The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-10
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
TRuSN WdIeFS,

Some Of those " be- seem the busiest men are IN
fact tie worst OF idIerS Take the political liter,
always posted up With the latest news from WASH
Iu2ton, his busy brain ever Specializing tn all
possible results Of a nomination cleo ion.
magnify ing aud combining Tic slightest hr'a:h o.
rumur into every form OF party IulsrhUOd His
thoughts travel swfer than the m~gn"ctlr lcie-
praph, and he IS always hUrryirg off from one
caucus IN another, with hardly time q whisper The
LATEST Intelligence in the ear ola irrnd as h, pas
SIS. lie wipes the prIspiraricn from his fore head
with one hand he lakes you by The buuoHh"lr
with the other, hring ar:Hnce The husi"s' man and
grr4lesl ider yO4 shall mret i'll any street i'll tho
fity.
Then there is the Professional ldirr-ihr stu
cent who sits in his Cfli"e all day long, with che
bnoks Of bis profession open before hun, rurning
uvrr the p3grs, while n thousand ia, lights pass
through his BRAIN, y-, ignorant al thu frs: primer.
pies ol his profession and hardly acquainted with
the rontrn oi the last pag" he h ID rad.
There are, tnn certain wuuld-br literary ladies'
;Di this cln>>, who 5nlnnZe FIR enough To under
sand the language of q 'w"rS, aud study history
ndrlaTistbiy through Waller SCOTS novels, and
cultivate imagination through BuIwer, and study
character by the aid OF the Thnck"rny and Dick
rus ; who aiIrLd every literary and scientific lee
Iure vi double eye aud opera glasses, bring,
like all other literary PERSONS, short sighted
through much reading.
Then, there is the Moral and Religious dcr,
"~urking mol at all, but a busy body" He is pre-
sent al ~ possible tlgnu> meeting, know the
y,"m" and face of every d. d. in The city, and ca
toll you the popular es'mntion in which each is
held. lie is AT every Temperance, AMI Slavery,
mud Moral reI"Tm meeting. lie has kind of
"mnlPrrsence at the time Of the spring annvcrSa-
Ti"s, is posted up 20 the controversies of Mis-
summary ard Rbe snciPtirs, aud knows more about
Ihpm Than the
his Zeal. He thinks it because he is poor but it
IS in fact because all his al is but a busy lazi.
pess. He is ever soaking up tXcrmt n', Just as
spnng" snnks up water.
Now, these all very r. spc cahlr and in
fluSlrious people, but what III " in reality .
idl"Ts !; for what is idleness bot making r,Iaxa-
lion the business instead OF the recreation OF life
Rrcreat o is good, relaxation is necessary, and
the bow, To reun ITS elasticity, must he Mt times
pnbeni, but the dIcr is the man who keeps it al.
Ways unGent. or Lends it only for show; and TO
unbeud again.
Every Wnn rich or poor, ought to have some
great absorbing purpose, some nctve engagement
I" which his maih energies dcvo:ed Not en-
jnymenI, but du'y, daily duly, must be the nIm OF
each life. No man has right To live upon this
lair earth, To breathe is fair air consume ia
food, TO enj"y its beauties, producing nothing IN
return. He has no right to enjoy the blessings
Of civilization, OF sUci,ty and of civil liberty with.
nut contributing earnest and seltdenyng Labor of
] eai or heart or hand TO the W. Hare OF mankind
Certainly no man Can he truly religious who
makes gr"IEc rtion. distinct from self drnyIn
rxerIiun The great OH Of life and the I'd Ter puts
pleasure exncrly in the place Of duty.
This principle of life once admitted, however
manifest d, will produce daily deterioration Of
character until thoroughly abandoned. Every
body appetite, every mental fancy, every momen
'nry fashion will clamor I'LL INDUCED. The body
will be- pnmp"rcd, appetite will lead on TO gIuuony
wine TO drunkenness, luxury 10 every evil induI.
Sence, wmle the mind, excited only by novelties
end euirebIrd by The lack of continual exrrrinn,
SINKS into utter Vapidity and usrIes<nrss. There
is more hope Of The reformation Of the worst sim
ner than of the idIer. Poverty will sometimes
Scourge to vice Of ideness out OF a man hut the
love OF a higher and better mode Of life, if once
tasted, is the chief hope