Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-15
by HORACE 0REELY.

which we put upon labor. On this sub
iect the world is not SO specious aud hyp-
ocriical as upon others, but wears lis :au'i
launtily and with an air. In the DIVINE
order, labor is.Dot merely universal du-
". but universal Necessity. Whose Will
not work shall not eat, is the lmmulabie
law. aud he who strives to.evade IL but
yainly lacerales himself on the sharp thofns
which every where hedge IN the narrow
path Of right Take what you need al the
boun,eous table of Nature, says The decree,
but pay lis price. Fraitess The effort pre-
posterous the desire, TO obtain by trick what
can only come by eqlivalent Ihe hsh-
erman IS caught in his net-'ahe engineer
bois, by his own petard" The schemer
reaches forth his eager hand 10 the itGIt
that looked so tempting on the bough and
grasos. not that which he coveted, bat APP
nles OF Sodom-fllr without, but tiuerneSs
and ashes. What was coveted as luxury,
uuduly acquired, has become disease, Sd
listy ami death. All History. all Tragedy,
all Romance, is foil IF this; Yet the blind
world goes on scheming to clrcumyent
God, and enjoy the pleasure without iul-
filling the condition. as though all that the
wise have observed n1the good have writ.
len for lis admoni ion were but shallow
fable, invented BY The cunning OF those who
have 10 secure themselves against the COW
elous assaults of those who have nol. 10
fact, all vice, all transgressIon, Tools ilseif
in this fundamental erTor, that The laws OF
the Universe, W hIch have vIDdicated them
selves from eternity, may 10 TINS pallicu'
lar instance be evaded--thal tie good
which is coveted may be separated from
the condition which underlles It-tbat The
magnet will for once have positive pole
aud no negalive-lhat there siial be SUM
mer without winter-day without night
To detach the sensual good ifou the NOR
al good-lhe enjoyment from the nse-lhe
transient from the everlastng-h betn
the struggle of perverted humanity thr0'
sixty centuries Of wre;chedness. Mon
strous delusion / idle dreanlings OF disor-
dsred intellect. The stone rolled with
sublesl intent TO- the summlt OF the prccI-
nice. rebounds Instantly aud vehemen.Iy
10 the bottom, overlhrowlng the contrlver
in its headIong career. ltne primary re-
qaifement may be evaded. The penalty Is
swift, unrelenting. inevitable
Now this first great lesson of moral
truth. which all clear.sighted experience
must teach, is one which is but b;lndiy.
imperfectly taught at all, but which IS Ut
leriy set at nought in our popular incuicd-
inns with regard 10 labor. What child
of affluence or even OF want Is duly taught
that If he would truly enjoy he must SO
| live as 10 increasethe medus OF enjoyment
If lie would cal, he must work Love
for love truth for truth service for ser-
vice this is the coin he must pay; Tor
! none other VIII be accepted. If ne seek
10 procure these BY force or subdety, he
obtains not what he desires, bot on y the
counterfeit, which only his own CORES
poudeut CORRUPTION lHds him from per-
ceiving 10 be as different from the thing
sought as lio hi from darkness. Let US not
wait then for the world TO teach Ibis great
truth through that rugged experience
which is but another term for suffering
The child which is practically taught In
the little world Of home ihat1abor is d bur-
den and well oigh disgrace-thut service
is rightlully Of constralnt and not OF alec.
lion-lhat the great end ofllfe is not molly
I 10 do, bat skilfully TO avoid doing-lhdt
the service which requires humber facul-
ties and ruder culture than some dnintier
avocations is therefore less honorable aud
meritorious-tha: the duties and obii9a'
tons of the servant and the served are not
! mutual and kindly that chhd has fece'V-
ed already a moral pervers,ty' which nov
thousands Of sonorous homIaes years
Of Sowing pride. AMI gnawlng D'saP-
noin,ment. aud the drear vacuity OF uuiov'
ed existence, shall thoroughly ettace IRON
his oeing.
There remains one other monstrous err
! ror of our Preside Education which can
no, refrain from exposing, though ar
/ aware that il is less common than those
have already reprrhended. aud In fact i
4 bu, an ofrshoot from them-a branch g
that great Upas Of false formation Of char
octfr Whereof have endeavored 10 expos,
The gnarled and wrnhing roots 10 genera
scrutiny and abhorrence. lallude TO th'
fatal practice of paying for rirtue, or re
wardng with adyenilIIous Indu gence act
Of integrity and Of duty. As in It's nalur
land origin this is a compound OF most {
the errors have enumerated, so is II j
|. its consequences more Professionalism an
one of them. The child which for pei
forming a task nimbly and faithfully, 70
5 acquiring lesson rapidly and thoroughly
|. is rewarded with some dainty confectio
: OF gliuering toy, you have doubly corrnp
o ed first, in making lha. task. which b
II tiog duty. should also be pleasure in
self; secondly, iE pimpering an apperIi
or a craving which, being FICTITIOUS. car
I not fail 10 be evil. If that task were M
II properly his--iI that lesson were not OF
n self worth acquiring-you should not haN
s i'm nnsed il liz II were YOU have blIndt