, 1865-08-11

things will enable us to overcome many o
| the dtticultes now surrounding the problem
ODly We must not indulge In the delus.o,
that at the present time the ciyil power II
these States can already, with safety, be re-
organized on that basis, upon which Its res
to1atEn Is proposed nor In the other delu.
s1oc, ttnt all Is done when sufficient nun
ber Of people have taken The oath of aIle.
gtance to elect delegates to convention 0,
Legislature, and governor aud senators
and members Of Congress. No judicsous and
impartial observer Will deny that, taking In to
consideration tnly the safety Of these people
themselves, I; whites and blacks, 1t would be
dAngtrtus under present circumstances to
remove military Eulc and to put civil govern.
ment in its place. Itnay be said that con
ttnuatlon OF military rule Will have an irrita-
ting effect. That would be true were there
not another agency at york which must ne
cessa:tly haye &c be1tng effect. It Is the ne
cessity to work or starve. That necessity
T1li soon come down 9pon the unEu'y spirit
many are still able to lire somehow; there
are seme hidden resources which are not
quite exhausted. Bnt soon 1t HiIl become
clear to everybody that g something must be
donen without delay. And that somcthIne
VII be work. / have no doubt, labur -once
becoming the general occupation Of society,
of course, there will always be exceptions,
twill hare wonderfully soothing effect,
not Immediate, perhaps; for they will cast
many look behind them ; but sure. as fhey
gradually cut loose from: the past, 1t will be-
q dangerous experiment to nj. Southern So
ciety upon Ills own legs. !
1TI give Jou sample Of the grim humor
win which the necessity to work Is acknow.
ledged. It Is from the Augusta, Georgia,
t1nstlationalssf: The interesting victim Of
c11cumse eancea dismounts from the high horse
o. ehiyalry and steps upon the P. osy level Of
1eal Life, One more grand dsurieh of trum-
pets. the old fanfare music 50 familiar to l1s,
and then work for ltEing.n
:. The chiyalfy says snArling scrub-w1iter,
must work for a living. | The fellow Is IN.
d99uht:dly right, thougn he might have used
ton. Hencctorth the Impoverished youth Of
the Eonth must Look to labor for a livelihood,
and the sooner the truth be realized the bat
ter. We are far from believing in the 30 call
ed nobility Of Labor, for II our memory serves
us, labor is but the primal curse. Ia the
aays q our first innoeency, We read of no
such thing as eating ones bread in the sweat
cf ones brow, and 1t would take moe than
the tumid platitudcs Of rhetorical parsons to
convince Us that there Is any dignity In toll.
stu, whne holding to the Bcrlp.ure doc
Ertne, that labor Is -se, We can readily
so that the highest manhood may be dis
played In the cheerful, stout-hsafted par
ormsnce Of any responsibility which Peoyi.
1ence msy zee lit to cast upon Us. Death,
700. is curse, and We fancy he would b. d
1t1te,ous sophist who could find any mate
.ial for Elotihcation in the existence Of that
'tern Incident to hnmanity,--yet death may
'e met in such way as ID reflect the high
est honots on the dauntles5 soul that smiles
It all its horrors.
:" But this is rather a digression, and the
little patience one can hare with the abaurd
trash Of the day about the dignity Of labor,
must p!ea1 excuse for, travelling from the
record. We are speaking Of tho necessity
Incumbent on our young men to work, In
order to rebuild their broken fortunes, or at
east secure decent and comfortable lIvelf-
7ood, and arc eratified at knowing many
hey have ever encountered othefs.n
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