The Van Buren press., 1859-12-09

under any circumstances, say not at home
DoS'T DEFEND on FArhER.-Stand up
here oung man, and let us tall to you. You
have trusted alone to the contents OF fathers
purse. to his fair fame for your influence
or success in business. Think you that
father has attained to crainencc in ils
profession, but by unweariei Industry or
that he amasscd fortune honestly with
ont energy and activity? You should
know thct the faculty for acquiring for
/ tune and fame is essential to, ray, insepa-
, Die from, the retaining OF either Of these
! Suppose + father ha, the rocks in album
dance; il you never earaed anything for
& bin YOU have no ,eera businAss with those
/ rocts than a eosIins has with d toY.5ise
I End if he allows YOU 10 mclll, with
them til you have learned their value by
your own industry, he perpetratos untold
mischief. And If the old gentleman i,
lavish cf his cash towards Won while h,
allows you 20 idle away yoni time. Won ha
leltcr leave him yes. run away, sooner
than be made IN imbccile or sqounlrel thro'
50 corrupt an influence. SOONER or later
you must learn to icly on your ow resour-
ccs, or YOU will not be anybody. IfIvou
+ have eyer helped yourself at all, if yon
have become idle, If you have eaten fathers
! bread and butter, and have smoked fathers
acgi:s, and cut . swell in fathers juggv.
and tried TO pat on fathers influence and
reputation, you might far better have been
! . caual boy, the son of chimney sweep
Of a boot black--and indeed we would not
swap with you the situation Of q half star
we'd, mothcrless calf -sAiiserabla objects
you are that depend entirely u pom your pa
RMS, playing gentleman (alias dandy l5af-
! er). What in the name OF common sense
are you thinking of? Wake Up thdre
/ Go to work with either your hands or your
/ brains, or both, anI 10 something. Don't
have II merely to boast that you haYo
/ grown in ,atners" house-that YOU have
Negotiated as other greenllorns but let folks
! know that you count one.
| Come, OFF with your coat, clinch the saw.
the plow handles, the scythe, the axe, the
spade-anyih that wil cn&ble you to
( stir you blood : Fly round and ltar your
Jacket rather than be the recipient OF tho
oli gcntienan's bounty. Sooner than
play the dandy at dads expense, hi te your
sclfQut to some potato patch, let yourself
/ TO stop hog-h holes, or wat h the bars and
when you think yourself entitled to a rest
, ing spell, do it on your own hook. IF YOU
have no other means Of having fun OF your
own, buy with your earnings an empty
barrel and put your head into it and hol-
! lor or ge- into i and roll down hill noa't
for pity's sake sake, don't make ahe ola
gentleman do everything, and you live at
your ease.
Look about You, you well dressed smooth
faced, do nothing drones Who al e they
that have influence in society? Are they
those that have depended alone on the oli
gentlcman's purse, or are they thos that
have climbed their way to their position BY
their industry and en9rgy True, the old
gontleman's funis or personal influence,
may secure You the forias of respect, but
let him lose his property, or die, what are
YOU? n miserable telglinG-a bunch of
!iesh and bones that needs to be takdn car;
Of Again we say wake up--3et up in
the morning--turn round ut least twice
before breakiaSt--help the Old man
give him now and then generous lit il
business-loarn how take the lead, and not
depend forever on being led, and you havo
no idea how the discipline will benefit You
Do this, and our word for it, you will seem
to breathe new atmosphere, possess a new
frame, tread on new earth, wake 10 q
new destiny-and You may then begin to
aspire to manhood. Take off, then, that
ring from your lily finger, break your cane.
shave your upper lip, wipe your nose, hold
up your head, and by all means, never again
eat the bread Of idleness, NOR pEPESD oS
FATHER