Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-11-16
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a due time, when age requires rest, he =
will be able to be at leisure. leaving his bu. d
ness 10 others, while those of his age who 5
we're al leisure while he was busy, will be
struggling still even under the in6rmi,ies Of
age for their daily bread.
A great mistake often made and fraugh,
with the worst consequences is, that labor
is discreditable to a gentleman. Nature
can truly be no gentleman
without it. Il is necessary to the existence,
certainly to the perfection Of the race in
their proper relations here. 1, is necessa-
ry to wealth, comfort and happiness. II is
the appointment of God himseif-God
made man a iaborer. In every good sense
of the term, which connects him with the
interest of his race and the proper destiny
of man; He made the laborer gentleman
and the gentleman a laborer. II has been
said the devil made the gentleman, and
this very vulgar expression is certainly
graphic in truth wheneAer any man is
tempted to believe that it is discreditable
to work for living, and that gentleman
is made by idleness. The term properly
expresses character, not form or pro-
sfession. He is a true gentleman, whose
heart dictates proprieiy of conduct in
all the relations of life, and whose outward
acts are the comely expressions of correct
principles.
Our day is distinguished for expedients
to improve and advance the human race.
This is well. The effort is noble one
worthy of man. and that is saying enough.
But, like the efforts of the day on all
other subjects, there is a strong tenden-
cy 10 fanatacism in the labors OF those who
seek human perfectability by ordinary
agencies and Fictitious schemes. Here,
too, men seek for the philosophers stone,
some catholicon, a panacea which is 10
work miracles, some high pressure expedi-
ent for making gentlemen without labor,
and securing the avails of labor without
industry. After men arc starved into the
truth, they will find that nature cannot be
well forced TO make gentlemen. They
must come in the regular way. AS well
nigh! the doll.maker attempt TO compete
with nature. He may make pretty thing.
But he produces no living, breathing, think
ing, useful being So fashion may make a
gentleman out Of any dandy that walks
on two feet instead of four; but il is thing
only fit to show in the windows of toy
shop, and had much better be left there for
fools to gaze at. than be put into the hands
of young lady. We confer real bene-
fit, do something effec,ually to elevate the
race, and make advances TO the only real
philosophers stone which turns every thing
II touches into gold, whenever we do any
thing TO render labor creditable to the man
who engages in it. This we do, too, when
the laborer is cheered ON to perseverance
in his efforts and attains TO the wealth which
is the proper result of industry:
Such men have been honored. are hon.
ored, must be honored, wherever they are
found. knowledge is power. The man
who has it, other things being equal, will
exert controlling influence. He ,riumphs
over matter. lie controls the masses of
men--their minds as well as their physical
force. This it is which gives the great su.
periority to some men over others. They
are sought out, and will occupy the high
places of society. When these powers are
directed to the Moderation of human woes,
those who exert and possess them, become
and are called, benefactors. Their names
are inscribed on the catalogue Of honored
and honorable men. They do their par,
and do much to render labor reputable.
Let the mass of working men then do their
duty, and things will find their proper level
The order of nature will be restored in
the estimate men place on different profes.
sons and occupations of life. Among the
nobility of nature, the farmer will hold the
pre-eminence, first among equals. The
mechanic next-and we shall all come in,
not far behind indeed, but yet behind in
our respective professions, forming eccen.
trio circles; the one great human family
around the soil whence we came, and from
which we derive our subsistence while we
live, and to which we are destined TO re
turn and repose in death.
A Devoted FEMALE.-Mrs. Frv the
distinguished female philanthropist, solemn.
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