The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-02-16

4i-lN anu III tIlc NOIh-Sipp, III our mines
and manufactures, and IN every other
scene of active industry, sustain to the
social structure the place which the "stIp'
does Ill the framework OF a building
they support and uphold it. Without
them, it would fall,-and fall to the low
point at which civilization starts No
proposition is susceptible Of more satisfac-
tory demonstration, than that we owe ev-
cry thing Of wealth aud greatness Of which
as nation we justly boast, to the instru-
mentality of toiling heads and hands,
or, in other words, to the PRODUCTIVE
INDUSTRY OF the country. Our national
greatness is its handiwork our national
wealth, It's treasured garnerings.
Since the declaration made to the pro
genitor Of our race, after his expulsion
from Eden, Gin the sweat Of thy face shalt
| thou eat bread" the NECESSITY Of labor
| has been "a, oysluilcd ard indjSpeustJlcC CON
DITIoN Of human prosperity, heoilb and
| hopptae>s. For nearly iZthousand years
no race Of society Of the progeny Of Adam
have been able to attain or exist in a
| state Of ciciii.ottoa, without It's instrumen-
| tality. Barbarians alone, (it' we except
| those in civilized communities, whom it
! has pampered into torgettulness Of their
origin, and iuto that pride which can
| thouehtlesslv disparage It, have lived and
passed away without it; and they have lived
and passed away without leaving behind
! them history or monument. From the
! beginning, labor has been, and IS, found
necessary even. or at least largely con
! ducivc, to the perfect health Of the phys
! ical, mental, and moral man. The phys
/ ical forces Of the man o. toll are increas-
! ed by his labor; while the body that has
not the exercise of some useful employ
ment, becomes enervated and feeble. The
! best native intellect is dwarted by mae
tiviy. The animal passions, like rank
I weeds in a fertile but untitled soil, take
possession Of the drone and idler, predom-
mate over his moral affections, aud he be
comes debased and brutalized We see
daily, the penalty Of the alj-perYading
| organic law, in enleebled bodies dwarfed
intellects, and in living illustrations Of the
quaint bat true saying, that 'an idle man 5
brain i the devils workshop
IF we view this necessity as an organic
Law, adapted to our present condition, we
see in II the characteristic which Infinite
wisdom and goodness have impressed upon
every law gwen by God to has creaturs
man,-that, whlle 1t may not De violated
with 'mpunlty, obedience tends 10 promote
"our own and substantial happiness. =
Hence it Is the channel through which Il,
conveys TO Us, as hatiohsan4 ihalTlHoai~
every temporal pehelit ana nleaSiAS.
lie has gwen u, my tnenGs, q good.
land, "A land winch, from ITS extent an(
varied climate, and therchneSs and Var'et.
OF soil upon IT'S surface, Is, III Its capac.t,
to produce food tof man, unsurpassed D,
any other upon the globe but then &c
Dl'$t TILL u. we must pow, ana soy
ana reap. 1t VIII not yield ITS hlits "ith
ont tho care and toll Of the hUsoandlnan
nc mas eAl9o" e!'51 penca'h I"e Eese.'''l''|
surface, tha fie.cSt store" ot hIihGC4
wealth but a1c mast NINE 3'en'.
must ul9 VIlein OUT an" 'hey must u'
derSo necessary c'l"iEeS It. TIC l'duG
5i'e inos'I'I'''o ",''' 'I'I.'i i" d l',''.,o .
~ tba1,xIna srs f,r ,yb;cb +haE orn w,
, rsIla - man uc has nIantcd in an
/, c,rosts tho Ioft,, oak and tba statcIy n;nl
/ ,;o;n, With th9 ..ccdars Of Lobanor :" bu
he ,,,,,sc,,I,,. arm, of tEo araozx,,,o mn,
rs.rr. tbcq, and the hand Of labor NM.
form and fashion them. in coniunctio
yy;tb urhat labor has wronoht out from on
minerals into their component parts {