Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-11-16

From he Richmond n publican.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LABURFRS.
4 CONTRAST.

F.lllu Hnunr, 50 gcncmlly known az "ile learned
l3lnrksnlt, 3" H. at thus nme lRyeIa. IL Enp land
aud. as lie Iaveis making skrl,hrs by The wHy-no
"penehgs' Of high lite, vi the roigung oshIons. lh-
manners OF She mobility The nuelallo ul the Iraa Ing
OF The aspect Vi pyhly N It's public is s,cIa
| huns. The sensible Blacksmith aware that lhcsr
urn The staple uI .uers which American uutlsts Sud
home 10 ftgae their republican trends, but It Is evident
that The tastes Of Ihs PLAN man prefer different aud
somewhat untIoddcn lack lie dos hot pause esen Ia
Transfer his records sketch oi nature Of aff.-
The Did lo~us, the gtoon meadows, the rural lanes, The
gaidea like afus. the ancient nuns covered with green
,Iues Nhtre nature luumpls over the cay OF man
pIondes Nufks all these Ia have escaped his ub
seryaton of To have been dtemtd worthy bu lttlle
lice 10y The Blacksmith. lis mission ha, been In liza
manly, 10 MAN IN lhe Iu"esl vale oi poverty the
mlllons nhu, like himself, spend lie IN tod, bn, Uni h
HIMSELF toll 10; noughl--~lose hirs, from Tie ctadle
10 The gave Is Lrbor, dmly, nightly, aud yet
~ard.d abuf. H., HAS gone INTO Ih'r cabins lie has
them at their work. He has talked fmIliafy wh
them, and 10 him, Of Their own tollng class, they
have unbuflhencd their hearis. Poverty ignorance and
somellmrs crime. their unhappy douln. The back
smith has talked with them beneath the shadow nj the
palace where ovefgtown wealth has raised liz lprdly
monument. and = Dives Sis In purple aud fine linen.
ioeeiiu OF the Lazarus thai dies In wrechcdness his
gate. .....
Here are some extracts from oLe of The BacksmIhs
late letters, PORTIONS ii winch there touches o
tenderness tina, remind uso Charles Lambs descriptions
al The VERY puDr."
behind a hedge. I stepped through into llte black
smith shop, about as large As AN American smoke house
curing bacon The irsl object HAT ny eyes rested
fail grown man, nine years ut age aud NEARLY
three feet hlsh. prrctd upon sole o hall that height,
mise hls breast 10 the level o hs fathers anvil,
which he work with all the vigor u hts lillln
making mills. say a lW gr0en man. Tor fear he
grow any larger, physcaIlt 81 ncnai'y. As
PM my hand On his shoulder IN familiar way. In
make IN, self home with hin md To remove the tmld
NV Inch mt Ia min
hun by pleasant word OF iva OF greeting, hs II >I
lct hardened ino all The ndufaton OF olllng
hood aud as unsusceptlae al growth as anvil block
Fixed manhood had set IN upoa hun IN the gre o
youth. aud there he was ny his father side stint
ed premature ui-wllh his ehIdaopd oif-nIlh
space grow Ia between the cradle aud the anvil
bluck-chasrd, rs he could stand his little
legs. IRON the hearth sone to the iorle sUtc, by iron
necessity. that would let hun stop lons enoah 10
pick up lellcf Of the English Alphabet on the way.
On. Lord John Russell. think Of IT. Oh this Elg
sman's SON placed hy his mother scarce weaned, on
a high cold sloue ha'eoo,ed before the nnvl-thee 10
ha'dnn, scar. and blister lis yocng hands by heating aud
hamnsng ragged nal rods 'or the suscnauce her breast
can no longer supply"
he blacksmith Introduced himself to the boys father
who was "A work near by He thus proceeds
Il sal down upon end nl his nail bench, and told
hun was an American blacksmith by trade" aud that
had cure TO hoS he got On IN the wurdwhether
he earning pre- ~ gu0d wages at his business, 81
thar lie could 1--we comfortably and send his children 10
school. As said this glanced indulungy toward the
boy who was looking steadily al from his stone slool
by the anvil Iwuo three llllle crook ed gf from
two To five years age, had stolen limdly nnl couple
young frightened eyes Were peermg over the door
sill at nr. They all locked If task daily
ALLOTTED them The aud clndeis OF their fathers
shop. Ia The sharp eyed baby ~ tie door. The
pnur Eng ls.man he WAS As mncn an Engllshinan as
the Duke Of WrnG looked al hi bu>hy headed,
btetootrd children and SAID softly. with mclanchoy
shake Of ,ie hcsd that The tunes were rather had with