The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-12
LABOR 4 NECESSITY AND DI-rY.

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LABOR A NECESSITY AND DI-TY.
Man is by nature a being II labor. Ills
mental aud ply steal constitution IS wisely
adapted 10 labor. and he neler fulGls his
destiny, and obeys The laws of his being.
without il. Almost IS SOM Is ille child
ran raise ils head. il hegihs 10 shado.
forth this inherent elemenl-he lahors.
That which IN tie child we call play, is
his labor. and most earnestly and laiihful.
" does he perform il. Nothing would
change the habits Of The child as he adj
yances in life. but The unsound and ac-
cursed public sentiment which writes dis
grace On The perspiriHg brow Of labon--
When he IS ma,le 10 believe and ieel.t that
what's called work is disgracefnl or nngen-
lcel. he changes his useful employmenis
for hunting, horse racing, bowling, SPAR
ring, billiards or some other useless form
Of filling up his lime, and Of obtaining thai
amount of physical and mental exercise
which The mind and body must have, or
become imbecile. Thus The young man
obcys the inslinctsofhis nature TO work:
bal he labors like Tie galley slave, 10 oc-
equations that debase The morals, enlsa,e
and contract The intellect, and do neither
himself nor The world any valuable SER
vice.
As wei! might We shut oui The light oi
day from tie young as 10 deprive them Of
!abur--ihey viii work. IL taught thai use
ful labor is disrepuiabie, they will seek
sports Of questionable moral tendency on
which to work of their surplus vitality
and muscular cueigy. aud Tie world as
well as themselves are deprived Of all the
usefulness which so much wasted labor
might have produced.
Labor is a natural institution, and is
among The greatest blessings Of man.
Il were better for the aflinent, the forln-
nate. or unfortunate interiors OF millions.
in view of their own personal welfare, To
spend considerable portion Of every day
in labor, producing something really va.
Ia Bile 10 The world, and adding 10 the ge-
neral stock OF comforts OF embellishments
Of life. Fashionable sports, or The dainty
physicalia labor ofconeeiled candies viliatcs
themselves, and while j, does the world
no good. il produces positive harm,by in
spi,ing the Young with distale ior useful
employment This begeis idleness. dis
sipatiun. gambling. and theft, even TO en-.
able the misled POOR TO ape the life Of
/ sport and dissipation Of the rich.
Labor is an effort Of the mind and ex-
ercised TO produce some uself result. II
is valuable wholly for its benefit 10 sen.
lient beings; particularly 10 the human
race. Nearly all that is produced by la
Dor is The resul, oflhe industrious toll Of
about one half of The race; the balance are
mere consumers, drone.becs in the hire
OF human sncieiy, who prey upon The
products Of industry, lesson the aggregate
Of human comfort, aud do little or nothing
10 compensate society for their snstenance
IL is therefore mol only unnatural and dis.
honorable TO live life OF useless unprn.
dnctive existence. but j, is social robbery;
piracy upon the products Of the industri.
Gus world. No person has right toliye
without a valuable contribution TO HE ge.
neral stock Of mind, morals, or money.
The world supports him, and he gives il
in return the efforts OF his mind or muscles
in the production Of the useful and the
true. 10 refuse to do this is, in mo,a
point Of view, robbery. The idiotic, The
insane, aud the imbecile, are excusable--
3 none others.
/ II naughty. purse-proud man would
take lessons Of industry from the whole
world Of organic and inorganic matter, ant
carry out as he should do, the indication:
thus written in The prac1cal language OF ac
lion, useful, laborious, universal action, tn
race Of oilers aud non producers would
by reformation, cease 10 burden and dis
grace the earth. Nature is one grea
work shop. The tides and winds. cleo
trlciiy and magnetism, chemical and geol
oglcal combinations and changes. the for
nation and Development Of organic life
are all specimens of incessaul industry
. evolving results ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Shall part Of the noblest Of Gods work
man. be the only exception TO this grea
/ law Of industry! Shall earth, air, an
, sea. be inslinc, Of life. action, unmiligate
action. and every species Of animal, froi
The animalcule TO the elephant. exert a
. earnest industry, and man, having NOR
wants than any animal in eSislenre. b
either too proud or TOO indolen, 10 l.