Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-12
"A Worl. 70 our Young Men.

The cawairy. seys s0me sharling scrub
vr;tsr, must worih Cor Living. The fellow IS
undoubtedly right, though ne might hayo
used ittle more courtesy u expressing ms
opinion. Hehceforth the impoverished youth
Il the South mast look to labor for al 'iiyeil-
hood, aid the sooner The truth be realized
the better. We are far from believing In the
So. called nobility ofrls5or, for if our memory
serves us, labor is not the primal curse. In
the s!ays Of our first larocency, We read Of 10
such thing as eating oae's bread IN the sweet
of o;e's brow, and it would take, mpre than
the tsrrid piatifuaes Of rhetorical parsons to
conyiacI as that there is any dignity in toll.
Stil, vh holding to the Scripture doctrine
t.st iah : il n curse, W. can readily see thny
the highest 7osnhccd may be displayed IN the
chsertl., stcat hearted performance OF ai;y
responsibility Providence may zee til to cast
nonn, -. Death toH. is q c,lr5e. and We
faacy i would be q dexterous seph!st wEo
could iin,; aIy riu:crial .ser glor'ficaticn IN
th. ay;sta.cc cf t. Il stcin Incident to hu
ma,,ity-yrt death may re iret in s,ch waJ
as 20 +. tlec4 :;.e aighes hoaor on the daunt
iess sonl ,l,at s.ni;e. st all its horrors.
But this is rather digreSsicn. AID the HI
t!- patience one cpa have With the sosurd
trash of the day about the dignity et labor,
must plead excuse for travelling from the re-
cord. We were speaking of the necessity
incumbent on our young men to wo:i, ~
order to rebuild their broken fortunes, or u
lesst secure q decent and comfortable hvell-
hood, and are gratiGed at knowing many have
met that responsibility as promptly as they
have ever encountered others.
To very great degree the young men OF
the South have never been accustomed to
ANYTHING that might really be termed tefl.
Where not crowding into the learned profes-
s;ons. trey have engaged IN the higher branches
of commerce, or in the general management
and supervision of plantations. Now that
the professions ara oyerstocksd a.d unrenu-
neratiye. that commerce lengui:hos, and re-
cent changes have dealt very heavy blows at
n system which requitcd great deal OF SUI
psrintending intelligence, it is evident they
must seek other fields OF labor wherein to
provide for their wants. Thls Transition 70
less pleasant aad less profitable pursuits Will
doubtless be very irksome, aid doubly so, as
COMING hard on the heels. of that idle End
thoucbt.ess leisure soldiers life affords.
Still. it mus. be met, and he who meets it
with patierce, iort,tt,dc, and composare, will
suffer nothing in his own estimation, Or she
opinion of any whose good VII is Worth
hsying.
Sterne very prcttily relates, in his episode
of the French .neblemap, how the acutest
sense Of honor and the highest degree OF
self respect are entirely reconcilable With tho
seyerest and most long continued toll. In
one of the provinces Of the old Monarchy
Brittany. we esthink-it was an ancient usage
tina. if auy man of noble birth became 80 far
imooverished as not to be able toproperly
unhold his' lineage, he might, by depositing
MS sword with his BROTHER mobiles, have re-
course to- the gsinful arts of commerce Of
4-ode. Such step was held not to derogate
in the least from his character as e gallant
cheyalier, and If, in the course OF time, ne
became wealthy enough 70 repurchase his eAc
team. or i've in his hereditary style, he was
entitled. on retiring from busiress, to receive
back his sword and take his place once more
among tho nobles OF tie realm. In the M
stance given by Sterne, the benefit OF tins
ancient law was GAINED nya w"ll born bu'
IMPOVERISHED gent;.-aan. wto. departing 'oi
+be Indies. returned VI c;cc with great store
Of rold 70 recislm his fa,yhful raper, and
the passages in which the story is tad arr
among he mosi charming il he Seatimen
Our yoaos men usy take the lesson to
heart. for rbev TOO nave been :oldiers, and
tho story Of thr uoblaman Of Brittany car
be made thei- ovn. But the other day We
read of one of Lees gallant captains plough 2
ing his little field With his war horse, and
forgetting that he had ever Led heroes con
tented to make bread for his wife aud nttl'
ones. THIS marks the true man. ann slnet lst
the war is now permanently over, we uonlt
that those who Gu not and must not ionge
be Achi!,es iu bis armour, should mooe
thclnselves on Cincinratus in aais peaceful
sarb.-CuNsntutonaiiSt.