Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-14

CO There is very numerous and powerful
class of people in the world, vino seem to think
that a man who tolls is unworthy a seat in the
aisles of refined life. Every man who labors. be
he what he may, intellectually and morally falls
within the province of their contempt. These peo-
pie promulge the doctrine that there is an innate
degradation in labor that furnishes the souls and
bodies of all who approach it. They do not re-
cognize the principle that all men are equal-e-
quail in their capacity and ri ht to enjoyment-e-
quail in their claims to happiness-equal in their
un lying destinations. They boast faith directly
opposite to this; and all their efforts tend to the
depreciation Of worth and virtue, and the corrup-
ton of all those rational principles of justice and
truth which lie at the foundation, and constitute
the safeguard Of all social order.
The claims and assumptions of these arrogant
pretendcrs, resemble the blown bubble of the
schoOl-boy they are every whit as unsubstantial
and worthess-God never intended that one class
of men should assert superiority to another class
simply because they have greater store of this
worlds goods. The tailor is the true man whom
God loves; and if the Dreamers, the apish mo-
nevcratc aristOcrats expect to find, in the future
world and especial heaven, set apart for their
benefit, they will be most awfully deceived
Heaven is no place for pride, distinctions
rOgance.
Whatever the obse, walton of others has taught,
ours has all gone to show that there was never a
man disposed to scOrn the humble labOrer who was
not himself fair object of scorn to the humblest.
A man of liberal mind has q reverence for the
little pride that seasons every condition. land would
deem it sacriegiOus to afront or abatc the respect
which is maintained with one Of the adventurous
aids,a solely by the observance of the honesties
Such man views all the different improvements
in arts, in commerce, and all the sciences super
induced bv the hardy laborer, as co-opertng to
promote the union, the happiness and virtue of the
whole human family. But the aristocrat sees no
good in anything which does not bear his hand
and seal.
In all this there is radical error. The truth
is, that ones manhood has nothing to do with
ones sphere. Greatness does not consist in the
magnitude of possessions, or the elevation of po-
sition. He who possesses the divine powers of
the soul, and rightly uses them, is the great man,
be his place where it may. Clothed in rags, worn
by toll, oppressed by calamity he is still great
is still the true man. And of such is the laborng
class composed. They in the main, choose the
right with invincibe resolution, resist temptation
from within and without, bear the heaviest bur-
dens chcerfully; and herein is asserted and vim
Dictated their right to exercise the prerogatve of
true manhood, and true herOism. All the attain
ments which society has made in morals, litera-
tn c, science and art, have been achieved by such
as these their paths and their march that of con-
querors." Let US learn, then, to respect and re-
verence the laborer, breaking down the false dis
tinctions which are hemming him round, and ex-
alting him to the highest inches of our regard
Thus will we secure the applause of our own
sciences, and rear up also around our homes an
influence which shall shelter them alike from the
aggressons of the vile and the recklessness of the
observation-disclosures ~. J3 Mercury.