The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-03-17
Communications,
For tho News.
"oAK CABIN PAPERS"
NO. II.
Industry the Best Foundation for
prnarnnrifu md Hnnninaan.

as this brings us at once to the subject
of the almighty dollar" must beg
Of the few fathers who have honored
us with their presence tonight, not to
condemn me unheard, nor think I am
going to inculcate principles contrary to
the dictates Of sound morality; for be
assured we have as much reverence for
the principles taught in the great Scot
tish philosophers dissertation upon the
sins and evils of covetousness, as even
the most ultra. But reflect for one mo-
ment, that to deal in abstract questions
of philosophy, to such as we address,
would be like feeding the hungry on
chips, or pouring water on turtles
back From the wall that now goes up
throughout our land, Of "hard times
he cry Of higher wages, and the gen
teral stampede created by the report of
every new "gold diggings," we fear
many have been so long abstracted from
anything useful, that they do not know
how to lay a foundation nor build there
on, but prefer to be Of that number
whom the wise man says "shall be un-
der tribute"
The great primary cause of the cry
Of 'hard times" in our land, is, the
monster Laziaess. It sits like an inou-
bus upon the soul of enterprise, deadens
every sensibility of shame, and renders
its victim calous to the condemnation
Of an honest public sentiment But
you ask, Is there no antidote for this
evil? I answer, a universal panacoa
is found in LaduS'ry-rot taken in bro
ken doses of few hours each day
and only two or three days in each
week, but ego the whole hog" and take
from twelve to sixteen hours each day,
from the first of January until the last
of December, Sunday not excepted,
for that has been wisely set apart for
the developement of our moral and
spiritual nature. Abandon at once ev-
cry resort Of idleneness and vice; go
into some useful busincss--no differ
enco what SO it is honorable, and be as
sured there is nothing moro dishonora.
bic than idlencss and poverty mizod;--
dose that would sicken any of the bi.
ped race who are not bulIct.proof.
Resolve not to be drOncs in the
worlds beehive any longer. Every in
5 dustriol and intellectual pursuit is
| equally honorable, if we will only make
q it so. The noblest generals of old
e Romo, in the days of her grandeur,
e thought itno disgrace, after having led
! : her armies forth to victory and returned
laden with the spoils of the vanquished
to lay down their swords, and resume
their plows, and indeed our own coun.
/ try furnishes us with no less illustriou'
r an example in the person of WASHING
t TON. Russia counts among her might
est mouarchs one who thought it NJ
i disgrace to lay aside the imperial purple
s and learn to be a ship. carpenter.
But what can we do to lay founda
e ton at from fifteen to eighteen dollar
n per month? I answer, emphaticalIy
IS you can make an honest man, (''the no
blest work of God'D and lay the foun
dation for an Independent fortune, =
j. Without exertion to make an homes
y living, you are public robber; you ro'
) community of your support withou
~ any equivalent, and you rob society Of
d what ought to be one of its useful mem
p bers.
,.e But perhaps you ask, how can I Ia
foundation for fortuu5 by this slo,
gain2 In the language of Poor Richard
/" "Spend one penny day less than tn
'e clear gain, and then will thy hide bouu
- pocket begin to thrive; want will nc
1 Oppress, hunger bite, nor nakednes
1s freeze thee" Yes, twenty five cent
per day, for ten short years, colleete
to annually, and placed at ten per cent ia
a terest will make you nearly ffteo
hundred dollars, enough to purchase
IN nice homestead Of fifty acres Of the a,
I erage land of Highland county, an
% even this moderate sum, which III
! most illiterate can lay up, with the hal
10 its of industry formed in acquiring i
G. will place its possossOr in independence
ID The habit Of industry is fortune o
H. ITSELF in one sense Of the word; 70
y, when you have learned to labor with
IS, good will, for an honest support, 20
i viii begin to feel as though you b
Ionged to the genus homo. You ca
y then look an honest man in the fac
h aud feel that God has not mpda yoR.
b vain. If then, the most illiiorato az
humble can thus become indoPendon