The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-05
A Word 10 tho Working Glasses.



A gentleman is man who is gentle. tt
| tlcs--graccful accomplishments superior cul-
| ture-prinCcly wcalth-srcat talcnts-senius-
| do not constitute a man with all the attributes
| needed to make him gentleman. lie may bc
kward-angular, homely, or poor-ani yet
belong to the uncrowncd arstocracy. His face
| may bc hronzcd nj the forge or blcaChcd in the
mill-his hand huge and hard--his patched
| vest, like JosIrH's coat, Of many cOlors-lnt
| he may still bo true gentleman. The dandy
| is dry goods sign, and not gentleman, for
| hc depends upon his dress, and not upon his
honor and virtue for his passport to tho best
| circles Of society. The man who has no mo
ncy Ispoor-hc who has nothing but money is
poorer than he, and is not gentleman. Some
| of the most distinguished men in the word of
| lctters-in the world Of art-in the world Of
science, have been unImiablc-gross-vu gar
unPcntlc, consequently not gentlemen.
| "lou are plchciln," iaii patriciIn to
CrCERo. II AM plcbcian, said the eloquent
Roman ''thc nobility Of my family begins in
| me that Of yours will cnd with you" ! hold
| that no man deserves to bc crowned with honor
| whose life is failure and he who lives only
| to eat and drink and 10 accumulate money, Is
| failure. The world is no better for his living
| in 1t. lie never wiped a tear from sad face
never kindled fire upon a frozen hearth.
repeat with mlhiSis, hc iS a failure. IhOro il
| no flesh in his heart he wOrships no God but
| gold. Even hero at the North, there are per-
sons who deem II discr,ditahlc and uuSentc-
manly 10 labor hence vast multitudcs Of young
Inen shirk the yoke of toll, aul rush hcallong
into professions aud positions for which they
are totally disqualified.
There il true dignity in labor and no true
dignity without IL. lie who looks down scOrn-
fully on labor is like lirrmcs, who had a
mouth, and no hands, AMI vet made faces at
those who fed him-mockins tho fingers that
brought the bread to his lips.
He who writes n bnnk fOr buills n hOusp or
tills farm, or follows any uscful employment,
lives 10 some purpose and contributes some
thing to the fund Of human happiness. Look
at the farmer, ho has share ia Tho bank, but
his bank is bank Of loan, his share Is a
ploughsharc--and the more his share breaks his
bank the greater will be his dividends. lie
need not send his notes to New York to be re-
deemed, for Nature has indorscd them with her
signature OF flowers.
Toll wioids the where wood snds bow,
The seeds sDwn rise In radiant bloom,
Rich hatyss's waya DehiLd the plow,
And cities cluster round the loom.
Where rounded mss and tsperng spires,
Adorn the vale aud crown the hill,
Swart labor lights its beacon fires
And plumes with smoke the forge and mill.
The engine with its heart OF flame,
And johns Of brass aud ribs OF steel,
From labor'a plastic hogers came,
with signing valve and singing wheel.
The kingly oak, the forests pride,
| Whose stem is scanned with thunder scars,
Il launched by labor on the tide,
beneath the flag Of stripes and stars
GARBALDI, the greatest hero of tho age, is
worklng-man: Henry Clay was "the mill
| boy of the slashes" Daniel Webster knit his
iron frame into 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.-IRdrpendent.