The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-01-03

blessed Peace upon its wings. That for
which SO many good men and women prayed !.
and hoped, has been accomplished Wehave
peace. The integrity of the Union has been
maintained. 1t is not yet. it is true, out of
danger. 1t has not been fully restored and
it may not be for months to come; and even
after it is restored it will require vigilance
and strong hand now and then to repress
faction, and to establish justice between diff
ferent races. But the fury of the storm is
spent, and clear sky is beginning to show
ITSELF We shall have no more civil war
The Republic will grow and expand, and
liberty will be secured to all. Seeing the
sufferings and perils from which we have
been delivered, and looking to the future,
with Paul we may thank God and take
courage"
Let us begin the New Year with a firm
purpose to make the most of our, condition.
As people we are poor, but our condition
is by no means hopeless On the contrary,
we have much to encourage us. Let us
learn that Labor, which is the great law of
nature, is not only profitable but a. source of
real pleasure. Let all learn this Hereto
fore, manual labor has not been respected in
this region as it should have BEEN Let it
be made respectable; and let the idler or
drone, whether white or black, be marked
and summed The law may do something
in this respect, but society can do more. An
idle, thriftless, aimless human being is a
nuisance. 1t is not alone that idleness be
gets poverty-fOr poverty in itself is not to
be esteemed fault-but no one can evade
the law of Labor and be honest or upright
1t is simply impossible. Nature has decreed
that idleness and crime should go together
They never have been, and they never will
be separated. Young man, do something for
living. Plough, hoe, grub, maui, ditch
any thing that will give you a start in life.
If you have trade or profession, stick to
it. The foundations of society among us are
being laid anew Now is your time. Re-
solve to grow up with this society, and, by
your industry, your sobriety, and your intel
ligence to become one of its heads. You can,
if you will. Ten years hence, if you will
take this advice, you may "sit among the
elders of the land" But if you should have
to wait twenty or thirty years before your
hopes of a fortune, or of competency and
of influence are realized, even that period of
time will seem to you short when it has pas
sed away. We tell you that unless you go
to work, and cultivate habits of industry,
economy, and sobriety, you will not succeed
in life, whatever your prospects or fortune
may be.
To all we wish a prosperous New Year
We wish this to all, as the kind-hearted
preacher prays forall but mere wishes are Of
no avail. Good fortune, or luck, as it is
sometimes called, comes not by chance. The
law of cause and effect is interchangeable. Il
there be nothing to cause prosperity, it viii
not be seen either in individuals or in States
Rather let us wish, therefore, that every ont
of us may be actuated during the ensuing
year, by a sense Of duty to the country, to so
ciety, to our families, and to ourselves; an(
if this be the case, i'll fortune, if it SHOULD
visit us, will be borne with good conscience
and we shall hope that better day await
us. "a sense of duty" says DANIEL WEB
sTER-for he still lives" pursues us ever
1t is omnipresent, like the Diety. If we TAX
to ourselves the wings of the morning, ant
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, dut,
performed, or duty violated, is still with us
for our happiness or our misery. If we sa.
the darkness shall cover US, in the darkness
as in the light our obligations are yet will
us. We cannot escape their power, nor fl.
from their presence. They are with us il
this life, will be with us at its close; and il
that scene of inconceivable solemnity, which
lies yet further onward, we shall still fine
ourselves surrounded by the consciousness O
duty, to pain us wherever it has been viola
ted, and to console us so far as God ma,
have given us grace to perform it." LIE
every one, cherishing this sense of duty
enter cheerfully and without misgiving OIL
the labors and trials of the New Year.
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