Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-08-12
Is il True or False 1!

The great TaaSS of mankind are laborerS The broad sweep of that universal law, that in the sweat of our face we shall eat our bread, lays on the race the stern slternatve,-work or Starvc.-- What relation aas the bent back and the furTow- ed brow, and the hard hand and the worn-o frame, and the overtasked brain and the weary slakIng heart. with the growth of the immortal mad, and with all those better aspirations of the soal-those most characteristic marks of the Dl- vine finger which formed Ii
 You are obliged to work Thank God and all your stars for 1t Out of his infinite treasure house Of gifts, we hRow that the Creator could fad more precious cue than this same necessity of labor. la the midst of your wearlness and pain, think a Ipoment.--labor Of some some lies at the fountain of all progress, all hope all good here CT hereafter. FroA first to last, life IS school 10 teach activity, effort. labor. Every sense and every muscle of the body must be trained: every intellectual aad moral power within us has to be brought out and cultivated Nature is vigorous old school dane; and the morning greet ing and evening charge to her pupils is, what the voice Of conscience within us IS-he that will not work shall not eat Nature giveTn0thlng but the raw Raterial, which we mus4 4wpf& up for our wants. Thoughts as well as wool must be comb- ed and spun; virtue well gold, must be dug out. cleansed and asSayed; honor, station, power -all good must be built up, course by course. tollingy and anxlousg every step to the top. If nature had her war, the monarch in thiS world would be the greatest worker, and the only order of nobility composed of those that achieve the
 largest and best results. Labor IS life great func- tion. With spade and blow, with shaft and fur mace, with fire aud steam, amidst the noise and whiri ot swift and bright machinery, abroad i'll the sileat fields ander the roofing sky-every where and always man must work, always be expert meGtlng, pushing, progressing He is a man only when he warks--he IS faithful 10 lfe's great law, and Gods express will only as he tolls oD, in mi tatioH of the nature that supports him.
 Yes, thank God for labor IL IS the only way of happiness and self-Sespect Luxurious indo- lence never vet did for a man, and never will There IS a law against il. Every good thing in thIs world has its price. Whatever IS obtained without eftaIt, by d necessary law of the mind IS aSed without pleasure. To enjoy thing We must Etrice fot lt; and usually inc measure of the enjoyment will be the length and stress of tol by which lt has been obtained. The mother loves not one ot the group that clusters around her fire side. and claims her affections she loves the poor f9aglle plant whose life and growth have been the fruits of maAfold watchingS, and cares and tears. No deviation or nstalment IS half So sweet to the p0Ssessor of millions, that first precious dollar that rewarded his early toil. The heart glides with . thousand precious affections. the object + strives and tolls for. The world over, labor and peace, toil and pleasure, work and hap- piReSS go hand ia hand The sweat of the brow turns into danoIids and drops into our path.
 No0oGY AaS fsht to live who does not labor iH some way lazy man IS a dcfaulter in the most precious trusts; and tired by just standard he deserves te he shunned--if not shut up. Ma tuEe has respect for the man that will not work She uses him very roughly indeed. If il were [ ot for his friends, or for hts crimes be would be starved and put out of the way. If you ask the stars, swethog sea. the uniiring forces Of the earth and al, they will tell you he only is living like a man, aud waFtny inc honor of manhood who masters his tasks, and goes about hts ap- pointed duty ganfully. All others are inirudcrs, droues.--os s9methng wofse.-Msrchqnts Lelger.