The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-08-08
THE D1GNITY OF LABoR.-It is an
efidleness in any mind to

I-THE D1eN1;TiY OF LABon.--It is ar
indication of idleness in any mind 4tc
4 E.befashamed of work 1t is to;deny
]|:the law Of Nature, for it is .uniiyer.
sal mandate, written in the necessity
of things, that Sin the sweat Of thy
face is everything g great or valuable
bbe accomplished. We look as in
vain, to witness the accomplishment
Ganything without the application
ofmental or physical effort. Where
are:fhe monuments of creative idle
/ ness? When are the triumphs of ge-
Mus everlastingly at. rest ?-They
| t9ant 10: be found in:the past. sHis-
tEStosy makes no record of them, they
are not among the wonders of the
present. The universe is void of all
trace of them, for they are not, and
have not been. All that dignifcs
history, or makes the present glorious,
has been the same Jaw ofwork. What
hasnot labor done?, Hfact, nothing
has been done without it. 1t has
1uilded our cities, foated, our navies;.
.1edf6ur armies and governed the ma
ton. It has stored. the, mind of the
student, penncd the inspiration of the
poet, struck eloquence from the mute
marble, giving history an unforgetting
memory, and thrown hues and speak
ing lines of lifeupon inanimate can
vass. All thiss;and more has labor
done. It has beautifed life and made
ittolerable. Without work, existence
were a dull;monotonous prolongation
Of days, with hnaught to mark the lapse
of time but the rising,and setting:sun.
Who covets the barren life full ::of
ease, that has no manly struggles,
no doubtful ,battle-fields, no generous
thrills? Rather than tobe doomed to
such q Dead Sea. fate, We would be
thrown upon the .billows in an eter-
nal conflict, to alternate forever be-
tween triumph and, defeat. They
whose slotis.a lot oftoil, in their mad
ness often sigh for repose and care
less indulgence of the :opulent chill
drenof Mammon. But ltttle.do they
think Of the days vacant of incident;
and the nights burdened with ,skep,
and.Ehe ceaseless fetnrns of tAe forms
e iisaahea Aaa tea. al
Of genuine impulse, the CONSCIOUSNESS
of mighty, passion, awakening: the
of life, and .theproud and
repose that comes with fl
nal triumpll,oyets temperaryyills.
We; have said there is q dignity IN
labor. Every one has felt it, who
has lent: himself earnestly to work.
lie has felt that his virtue was safest,
when he;had thrown about it the safe
guard Of honest, unwavering occupa-
ton. These are the moments OF his
most conscious pride. ..-.:
It should be the part of education
to inculcate tho love Of labor, the es-
tecm of its reward and the supremacy
of its law. Were its true dignity ap-
prcciated, men would seek to make
their children gentlemen by making
them workers, rather thar putting
money into their purses. If idleness
be an evil, then is the fathers bles-
sing too often curse. Labor is not
onerous when performed with an ap-
probation of its nature. 1t then be-
comes dignifcd and honorable, eleva-
ting man to his position among the
creatures of Omniscienee. Neglec=
ting this law, of his being, he be-
comes an idleri in q universe Of activi-
ty and energy, He sleeps till tAe.
crisis of great destiny is past. He
sells his birth-right for day of in
GLORIOUS ease. He doffs the priestly
garments of Nature, and puts on in
cts stead, the beggarly. rags of an
out-cast and yagabond.
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hours. The inventor has been for
several years engaged in pcrfecting
his invention. .-Natioual Intelligent
Ger.
The annual loss by thewear Of coinis
estimated at one-tenth Of. / per. cent,
and the consumption by tn arts and
lass bv Ero and chipwrank ot ar 0OO-