Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-29


IONS which exists around them, and not
being imbued with classic lore would but
slightly regard the authority of even the
wise maxims of Lycurgus, though their
eternal voice speaks through the vista Of
hoary ages. That class Of the communi.
ty is very numerous, &. prudence requires
that even their prejudices should be regar.
ded. s.1aa aa m
Upon full and mature consideration,
then, il would seem that both the pursuits
are Objectionable, and should be rejected;
and my rscked invention can conceive
but one more alternative. There is this
one more resource, bat tits painful TO me
to mention il, for 4 know the agony it
must cost you. Robbery. or stealing re-
volts the taste. The gallows looks grim
and the dungeon dismal, when they loom
in the dark perspective ofthe loafeF's fate,
and his heart must sink within him. But
there is doom less dangerous, but more
dreary than that 1t is a doom at which
your nature shudders- an anguish more
terrible TO you than the gnawing Of The
worm that dieth cot a fate 10 which the
earth offers no rest, and the sun shines
upon you but 10 torture. Your food will
but remind you Of the pain it has cost, and
you will live in the pangs which Others die
with. After this description it cannot be
necessary for me 10 explain that refer to
hard work. 1t is painful to me to allude
TO this painful contingency, or TO bring
this picture before you, buI II is my duty
to do so and | must discharge it. You
must 60 to work. Robbery and stealing
being rejected, it is unavoidable. You
MUST co TO WORK. II is bitter draught
own. had hoped earnestly that it
; might be avoided. l have prayed upon
my Bonded knees that this cup might pass
from you - that this pang might be spared.
But the fat OF destiny has gone forth and
{ your fate is fixed. have pondered upon
the question anxiously; | have gone over
the whole subject in detail, and you must
) see that The conclusion is unavoidable. 1t
3 is doom before which fear even loaf.
. ers tranquility will quail. Serene and
, calm, you could smile upon the mutations
e of time, "the wreck Of matter d the crush
D of worlds" and would seem to defy the
A arrows OF fate. There was but one crew.
= ice in your armor; hut one shaft could
d pierce you, aud that shaft is shot. To
K work you must 90 or siarve. Hard must
: be Ihaf.heart which can look upnn this
, tate aud shed no tear OF pity! Bpi is
no: tor the ladividuai or for his sufferings
that ] ieel such poignantregret. II is the
D anninIlaiion OF The venerable order-the
: blot'lng out OF the fraternity from the mass
I OF society, which like the extinction of a
+ nation sohuds solemn TO my ear. The
death koel vi the order has been peaed /;
o It's dlrge his been sung, and it will soon
. be tound ouly IA that mighty storehouse of
I things which have passed. II stands upon
b a naked iock, and the rising surges OF The
! great ocean Of tine, swell dlrkly around
5 it. Beneath them, is its burial, and the
. waves of Oblivion will roll suIlen over It's
grave. Iiark! to the gurgIing waters
. RIeuzi was the LAST Of the Romans. Bay
\ ard the last of The Chevaiers, Uncass, the
y last OF the Mohicans, Mike Fink, the last
/ OF the keeIboatmen, and the last requiem
i must soon be sung for the last Of the loaf.
u ers. ar, a~t
. A. X. M.