The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-03-27
A Word to the Working Men

A Word to the Working Men.
A gentleman is a man who is gen
tie. Titles = graceful accomplish
ments = superio, culture = princely
wealth-great talents-genius-dono not
Constitute man with all the attri-
Lutes needed to make hiI, a gentle
man. He may be awkward angular,
homely or poor-and yet belong to the
uncrowned aristocracy. His face may
he bronzed at the forge or bleached
in the mih-his hand huge and large
his patched vest, like Joseph'S coat,
of many cclors-anl he may still be
a true gentleman, for he depends not
upon his dress, and not npon his hon
or and virtue for his passport to the
best circles of society. The man
who has no money is poor-he that
has nothing but money is poorer than
he,n and is not a gentleman. Some Of
the most distinguished men in the
world of letterS-in the world OF sell
ence, have been unamiablc---gross
-vulg ar-nngentle- consequently not
a gentlemen.
I" Yon are plebian, +" said patri-
clan to Cicero. g am a piebian, I"
said the eloquent Roman The no.
billy of my family begins in me that
of yours will ED with yon" | hold
that no man deserves to be crowned
with honor whose life is failure who
lives only to eat and drink, and to ac-
cumulate money is failure There is
no flesh in his heart he worships no
God bnt gold Even here at tn"
North, there are persons who deem it
discreditable AMI ungentle manly to la
Dor; hence vast multitudes of Young
shirk the yoke of toll, and rush head
long into professions and positions for
which they are totally disqualified.
There is a true dignity in labor, and
no true dignity without it. He who
looks down scornfnlly on labor, is like
Hermes, who had a mouth and no
hands, and yet made faces at those
who fed him-mocking the fingers that
brought the bread to his lips.
He who writes a book, or builds
house, or tills farm, or follows any
useful employment, lives to some pur
pose, and contributes something to
the fund of human happiness. Look
at tho farmer, he las a share in the
bank, but his bank is bank of loan,
his share is ploughshare, and the
more his share breaks his bank, the
greater will be his dividends. He need
not send his notes to New York to be
redeemed, for nature as endorsed
them with her signature Of flowers.
Toll Yields the axe where woodlands bow,
The seeds sown in radient bloom,
Rich harvests wave behind the pillow,
And cities cluster round the loom.
Where rounded domes and tapering spire,
Adorn the vale and crown the hill,
Swart labor lights its beacon fires,
And plumes with smoke the forge and mill.
The engine with its heart of fame,
And Joints of brass and ribs of steel,
From labor's plastic fingers came,
With engine valve and singing wheel.
The kingy oak, the forests pride,
Whose stem is scanned with thunder scars,
Is launched by labor on the tide,
Beneath the flag of stripes and stars.
Garibaldi, the greatest hero Of the
age, is a working man. Henry Clay
was the mill-boy Of the slashes. "
Daniel Webster knit his iron frame in
to strength by working on his fathers
farm when young. The men who
have blood power enough in their veins
to work the brain mills upon their
shoulders, are men who labor.-Inde-
pendant.