Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-07-12
NOBILITY OF MECHANICS
BY MISS NJ. l.. WENTWORTH.

has placed thee in thy lot, perchance,
to guide the llying car that whrls us
from scene 10 scene, or lliend TO friend;
bind down the warning waves of ocean,
tempest test. or cllain the tcd artillery
of heaven.
Toll on! Without thy power, earth
though lcr sands were one vast Paclol>
us of gold, would be waste of lins"lled
tears and glitlering grief; and want and
woe, and splendid misery, gleam out
from all hcl treasured mines. Rich soils
would retish in their richness, and the
fruits of season changing die dnga,hered
from the harvest.
Toll on! Jehovah was working
man too. "In the beinniug God Great
ed Heaven and earth " and from chaos
sprung this perfec, world the perfect
workmanship Of The eternal uncreatcd
power. Uprose the mighty armament,
and black The sulcn sulges sweep sub.
missive, tanned, each 10 their severa |
bound. And there he set great lights,
The glorious sun to bless the day: the
Iimid moon to wear at nigh, The middle
lusr OF the ra1ieus orb. tie painted
heaven with mingled blue and white,
aud in Tie vaull"d arcl, modest star
pceping out, seemed, by the majesty
of sun and moon, like slrayed lilly
breathing ou its lone or meek and
blushing loveliurss, in the gay tiats of
Tic opening bud aud rich yoluptuous
blossoms,
Wondering, there Lawned another,
and third, till clustering, clingiag to the
spacious canopy, they read, in the calm
waters of the sea, the story Of their rad.
ent lovrliness. From thence assured,
they fear not sun nor moon, but faith
fully distilI they pensive light. Old oc.
cean tost her crescent spray, and from
her Hidden depths creatures Of life came
to us, aud few above the earth; wing
ed fowls and birds, and flying fish aud
the great whale, dark emperor Of the
sea.
And God created man! Six days he
labored; and the seventh he .reposed;
while from the sea, the earth, the air,
and all that in them is, wen. up chorus
of exla,ic praise to God the first, the
eternal az schitcct. -
Toll on, sun,burnt mechanics; heard
you ofhim whom baddling Jews dsspi-
scd-The mauger borniof Nasareti?-
Exalted 10 The Prince DER death and
hell. Rad ye not, in The Book, Of
tho untausht apprentice who laid his
han upon liberals ragged manc and
it was slillcd?
Toll oh! Dark from the dews thai
heaven details, fragrant flowers, the
bushing buds, the blessed air, is untold
wealth TO the hard browed and bronz-
ed mechanic. Rich Golfers bring a
snare caukcr and heart corrUsion.-
Gods wealth is yours, a wealth TO
which decaying guild Is vanity and
druss.
Toll on! Proud peer and prince,
and pedanl, sage, statesmen, and priest,
now claim the tribute OF il tomb, which
iain would drive away the greedy world;
aud splendid eIoquencc and mocking
tears are shed above tic dust which lies
as common as .hc plebelan heard. The
grave is the grea, iovclcr. Blest grave!
Grave OF the tunnel mechanic! A spirit
speaks flom thence, and willing years
..ay learn some task, which monument
gold have not a power 10 teach. Proud
mcn-lcarned men--go sit about that
tomb, and weep to think thai when old
time shall the, The sun 60 out in wears
ness; oblivion's sulen surge shall sweep
away your greatness aud your chivaIry;
above ".he wreck Of matter and the
crush of worlds" the landwork Of Gods
own noblemen shall live, immutabIe as
time his empire holds, eternal as
Eternity.
Description Of a Mer'can Lepero.-
By Dlan.z Mayer.-BIacken man
IN The sun, le. his halr grow long and
tangled or become filled with vermiu !;
let him pIod about the streets in all
ki4ds oi dirt for years, and never know
the use OF brush or towel, or water even,
except in surms; lei him put on par
OF leather blcecllcS at twenty, and wear
lllcm until forty, without cLange or ABB
luton; and over all place a torn and
blacked hat; and a tallered blanket be-
grimcd with denominations; let him have
wllu eyes and shining teeth, and
features pinched by famine to sharp
.icss; breast barred and browed, and (if
female) with TWO or three miniatures OF
The same species tultering after her, and
another certainly strapped to hel back;
combine all these to your imagination,
and you have recipe fora Mexican lie.
pero.
Men should become intelligent, not
for the sake Of becoming agreeable TO
society, or even to our friends, but for
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