Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-08-05
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Of themselves, aud use the weak as fhei
fiools, l,hough to the manifest injury Of III
| weak, The ihsepf machinery has hi,herl
4 been bur atfiHi1g boon in comparison viii
what itmay bs elf- sstsgs
/ ssln th6 vi llSge of fEamdgnn. iiiss,holisAn
/ able-bodied men ilnd woinhns withont.liln
sGiARefy ansl having no intercourse wftisih
1 lrest.ofihe world, 4nusi work fourteen hour
loul Of The twenty -four that lheysmay all b
housed, fed anll clothed, warmed. insl6clad
Iiiid iuad6 huppy. ingenious nand
invent waiermiiis, which saw, plume, thrush
{grind, spin.i weave, and do many othe
things, SO that these Thousand people meet
work bur five hours in the day TO obtain III,
7, result OF fourteen BY the old process. Here
then, vast amount of time--nine hours il
The day--is Sc, free from toll. II may b.
spent in study, social Improvements, the pur
suit ofsa favori,e ART, and leave Them room
for amusement also. u as .l 1S h
But the largest heads at Ilumdrum have
not Christian. but only selfish hearts beating
in their bosom and sending life into the
brain. So these calculalors think the mer
Of Humdrum shall work fourteen hours Q
day as before. II would be dangerous, say
they,lo sci fire 10 so much time. The de.
luded creatures would soon learn TO lie and
steal, and would speedily end by eating one
another up. Ii would not be Christian 10
leave them 10 this fate. Leisure is very
good 10 US but would be ruinous 10 them.
So the wise men of Humdrum persuade
their neighbors 10 work the old fourteen
hours; more is produced than is consumed.
So they send off the superAuilies of the viii
lage, and, in returns bring back tea, and
porcelain, rich wines and snowy gew-gaws,
and fashions that change every month. as
The strong headed men grow rich, live
in palaces; their daughters do not work, nor
their sons dirty their hands. They fare
sumpluousy every day--are clothed in pur-
pie and fine linen Meanwhile the common
people Of lIumdrum work as long as before
ibe machines were invented, and little
harder. They are also blest by the ''im.
provements." The young women have red
ribbons OF their bonnets, French gloves on
their hands, and shawls of India on their
shoulders, "linkling ornaments" in their
ears. The young man Of Humdrnm is bell
ter of thar his father who fought through
The ReSoluuon-- ha wears a beaver hal
and couI bf English cloth, and has Bh-i
mingham whistle, aud watch in his pock-
el. When he marries he will buy red cur,
tains for his windows, and snowy mirror
10 hang on his wall. For these valuable
considerations, he paris with the nine hours
day which machinery has saved; but has
40 more bread than before. For these bIes.
sings he will make his body slave, and
leave his mind all uncullivaled. He is con-
tenl TO grow up bodybuilding but body.
So thai if you look therein for MS under.
standing, imagination, reason, you will find
them like three grains of wheat in three
bushels OF chuff; you viii seek them all
day before you find lhcm, and al last they
are not worth your search.
At llumdrum nature begins TO revolt al
the fictitious inequality Of condition, and
thinks it scarce right for bread to come fast.
est into hands that add nothing TO the gen.
eral stock. So many grow restless, and a
few pller. In ruder Stale, crimes are
(ew-ihe result of violent passion. At Hum
drum they are numerous-the result of
want, Incidence, or neglected education;
they are. in great measure, crimes against
properly. To remedy this new and unnatu-
raj evil, there rises court house and Jail,
which must be paid Tor in work; then judges
and lawyers and jailors are needed likewise,
in this artificial state, and add to the COM
mon burden.
The old Alhenians sent yearly seven
beautiful youths and virgins as tribute TO
The Monilaur. The wise men Of Humdrum
shut up in Jail, large number, sacrifice
TO the spirit of modern rupidity: unfortunate
wrelches who were The victims and foes of
society; men so weak in head or heart, that
their bad character was formed for them,
through circumstances, far more than il was
formed by them, through their own free
will. Still further, the men who violate The
law Of the body, using the mouth much and
the hands illle, or in The opposite way,
soon find nature taking vengeance for the
offence. Then unnatural remedies must
oppose the artificial disease. In old time
every sickly Ounce was cured "wilh mother
wort and Iansy," which grew by the road
ride, suited all complains, and was admin.
isIered by every mother in the village
Now Humdram has It's "Medical Faculty."
with their conflicting systems, homeopathic
and nllopuIhic-bui no more health than be.
fore. Thus the burden is increased to lithe
purpose. l...r4
The strong men Of Humdrum have grown
rich and become educated. If one Of the
luboriog men is stronger Than his fellows,
he, also, will become rich, and educate his
children. lie becomes rich, moi by his own
work, but by using The hands Of others
whomhis cunning oveneaches. Yel he is
not more avaricious Than they. lie has
perhaps The average share Of selfshnoss.
So he gets and saves, and takes care Of
himselC--a part of their duty which the
strong have always known how TO perform;
though the more Difficult, part How to take
care Of others, 10 think for them and help
Them TO think for themselves-ihey have
YET to learn, atleast 10 practice.
Alas, We are still in bondage 10 the ele.
mems, and so long as two of The 'enlighl-
ened" nations Of the earth, England and
America, insist on weaving the garments
Nor all the rest Of the world not because
they would cloihe the world, but that iheil
strong men might live in fine houses, veal
gay apparel, dine on costly food, and lheil
mouths be served by other mems hands,
we must expect thai seven-tenIhs of man
L;n1 ~,;ll ~ daO.odad nn1 mill hun th aii