The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-11-03
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Iprecoucerteo arrat gementS Tor regular
and permanent employment. Itsis tHss
great law of oursbeing that il We would =
be either hsppyeor prosperous, NE pustiiu
have employment physical or intellect
ual This is emphatically true of city
life But tbs didproportionate rasb "a
/ the city renders such employment In. 3
possibiei no demands of commerce, man sdS
'kofactures, or the mechanic arts can, frr, 4,
nish u TO the redundant crowds that
/ pour themselves into our cities Hence
that mass of poverty and suffering. for ~
shelter, for fuel, for raiment, and forsit
| bread, which no ity>eFdiassees-eaazre re
| ileve.s Hence, also, thosez great lnobss =
and PROFESSIONS through the streets IN
times of scarcity, demanding, employ
ment and sutsistepce, which oftentimes
| nothing but martial Law can subdue.
and hence, too, that foul and festerine ~
mass of corruption audi vica which too =,
often affiict and disgrace our over-crowd-sq,
ed cities s.
How, delightful it is to turn from the n
contemplation of these scenes to the
calm, contented and virtuous life Of the
eouutry, with it's comfortable and some e
times Its magnificent mansions. with itsB 7
out stretching lawns and landscapes, its 4
NA1NS onN aoSLOCt -AUHceSa It's AQHQQS
ant supply of raiment and its almost
bouudIess store of Subsistence for man
and all ithe animals that minister to- ~
either his neoessities or pleasureslo fz,o,
Still L mustremind you, that the-press =
law of employment aud labor APPLIES
equally to country and to city life. II
is by labor that man must work out tb9GT
great problem of his existence---llabor Of -
the head--labor of the, heart--and la-la
Dor of the hand. .t ,s..-...,gr, -.
Wherever man has failed to labor 4,
he has remained a-savage; where he has,
iabored most ne has risen highest in the
scale of his physical, moral and inteIleo.ab
ual being. If one angel, with his fas7e
ming sword drove Adam from his Eden,H
humble form of labor, will gently. lead
his descendants back to their native
paradise. Look at the progress they I
have already made in that celestial and
glorious direction. Look backward to
the dark ages of mans existenee, when
he was mere ebsrbarian.f Look at him
now, how noble and majestic he stands
with all his temples dedicated 70 learning
and piety, and good government around :;
him. Opeel savage, now almost AL
God. s..
Be not startled at the boldness of
these words, The grandeur. of what
man has already done and is now achiey---
ing must be plead apologetic for, tue
apparent impiety. He has scanned the
heavens and almost numbered the stars.
He has gentlystolen away its lightnings,
and sent them over the land thronehs
deep waters to convey his thoughts and
wishes around the world. He has laid
hold on another of the elements, and
dispatched his huge ships in few days
over the widest oceans He has leveled
the mountains of the earth that impede
ed his pathway, and brought forth from
their deep and hidden recesses the rich
treasures they contained. '- 'Sl
In the majesty Of mans civilization
and progress, the earth, the seas and the
Winds all stand subdued and conquereda
by his presence and power and howD
apimatiug is the reflection, my country-e
men, that in all this Improvement and
progress Americs, our young and vigor-
Gus America, holds so proud pre-emi4.
nence. Her glorious form Of govern
ment, stretching like the rainbow Of
hope and of promise from ocean to ocean,
gives shelter and protection to nearly
thirty millions of the sons and daugh-s
ters of freedom. Her lux xuriant Valleys
reposing in every climate, yield in sas>
perabundances every fruit and grain,
suited to the subsistence of man--heri
mountains. teeming with ores and the
precious, metals, give employment ltoa
millions of artisans, and can furnish the
long desired currency of gold and silger,a
the most stable and unerriDg Standard
of values and exchanges ever devised by
the wit of man. ~ :
These great advantages of good gov-T
ernment, of climate and soil, of mineral,
production. have stimulated the zeal and
quickened the capacities of the Ameri.F
can people, until they stand unsurpassed
in agriculture, in manufactures, in the
mechanic arts, in sientifc pursuits, in
the learned professions, and, indeed,
unsurpassed in an the elements of ma
tionaI greatness.
But what avails our national great
ness if we have not national and indi.
vidual virtue to inspire US with obedi-
ence to law and q reverence for the
glorious constitution and Union under
which we live? These are the sourcesl
of our unexampled growth and prosper
ity; and with his last breath every true
patriot should fervently pray that they
might last and endure foreveraIF s7a sW
"Our union of lakes and union Of lands r
Our union of States, none shall seyer,f zoit
Our union of hearts and union of hands.
And the flag of our Union forever"
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