Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-02-05

dra,On game. and both sides are then crowned
with the Laurel. Sometimes the two armies are
reduced to singh man on each side, and thew
are both left alive, and then again it is a drawn
game, and they adjourn, to renew the contest a,
future days Sometimes by agreement, thew
select two champions, and decide the quarrel by
single combat But in each and in all cases. il
is AIN exciting conflict. and disciplines the bows
to be men and the girls to be they are
There is something remarkable in this Yankee
nation. They are the admiration of the world
and they will be so. The causes lie deep i'm the
structure of society, in the education of the nur-
sery, in the discipline of the youth, i'm the habits
of manhood. II is there no disgrace TO work-it
is a disgrace to be idle. Poverty is no crime
True independence is found in the abodes of
Poverty. "My Father" said my felow-traveller.
.'was poor but independent" There is the secret.
Their systems of common schools, suited with
some notifications to any land, and demonstrated
there by the experience Of half century, are well
worthy the attention Of Legislators, while they
are employed in burying the rotten carcass of our
past enactments on this subject. The common
schools of Boston embrace a wide range Of study,
and offer better advantages TO the poor Of that
city, free of all expense, than can generally be
found in the incorporated colleges of the South
and West.-ln a recent examination, in one of
those schools the Mayor of the city passed by his
own son in one of the classes, to confer dis,in-
guished premium upon bright urchln, who had
eACeueu HIS iellOWSs ana VINO asked friend OF
mine then present, "who is that boy :" "He is
the son of one of our city carmen" replied his
Honor. That people must be strong where labor
is honorable, and where true merit constitutes the
aristocracy; for there must he a Democratic 90
vernment, receiving constantly its men of influ-
ence from the lower classes, raised, not Iy uio-
ience and blood, not by the noisv defamation or
unprincpled schemes of the demagogue, but by
intellectIa', moral and physical ability under a
training that is suited to make men, and lay the
structure Of society in the deep foundations of
manual labor, religion and law.
We retired at night with mutual agreement
to continue our journey together at an early hour
was chagrined to find my fellow traveller had
politely waited for me full hour after he had
breakiasted and ordered the horses. / came as
soon as could be shaved and shod. He assur-
ed me that while was calling at the top of my
voice at my chamber door for my boots, he had
seen his face in his, and had set his feet in them.
determined TO profit by experience. When
the next night arrived, we took our lodgings in
the same ROOM "Boy," said he, "brinp me
pitcher of water" 81 will bring i, in the morn
ing, Sir" "But choose TO have it now,' said
the Yankee. 1t was brought. In the morning,
my fellow traveller was shaving himself by can
delight when l awaked. He had superintended
the feeding of our horses and returned before
could raise the servants. l now saw how he
made himself independent. He shaved himself
while waited on barber. He brushed his own
boots with a neat pair of brushes pulled from his
portmanteau, in small tin box, while stood on
the stairway in my stockings hallong for the
lackey. He busted his coat with another brush
similarly carried with him. He saved his shil-
ling, which gave to the lazy servant on whom
waited. He gained the best hour of the day
the first hour,- and spirit ofenergy, and indie
pendence by being ready, and having his horses
ready as soon as the sun rose.
l needed no more. His father was poor but
Independent. He made his son so. That son
has made me independent which large patri-
mony had before failed to do. Ever since that
Journey, l have waited on myself rather than
waited on the servants. 1t is more convenient
costs less, and saves time. He is Independent
who relies on himself and possesses ,ciihin him
seq the most power to supply his own wants. In
other words, he is the most independent who
most perfectly limits his wants within his perso-
nal, natural and permanent means to supply them
VIRGINIENSIS.