The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-28
THE WORLD OWES NE A LIVING"
NJ HORACE GREELEY.

NJ HORACE GREELEY.
afhe void oaes me . good living
n I'll have il" SAYS some blackleg. a he
finishes Luxurious Iepast /. here. land
larI. another bottle Of your prime Madei
RI Half dozen emply.handed tops
Who sii gazing on him hy stealth in silen
admiration. hail The sentiment with rsplu
tous spplause. .Thal's IL That's il
lie xorll owes Us good living, and w
wll have landlord. more wine hire
We won'i 90 home I'LL msrning! I.fti
u i, shiie We are young. Who eare'
i..r exp nset' The consequence Of lhil
i. he piifering 81 money drawers. The IL
nnInini0us loss Of employment. genlee
loaierlsm. &c. &c.. until one of lhtse enier
pfising gcnilemen in eager pursuit Of III,
good living the world owes him. puts
tie wrong mans name 70 CHECK. Or 10
sumo kind Of war geis ticket for lhe
marble palace Al Sing Sing. where The
st.ie provides 4. lising" for those i con-
siiers deserving. but not such one as
consists with iheiI own estimate Of their
exalted merits.
The great error in this ease i n the
original maxim. II is false and deiesta>
BE. The world owes you llsing' How
nwesi Have you earned il ~ good
services! II you have, whether on The
anvil Or IN The pulpit, Or As teacher, yon
have acquired ju,t right 10 i Livelihood.
but IL you have eaten as much a. YOU
earned. Or worse still. sdone lilile or no
goaj. the world owes you moth NJ. You
may be worth millions and able 10 enjoy
every imaginable luxury without carr or
effort; but il yon have dnne n thing 10 10.
crease lhr sum Of human comlaris. instead
OF The world nwing you any thug. = Tools
haze hahhlcd, you are morally bankrupt
and beggar.
Mankind are just awaking 10 q ron
seriousness DC Inc duty resting on every
nan 10 be active and n.elul III his day
and N his sphere. All are mol called %
dig Or hew--or pillow Or plane--nnl every
man has sphere Of usefulness allotted 10
him by Providence. and is nnfailhlul TO
his high l,nsi II he deserts il ior idlc pomp
and needless luxury. tine man may be
fitted By nature and inclination for an ar.
tlzan, another for a sailor, and 4 third for
a merchant; bnt no man was ever born
fitted for an id'er and drone Those
who become such are tile victims OF per-
verse circumstances, and deplorable false
education.
But has not rich man The right to en-
ioy his wealth! Most certainly. We
wonl,l be Tie last 10 deprive him Of il. lie
has a natural and legal right 10 possess
and enjoy il IN any manner mol injurious
10 others. but he has no moral righlto be
useless because he has superior means OF
heing useful. Let HIM surround himself
with all the irne comforts and true luxu.
res Of life: lei The master piece Of art
smile upon him in his galleries, and The
mighty minds Of Ill ages speak 10 him
from his library. lei plenty deck bis
board, and The faces Of those he loves
gather joyonsly around il. Let him pos
sess in abundance The means Of satisfying
every pure and just 4, sire Of his nature !;
and become wiser, nobler, larger in soul,
than his less fortunate neighbor. But lei
him never forget, and if he is properly
trained he never can, that il is his solemn
duty 10 be useful 10 his fellow creatures,
especially to the depressed and suffering
--lo labor foe their benefit, and suffer il
need be for their elevation.
The servile idolatry with which igno.
rance and vnlgari,y have looked up 10
power and wealih-ihe hosannahs which
the tramplcd millions have sung before The
cars Of conquerors and other seourges OF
the ear,h--are fading and fitting forever.
In The twilight which succeeds ihis gross
darkness, there comes a season of moral
anarchy, when men, having lost faith in
The jugglcs which once blinded and bound
them, resolve 10 believe noihing--to de-
cry and PROSTATE all Tia. rises above lis
lowest level. Now, the laborer with his
slnew, returns hatred for The contempt
once cast upon him, and says" What
good is there in anything hui manu- Ia.
bors-away with all else! those whose la
bcr is chiefly mental are deceivers and
mo'hs.' But this is transilory ebuli-
ton. The world soon learns to respect
Us oenefactors in whatever sphere. and to
realize that he who truly and honestly ex-
efis himself in some department Of useful
effort, may Justly ciaim brotherhood with
AL who toll, and make and earn. Let The
nch cease 10 look down on the poor--lhe
merchant on the porter; lei each respect
The dignity Of man, and whether in his own
person or thai &c his less fortunate brother
let haughiincss and pride cease on one
SIDE, and envy, jealousy and hatred, with
ihelr trains of dirtful consequences, will
Vanish from the other. and all animated
" common concord 10 the all inmen, ol
The highest good.
Popular Tumult Quelled by PRAYER.
"A correspondent Of The Pittsburg Ga.
zetis relates the following circumstances