New-York tribune., 1867-04-06
TILE LESSoN or SPRING.

At last, the reign OF w intci Is cuucu' III Nus
been long, cold, cheeress season SO much
snow has rarely fallen throughout our country
and the inclement, disagreeable days have
largely outnumbcrcd the pleasant throughout
the last three months. letter from inland
Texas informs us that two inches OF snow fell
there on the 14th OF March. covering the ground
for nearly two days, and blasting the hopes 0f
peaches, which were already in blossom. lhs
snow was the fruit OF n0rther," which came
from so far at least as Minnesota, where the
mercury stood at 2jo below zero on the llth.
Severe cold was first felt i'll the West
on the Sth of December; so that the Winter
of 1867 lasted more than three months. But
it is over at last and the farmers are plowing
and seeding so far north at least as the iatl-
tudc of Boston, Buffalo, and Chicago.
And now let us once more cxlOrt the surplus
population of this aud every other great Amer
lean city to dispcrse. There are at least ohe
Million of them this day hanging on where
they are not wanted, and not likely to be-
| "Ca mt you give us something to dor is their
| nccssant whine, when there is work enough
| and good pay for all, if they would only go
| where it is and do what is needed. They
| cannot find work few square miles oil
| pavemcnts because there are too many people
! here and too few on the farms and in the rural
| factories and workshops The world does not
need 50 many clerks, salesmen, bookkecpers,
| music teachers, gOyencsseS, Nc, &c, as seek
| employment in those capacities; 50 thousands
| must he starved back into productive labor
and the sooner this is done the better Tor us all
Understand, then We walters on Providence!
| that there is no room for You IN the cites, anu
! that YOU ought to get out of them at once.
! Do not say you have no means; for you have
| feet. and can get out OF sight of paving
| stones bv using them. Do not plead the needs
of your families; for you can do them no good
ly STAYING where you have nothing to do. Tell
us not of your ignorance of farming ii is
| high time you knew how to do something
that il wanted aud that will not go
| out of fashion. Aud beside there are
many thngs to do III the rural districts
! other than farming: and, If You are really
! good fol any thing, you will there find chance
| to prove it, For there is an actual want OF
workers of all kinds in the country while here
| they are in excess, aud likely to remain so.
! We cannot drive OF coax people to go away so
fast rs they pour in from all sides-from the
| Old World and the New-begging for work, for
money, for bread, for any and everything that
can satisfy hunger or preserve from suicide.
The cities are the chosen laInts of misfortune,
failure, bankruptcy, bcggary; aud New-Iork Is
THEN metropolis.
go foltl into the fields" The season in
vites: the weather is genial; the springmg
! grass. the bursting buds, the melody of birds,
! cxhort you to discard beggary and return to
manhood I'm the country, temperate, mtelli-
gent. sclf-respccting laboreI is any mans equal
and nolody's Serf: here he is n scrf if in luck,
and a paupcr without. For Il poor man who Is
not base and craven in soul, city has few
chances. few rational hopes. Many who have
a few dimes are really independent because
remarkably sklful, and thus in eager demand {;
! but. to a man of average capacity or less, a
city profiers little more than bcggar's home
! and pauper's grave.
/ Sauntclers in crowded streets, we sympa-
\ thizcd with you Il li,tle in Winter, because you
7 could hardly brave the icy winds in your thin
/ garments. and we knew not whittier to direct
( your steps. But, now that Spring is upon us
we shall lolthe more than pity You ii you hang
about Il city any longer, for you will show that
ivou deserve your miSerieS Get ont of the
Stvc>. the dcns the troglodyte caves, wherein
! Won bIrow and dare to look Nature in the
: facei There is room. and work, and hope for
: uu who will manfullv seek them Alright
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