Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-03-17
HOPE FOR POOR BOYS.

tago to all for the attainment OF iniiuencC
and distinction; but an eternal condition il
imposed upon those who wish to avail
themselves of the opportunities so profuse
ly offered 1t is law, too, which de
mands the most faithful Observance, or its
violation will shatter all the dreams and
high 9anticipations of youth. In examin.
ing the history of our great men, we find
that severe labor was necessary to their
success. 1t is an element which characters
ICES the Anglo-Sax race, and to which
that hardy people, amid obstacles of un-
told magnitude, owe entirely their superb
ority. The volatile Spaniard, attracted
by the love of gold, flung the castlian ban
ner to the breeze on the palaces Of the
Monte2umas. His career was one Of tri-
umph, and enriched with the most mag
nliceut treasures; yet to-day Mexico,
though one of the most fertile spots upon
the globe, is a sad picture of degradation
and anarchy. Greece" the land of the
cypress and the myrtlo"-the home Of the
poets, the philosophers, the ststosinen,
and the heroes, has sadly degenerated.-
Italy is the victim of superstition, ignorance
and imbecility.
1t can be easily deduced what is the
cause Of the success of the Anglo Saxon
and the decay Of the other nations While
one encountered the fierce inolemencios Of
the North and defended themselves from
the vindicative warfare of the Savage, the
other luxuristed on the spontaneous pro
ductions of the earth As no labor WAS
required, effeminacy was the result, AMI
the present condition bears undeniable ey-
idcnce to the effect consequent upon vio-
lation Of natures law.
National prosperity, intelligence and
growth are the offspring of labor. lnac-
tivity is the cause of obscurity and decay
Poverty is allied to genius, and is the nat
tural stimulous to action. The men who
have left behind them impcrishable names
have generally risen from poor humble
parentage. Homer, the poet, sang his
verses about the streets for his daily bresd.
Plautus turned mill LinGus, founder
of a science, was apprenticed, to Il shoe
maker Ben johnson worked some time
as bricklayer. The father of Hayds
the great musical composer, was a wheel
wright John Hunter one Of the greatest
anatomists that ever lived, made chairs
and tables in his youth. Claude Lorraine
whose paintings are to be found in the
most valuble Libraries Of Europe, was for
merly pastry cook. Our own great phi
lo3opher, Ben Franklin, the printer boy,
was the son of chandler. Henry Clay,
the g mill boy of the slashes," arose to
the highest pinnacle of fame as an orator
and statesman. John Jacob Astor and
Stephen Girard, two of the greatest cspi-
tulists that We're ever known, commenced
with nothing. Millard Fillmore worked
as wool carder. Horace Greedy was
raised in a log hut in Vermont. Daniel
Webster slept i'll cradle made of pine
log with an axe and auger, and Lewis
Cass was rocked in second hand sugar
trough.
What illustrious examples for poor boys
to initiate Diligence, industry and per-
severance, are all the essential requisites
necessary to reach the same position,-
Hope on, boys, and hope always.
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THE Doom OF THE WoRLD.-What
this charge is to be we dare not even con-
lecture, but we see in the heavens them
selves some traces of destructive clement,
and some indications Of their power. The
fragments Of broken planets, the descent
Of meteoric stones upon our globe; the
wheeling comets, WELD their loose materi-
ais at the solar furnace, the volcanic erup-
tons in our own satellite, the appearance
of new stars, and the disappearance of oth-
ers, are all foreshadows of that impending
convulsion to which the system of the world
is doomed. Thus placed on planet
which is to be burned up, and under heav-
ems that are to pass away-thus treading
as it were, on the e'4uetries, and dwelling
upon the mauaoieums of former worlds, let
us learn the lesson of humility and wisdom
if we have not already been taught in the
school of evelation.--North Byatssh Re-
v5eW.
NEW GNEkEAS