power Of
the nation in the hands of the few and should urge
them on to assert the high prerogative to which
they entitled Let every young man whose
lot is cast among the laboring classes, remember
his mind, and like proportion does he help to vol
onward the car of liberty, and ensure the perpeuiy
of his country's rights. And let every working
man remember, that he isa component part of that
great body of the people, who can, and ,cM direct
the rens of government.
THE WISCONSIN WHIG.-One of the most violent
and bitter editorials which we have seen in a
western newspaper, appeared in the Wisconsin
| Wing of the 30th ult. The subject matter of the