The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-17
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From the Germantown Telegraph.
WHO is THAT YOUNG MAN ASHAMED
OF THE PLOW

WE sometimes hear OF young men too
proud 10 be seen labOrIng ID The fields;
indeed we are not sure that we have not
seen such. Now, nothing can justify any
man i'll eschewing manuel LABOR on his
farm, unless il be that he can be otherwise
employed in the superlnlendence and dl
rectlon OF the labor Of others, or that easy
circumstances allow him to indulge his
leisure III the luxury of acquiring knowl
edge by cOnversing with men of superior
minds, person lily or from the VIKINGS.
DO men Oi narrow minds, who despIse
labor, remember that In Rome, after the
expulsion OF the Kings, seven acres were
allowed TO each citizen GURUS Denta-
tus, Fabricus, Regulus, and others distin-
guished as the most deserving among the
Romans, had no larger estates. Cincln-
natus, according 10 some authorities, had
only four acres. On these limited spaces,
they dwelt and cultivated them with their
own hands. Until he tries ii, no one
knows on how little land all the essential
comforts Of life may be produced.
L was literally from the pIow that Gin
cinnatus was summoned to be Dictator;
and the Samnian Ambassadors, when they
went TO Cerius Dentatus TO sue for peace,
found him on his farm, cooking his repast
Of vegetables in an earthen dish. To pur-
chase easy terms they offered him vessels
Of gold. but the noble Roman disdainfully
refused their offers. Il PREFER" says he,
~my earthen pots TO your vases of gold.
have no desire for wealth, and am satisfied
10 live in poverty, and rule oUer the rich t!
Can any one, pray, !ell us where any of
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Farmers of the United States! You,
for whom alone we care and labor-if you
can find the leas: sprinkle of that blood
seize on il as you would on a scion of the
choicest fruit about 10 become extinct, and
try TO breed back on it, until we can get a
stock of honest men for public functiona-
ries of every sort, whose study shall be 10
difHse knowledge, to inculcate economy,
and To promote peace, and such distribu ;
ton of the public moneys collected from
the landed districts, rs shall enIighten and
purify the mass of the cuiliUGt0rs of the
SOIL until the wisdom and forecast Of the
consistency shall be reaecled.by all our
public men and public bodies. If ever
you can get, for instance, one of the old
Washington stock-One who will tolerate
freedom OF thought and of speech. and go
exclusively for the Constitution and the
public good, persuade him to hoin on until
his new and salutary system of manage
ment OF The public farm shall be thorough
ly developed and well rooted--untI an
odious system called the "spoils system"
worse than the Canada thistle, shall be
exiirpated from the whole earth, and the
anxieties of all our young farmers shall
be Withdrawn from the tree of patronage
and the fruit office, which turneth TO ashes
IN the mouth. and their contemslaiions be
turned on their own conditions, business,
and rights. and to the means OF their vim
dcation and Improvement.
In this exhortaton, there IS no narrow
suggestion or spiri: Of parry. Il is intended
@8l believed 70 have direct bearing on