The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-11-01

useful than destroying II when the
dissemination of . purer faith estortesl
The tribute Of respect for its teachers !;
when the acquisition az wealth placed
the means of luxury and enjoyment
! within the reach Of its possessors-
still, mere MANUAL labor. honest unpre.
tending labor. agricultural and meehan-
ical labor, has continued 10 languisi' in
obscurity-lhe bye-worsl Of the fashion,
able and the idle--the scorn Of the
purse-proud and pretentious. But in
this respect q new era is beginning to
dawn upon the world. The last quar-
ter Of century has done more to re-
volutionize public sentiment on this
subject. than the eighteen centuries
preceding, since the commencement
OF the christian era. The diffusion Of
intelligence. the operations Of COM
mcrce, and the utilinarian tendency Of
the age. are beginning to teach man-
kind that labor is the source oil all
wealth and prosperity. the means OF
individual comfort and luxury. the ba-
sis Of national strength aud greatness.
When we reflect that the object Of our
association is to enlarge the field Of
operation for labor. to secure to labor
the rewards of its toll, to stimulate it
to still greater exertions, and to ena-
BILE it to accomplish the greatest results
by economising its powers. it is evil
dent that the effect must be to dignity,
honor and elevate labor. II is the la
borer, especially. that we invite and
welcome to our brotherhood. In our
own country, above all others. labor
must be destined soonest to reach its
proper position. Our institutions re-
cognise no distinctions in industrial
pursuits. The road tohonor, to wealth
and to power are open to all alike.
The trainers of our institutions were
true to the teachings Of a past history.
Not only the soldiers who fought our
revolutionary battles, but tmany Of their
heroic leaders were laboring men, arr
\ tizans, and mechanics. Washington
was land-suveyor. Greene was a
blacksmith, Wayne was a laboring far
inner, Morgan was a waggon-driyer.
Our government. then. in its organic
structure, has done for labor all it
could. II is for voluntary association.
then, to elevate labor in the social
scale. | am pandering to no spirit Of
political socialism. when | say that
haze long thought society needed a ra-
dical reformation in regard to the es,
innate placed on labor. Why should
the laboring man be excluded from the
saloons Of fashion, the hospitable board
of the wealthy, the companionshIp oil
the grcat-I mean merely because he is
laboring man Why is it that the
young man who returns home from
: College with an education secured by
the economical savings of an industri,
. Gus father, thinks it beueath his dig
| nifty to assist that father in the routine
Of his domestic occupations or, the
young lady, whose Accomplishments
have been paid foe by the seIf-denial
, of an indulgent mother, thinks it a re,
, proach to all that mother in the dis.
, charge of the duties Of diligent house
wifef 1t is because public opinion i,
all wrong in associating labor with de.
/ gradation. Why is thisi Labor il
the first great law of nature. Mature
herself is great workshop wher,
change, renovation and development
are constantly gong on. Inspiration
tells US that the great Author of al
things rested from his labors" on th,
= seventh day. The Re,leemer Of th,
world was known as "the carpenter
son." and it is thought by most biblica
E critics that he worked at the sam,
E trade until he entered on his great mi
E nisterial mission. The great apostle
9 Of the Gentiles was a tent-maker; ant
c all the wisdom received at the feet o
s Gamaliel did not make him ASHAMED
e of his calling. And yet, strange to say
: how many are there who profess tn
t treligion of the Saviour and his apostles
n who think it degrading to associate
: even around the altar, with artisan
t and laborers, whose very hands ma
: have reared the temple in which the
e worship. How little do the sons an
i daughters of extravaganza, of luxur
S and of ease, reflect, that after all, it
i. to the mechanic, the artisan, the laba
d rer, that they are indebted for til
~ means of their cni0yment--and on th
y poor pittance Of wages received, an
y the pangs of penury and want endured
Il by those to whose toll. ingenuity an
le skill they are indebted for the SUM
l. tuous viands with which they regal
V, their appetites, or the costly habil
IS ments in which they deck their PEI
al sons. The purse proud coxcomb wi
r treads on ,lowny carpets. does not r,
ID fleet that they are the product Of Il
n. loom of the humble weaver-fashiont
ne into beauty aud softness, by his indu