The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-21

/ Poihy bhS CIV W hoOAO oynHehbJ tOt y hc
BILE cause, and partly earned by my owl
hard toll; and then, having feasteG on III
envy Of supposed wealth, rejoice at discov
ering that I am after all nothing better thai
a poor working man, having to toll hard 70
nav hard daily bread and the bread for m,
children, and upon that discovery turn aroun
tomorrow and exclaim, in sordid exultation
so! To-! look at your exalted Governor Q
Hungary; he has turned journeyman wri
ter, and writes for bread" b.'H 17t
Sir, the Governor Of Hungary is proud Q
this. Some of my upbraiders would hnv
had perhaps their pockets full though thei
hands not very clean, had they had the mil
lions Of my country and the disposition O
her vast resources under their. control, as
have had.aaI acted differently, and l CLAIM
no credit for it, because Tconfes not to hav
had any notion Of the possibility that mai
could think Of himself when his nation doe
him the honor of charging him to think o
his latherland.; And even when in. som'
lonely moment Of exhaustion, seeing m,
wife and children grouped in teurs aroun'
me, the shadowy thought crossed over thu
Aickerlng light ofmy spirits, "what will be
come ofthese if am ognne!n my angel
whispered in my ears, "They will have fol
a father Him above;" and I did not regre
then, and do not regret IL now, that I helt
higher the duties of an honest citizen than
the regards for the dear heads of my little
ones. They will have father in Him above
when / am, gone; while am spared foI
them, the Governor of Hungary takes it to
be,a joyful task to have to work for their
bread and their education. The Governor
Of Hungary wandered into exile poor and
penni'ess; land had to work, and God gave
him the joy of having been able to wipe of
many tear and to soothe many calamity;
neither claiming gratitude, nor feeling Of
Tended at ingratitude, 50 common among
men; but this brought him by and by to the
necessity of having to earn with toll and
hard work the bread Of his own family. He
is proud of it; and though poverty be not a
current value at the Exchange, prefer to
leave to my children the glory of this, my
poverty, than all the treasures of the earth,
stained with the mark of dishonesty.
- a., l., 40 Jooo ,,,;,L tbo,o r,ooo,;,o -,
sprung from the putrid vapors of envy and
gall;-let us rather revert to the social con-
dition ofAmerica. ga" w. '..
Putting myself entirely aside, I must con-
fess to be surprised to find that one man con
be found in your country who, under any
circumstances whatever, and with reference
to whomsoever, could be such recreant to
one OF the most glorious republican princi-
pies essentially American, as to make the
word "labor" word of derision and of re-
proach. Why, Sir, no man is exempt from
frugality and no community exempt Of blame.
have heard America blamed for many
thing, some Of which l, in honor and con-
science, could neither defend nor excuse;
but taking all in all, had always trium-
phant answer to give: Never mind, they
will'ciear themselves by and by of this and
Of that-they have a principle Of vitality,
rich in incalculable results, and that is-that
with them labor IS honor, and ialensss, though
7illed ,oi4 treasures and pomp, Is a disgrace"
In this word "labor is honor" there is such
IN immense power of energy, that word i'm.
,lies such an indefatigable application Of
mental and moral faculties, that if the pro.
,ress of any people can be taken for certain,
he progress of that people is sure, with
whom labor is an honor. And, Sir, has it
,ome to this. that you have already men in
,our community who can dare to turn that
'acred word "labor', to derision! Verify,
,erily, fear there is. something rotten in
Denmark. This is q new confirmation Of
he report, that your country is really UNDER
yoing the progress of a social revo luton, I
,ven would call'itisocial decomposition, be-
cause / fear-I fear, the movement is not to
l0ur adyaantage.tee aes;, s-ess go .-...e
This naturally brings me to the subject OF
NY last letter--ss7eq aysmai,za, as fsso.5
y'@ts'2 oa kNow-NoTHINGIsM.' da# ID
/ Iswas saying in my first article, that
hough the phasis of naturalization is natu-
al in the life of a7community, and though II
.egrct that the Comparatively recent foreign
Of the United States was incon.d
siderate enough, to provoke an envenomed
process, whiehgbade fair to de,
'elope peacefully, still 1 -fearsthe medicine
nay prove worse than, the evil. desire to
this anticipation, -, I@,s .@4 ,
This -Nothingismaat the very frat
'evelation Of its corporate existence, mani-
ested itself in the shape Of such a powerful
that it could not have grown
Up overnight. Secret, associations require
great tdealiof time before they can spread
qaas to become q power. This work must
AVE gone on for months, years, perhdps.-
Vows Sir. one Of the anomalies that I was
most surprised to. o.meetwithin America, is-T--
he strange prediction of the American
'eopie for secret otganizatiohs,7 Isit that
heir life is too prosaic, TOO material, and the
oult requires some poetry that they; fock
osecret1 organizations. where there is al
Ways some mystery, and mysteries always
AVE poeticalshadow around them! Iican't
ell, but it is a fact that Americans like Sc.