The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-07
From the North Carolina Argus.
ElaXi7lCss.


We regard lazress as one Of the mos,
CRYING evils Of the present day aud we
believe hlt We could no, do society great.
er service than to take up our parable a
gains, it.
- DAYS shalt thou labaur and do all
my "oIR, Ia q pa &c the Commandment ;
and we hold that he who spenu, - civ
days IN Idieness Is jlsi Us great On offender
against The law as he who does not remem.
~ holy" And why should he no, be =
Nhgi other fountain is mote prolific oi evi
than az ness An idle mans brain /!
The devils workshop" aud it always has
been. Rape, robbery, murder, swndllug,
lnemperauce and lis concomI,ent SINS, are,
nine tunes out Of ten, traccab!e directly to
this renowned laboratory: and therefore,
there is 10 reason Why Idleness should not
/ be placed in the SINE category with the
other offences enumerated in the Dsca,ogue.
B1, suppose an individual ia not under
the necessity OF IaborlDg with his own
! hands or head for a livelihood shall be
still be compelled to work Yes, or no.,
eat for il is contrary TO tie laws OF nature
for man to consume ME fruits of the Garth
without doing something TO restore 10 the
common stock as much G, least as ho takes
from II. BJl the necessity here spoken Of
IS only q physical one; for the divine eco
nomy lmptesses upon all men the necessity
Of labour. Aud when the death Of one re
l9t,e, or the industry o! another, places it
within the power OF bn individual TO pass
Of his time without employment, should
this exempt him from the obligation Of the
commandment Shall money, or lands and
goods, annul he laws OF God and render
them Of ron effect in the case Of their pos
SCISSOR Then Why not allow him TO kill !?
10 COMMIT adultrs ? 10 steal to bear false
wlnessagansI his neighbor These crimes
are forbidden by the very same code that
ell1lns labor On every man and If the pos
session of property be allowed TO furnish
exemption from the one, Why shall i, not
provide impunily for the others! These
Offences differ only IN degrees of airoclty
and hence, the Apostle lays /. down that,
whatsoever shall keep the whole law and
We, offend IN one point, be is gully oil
ALL"
The idler then, whether rich or poor
ought to be atretgaed al the bar Of pub
he opinion as a criminal OF the most stro-
cious class; and should be dealt with &C
coTdlngIy fiewho steals SIX pence worth
OF bread from his nelghboI's shelf TO salts
f. his hungry soul, is deemed elon, aud
loses his literan' icgem. How much bet
ter is he who swlndIes the State that pro-
lecls him, out Of all the accessions that
might be made 10 their aggregate accumu-
i'uons by his labour in the course OF his .
life Mi whit, say We: and therefore /
he ought to rank according TO HIS dement's. .
Public opinion ought TO place in the hand .
Of every member Of society thong of
plated scorpions 10 lash tho rascal uaked
round the land,
But this prevalence Of idleness seems TO
aauctlfy It 10 the public estimation We
ever hear discourse from the
sacred desk-no matter what the text may
be--whlch is not gsInished with on elo
lucnt episode or two against the offence OF
azness throughout the other SIX days Of
The week, when all are commanded TO
. work 7" ID those who regard them.
selves as especially called 10 rsprove tho
committed agaus. the divine {
aw, feel, that a Sabbath homlly asains, {
azness would be a reprooi of their own I
conduct during the week 7 Or do they
ear tina, freedoms of this sort nigh, be re- I
,arded as offensive in the arIstocratic nos 9
riis Of certain patrons and disciples on the