Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-07

| sire Tor sudden wealth had sprung up,
prompting them TO neglect their honest
business, and stake the last cent, in the
forlorn hope Of gaining thousands. This
glmester then has been double curse to
society. The means by which he acquired
MS fortune corrupted all around him, and
now by the silly ostentation in which he
| spends it, he bege:s in the minds Of those
who know his history, a disgust for real
labor, and desire to speculate as he did,
in the hopes of attaining 10 his success.
This man is the representative Of the
class that has produced the embarrassment,
which now afilicts US. Gamesters, or if
the term pleases better, spectators, who
have turned aside from the beaten track to
! opulence, and opened a 'short cut'' to
wealth. They infused their poison into
all the great arteries Of society; the strong
est constitution could not stand up against
! it, and now on every side we behold the
wretched results The worst effect is dis
tinctly seen in the rapid increase Of crime
| The minds of men have become corrupt
! ed; they want bread, and clothing, and
J shelter, but instead Of using the the two
| hands which God gave them TO use, they
| torture their brains and invent schemes to
! fitch from others, that which By honest la
Dor they should earn themselves. Wit
ness the stupendous frauds which have
within two years come to light; witness the
boldncss with which the debtor refuses to
| fulfil his most sacred obligations; and then
say if we are not fallen from our high cs
tate.
What is the remedy? Simply 10 make
labor respectable. Let men work, not with
their heads alone, but with their hands =
| Here there is ample field for industry
There are lands here which the plough Of
the husbandman has never broken, waiting
only for the seed which he shall drop in to
produce plentiful harvest. In al The me-
chanic arts strong arms and willing hearts
are wanted. Away with the pernicious
! idea that to labor is not genteel. Make it
! gentcel then; if, as it is, honorable and no.
| BILE. and poverty and crime will soon cease
to afllict US. Let the father educate his
sons in some useful and productive calling.
/ The learned professions, as they are called,
( are overstOcked; we have lawyers enough
to cause litigation among the saints in hea-
ven; doctors enough to make the globe
! heavc with commissions, and parsons enough
TO do more good than they have yet done.
Again we repeat it, make labor respec-
table; let the huge pa,cs be looked upon
with reverence and respect. 1t is the strong
and willing arm that makes wealth produc-
! tive; that SuStains virtue and elevates the
( character of man. Such reform we want,
such Il reform we shall have. 1t may as
! tonsh and disgust the efiGminate fool who
apes the fashions Of slavish Europe, but it
! will make the heart Of every true lover of
his race thrill with thanksgiving and JOY.
( ADDRESS OF TIE MAYOR OF ALBANY.
( The new Municipal Authorities Of the
I city of Albany, were duly induced into
their respective offices, on the 10th of May
inst. Alter the organization of the new
board had been completed, Hon. BARENT
STATS, the mayor elect, made very APP
propriatc address, from which we extract
that portion which relates 10 the granting
of licences:
The next subject to which wish to call
your attention, is the subject Of Excise
| The law makes it the duty of the mayor to
appoint deputy excise officer, who, under
the control Of the mayor, shall licence tav-
ems, groceries. &c. And it further says
that the mayor shall exercise sound dis
erection as to whom the licences shall be
granted; thus leaving the whole matter in
the discretion Of the mayor.
A liccnce to sell alcohol, stripped Of all
! technichalties, is nothing more nor less
I than contrac; between the common coun-
! Gil Of the City of Albany or the one part;
! and certain dealers in alcohol on the other
! part. The common council agree with
/ these individuals, and if they will pay a
certain sum o! money, they shall have the
privilege of destroying their neighbors six
| days in the week, and travellers seven,
provided that they destroy them with no
other deadly weapon than alcohol, and tina;
/ the men who perform this friendly duty
as men of good moral character, and do it
! in civil manner.
These contracts have been in existence,
ever since the city was chartered; but the
law requires that the mayor shall, in his
soun1tst discretion, renew or diScon-
tinue them at the end of the year. The
duty having devoIved on me, have given
the subject all the consideration am capa-
/ bic of, and have come TO the conclusion
that so far as grocers and keepers Of ordi-
naries are concerned, the contract ought
not 10 be renewed, for the following reasons:
Because, if it be right to sell alcohol, then
it should be sold without licence, because,
ilwrong 10 sell, then the evil is cot lessen
ed by the common council becoming part
ners in q bad business, and BY granting a
permit, giving it all the responsibility il
can boast of. because | am opposed TO all
privileged orders, whether they arise from
privileged birth, or purchase; because il
enables men TO obtain money without rem.
dering an equivalent; because it is injuri-