Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-03
Deggary.

The master vice ot The age il Begunry
Every man is seeking TO saddle his hurdel
IN SOME other nian. Tie patriot love
his country, Int loves the dear people al
the mere il.a, fat offices are uiven or witt,
held at their option. lie would scofn /,
beg money. yet he can ensiv stoop II
begging supper, IN Convention aud vote
NJ The poIls. Tho aspiring youth look
obviously ronnd for some rich relative ol
benevolent friend Of the lsuily OH wl,on
he can quarter himself for the cost Of ~
education. AT lie seminary lie fornis !,
litefnry association of sDne kind to sunni,
himself and Ia,rtlier< with periottieals and
linbfnsl,ngly proceeds to beg them Of the
| Editors aud Publishers whose labor and
property the coierie TINS convert TO 'iipi,
own tie Without rendering an equivalent
| So ,,ite.ienths of our yotng men. win
,nany If ilIeiF aei,iors. are constantly I'M.
poriu,Iing influential friends or ,taltllii,.
'aimes 10 procure for them places where
they cail obtain more lnoney for less or
lighter work. And thus tie wer Il rms
oseL with ser,iiiy, flaiierv, iawGlng,
whereof lie radical i,ni,,,i-e is bergary -
Tie woo,len-lnogel npgro or blind stroller
who cunIbprs tie sidewalk with Oh iin-
seemIy enteaae wl,ie he wll,es on his
appeala for cbnri,y il but type Of the
universal condtion, or universal tendency.
Everyboay Is trying 10 tide on eecry'o-
dy's shoulders. 'Cau't you Get me n
place in II store, OIL u Steamboat, or rail.
road - intpIores the ninn Of forty good
years, as If his existence depended ~, sone
other innn wanting 10 borrow his brain
and muscles, al being wiIling 10 pay him
for Their ,iss in the hope OF u,al,ing pro-
fit out of them. IT seems To he tie gen.
efal notion thar God has gwen most of liz
nothing to do in this world. bu ieIt tis 10
perish IN Incidence aud want unless some
iratlirker in huin,ti sinews should fancy
that he has need Of IA.
How dep'orahy This operates on mental
freedom and activity, need hardly he DE-.
pieteh. A. B. would naturally like 10 have
M opinion Of his own, but he must stop to
consider whether he can OF cannot afford
1t. Ills livelihood d,1~uGs Oh his standing
iiigl, III lie good otaces Of this or tllat 10
cal dignitary. who l,a= no patience with
efralic aud visionary notions /; So A. B.
swallows aud Keeps down his csnvierjons,
lest he should he Ief, VIII nothing else to
swallow. Hence The word ia nliI nf ser
Witty, trucking aud fa wing. wl,icl, llnve
their Impulse IN The fact tIrat The iHaority
~ . II
otl', as III hand, into the worlds rough,
pIaces, and there l,ew out eaeIi llssown
fortune.
Borrowing money buying goods on long
credit, bpsging endorsements. 80 icilny in.
anrace toward procuring All Office, mi Ell.
gagenen or a settlemeut---it ~ thus TINT
half mankind nre content to wriggle aud
.rawl Il,ron II life. lleuce the u,an of
wiI. Or withou heart or brains,
i infl1teD into enormous consequence, be.
.anse everybody wn's@ 10 Use him. II
we were willing to work oii without him /
i'll the right time, The loan we ask of
him niylt he regarded o* n mutual favor;
mi Willie fifty are scrainbiny for il, he
my dictate his own terms and still iloid /
,- II,e solely el,iged party. TO b. IN debt
,r some ones iifeii,,g is egariled by u |
majority as their natural aud almost inee-
table col.d,tion; 10 be under mortgage
esms Iie natural state oi The poor mans
arm. il lie has one.
We nn,st gradually cure oil this. Oar
nd. must he taught 10 prefer !aborlug for
ia edoeaiion 10 obtaining il AT a et,arity
eliooI, or by running in SOME one's debi.
)nr young men must be iiibi,ed with q
reference OF forty aces Of rugged wider
less and an AK wi,ere1itI, 10 convert il
lowly. steadily into productive farm, 10
cerk-hip, a enstom-house place or any
ubordinate position which is only aitdine
4 by interest and favor. Oar la,orers
1l,-t learn to work cheeff,liy and faith
nly OIL farm, q railroai or wherever
sir wages may lie manfthty earned, but
With resolution 10 he their own masters
; soon as they can save the means oi
Hy,ng sung little place, and, with this
lew, 10 postpone marriage until i'iev
ave a home to take a wife 10. Or, bet-
u still. orr young men nust learn 10
otnlplie as well as say. their earnings,
ud thus provide themselves witt, hou~es
, in,abit. soil TO cultivate and the best
npelnenfs Of industry, with less tllau
uti outlay That would I've required it'll
ac!l Were IL strive for a solitary l,ouse
I'd farm. iIalf the necessities ard def |
enees which now depfe-s aud einiarrass
~ Poor would be obviated il they could
nlv he Induced 10 have faith in and sym
aihy with each other. Aid these, III
heavens rood time, shall yet be attained.
7. Y. Tribune.