New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-12-07
WHOLE NO. 68

tntt i'fcu Gus IL SIRE success Nell, tO-uav
shall become better to morrow. Each day
shall bring Iis' CT duties, and HI: power, will
Increase with them. Fl vision shall expand
and his thoughts shall widen with them and
best OF I'LL, his dearest rccsmpenso he carries
in his own noble Lrcaht .......
You have heard the story Of William Gray
Of Boston, IN his time tic wealth est shipper
Of that port tat we'll illustrates this point
Tie story furnishes the key to his success ~
u business MIA. S>:ac one in his employ
weas who had known him in his hulnbl,
youth, hal been rvproycl By him for some
act OF cHrolos*1ass, whoa he rctortcd upon
hin. "Ah! Billy Cray, though you are worth
your millions, yoa need not put on such
airs,' for knew You when you were poor
Drummer BY" Instantly his employer re-
piled. ayes, but didn't drum well?' Tho
determination that had made him drum we'll
had been the tn, active, controlling principle
of his lfe carrying him through his own per-
lis and over the ruins Of hundreds, it had
| left him the Merchant Prince Of Boston.
Such men honor. Like you, like all,
cheerfully and gladly respond to their de-
mand for rcoompensc; for it is we'll and no.
bly, earned. Whether that demand be for
the "Almighty Dollar" Or the sincerest res'
pect, the protoundest reverence l know
Alike give.it where discover this intent
tc him who black, the boot, with which
tread hccrowlcd pavement or to him who
teaches mo to walk among the awful relations
of human existence, and points to the wider
fields of the divine life.
By the legislation Of an infinite wisdom,
the pay Of such one is we'll secured. BY
the unfaling rule of eternal compensation,
the reward is in the act
Smirlking conccit, laggard Incidence, or story
sclfshaess may congratulate themselves upon
their unearn.d gains. Bat of this glad roc
ompense they shall never receive tho first in
stamcnt. They shall wonder at the cx-
haustess and untiring energy. the cheerful,
buoyant happiness of the honest children OF
useful labor, who laugh at their studied
tricks ana schcminS artifccs. These, con
scious of their own ill desert, climbing up on
the heights of life and position, in their baf-
fled anger, in their envy, like Balaam shall
omen their mou hs to curse. But nature. true
to its instincts, evon in the depraved, shall
wrcst in on their lying lips, and they shall
bless the faithful and we'll done acts Of every
open eyed, ready handed, cheerful, happy
w,rker amid the humble, as among tho high
duties of lifc
What Lhayc said has had respect to our
selves as valued citizens, owiug bt to tho
community, as social beings. The great mo-
tive power, the active, energiMng princ'p!cis is
to be found in narrower combass;-in our
personal ndividul intcrests--our interests; tho
center Of which, is expressed in ono simple
word; or home; word of magic powor. Of
wondrous significance. Let me say then to
every man Of business rs furnsoing to him
the highest personal and inspirin5 motive to
faithful cTors to exhaustloss toll, make for
yours; Ives a!homo We arc here to-day, the
representatives of New England, tho North
crn, the Middle, the western, nay in our far
Journey, eyon .hey have become the Eastern
States not Il few have crossed old Ocean
leaving behind in the convenicnccs, the cul-
ture. the institutions, the civilization which
have required many years t: mature: to find
on these far off prair;es, a hons. We hopo
though strange to each ether, on this virgin
sol to rear ncy sstf uctarcs, /. 20 sabdne
this uncu t;yatcd luxuriunce of boun
tful aad bca1tiful nature to BALD up tho
hoa 1rcd in stations, top,petna.c the whole
some customs Of these cd communities,
whose memory is delight, dear to us rs cur
hearts. We mean to testify oul gratitude to
them, anl repay our debts by renewing them
here, fresh US our unfottcled hope, and wide
as our oltstretch rs faith. | forget the
wor7s but repeat tho beautiful sentiment
employed by \ great Statesman on q recent
: occasion. ''ihc skies above us may change,
but men remain the same" We think
think we possess tn; cacrgv the skill. the de-
term nation, the s.crn purpose to open new
sources wealth, new a;caues for teemng
life on those grand prairics, SO recently trod.
den hy the untutorcl and idle Indian, where
the Bufa 0, the Elk and the Deer found an un
mo,csted paetnragn All this shall become
beautiful as Eden, glad as the gardon Of
Cod uale: our patient h~nds and fearles
will.
You will excuse ihis slight digression, for
this is not what intended to uay, | said it
was the duty of every business man to make
for hm,clfa home, place Of sacred privacy
where he may shut oat the world with its
cares, its rivalr.es. its rude j.st,inss and cal
ous insuts--a place to which he maJ retire
to cuI.vat, ana s-reashen thaso alemonts Of
his nature which make him a kind, genial
and human man; inspiring him with those
strosg Incentives, that make him inyincible