American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-21
Labor.

now Rledu no :, ILo, - e
can become rich. Manual labor OF
some kind, agricultural or mechah-
;caI is absolutely necessary. In
some tropical climates the eaItn may
yield spontaneously fruit and other
food enough to supply a scanty pop
ulation, who have barely energy
enough to pluck, gather ana eat SUI
ticient to sustain life; bur all III such
reaiops there is no wealth, or power
nor commercial intercourse and pow
or With the rest OF the world. Labor
has made Great Britain the richest
country on the globe. True theig
are classes there, the nobility ana
clergy. who "toil not, neither DO they
SPIN" but the great class OF Ine peo-
ME do work and work hard, early
and late. They "toil and SPIN TO
some purpose. They dig out the COAL
tbev manufacture the iron, the wool,
the cotton and flax; they plough
the land, they plough the ocean VIVID
their ships and carry their Troduc,,
tions to the remotest regions, anu
their returning wealth is mlghtler
than armies and controls the destiny
OF empires. Industry and economy
have made New England, with her
rocky hills and barren sands, the
Hand of plenty, wealth and luxury.
| before the late war the Southern
States we're growing rich from the
labor of their slaves, who were mace
TO work, and the production OF COT
ton was, in fact, enriching the whole
Icouptry, North and South. There
seemed no necessity then for the
Southprn people to labor, and they
looIishly spent much of their time
and money at the North, raising
nothing of consequence but cottol
. and tobacco, and depending OF
Northern industry for almost every
thing needtul to carry Oh their plant
atious and make themselves com
Portable when at home. Now,
GREAT change has taken place. IN
d negroes are free, and without conpui
sion they will not work. Look a
them in San Domingo and Jalnaica
y What have they done since thei
emancipation ! fhey aenaturlilN la-
d md viii suffer hunger cold rathc
nan labor. From what we can rear
rom orr exchanges they are dom
rather better this year than we G!
nnctcd, but, mark our words, the
will get worse, and worse, and worS
Hereafter they cannot be depende
p on. Ifthey could be removed out
the country and their place Supp.It
hv white labor, it would be, we thlnI
GREAT blessing. Let our wise ONT
srudy ont some plan to accon'pll'
th;e and they will deserve a place
history. III the meanwhile we hiu
90 10 work ourselves. TINS Is
iou~er an Eden where everything
ready tor hands and mouths. "
have been turned out OF Paradi
aud must "earn our own bread
,be sweat OF our brOwS." we hlU
learn to consider manual LABOR
ILouorable and dignitied. We mu
- not be ashamed OF hard hands al
~ tanned faces. Our patriotic Wolle
God bless them, must continue
d spin, and weave, and KNIT Soc"S !,
=. gloves, and make clothes ior
" loved ones at home, at WORK,
tbev did during the great and mere
struggle which deprived theih
ns. nearly all save honor. The men II
furn "swords into ploughShare"' a
vape all easier warfare on the Hie
}. in~ soil, which, when suhduto' v
fnTnisn a most abundant ana nom
nIuudpr.-SaRA ARtOAiO Hefdtd.
----'-.ssr.
aud PLEASING EVERYBOD' DO
JeIude Yourself with the Ldca q
o. Won can please everybody w
l. aver saw anybody that was Wo
onythiup that had nobody to L
G,mlt with him You would nave
do evil in many cases to please
evil ; some to crafty them; lhut'
q the selfish; submit to the tSralihiI' !
" he a tool for the ambitious, ana
. careful not to have anything as g
as those who desire to nave e'
thing superior to their nelghoor.
YOU are public man, should you
diiigent, you must expect 10 u
many secretly dislike you anu
nn,inSt YOU, for your success; an
YOU accomplish little, though III
Show themselves friendly, II o
leaks out THAT some who appear pl
ant to You do thus because they
not fear your rivalry the!
-. smile upon you outwardly and
entertain contempt Tor your
fciency. Always do that whic
right, be diiigent, do the most 1s
can, paying no regard to faul!hn'
and YOU will frd as many lrien'
any sensible man may DESIRE
gIf you would be self-n
CO man. vou must take fol your III