Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-30
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There are three ways Of getting wealth.
First, by seiling with violence what Is al
ready in existence, and appropriating It to
yourself. This is the method Of the old
Romans, of Robbers and Pirates, from Sciron
to Captain Kidd. Second, by getting pos
session of goods in the way Of traffic, or by
some similar process. Here the agent is
Cunning, and not Force; the instrument is a
gold coin, and not an iron sword, as in the
former case. This method is called Trade,
as the other is named Robbery. But in both
cases wealth is acquired by one party and
lost by the other. In the first case there is
a loss of positive value; in the latter there is
no increase. The world gains nothing by
either. The third method is the application
of labor and skill to tho earth or the produce
ton of nature. Here is a positive increase
Of value. We have a dozen potatoes for one
that was planted, or an elegant dress instead
of a handful Of wool and flax. The two for
mer classes consume much, but produce no.
thing. OF these the Roman says, "iruges
consumers nati,'-they are b0rn 10 eat up The
earn. Yet in all ages they have been set in
high places. The world dishonors its work.
men, stones its prophets, c%rucifes its Sa-
viours, butbows down its neck before wealth,
however won, and shouts till the welkin rings
! Ihllls AGFAlA . ' ' tphtlNC dAlh . hAh
The world has always been partial to its
oppressors. Many men fancy themselves an
ornament to the world, whose presence in it
is a disgrace and a buGtlien to the ground
they stand on. The man who does nothing
for the race, but sit at his ease, and fares
dainty, because wealth has fallen into his
hands, is a burthen to the world. He may
be d polished gentleman, a scholar, the mas
ter of elegant accomplishments, but so long
as he takes no pains TO work for man, with
his head or his hand, what claim has
he to respect, or even a subsistence ! -
3 The rough-handed woman, who with a salt
fish and a basket of vegetables, provides sub
= %stantial food for a dozen working men, and
5 washes their apparel, and makes them COM
Z Portable and happy, is a blessing to the land,
S though she have no education, while this fop
l with his culture and his wealth is a CURSE
l She does her duty so far as she sees it, and
G so deserves the thanks of man. But every
oyster or berry that fop has eaten, has per
, formed its duty better than he. 1T was made
to support human nature, and it has done so,
while he is but a consumer Of food and cloth.
e ing. That public opinion ~tolerates such mer
e is no small marvel.
The productive classes of the world are
$ those who bless it by their work or theil
IT thought. He who invents a machine, does
y no less a service than he who tolls all day
y with his hands. Thus the inventors of thu
S plough, the loom, and the ship, were deserv
e eddy placed among those society was to no
S nor. But they also, who teach men mora
Il and religious truth, who give them dominion
a over the world ; instruct them to think Il
live together in peace to love one another
and pass good lives enlightened by Wisdom
5 | Iarp,al h,r INnnlnoee .pl omaha nfaI bu Pa
ligion, they who build up a loftier popula
ton making man more manly, are the great
est benefactors of the world. They speal
S of the deepest wants of the soul, and Civ
u men the water of life and the true bread iron
y Heaven. They are loaded with contumel
8 in their life and come to a violent end. Blu
their influence passes like morning from Ian
II to land, and village and city grow glad i
3 their light. That is a poor economy, con
mon as it is, which overlooks these men.
is a vulgar mind that would rather Paul ha
n continued a tent-maker and Jesus a carpeI
u ter.
Now the remedy for the hard service thi
q is laid upon the human race consists partl
in lessening the number of unproductiv
classes, and increasing the workers an
thinkers, as well as in giving up the work
Ostentation and Folly and Sin. 1t has bee
asserted on high suthority, that if all Inc
Is and women capable of work, would toll dill
L gently but two hours out of twenty-four, Il
le work of the world would be done, and a
N would be as comfortably fed and clothed,
N well educated and housed, and provided f
s. in general, as they now are, even admittir
Sc they all went to sleep the other twenty-tN
IN hours of the day and night. If this was don
we should hear nothing of the sickness
Z; sedentery and rich men.
re Exercise for the sake of health would |
ne heard of no more. One class would not
n crushed by hard work, nor another oppresst
he by Incidence and condemned, in order to 7
:, sist the Just vengeance nature takes on ther
ce to consume nauseous drugs, and resort TO a
n. tifcial and hateful methods in order to pr
is serve a life that is not worth the keeping, b
or cause it is worthless and ignominious. No
vn men may work at the least three or four tim
to this necessary amount each day, and yet I'll
lat their labor a pastime, a dignity, and a bles
= ing, and likewise find abundant time
nd study, for social intercourse and r~ecTeatio
Then if a mans calling were TO think a
lot write, he would not injure the world by ev
excessive devotion to his favourlte pursu
tie. for the general burden would still be sligl
wo Another remedy is this-the mind dc
for the body's work. The head saves the hanC
1t invents machines which, doing the VIC
or of many hands, will at least sci free a lar
ed. norton of leisure time from slavery 10 t
ese elements. The brute force of nature
eP. waiting mans command, and are ready
of serve him. At the voice of Genius the riy
vi consents to turn his wheel, and weave a
Ork spin for the antipodes. The mine sends h
lay iron Vassals, to toll in cold and heat. F
md and water embrace at his bidding, and a III
not servant is born, which will fetch and cal
ge, at his command will face down all
ley storms of the Atlantic; will forge ancho
he and spin gossamer threads, and run of errar
ect. M and down the continent with men a
ply women on his back. This last child of S
of .I.,ub yat n strinlipr ,rd il, Io,I;