Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-05-28
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Litchdeld, Conn. Thursday, May 20, 1857.
NECESSITY OF LABOR.

NECESSITY OF LABOR
We are born to labor it matters not whether we
receive the prophetic word which declares that by
81 the sweat of the brow, shall eat bread' as
inspired no. inidel or believer Jew or Christian
we rnuat all work The policy of nations shows it,
the result of listlessness and inactivity upon our
minds showsit and hypcclonria and suicides stand
fearful witnesses of the effect of enue upon the men,
tai organization. All ciasses of men, however, COM
plain of the hardness of their lot The physician de-
pores his fate and fatigued from inccssant la.er de-
clares he might as well be galley slave chained To-
his oar. the wretch he is; no hour of the
night from professional calls heat nor cold,
ice hindering the arrival of applicants for
his skill. and too many of these without the. means
to repay for the service rendered; and this to b,
done year after year. if he would rise to any degree
Of eminence in his profession He looks over the
way and sees his neishbor the wlcelwriglt, who is
mending his gig. and signs, had rather after all be
the pos5essor of that mans health and quiet con-
tentment, than all the reputation I have gained
Ten hours complete his lahors he then returns to
his family, passes the evening with his children.
and is happy.
The wheelwright surveys the physician from his
bench ly the door All ! thinks hc the doctor can
ride in this carriage, whose wheels I am compelled
to mend He can attend to his patients at leisure,
or deal out medicines from behind the counter,
charging what profits he pleases, without any one
being tic wiser for the original cost but every body
, knows the price of the wagon wheel-no way for
me to live but to hammer and shove, and at night
60 home with lust enough earned to supply the
wants of my family. Why did 1 not think and
study medicine. instead Of learning this accmsed
trade and he strikes Of the ellces blow 30
hard it breaks at the Joint and then aeain curses
the luck that led him to learn the trade.
His neishbor. the blacksmith has just seen the
Judge pass and leaning his hammer on the anvil.
means the severity OF his f;,te--comreled all
day to swing the heavy hammer, and tend the f,nge
Why was not a lawyer? he exclai,ns. The after
ncys eye falls upon the blacksmith. That fellow is
getting rich, they say--rcA by the application Of
his muscles-a healthy cheerful pursuit lie is
educating his children handsomely-his daughter is
the prettiest girl in the village, and his Buys far
M re healthy and strong than mine. Very likely
they will be great men while mine, believing their
fathers reputation stuff .ient for their success will
become lost in the crowded world Alas! alas this
lloddng, lrain-racling life lead How have 1
toilcd to gain my position and what days and
nights of ncessant labor still before me Una
! voidably, how much crime must defend What
relations # revolving OK eless shall be forced to
! listen to, what Of innocent victims will vet
apply to me for succor against their oppressors
Would Heaven were any thing but lawyer!
| Thus it is with all branches of trade and profes.
sion-no man satisfied with the calling Providence
has aSsisned-each conceiving his neighbours work
light il comparison to his own But it is not 20,
The clergyman, the mechanic, the lawyer and the
physician, have all duties to perform and whcthe,
they are mental or physical they are Of equal i'm
po1tance to the great body polite and all require
strenuous excrtion.
| We were indeed born to labor Constituted a.
we are with bonesr sinews, and strength it is the
necessity OF existence and Providence demands OF
us an exercise of our faculties and whether they
are mental or physical, they must I've applied to
work, or the whole frame suffers and carried far
Their, the dixie intellect becomes weak, and man
from creature formed in Heavens likeness, sinks
to the level of the brute.