The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-05-22

Mr.. L. A. Hine an able and talented west.
ern writer is now issuing in Cincinnati a
series Of reform pamphlets, from the fourth
number of which We take the following ex.
tracts - Il
'Let every man, by all means, endeavor
to employ himself. He who would be as
completely Independent as The System Of
Nature will permit, must be the superinten-
dent of his own life, the master Of his
labor-fhere is nothing which more humil-
iaies an individual than The necessity of
travelling from farm 10 farm and from shop
10 shop in search of work TO do and bread
to'eat He most thoroughly feels thas in.
stead Of being an individual man and sover-
reign Of hifassif he il an instrument in the
hands of others, to be used as they please,
'end NOT for The fulfllment of a glorious hu-
man destiny. He feels--ir he have any
thought and sehsibilay-ihat he lives for the
purposes of Others, and not for himself;
that he is not a man, bnta beast Of burden
TO bear the load Of another.
The influence Of this situation upon the
developement and character of the depen-
dent classes Of society is mos, pernicious. II
divides the people into castles as distinctly
marked as were those::of The Feudal System
or as are those Of the Aristocracies Of Eu.
type and Of inc Slavery of our own country.
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1t is true that the dependent laborers Of
the free portion of the Republic are not re-
duced to quite so low a degradation, are NOT
quite so nearly annihiiated as TO all true
manhood bu. the Influences under which
they live are greatly 10 be deplored, and
their removal anxiously desired. They live
in fear of their Employer lest he should dis
charge them from service. They observe
The disparity between themselves and their
masters as 10 wealth and Independence
they behold the fawning batteries bestowed
upon them by the public, and the cold neg
lect and discouraging Indifference with
which they themselves are treated. They
fear 10 call their souls taeir own, or to claim
any respect whatsoever. II one chances to
have sufficient Democracy in HIS blood TO
make him preserve his own manhood when
despotism presses upon him, be only foun-
rders 10 be lower crushed and more thorough.
ly hamiliated. If his Democracy is stiong,
the necessity Of supplying the demands of a
hungry family is still stronger, and his man
hood must surrender at discrtt.ol.
When we break the manly spirit of an in.
iividuaL, We destroy bis aspirations, blast
his hopes, and put an end TO his improve
ment. Tits useless to attempt anything for
his immediate benefit, unless his sense Of
equality and selfrespect can be retrieved.
He is cast out Of good society and improving
influences, thrown among the vile and the
vulgar, and one more is added 10 the lists Of
vice and crime.
This is the principal cause of the disorder
and criminaliiy of the world for as long as
an individual appreciates his self hood, feels
that he is somebody in the world, and was
born to grow wiser end better, he will keep
aloof from the low and vicious, and constant
~ advance in his own elevation. But when
he becomes discouraged, humiliaied, and
fell 80 ~ ,..o,.1 .n I, =.
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Il follows, therefore, that the whole com.
munity i. interested in the Emancipation of
Labor from Seryiiude. and in the Sell. En-,
nIovmen, Of The neonle The to;apr himself
/. of cour.e mos, dee,lv ;n,eres,ed II ,b;s
o.. Il leas, he would he did he ,oorscia,s
copd,,;on and fee, w;,b;n an ;mnplse
toward > b;rher life If he wo,1, he ! man
: hero. and nrow wiser as he grow. olas,-
II he would enerisb noble ,hcnqt,. and Iofv
asoiraiions -he mus, SEEK 10 emnlov him.
self. and become thoroughly his own masts q
If he be an;ma,ed n the ,eas, dea,es :.
these at;men, he wi,l endeavo, - ,,,s
himself IN all ,b;na. II ,roy;d. h;,n.sIe !, in
work 70 Mace h;n,sslr where II can hre mn
in freedom and act a, all time, aeoacl;nc "a
his " viii.
tits true that mauy, from ignorance and
servilo habits, are SO much depressed that ii
is impossible for them TO control their own
lives, but must work under The direction. OF